How many characters do you have currently in your story?

[Rai_Muffin]

So far,
28
12 members of the core group
10 antagonists
6 supporting

That's just so far, there's a lot more to come.
I introduced so many early on so I could have a time skip and set comedic side stories in that month long gap

I know that sounds like a lot (because it is), but it was like a challenge to myself to have such a large cast and make them all feel developed.
I've even used an Excel sheet to calculate my arcs mathematically.
Honestly taking any out at this point would hurt the story I have planned.

[2DLenzy]

Smart move. I have a similar thing in my Excel, listing when every character first appears and in which episode, on what date and what they contribute/change in the overall plot/arcs. Would have no clue going forward without that spreadsheet. Also helps me arrange events in a logical order without introducing too many characters, or too few. Also gives me something to look forward to during slow/boring drawing periods.

[ArtGremlin]

Oh wait, if you count the alien that makes 5 ️
Alien just a creature tho

[Itsjustdrawings]

From most important to least:
Lucy, Damien, Jake, Lucy’s dad, Emily, Max and Lucy’s mom

So that’s 7 people total, there has been spoken about more characters, but those haven’t made an appearance yet.

And here’s the comic they are all a part of

Read It all starts with a picture | Tapas Web Comics

[XiuLyn_12]

I currently have 5 characters introduced!
(I have about 3 important characters to be introduced)

Main Characters: Landon, and Brandon
Side Characters: Cassius (Father), Evelyn (Mother), and Silas (younger brother)!

[KevinReijnders]

This sounds like fun! Def gonna come back with a tally of character count.

I am gonna limit myself to the big 4 though so,
- Kyara
- Zack
- Blip
- Grayson.

With 235 pages and 4 covers (2 web + 2 print) this is gonna be a doozey.

[KevinReijnders]

All right I'm back with the official count!

Kyara: 681
Zack: 272
Blip: 186
Grayson: 70

(Give or take a margin of error of 2)

[2DLenzy]

Wow! That's a lot of Kyaras. Hope she's your fav to draw.
And I must say that Grayson dodged a bullet, he's one off...

[KevinReijnders]

What can I say, she's the main character for a reason haha.

Did he dodge a bullet, or fall 1 short of greatness?

[abigaillmartin]

Soooo let’s see

Main characters

Elsie Carlisle - 23
Roy James Evans - 25
Rosemary Ruth Evans - 25
Ernest McDermott - 27
Martin - (built around 1895)

Antagonists

Jane Miller (aka Spring Heeled Jane) - 18
Mrs. Evans - 46
Doctor Mortimer Scarborough
Scarborough’s Butler
Kieth Curtis

Deceased

Anton Curtis - 74
Mr. Evans
Donal McDermott
Mona McDermott

Smelton Residents

Rapush
Reverend Thomas
Bird Hat Lady
Lady who plays Lakmé

The Fire Brigade

Captain Reginald Pryor
William Hopkins

Scarborough’s Subjects

Invisible lady
Ice lady
Lizard lady
Zappy zap lady
(Someone else give them names)

Historical Figures

HG Wells
Harry Houdini
Bess Houdini
Queen Victoria

Technically at the moment, I have 10 to 13 and five main characters

[EncryptedWriting]

Thief of bones; I would say five major characters.

Evangeline - main main character
Anastasia - main character
Vance - main character
Philipe - main character
Ezra - support main character

For Jamie (new story) I would have four:

Jamie - main main character
Taylor - main supporter
Jax(on) - main character
Liz - support main character

^ still finalizing names on this one

[2DLenzy]

Or maybe, he's one over?
69 so close!

[KevinReijnders]

MMh, you're right! This calls for a recount! With a margin of error of 2, it is definitely possible

[KevinReijnders]

It's worse, I actually forgot to count one, his actual number is 71

[2DLenzy]

I'll bet someone out there has drawn their character exactly 69 times...
But we all can only dream...

[ShidoDraws]

Main Characters:
Nina, Twiga, Shido

Supporting Characters:
Msemaji, Gari, Alexander and Sarah (Nina's mother)

Side Characters (currently):
Sigil, Hakim, Fantom, Wei-Fei and Mrefu & Asili (Twiga's parents)

Plus 12 background characters (and more to come).

[YS_og]

Too many

Main Protagonists:
Samantha, Sebastian

Side Protagonists:
Vincent, Alexander, Renzo, Daniela, Kerry, Andre, Kaylen

Side/Neutral:
Gabriel, Danielle, Amelie, Taneesha, Tricky, Tyrus

Background/Various:
Lucian, Zayerus, Nabransky, Mugen, Grayson, Rodrigo

Main Antagonist:
Isaiah

Side Antagonist:
Marian, Rex, Tamaz, Elias, Adrian

Although this is all up through the 4th arc (current and in progress)

[kalmia]

There’s not a whole ton, but I kind of like that. It lets me and the readers feel a real connect with the ones that do show up because we get to dive into them more than if there were like a million

Important characters
Ones that have showed up-
Melody
Calix
Layla
Sydney
Jayden (briefly)
Silas (VERY briefly)
Lance
John

Ones yet to show-
Maria (melody’s mom)
The Creature
Winter
Leo
Olivia (technically there was 1 frame of her but i’m not counting that because it was a flashback)

And then there’s maybe 5-6 minor characters that don’t contribute a whole lot to the story but are still there for one reason or another

So in total, there’s around 20 character tops!

[AmysGames]

While we're counting times each character has been drawn so far, Chishiki is currently winning by a lot:

Chishiki: 112 (+1 that's just her hand)
Yukai: 54 (+1 where it's just a trace of her in a different outfit)
Rikou: 20 (+2 of just hands)
Malice: 18
Chishiki's mom: 4
Jin: 3
Hina: 2

[phantasmalart]

I have 3 main characters and one that has partially appeared in a picture but not had any kind of plot relevance!

Rose - Human
Violet - Borrower
Callie - Cat

Unnamed friend of Rose - Human