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What I think makes a character more than just eye color and hair

I see a lot of beginner artists drawing OCs that have lots in common, so I (a not much better artist, if I’m honest) decided to say what I like in a character design that shows more than just their eyes and hair color/hair style.

1. Eyebrows- Most early artists draw their eyebrows to be very similar across characters, and while some art styles can have the same eyebrows throughout, I think variety here can be great! Play with the bushiness, shape, and color a bit and see what happens.

2. Height- For the most part, I find that backgrounds and multiple people in a drawing can be pretty rare for beginners, so they have nothing to compare the character’s height to. However, when drawing multiple characters in a scene make sure that their heights can contrast with each other to make it more dynamic. For fun, try drawing super short characters or taller ones- and even though proportion is a must in these places, practice drawing these different heights can really help.

3. Tattoos (be very careful with this one)- Lots more people have tattoos than one might think. In a story, it could have significant meaning or just be there for stylistic purposes, but not only do they look cool, they can tell a lot about a specific person. However, be careful not to add too many tattoos and keep an open mind as to placement, size, and what the tattoo actually is. These things can get really angsty really fast, and definitely should try not to be a trend throughout most characters in a story. Personally, I don’t particularly like face or hand tattoos, but ones on the back and collarbone feel nice. Be very, very careful about these, and when in doubt, ask a friend if they look too awkward or crowded.

4. Moles and freckles- I can say that almost every person has a birthmark of some sort somewhere, and to make your OCs more realistic it’s a good idea to add some. Change the size and color of these marks, and remember that they can pretty much go anywhere. For freckles, place them not only on the face but wherever the sun hits, such as shoulders, the back, the collarbone, and arms. Avoid doing these marks in heavy black ink, otherwise it can look like pimples or splatters. Also avoid doing specifically shaped birthmarks in my opinion- the cliché of “I was born with this strange birthmark and I have no idea what it means oh shit would you look at that” can rarely be put well to use and a person may as well be born with a tattoo on their face that says “main character”.

5. Noses- Lots of beginner artists do take their inspiration from anime and cartoons, and just drawing a dot for a nose isn’t very creative in my opinion. Plus, when the heads are turned in profile, all these characters tend to have that signature anime nose shape. Try noses that might stick out a bit more, that are hooked, that are angled, straight, bumpy, etc.

I understand I’m not the best artist myself and I probably shouldn’t be giving advice just yet, so take this with a grain of salt- and add on if you like!

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um… white privilege.

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Duh

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Soft things my dad has done

One time when he was 18, he was fishing and found a baby salamander someone had tried and failed to use as bait. It had a huge gash in its side and didn’t look like it would make it. He put it in the bucket he was going to put fish in and took it home, then performed “surgery” on the little guy to mend the gash. It couldn’t move, so my dad fed it and nursed it back to health until the gash was healed. Since he’d taken it in as a baby, it wasn’t equipped to stay alive in the wild, so he kept it in a giant aquarium next to his bed. It stayed alive until my sister was born six years later.

His dad took him deer hunting once when he was in middle school. They hunted all day and never saw a single deer. At the end of the day as the sun was setting, they found one, and my dad yelled at my grandpa not to shoot it because it didn’t deserve to die. He hasn’t been deer hunting since.

Two people I used to be best friends with don’t have stable parents. My dad takes them out for lunch and out fishing regularly, and even though I am not friends with either of them anymore, he still makes time for them as if they were his own kids.

Sometimes I catch him crying at videos of dogs on the internet.

One time he was crying and I asked him what was wrong and he gave me a hug and said there isn’t always a reason. I’ve held on to that.

He told me that if (if) he dies, he wants to die by being drowned in a horde of puppies because otherwise, what’s the point?

He makes sure to say “I love you” to my mom and me every day, because he once told me he never once heard it from his parents as a kid.

Saw my mom looking at a bird, so he found out what kind of bird it was and drew a picture of it for her.

Heard me crying after a hard day and brought me a box of milk duds, because even though I’m lactose intolerant, it was an occasion on which they were needed.

Shows me every day that men who feel allowed to be open, vulnerable, soft, and emotional are so much happier than men who are told to keep it all inside.

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you are a calm person who loves fries, sleeping, binge-watching stranger things, is able to distinguish between a character and actor himself

and is looking for someone to converse with from time to time

basically, im asking if anyone wants to be mutuals

im so lonely here and im trying to step out of my introverted zone pls be gentle to me

also just saying but im really picky with what i want to see on my dash so if i don’t follow you im really sorry

You can do it.

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