#thank you so much for the ask i’ve been dying to infodump abt her lately

[marokra]

Oh, I never created a LMK OC until recently (and even then, I'm still need to make art for the two of them), but sure, let's chat a bit about OC'S!

Hmmm, how'd you come up with the idea of Purple?

:3

>:3

if im being honest it’s pretty hard to remember since i first thought her up 2 years ago, but i think it stemmed from the concept of “what if red son sibling” and i went from there eheh

for the backstory stuff i was like “oh but if i give her fire powers that would be too predictable and the same as red son :(” and then “OH WAIT WHAT IF THEY WERE TWINS” i said, with malicious intent

design timeline under the cut bc i got really off topic

i wasn’t able to find the original message when i was starting to plan her out (curse you discord search function!!!) but this was her first iteration! the backstory bits stayed pretty much the same throughout her entire existence, it’s just the design that changed. you can kinda see the horn shape change gradually over time as well (ignore how awful my art was)

and then this is her second iteration, which i made after an event in a discord rp server w/ my friends! she’s kept this outfit since

and then there’s also what i like to refer to as “the dark ages” when i de-curled her hair like an idiot. it started off with ease for screenshot editing but then it started to leak into my actual art. i recently fixed this tho when my lmk hyperfix came back a few months ago (THANK GOD)

something i find especially interesting is how her outfit slowly started to get less and less detailed as i drew her more and got more comfortable with her character. many of the constants of her design stayed, and compared to my other lmk ocs (cough cough Beng whom i have not posted to tumblr bc i still haven’t finalized the redesign cough cough) she’s stayed pretty much the same.

her current design has a few small changes when compared to the design before! i mostly just fixed her hair, added a horn ring, added details to the jacket & accessories, and gave her hooves. the hooves stemmed from a heated conversation i had w/ my irl friend about how red son doesn’t have any bull features despite his dad being a literal anthropomorphic bull

also along with that it took me a WHILE to solidify her personality. same with her relationships and her views on the canon cast!

tbh i’ve been considering adding another small design change as well, mainly just making the ears more bull-like bc the ones she has kinda looks like a sheep or something

anyways yeah i got really off topic, anyways!!!!! when i create ocs i usually start with a concept and then build up their theming, backstory stuff, etc. and then do their designs! afterwards i work on characterization, usually by throwing them through an interdimensional wormhole (the rp i mentioned earlier)

in conclusion i fucked around and found out and that’s how ourple came to be :3