My comic has only like 4 months, so it hasn't changed yet, however they will have character development in the future, like the main will become more brave and independant.
my oc has changed many times because my comics is constantly changing (and they are all scrapped ideas) lol.
my first character sketch:
a drawing from my most recent chapter:
so, uh, visually, a lot
in the early chapters balor is really whiney and righteous.. not really self righteous, just righteous. her character feels more solid and compelling now, shes less morally driven at all and more focused on belonging i guess. man, character in twaw is a mess tbh.
Okay so, what a coincidence, my MC is named Marcus as well, lmao.
At the beginning, my MC was in fact, not the protagonist but the love interest. Of course, since the emo ones always end up being my favorite, he became the protagonist later on. He was portrayed as grumpy and kind of a dick because he thought the protagonist then (named Archie) was hitting on his crush, Terry, when in actually Archie has a crush on Marcus (and Marcus's crush is actually a lesbian - you know what, it's a gigantic mess back then, lmao.). Back then he was a basketball player, not a former baseball player, his motif color was red and not blue, and his hair was a very light brown, for some reason.
(from may 2018)
Yea, his hair was supposed to be dark brown-ish, but for some reason it didn't translate as well when I made the switch from Krita to Medibang. It's black now because it looks better.
(also woowee look at that shitty lineart. I didn't know that Krita has a stabilizer setting, and I don't know where you can find it)
The second version of Marcus was in the old version of my current comic, he's more friendly but he really, really did not have much of a character back then. Even I'm having trouble remembering if I gave him any character. To be fair, I only made like two episodes from this time. How much personality can I give to a fucking love interest in two episodes?
(from june 2018)
I just want to put up some current photos of him because I want someone to scroll down and see the progression of his character design, lmao (and in extension, how much the art has improved. these are from july 2019)
So you know. A lot.
Oldest drawing of Himuri on my drive is this one... xD
So he went through A LOT of changes both look and character wise. In first version of stories he was supposed to act more like Sakari does. He was quiet and timid and not even close to being as talkative and outgoing as he is now.
He even changed a little from the first page of my comic to now. o.o
(Chapter I, Page 3)
(Chapter VII, Page 20)
Drawing his hair more floof is more fun. xD
I've had the idea for my comic for so many years that, if I'm going to be honest, not only has my MC changed dramatically, but the entire story is almost nothing like my original idea from middle school. LOL
My MC, Felicity, used to be a princess that was stolen away, for starters; I did away with the whole princess thing at some point, though, and she became just a country girl with no royal roots. She was also younger at one point, had much longer hair, was a little bit less... naive, to say the least.
I purposely designed the character to be easy to draw using basic shapes (circles and ovals mostly). But I didn't
(and in some ways still don't) have a proper grasp of the proportions of each body part before I started making the comic.
He started off kinda tall and thin, but eventually I got into him being shorter and stubbier (like Mario).
Now because I made the entire Year One before I started posting, I went back for the most part and fixed everything based on my changing preferences before anyone got to see it. But I still have the files of the slightly thinner, but very inconsistently designed version of the character. And as I work on Year Two, I can't help but feel like he's getting even shorter...
Mortimer from Splitting Image changed SO MUCH. The story is 7-10 years old though, so that's a bit expected. Unfortunately I threw away my oldest painting of him because I didn't have plans to reboot the story at the time.
Mortimer circa 2011 was a pretty boy, white hair, gray Gandalf robes, straight, and basically had a 'oh I'm CURSED WITH THESE AMAZING POWERS no one understands' kind of personality. He was pretty much a carbon copy of anothe OC of mine from another story, which explains why I lost interest with the original draft, but also in general just an undercooked character because I was more enamored with the idea of an ex-villain than what would actually happen inside their mind.
Then when I wanted to make a new art project, I looked into why I liked the characters he was based on - Megamind, Jack Spicer, Presto, Count Bleck. And I noticed that as a teenager I REALLY missed on what made them work.
Mortimer NOW is slightly middle aged(just lacking in facial hair), jet black hair after much palette experimentation, a much more elaborate outfit to show a more prideful but reserved attitude, bi and with actual preferences other than characters the plot demanded, and with a far more developed personality - from his self-loathing, his educated past but bad tendency for self sacrifice, to wanting to depend on other people because he thinks he's no longer allowed to be treated well, the ego that shows when he thinks he can get away with having fun, and big ol' spoiler mental issues.
