WRITING TIPS questions for YOUR OC (speedpaint + commentary)

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[EbonyMonarch]

A plot= conflict, setting and cast of characters. 2:05

Oc Questions
1) What are they like?
2) How do they dress?
3) How do they wake up in the morning?
3a) Are they a bubbly ready to start the day type or A walking Zombie whos barely present in the moment?

3b) Maybe the grumpy type that rather grate their than listen to a bubbly than listen to a bubbly character in the morning?

World Building Questions
4) Where do they live?
5) How is the weather?
5a) Is it rainy and dreary or is it spunky and tropical?
6) Do they deal with harsh climates?
7) Are they living in the third floor of an apartment or lounging in a lovely cottage in the deep woods?

Your Ocs World
8) Do they have friends? If so how do they know them?
8a) When did they meet? Where did they meet?
8b) If not why don't they?
9) Are they an Isolated bookworm or a socially awkward type and desperately trying to find some friends?
10) How do their personalities fit into their inability or abilities to befriend others?
11) Are they insufferable grumps who somehow manage to attract nothing but sunshine?
11b) Or are they the bubbly sweethearts who repel others for being so cavity inducing?

World Building Questions Pt 2
12)What's the state of the world?
13) Are they on Earth?
14) Do they live in the air? Or are they Dwellers of the sea?
15) Are they alien life forms? If so what are the customs and tribulations that come with existing in such a different environment?
16) What time do they exist in?
17) Are there any direct influences from politics or is this just an complete fantasy world w/ no bias in reality?
18) Is there Magic or Sci-Fi?
19) How much cartoon logic are you willing to use in your story?
4:18

[Alazylunatic]

“I love ocs, you love ocs, we ALL love ocs. But. We don’t know how to develop them” so true ✋😭
I can’t write s about them without forgetting what I’m suppose to do with them

[furyfanged]

IM SO SORRY FOR THE REALLY LOUD VIDEO OMG I LEFT MY GAIN ON MAX WHEN RECORDING THE AUDIO 😭🙏

[-Fox_Glove-]

A tip for those who struggle to write character voice: take your own personality and exaterate or decrease different parts. For example, when I was creating my persona, Foxglove, I exentuated my narcissism and decreased my introverted-ism (I don't think that's a word lol). It will (or at least for me) trick your brain into thinking you're just writing yourself.

[kiaratoo]

I think a problem for me is I have two sets of really clear cut OCs, who ive already thought up angsty scenarios and potential interactions for. But whenever I have to develop them further to try and connect (or even make) a full-fleshed story for them, and the possiblity of having to tweak those already pre-established scenarios comes up, I get really defensive and dont change anything lol

[Nebulous]

I do love ocs, although mine are less fanart and fanficcy and more just characters i came up with on the toilet

[kaiheart]

your art style is like...so yummy. it's literally like sugar, the way u drew the middle girls face is like is so natural but cute and silly at the same time.

[kewriouser_n_kewriouser]

See this kind of thing is why my oc stories are probably gonna end up being an anthology with a background B-plot 😭 I have so many characters and so many individual plot ideas but making one central plot is very difficult, especially since most of my ocs arent actually connected to eachother unless you look at the REALLY big picture

This video will be really great for building up their individual stories though, thank you!!!!

[ghastlyghostw]

Viel back at it again with being the PRETTIEST woman I have ever laid my eyes upon, I am CLAWING at the walls 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Brilliant tips btw my good ma'am 🫡🫡🫡🫡

[ChaosGamer]

0:21 Same here making OCs when I was like 6 in like 2014, and they were all stupid.

[calvintuber]

I've struggled with developing my characters since I began making them. Though I think I've found a good foothold in terms of story, background, and conflict, this video was very informative and has opened my mind a little bit more to how I would go about all of this.

[sharkissu]

3 to 4 minutes into the video
these are all really good questions to ask myself. ive been in a slump with creating stories around characters and ive been really unsatisfied with how ive been making my ocs (appearance first, personality second) based on how i used to do it and how i assumed other people would do. thank you for making this video, it helped a lot /genuine

[ShadwWXx]

Thank you this really helped me out, i struggled a lot with making an oc 'cause the main character had so much personality while the 2nd most important had so much less. Also the speed paint in the backround is amazing

[carimeslockdownedtree]

Great tips! I also have that exact problem with my OCs so I'll definitely benefit from applying them.

