#redesigning oc process

[onyxalsolikesart]

so this is him

in my original middle school narrative he was in love with a cyclops girl but i'm thinking of scratching that. also he needs an apron because he works in a café now!! no longer jobless i guess!!

he never had a name or any hobbies or interests, since i made him for the first time he's been an insecure i'm-scared-to-hurt-people-so-i-push-them-away loser guy.

let me know if you have any questions!

and sorey agaun for the bad quality. it's late and my desk light is bad

[bellhopping]

nonbinary people

[puddleorganism]

Oc doodle dump

[loveittildeath]

<3 !

— art of my oc, Joann.

[jojo-schmo]

Digging through my old notebooks, I found an old Poppy Bros OC I made about 11 years ago!! I don’t think I ever gave him a name or much to do, so I thought it would be nice to say hello to him again after so many years.

So here is the reimagined, yet familiar, Allegro!! (The Poppy Bro)

I’ve turned him into a Bard! But not just any bard. The instrument he specializes in is…

Trombone. :D and the song I’ve chosen to represent his personality is Dance Boheme performed by the legendary Joseph Alessi.

You could call him a trom-bro, maybe. 😎

But yes I want to develop him even more he’s fun!!!

[5qui99l3draws]

warmup that kinda kept going after the warmup part

timelapse:

[thecluelessdoctor]

guys

I have more OCs to post about that aren't just

Hanabee and Effie

THAT ARE FROM THE SAME STORY (gasps from the audience)

Orchis mantis.

For those who don't know, the little world I've built that Hanabee's story takes place in, it is a classiest society. Mantises are at the top due to their intelligence, as well as spiders just due to them being intelligent themselves, and quite strong.

Orchis is heir to the Hymenopus coronatus (orchid mantis) family, known for their power over the industry and war sectors of Crowstree (city most of my stories in this world take place,, biggest bug city lol. Even has some mice and very small birds living there)

This is orchis' mom, Lilian Mantis. A powerful and strong woman who may have a heart of gold but we aren't sure because she is kinda sorta violent. And a war hero so.

She's totally not foreshadowing how he's supposed to die lmAo

Hi please reblog sjhsjshdh

[0bir]

i am thinking about fish 24/7

[randomgirldraws]

Welp. Netflix made me bring her back from the dead.

My girl Sadie is back!

For context, when the Sing movies from Illumination came out, I was obsessed with them. I had made a few Ocs for it, and Sadie was my favorite one to draw. So clearly, she had to be the first one I redesigned.

Boy, she has gone through a design change, hasn't she?

It was honestly fun to draw her again. And who knows, maybe I'll bring her back for more art in the future!

I mean, why else would I have brought her back from the dead if I wasn't going to torment her like my other OCs? /J

Yes. Yes, you were.

[ambitions-of-an-eccedentesiast]

for anyone curious, in the script notes I put "expression of autistic frustration." for the panel concepts.

Next->

<-Previous

[macchitea]

doodling some old ocs

[honeyboyfelix]

suddenly wanted to make a little character profile for my dnd character yesterday... then i remembered im horrible at graphic design and everyone should shield their eyes 🙃

[maudiemoods]

I just really love the little horns and tail designs

Bonus 😎

I used to wanna make out with him and I also hated him so much

[lemonadedbee]

Mallacht the Neo*

One of the antagonists of the story :)

resurected dead human as an alien soldier (no memories of previous life)

powered with cruel determination and unknown need for revenge

can heal everything and regrow limbs (thanks to the neon liquid, liquid that slwoly turns human bodies mechanical)

bleeds neon liguid (if humans parts present bleeds blood as well)

when heeling sleeps

can turn fingers into knives

glass mask can be hidden (not common at all for him to do)

follows aliens' orders

The story description/premise Toyhouse page

old design:

[mysticarts]

...I did another redesign-

guess who I redesigned this time?

ITS OUR LITERAL QUEEN, YUJIN!!

The thing with Yujin was that I was trying to hard to make Yujin look like princess iron fan because they're blood sisters. however, Yujin is her own character, so I changed some things!

For example the streaks in her hair are actually Lava! Because before and After Yujin had the Sahmadi Fire, she originally was able to control and make Lava.

Thats Also a reason why Yujin's hair is so floppy. Lava spreads quickly, it molds slowly where you put it.

I kept her signature horn crown though, she's still friends with Demon Bull King don't worry!

Feel free to ask questions!

[voidlingduck]

Redesigning Jester

I've been working on trying to pull my story about Kings Court into something coherent and presentable, and as I've been going through that process I've been realising that I need to redesign some of the characters!

The first character I've been reworking is my beloved Jester! Here is their original design:

I did really enjoy this design! But as time has gone on there have become certain pain points, and as the story has developed there are things I want to incorporate more strongly into the design. You can see a detailed breakdown of the re-design goals and process below the cut!

The mask - it needs to be a feature, not an afterthought.

As much skin as possible should be hidden, I want to play into the Jester as an anonymous and mysterious entity.

Simplify - the four tail coats are far too unweildy, and the pants proved annoyingly intricate with repeated drawing.

Ensure that the design is fun and exciting to draw in motion! Jester flops around a lot.

Incorporate an additional motif to reflect role in the court.

I began the process by looking for inspiration and reference material, particularly for the mask. I collected a variety of reference images onto a pinterest board to use for inspiration and then got to sketching! Here are some of the initial exploratory sketches.

After the sketching process, I started working on some more finalised concepts taking what I had explored in the sketches, exploring the ways to combine shape and colour, and also getting feedback from friends.

I then did a set of concepts all next to each other taking some of the ideas I had liked from these concepts as well as trying to add in some new things.

Silhouette was a major consideration throughout these concepts - as well as experimenting with the mask design. The first and second designs proved the most popular, and also worked as my favourites. And so moving forward I decided to combine elements from them both. Namely:

Collar shape from design 1 - it's dynamic, fun, and interesting!

Hood based design from 2 - I like the framing of the hood.

Two pronged vs Three Pronged design from 1 - Easier to draw repeatedly and manipulate in dynamic ways, I think it gives a more dynamic flow to the design as opposed to the triple prong potentially being a bit more static.

Thigh high boots from 2 - my friends like them and I like the way they make the legs look long.

I also knew that I wanted to make sure that the design I came up with fit with the design of another character - Jack, and also play with poses to see it in motion, so for the next tests, I decided to work on them both simultaneously and have some fun drawing them interacting!

As you can see, I had settles fairly well on the overall shape of the design, but still made some minor tweaks between images - mostly to do with the placement of the colour blocking. I also changed the mask design here from the previous iterations as they felt too cluttered and overpowered, and I also really enjoyed the design from the makeup Jester had in his original design, and realised it could transfer effectively to the mask design! Another thing that changed is I removed the crown motif I had started to develop, and tried to focus more strongly on incorporating an eye motif. This was a change made as I sat and considered the lore and symbolic implications, and I ultimately decided it worked best if Jester had the eyes and Jack had the crowns. King and Queen will likely have both when I get around to redesigning them! I still have some more playing around to do to settle into the final design before I make a proper reference sheet, as I'm definitley finding drawing the design in context helpful to get a sense of how it operates in practice and streamlining. I'm currently working on a mini PMV project featuring Jester which will hopefully help me solidify the design! But I'm feeling pretty happy with it so far.

I want to do more discussions of my design/redesign process in future as I find it really helpful and interesting to organise my thoughts like this. It's also exciting to see the progression all laid out, I'll probably do a similar thing for Jack soon!