Your Character Inspiration

[surenlicious]

For my novel Jade Kingdoms I pulled inspiration from my own life and I wanted to have characters that made me happy when I look upon them, yet have many metaphors hidden in their design to show what kind of role they will play.

I think seeing the lore from vast games, series and movies helped me flesh them out in design too, and I wanted them to look simple, yet carry so much depth. Jade Kingdoms is all about the metaphors too haha.

Here are some of the main characters:

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Jade Kingdoms | Tapas

[nathanKmcwilliams]

Uh. Originally, Sonic the Hedgehog especially the really old designs from 2001. I think I've separated Rip enough since then though, but the design influence is definitely still present.

[ivanskilling]

My character, Sandra, is partially inspired by actresses in the entertainment industry - the things they have to go through and endure. But the main plot revolves around a murder mystery and goes in depth about parenting issues and technology!

Devil's Triangle | Tapas

[lynestjules]

My inspiration for some of my main characters Myriam, Sylvie, Christine (aka Chrissy) and Lindsay is not that interesting sadly. It came with a mixture of these four things:

• My obsession with Sailor Moon at the time.
• Having lunch with my friends in High School and thinking how they were an interesting bunch. (Characters are loosely based off of them).
• My fascination with the weather.
• Thinking how cool it would be if we had super powers.

Megami Shiizun | Tapas

[DukeOfOool]

Probably all other media I consume. I just don't really know where exactly, because most of my stories come to me in dreams and random strokes. They're mostly vague notions about my characters, kinda like stereotypes, but more complex and unique. Then I start guessing other parts of their life, personnality, how they life. For me nothing is set in stone untill I'm forced to by uploading.

[NickRowler]

For my series Crow's Worth.
Crow is sort of an anti-Kakashi (from Naruto). As a teen, I was sort of annoyed by some of the Mary Sue qualities of the character and wanted to make a version of him who was dumb and clumsy. However Crow's anxiety and eating disorder is pulled from stuff I struggled with as a teen.

Miss however, I don't remember. I think in someways I wanted a female character who wasn't a love interest or a cheerleader to the male mc. I also wanted a type of butch female character that I rarely saw in media.

[KhanSpring]

So,in my novel, some characters are based on traditional slavic mythology, while others are inspired by history, thirds are a mixture of both, while others are a child of my imagination.

[Fick1995]

Great thread you are awesome thanks for inspiring us.