Kinda non Barron related ask haha…uh… do you have any advice on a cuphead oc? I’ve been trying to make one(which is how I found this blog lol), but I seem to be landing accidentally copycats at everyturn. Help please?

allforcartoons:

ecs-old-blog:

Y’know what’s funny about that question is that how I first made my OC barron started when I saw a paintbrush in my bedroom and thought, i’m gonna make that my OC. And making an OC in a cuphead fandom is great because there’s so many possibilities of what character designs to make.

Okay, so about the character designs, if you don’t want to be a copycat, you can always play with its designs, don’t limit yourself to one certain bodytype. Maybe it’s short or tall, thin or chubby, small or big, etc. It’s always modifiable. And also don’t go to overboard for the details of the designs, because it takes to much time and effort. Make it simple. And always pay attention to its color scheme. Now as an artist, I know that it takes awhile to really know what color, shading, tints, or hues to pick. I could tell you the basics, but I think there’s already a website about colorscheming, so please go check it out to learn.

To me, personality is the most important of all. It’s gotta be interesting and relatable. Don’t make a the character too perfect. Make it flawed. Sometimes, I’d like to think that even though this character is flawed in one area, it’s really great in another area. For example, although this person is very beautiful, they have a really bad attitude. Another example is that although this person if sweet and kind, they are very weak and sensitive. Flawed characters are interesting. Marysues, now there’s a character I will pay no mind to.

Now, this is very important. I kid you not, STICK TO YOUR CHARACTER’S PERSONALITY. I swear, I made a mistake with one OC of mine before, and I am ashamed(well not really i just really hated what I did to her character). When you introduce your OC with their personality and all, stick to it. Don’t change it. The only time you really change it is when some big event happens an in reacting to it the character changes in a different way. I wish I had known this before.

So that’s all that I’ll tell you. Hope this helps

Okay another thing:

This is optional, but I think it’s the best way to make the character, well more interesting. Don’t tell their so much of their background story to the audience. Maybe show glimpses through comics or fanfics, but when you first introduce your characters to the audience, don’t just pronounce their bg story already. It’s good to have a certain mystery and have the audience wonder what is going on in the person’s head. Why is he or she like this and why does he or she do the things they do. It makes them wonder, what happened to them that make them that way? But you don’t really need to do this. You can tell the audience about their bg story already, but I think it’s better this way. It’s how I made Barron to be. I bet you guys are wondering what’s goin on between the mystery lady and him amiright~?XD Haha. Man I hope to get to the comic soon. Anyways, yeah, do what you think is best.