#gog oc

[willfullwanderer]

u feel a pair of eyes watching u

[wanderingtheark]

an absolutely GORGEOUS commission i got from @bunbunpa of my ga'hoole ocs arche and hawthorne! everyone go commission her right now 🔫

toyhouse links: arche ;; hawthorne

[leopardsealz]

redid my gahoole sona! he is now a short-eared owl

please reblog my art!

[gurlu]

This is Gog. He's good at job. We love Gog.

[sorensouls]

Some doodles to try and get me out of art block

[trex-myers]

At first, Tsuhati taught "fluffy boy" how to survive on the streets…

And then he became his right wing in all daring adventures... P.S.: Wow, I didn't think I'd find people who would like my Guardians of Ga'Hoole OCs. You gave me a great boost to develop this idea and start drawing them again!!

[izzycats06]

doomed bird yuri for the ga’hoole fans

hagsfiend and barn owl… haven’t actually named them or anything yet but the hagsfiend was supposed to kill the owl but they were in love. Rough sketch

[its-me-vixen]

I designed a GoG OC a while back and realized I could probably actually draw her as more of a true cartoon! I don’t know when I gained this skill but hey lol

Berry is a Spotted Owl that arrived at the tree as an orphaned hatchling during the tail end of the St. Aggies raids, and went untapped for a while before she discovered a method of using the Great Trees berries to create pigments for painting, which is where she got her current name. Nothing had really settled before, but she likes to go by Berry. I imagine she tries to play it cool but probably fawns over any strong warriors, she’d love to find a mate and settle down now that she’s become the leader of the newly formed Painting Chaw and established herself at the tree. Just random musings, hopefully ill design her a mate sometime and do a full ref lol

[gomzdrawfr]

want to join the fandom cause it seems fun seeing fanarts and you and others interacting but I don't know how...and with the whole ai thing im scared...

my advice: just do it

really! sometimes all you really need is a leap of faith, and that was exactly how I dropped into the cod fandom. When I joined the ghoap discord server I talked to one of the artist I really like and respected from my lurking time (hi @bressynonym) aaaand the rest is history

I didnt know how to draw properly, nor digitally, all I did was scribbling on OneNote (yeah!) and rambled about cod characters, it is daunting and it is scary to interact but after a while? you may just be able to find someone to brainrot together with

start small, like commenting, reblogging, talking, chatting- doesn't have to be towards artist/writers, it could be the art/fic enjoyers!

you need to put yourself out there if you want something

as to if you want to start in the fandom as a creator, here's some more tips (which are all based on my experience, I am no pro at doing this, hell Im still learning myself, and I am by no means speaking these on behalf on others!)

establish a goal: what are you making? fandom based? original creations?

as with starting new, everything may take a while for stuff to happen, you'll feel like you're speaking to the void at times (esp with original arts, but do know that your stuff do get perceive by others as time goes, I would advise to draw fandom stuff as a beginning to get that boost going if you want! or else it's going to be quite hard to get things rolling)

imo this is hardest part of any new creator, you'll have to bear with it and try not to give up (but I understand how incredibly demotivating it could get, there were times when I stopped posting about Raven entirely, but eventually I post it anyway cuz surely someone out there will like them, it just takes a lot of patiences and perseverance)

btw, engagement can also vary from time to time, you may be booming for a bit, then suddenly you dont, it is a cycle that will bound to happen

take rest regularly, and I mean a break from social media because numbers, discourse and everything can get to you, very quickly (I cannot emphasise this enough)

the numbers are not worth it over your mental health (comes with practice to really solidify this thought)

study the algorithm (pain): see what other creators are doing to get where they are, what tags are they using in their post? what features/niche do people like?(this is, if you really want to grab some form of engagement, bcuz reminder in the end you are creating art for yourself first!)

example: I think posts would get more reach if you tag it with the ship name first, followed by the characters' name (doesn't work all the time tho)

that's the thing about algorithm, it is ever-changing, and you'll have to learn to adapt with it when it does!

expanding on that, studying algorithm could be about ships (for example, ghostsoap is most popular in the fandom), or really good rendered art/flashed out fic that leaves your jaw on the floor, or ships that gets lesser attention in general which puts you, who make content about them, easier to be brought into the light (like Faralex)

bUT, it can also be personality!

(again, not saying this is meant for everyone and strictly from my own experience + what I observe) for me, I made up the lack of my art by establishing a personality: a wild panda who yaps about price and their oc and also kinda everywhere in the place (just like this post LOL), OR you're the person who named themselves after Soap's ash particle number OR you're the one who likes bottom Ghost- literally anything goes, you want to make an impression in different ways, some more funny/goofier than others but it works (be mindful and stay respectful tho, dont wanna be the asshole in the fandom now do ya?)

efforts ≠ engagement (not all the time, but most time) and this is a fact. Sometimes, you can't expect a piece you did for 10+ hours to get thousands views and likes, especially in a fandom space. You need to understand algorithm is that wonky. (very disheartening, but again, you make the art for you and the few others who genuinely likes them, and those people can go a long way) be mentally prepared for such events, and try not to beat yourself up too much for it

ultimately tho, do it, do it scared but do it anyways and again, draw the things that bring you joy, I hope these could be helpful in some ways!

[brahmenbones]

CHAT WAKE UP I MADE HER AN OUPPY

[hornedmandible]

oc commission! they belong to someone off platform (was com-ed on amino so im not sure c:)

[willfullwanderer]

two strange peas of a very strange pod

[wanderingtheark]

i have gog ocs now. i love them (i've had arche for years actually but only just now drew her)

and yeah arche is purple but i literally color picked a photo reference of a melanistic barn owl LMAO

hawthorne was a guard at st. aegolius whose moon blinking was botched, and arche is a spy for the guardians stationed at st aggies. she helps hawthorne escape and they become mates once they get back to the great ga'hoole tree, since they're both known by the st. aggies guards and pretty much designated KOS arche was retired from the search and rescue chaw and hawthorne was given time to rest and recover from his time at st aggies

i am very normal about guardians of ga'hoole, please ask me about these goobers

their toyhouses: arche - hawthorne

[potatochip-oc-dump]

loud gross sobbing

[grapemoon]

[sorensouls]

Anyone remember my gog character moon

Well hes back