And i really like your art style! The painterly style alongside the lines is just MWAH.

Just - can i say something about canvas flipping?
When you flip the canvas so often, the advantages of doing so leave, since you get used to _both_ versions of the painting and it no longer helps you spot mistakes. At least, not as much as it would otherwise. I prefer NOT to flip until I'm at specific parts of a drawing, such as finishing the sketch or the lineart (or a chunk of it). That also makes it easier to watch and be entranced by it! I got a little dizzy and had to look away, which sucks because i love your process.

But anyway, great video! It's pretty enlightening. Still not sure _what_ to bring out from them, but this will help.
Also, funnily enough, I'm pretty good at voice... But NOT when i have to come up with it on my own. Give me a character i like and I'll probably get the voice right the first or second time i try, but give me an OC and. yeah... Im good at _mimicking_ voices, not _creating_ distinct voices. Gr. Could probably steal that of other characters to help me get started, that could be a thing!

[DoxyRuff]

You made me realize I don’t know my OC’s that much because some of these things I never thought of

[moldycligget]

ALSO I KNOW NO ONE IS GOING TO SEE THIS, BUT I HAVE 2 THINGS TO SAY, 1ST OF ALL. VISUALIZE YOUR OCS, IF YOU CANT DRAW IM NOT KIDDING USE GACHA. NO MATTER HOW "CRINGE" YOU THINK IT IS AND 2, MAKE SEASONAL OTUFITS FOR THEM, IT IS IMPORTANT THEIR NOT WEARING A CROP TOP AND A MINI SKIRT IN -5 DEGREE WEATHER. omg i typed that in caps oops

[strmscribbles]

What's funny is, I have two OCs I made (although one is a sona) and I can't really answer these questions for either of them, but I doodled a random wolf guy for a single appearance in a tiktok and I can very easily imagine his attitude/how he wakes up in the morning/how he interacts with people, etc 😭 now I feel obligated to flesh him out ㅠㅠ

[acloneofmyself]

i totally love all of my ocs equally, i totally dont favour the schizophrenic man who shot his boyfriend in the middle of a psychotic episode and the said boyfriend became a god of romance but neither of them happy without each other and i love them so much i made their plot together become more relevant and i felt so bad because they’re just some sillies in a bad situation so i made them canonically meet up when the boyfriend comes down to earth with his god “friend” and am now considering make schizophrenic man a god after he dies so they can be together forever and on that note would it be weird to get the boyfriend to propose to schizophrenic man on his visit onto the surface since he’s dead and all??? anyways, i love all my ocs equally :3

[echlala]

yo my ocs recently hit their two year anniversary since being made, so lemme dump but still keep it short. my story was basically an omori rip off for ages until i replayed undertale and deltarune and fell into the rabbit hole of other iconic rpg games like yume nikki and oneshot.
it takes place in the early 2010s, and the main character is a 14 year old girl named Audity Saeng, who after experiencing an EXETREMELY traumatising incident involving her childhood best friend (think asirel and chara, but chara did what they did without asriel knowing.) her father thought she was a murderer and left, her now single mother packed everything and moved to canada. during the 6 month period of her being stuck in her room, she started having vivid hallucinations and daydreams of her best friend Mabel. she lost all sense of herself after losing her, and realising she was nothing she tried to create her agian. she acted different, more happy but it was perfect to audity.
then she moved to canada and started schooling, she meets a load of people and because this is also scott pilgrim based i imagine a load of stupid fights and magic shit happens for no reason. 4th breaking, cuz this would be a indie rpg game and psychological horror bits involving her past that will eventually lead up to the player learning what happens to the real mabel. its a billion times more complicated than this, but thats all i feel like writing rn

[EloInShades]

Very cool video, i think it will definitly help some people thinking about what seems to be basic questions for creating their oc's and all but that are quite important! (10:54 ayoo itsa me!!!! )