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)
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!
I'm between stories, so it's complicated:
Rise of Prom had:
Rod
Manny
Mila
Wendy
Nes
Which is of course 5 people
The story is based on a comic I did, so offscreen characters count too, as they technically exist, but I simply didn't have time to properly add and/or simply show them:
Sherman's Squad: 5
Demetri's squad: 5
Ashleigh's Squad: 5
Angels: 10,000,000 (Though of course I couldn't fathom how many, there's quite a few seen flying around near the end)
Sherman technically will be missing 1, as Aliza later joins Rod/Nes' group. And they will remain at 5 as Manny unintentionally leaves it.
The new comic I might do just will have 2 MCs,
with their group maybe expanding to 3? But temporarily...
The other "group" is a league of superheroes which is however many is in the justice league...
Last but not least is UBERNATURA, which has technically one BIG group, but it's divided into whoever's BFFs and who's just a normal friend, to who's dating and/or basically spouses by now..
Empath
Lite
Azura
Shin
Are the main characters and the core of the bigger friend group, but most wouldn't even be friends if it weren't for them making and holding the group together..
Kristelle's group:
Robby
Payne
Gary
Bianca
Fast food group:
Payne
Gary
Bianca
Sammy
Disability group:
Actually I need to find their
names again in my notes..
I think it's;
Ashley and Isabelle (?) But
I'm not 100% about it...
Android/not Android group:
Ren
Luka
Shin and his siblings
Shin
Ritz
"Katy"
They become the main focus in the arcs they're in, and yes I should remember more, but geez that's a lot to remember
Girlfriends:
"Asuna"
Holly(?)
Platinum
(Might change Asuna's name, for obvious reasons and
ALSO can't be 100% of Holly's either... They actively become
Main characters too for the arcs they appear in. ) Um yeah, that's all the reoccurring friend groups, and most of their names... Fortunately the notes are safe-ish....
Also this is why I keep complaining about UBERNATURA it's a huge extensive amount of parody and very serious world building and intricacy. If I don't get help I might tone down a lot of the characters though..
as of now 13 of the characters (Minor and Major) have appeared in Tales of Beleben- Felix, Arnulf, Bruno III, August VI, Wilhelm, Sven, Angela/Johan, Tobias, Eneil, Thalia, Ubel, Mia and Samul VII.
9 more characters are yet to be seen/introduced but one of these will make an appearance in the next episode.
So that would be 23 characters in total and 14 major characters.
I feel ya. I had some artistic training long before I started drawing, but I was new to drawing on a tablet(slippery and small size, and was using Ibis/Medibang), so I just bulldozed through my first few episodes. (my first ep took around 16 hours to finish, 8 hours of coloring). I actually was doing it just for me, no intention of publishing until about a few years later, just to see what would happen. My practice now is to just let the comic be the practice, and it's apparent when I hadn't drawn in a while, which is fine. It's my first comic, but it also feels like a personal art timeline/journal. It grows/improves with me, and that's worth starting, even if you don't feel like you're ready.
(I just noticed the profile pic change, I like it<3)
those currently in comic
Main are brothers Evan and Owen Moriarty
Certain Threat: The Big Creature and FPS guy
Potential Threat: Big Wolf
Infected Types: Piggles the Pig, Infected Humans
Potential Comrade: Xun (currently only as a voice via walkie)
Support: Evlyn Moriarty (mom)
Minor: Evan's bandmates/buds (Ben, Fiddy, Andre), Neon Moriarty (baby brother), Doland Moriarty (dad)
Some pro-wrestler character appearances on background props but left it a mystery if they actually show up XD
Super minor: The two officers who got infected, about 5 civilians who got infected
Lots of characters eventually show up as series evolves into a battle royale, and various animals like seals, deer, bats etc that also get infected.