Just to be clear, all the OC's above that have been submitted before this reply will be used for practice/redrawn!
SO! This thread is now officially closed! (Unless closed means no one can reply to it at all, which is not what I mean.)
I no longer need this thread for practice. I definitely needed it back when I first started, and looking at the progression I've made (and the steadily increasing complexity of each 'redraw') I feel like you've all helped me grow comfortable enough with varying character designs that I think I'm about ready to start focusing on getting my own work underway.
(That, and I may be doing too much? I'm pretty sure I shouldn't be doing full-on drawings for free...? I hope that's not presumptuous to assume.)
It's hard to describe this thread as anything other than a "Let me draw your OC's/redraw your work" kind of thing, because it basically is, but to me it was necessary learning experience. I managed to reach beyond my comfort zone and draw characters that I had never had the inclination to draw because their designs were either too difficult or didn't suit my tastes. And it was all thanks to everyone who thoughtfully allowed me to butcher their characters in an attempt to recreate your distinctively creative designs.
(Seriously, I'm sorry @KoreanTacos for that weird looking cat thing that I ended up drawing! I'm looking into redoing that one for my own piece of mind )
Basically this is my long-winded way of saying thank you to everyone for helping me grow a little more as an artist! It's surprising to see how much my work has changed in only 4 months, and I couldn't have done it by sticking to what I was used to and being afraid of branching out.
Thank you!