I LOVE creating characters that are super different in personalities. I found that using real life experiences from yourself help. Like, have one character who holds your stubbornness. Have one character who holds your humor. Have one character that holds your will or determination. Take youāre own different personality traits and expand them to one character and build off that.
Also, reading about zodiac signs help too. You can make your characterās have the personality traits of different zodiacs.
For my novel I have like 6 mains that I write about a lot. I think to make personalities come across in drawings you should make likeable chapters have softer and welcoming features and expressions and more dislikable characters to have sharp and crazed expressions occassionally. Or maybe even ātoo niceā features that make them intimidating.
Iāll kinda explain their personalities and how I entertwined them to create relationships amongst themselves. Not sure if it will help but maybe?
ROENAN: Roenan is a very strong-headed, stubborn, go-getter. He is like this because he is always determined to get what he wants. He isnāt ashamed of who he is, heās very confident. He also likes to be a bit of a flirt. He was the first character I made and I just wanted a āsureā character to lead the story. Someone who is fun to follow because he makes things happen. He is in love with Drakke from the start and WILL have him!
DRAKKE: Drakke is my lovable and hateable character. Heās a leader who can take control and handle situations for those around them when they are in need. He also struggles with a dark past, a bad relationship with his father and his country, and he struggles with occasional addiction. But he also has a lot of humor and can play along with others criticisms and jokes (banter). Oddly enough I based a lot of Drakke of myself and experiences Iāve had (through my family life is great, but a lot of my friends had rough parents. I mainly based his dad of political assholes).
SAIVE: Heās my wild card. Heās untrusting due to being damaged and wronged most of his life. He completely distrusts Drakke. The only person he trusts is Roenan and he still finds Roenan to be moronic for trusting Drakke who has done things to make him despise him in the past. He is skeptical of everyone and very reserved. He holds his worries in on himself and doesnāt like to be open. I wanted a more mysterious and damaged character that begins to crack and open up more. This way you can slowly learn about him and wonder about him.
LEVVIN: Levvin is Drakkeās Brother, and he is more the rule-follower of the family. Heās successful and has his head on his shoulders. He mostly does everything right, which makes him and Drakke quite different. Heās critical of Drakke because he loves and cares for him and heās too rebellious. He also struggles to understand Roenan and they have a like/hate relationship. He is based slightly off my younger brother who has a lot of the same qualities when it comes to his ability to do things correct (though my bro isnāt confused by homosexuality like Levvin is lol).
ZYKK: Zykk is fully based off of one of my best high school friends who was in love with me for like 5 years. I never felt the same, but I loved that guy regardless, just not romantically. I felt like Zykk helps me forgive myself for turning him down. And Zykk is a potty mouth with a good sense of humor and funny personality. Eventually Saive begins to warm up to Zykk, which is huge since Roenan is the only one he usually confides in.
SVONN: Heās not in as much as much as the other characters, but he is like a subtle version of Zykk and they are best friends. He never gets close to Roenan or Saive but he and his sister have a special bond with Zykk.
Itās fun to use the different personalities of characters against one another. They can clash or they can work. They can hate one another then love one another, vice versa. Have fun with it!