These are so distinct they could legit be in a cartoon network cartoon
I usually start of with a character sketch, then revise it, then revise it again. Then give up. Then come back after a few months and revise it again. And then when I'm almost satisfied I revise it again. Until I'm finally a 100 percent sure they ready. Then I change their outfits throughout their life. Lol
This is how Zov'ha and Aekis progressed through the years
Wow, but i definitely love the last Zho'va best. I actual drew the leads to "hushabye prince" (with the exception of Jimin, because she didn't originally exist) all those years ago when i wrote it's first draft. maybe when the series officially releases i'll shame myself by releasing those doodles from teeny 14 year old me
Ah come now, no one's going to judge. Look at the first Aekis I made it was terrible!
I'd love to see some of your MCs original designs!
Lol, i have a real artist now and she's fabulous, but i'll dig up the pictures and share them on the thread and my ig one of these days
The warning will be that Jinwoo's and Kimberly's fashion statements, and Madeline's too honestly, have changed basically completely. Basically the only thing that stayed the same is Kim's love for layering and Mad's love for baggie clothes, which might just come from the fact that everything is baggy for someone small.
I come up with a story idea, plot it all out, do page by page breakdowns and have place holders for characters.
Then I create the characters to fit into the requirement of the story and develop the characters along the story as it progresses along the preset path.
It all depends on the character really, mostly I just come up with a vibe for them and I keep trying to design them until it feels right, like how Emilia went from this: 
To this: 
My character designs are made on easthetics. I gather them and then try to find a look that would suit them.
For example my fae character, Lorian, changed in looks a lot, but the current and vinal vibe of him is based on this:
He looks now as below:
(art by Darkenaz <3)
Okay, but this is copy pasted from what you said in the other thread, this thread is looking for details about designing visuals for your cast.
Na-young (Now Madeline Han): The short one with freckles
Hallie Yildiz: The tall one with light colored hair
(Second pic by Mariel Leister)
I decided to completely avoid making human characters, although they are sort of humanoid, I like to come up with weird monster heads, hands and other things to make them clearly inhuman. Many details are just added on a whim because I think they might look cool. Here's a few of my characters.
Roland has clothes inspired by aristocrats from around 1600s, but simplified. I don't want to deal with hair, so he has none, but the hat is fancy and prevents his head from looking too plain and boring. his hands have two fingers because I felt like that's number he should have.
Zyphy also has no hair, but she does have some spikes sticking out her head that sort of visually serve the same purpose and keep the head from looking too boring. I added a bunch of tendrils coming out of her back cause I thought they looked neat. I experimented with a more assymetrical design compared to Roland by having one arm with a hand and the other almost swordlike in shape.
Crysta is another character where I use head spikes as a replacement for hair. She fought in multiple revolutions so I gave her an eyepatch to show the injuries she's gotten in combat.
I felt like making a bird character so that explains his overall design. He comes from the same social class as Roland so his clothes are somewhat similar, hat with a feather in it, a nechkerchief, a long coat, and a sword. But the designs and colors are different.
This is a character inspired more by plants than animals. Giant "wings" based on a cactus.
This post is already massive so I'll leave it at that.
I modelled the characters in Blender. I am using some unusual shaders and post processing to try and get a unique look. It really is possible to get a wide variety of 3d styles with a bit of experimentation.
Each of the roommates was designed independently, with specific attention to making them as distinct and different from one another as possible. I've run into a lot of "same face syndrome" with characters in the past, so I wanted everyone to look unique.
As for the colors, each of the roommates has their color palette sampled from irises. No joke. That's really how I did it. 
For example, Byxx Malignar is based off of a "blatant" iris (which is very "on-brand" for him):
Kimberly and Jinwoo in this super cute chibi style
And their more completed designs:
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=122124086078168111&set=a.122106446258168111
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