Design wise, I had a really inspired class where I just captured Mort's new personality perfectly, but it still needed a lot of adjustments because he'd be horrible to redraw and he isn't one to draw attention to himself. I also started human anatomy art classes and the improvement was obvious, to say the least. One detail that's hard to notice is that his eye scar actually is at a 45° angle now rather than going straight down; I have way too many non-comic OCs with samey looking scars.
Sometime last year:
Final comic design:
Since I write, I'll just post some quotes.
"Suna said I shouldn't be too careless," Kumo muttered under his breath, staring at the sidewalk in deep thought. A park came into view when he looked up, littered with children. He headed for the swings, one which was free for the taking. "She didn't say I couldn't have fun." Even if he didn't age, his child-like mindset longed for freedom from responsibilities for once.
―from chapter 4
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He'd heard the stories. The baku who poked their heads into the lives of humans for their benefit, or those who longed to have someone to talk to without worry. Just like he'd been doing recently. If Lady Tsuki knew what they were up to and still gave them mercy, Kumo didn't want Yuu to experience what would happen if they weren't careful. The sooner this adventure ended, the better for both of them.
―from chapter 18
My MC went a total change even before I rolled the webcomic out. I had originally created the character back in 2002- back then I had created him as 8-10 years old, and had given this really weird funky hairstyle...
I ended up putting the story on the shelf until 4 yrs ago when I decided to do this project as a webcomic; I then aged him from his former age to 15.
Cozmata started out as a naive, bubbly kid, but the events of the first chapter made her mature and change her attitude towards things in life. I don't want for her to be as miserable as Shinji from EVA, but I do want her to mature in future episodes due to this. Can't say I don't miss her personality back then, but now there's no going back.
I also eliminated her newsboy cap as a way to show that things aren't gonna be the same for her.
my characters have changed a lot over the years!
Noel: Almost completely rewritten, with some of her backstory remaining the same. I originally wrote Noel as a character with a small role in the story - she was a lot more cold, often acted inconvenienced by Lillian, insulted people, hated herself, and was irresponsible. I genuinely didn't like where my writing was going. Noel's still pretty flawed, but has a much more positive outlook on life and isn't afraid to be soft. She slowly became my favourite character to write about. ;-;
Lillian: ANGST. She dreaded everything. She always assumed the worst. She also liked to fight with people??? Lillian's motivation and overall personality traits haven't changed too drastically over the years. It's just that, back in 2014, she used to only express one mood: angst. .__.;
oh, and she also had a twin sister who was the exact opposite of her! Almost forgot about that.
I made an unhelpful chart of their character designs:
Nope, not at all 
I just wing it, I suppose?
Now, except those guys from my comic, I have around 20 OCs for 3 other stories. Of course they change with time (90% of them are existing for 15 years after all!), but I would probably call it development in design and my abilities as artist, not change of character per se.
For example, I had a character in one novel, and later I made 2 characters based on her (I have as much originality as CLAMP, duh). Original look for each of those girls is pink hair, green eyes, tanned skin and clothes in black and blue palette. In the beginning I haven't really thought about colours much, since till 2015 I only used black pencil 
Now we have 2 girls from two different worlds and different background, both have the same look, but different clothes: one wears blue kimono, another black and white school uniform.
So with the time, I gave a warrior girl in kimono more natural hue of light pink hair, made her a little bit more interesting colour palette to show her affiliation with clans, made her clothes more Japanese looking and just gave her more appropriate look for her background. The other, witch girl stayed with more violet hair and is still wearing black and white now with a bit of violet and is just having more witchy vibes.
Since they only were characters from novels (and not comic), these changes haven't really change anything in terms of description: one still wears blue kimono and the other just became more free in her school clothes choice - and it is also okay for plot, since most students become undisciplined in their clothes after a few month in school. So even if they were both in comics, they will have those changes gradually and more natural. Like, maybe the girl in kimono had her hair dyed and then the dye will wash off ^^
I like the fact that you started to change her physical appearance to reflect an inward change! I plan to do that with Marcus's unkept hair/ facial hair as the story progresses. Also maybe give him a new shirt or two.
