Your most influential OC

[AnnaLandin]

If we don't count the two dorks I'm drawing a comic about right now, my most influential characters are probably Talassa and Gale - I can't pick just one of them, since they're both the main characters of their story.

They were both created on the fly for a 24-Hour Comic in 2010, and I thought that was going to be that - but once I'd finished those 24 pages, I realised I wasn't quite done with them yet, so I kept drawing. And drawing. And drawing. In the end, I'd drawn a 168-page graphic novel about them, and started to build an entire world around them. While I'm done with them and their story now, the world I built for them is still kicking around, and I've done a few one-shot stories set in it, and I'm considering several longer stories as well.

They're important to me because theirs was the first longer-format comic I ever finished, showing me that I can do this, that I can draw comics properly, that I can tell stories from start to finish. Before them, I almost always got stuck halfway, and found it hard to commit to a story - I always wanted to tinker and change stuff. And while I still do (tinker and change stuff, I mean), I've now gained the ability to push past that and just do.

... Never underestimate the power of finishing things, regardless of quality.

[Jewe11s]

My most influential OC is Princess Tablita Greyward. She won't be appearing in The Chronicles of Oro for a few chapters yet, but I feel that she is crucial to the story in a rather interesting way.
The first time I drew her was nearly ten years ago and also a complete accident. I was doodling in class and 'wham' this new character appeared on my page. Now usually when I'm drawing new characters, like most people, I think up ideas for who they are and what they're like as I go. But Tablita seemed to be the one to tell me who she was and what she was all about right then and there. The problem was, at the time the Twins were royalty and this gal was definitely a princess... So the entire story I had written up to that point was scrapped...
And it got a billion times better. I've been re-writing and editing over the years but the basic structure of what the story is now happened because Tablita demanded to be a part of it.
Since then, there have been a few more major shifts to this project (one of which was reaching the end of the story for the first time and then realizing what the plot actually was about) and each time, Tablita has lead the change. You'd think I'd want to keep her looking like that initial doodle in all her completeness... but as the story and I grew up, I realized that my cast (to put it plainly) was whiter than a box of stone wheat thins. And since this story encompasses the entirety of a world... it just didn't make logical sense. After a few re-designs, I finally came across a look for Tablita that once again, called out to me saying 'this is me, you gotta deal with it' (A la Korra, lol) but now with the clarity of having known her all these years...
I'm really excited to bring her into the story at long last... we'll have to wait for a bit until she arrives but I hope you all will like her as much as I do!
First and most recent designs below:

[Jewe11s]

@KaiLynx Hooray for characters who make the plot better!

@ScampiCub Your anti-villain sounds awesome! You know you're doing something right when a character starts to 'do things on their own' so to speak.

[kazukitakamura126]

The first Tablita looks somewhat like a magical girl while the recent looks like a tough lady who takes crap from anyone. I like how she taught you many different thing and you two grew up alongside one another like a soul mate of sorts. It quite unfortunate that Tablita won't be appearing for quite awhile her design and her body language just scream "protagonist". Well you don't need to listen to me you can develop the story however you want.

Unlike my OC Eota she didn't go through as drastic of a change. Initially she was a dandere(a shy character)and there was nothing more to her.As she developed over the years more traits were added to her personality but, her latest iteration she was at her best. She wanted to help her ill father by obtaining a divine fruit that cures anything. She put her life in danger just so her father would get better, being shy wasn't what described her anymore it was her devotion. Her shyness was just a certain aspect about her. However, working on constantly from 2009 to 2014 the character started to stagnant so I have let her rest while my new OC Zethero took the reins. Overall Eota isn't a bad character I just wanted a change. One day I may bring her back who knows what the future holds in store for the dandere heroine.

[Tanisha]

Hmm I still haven't made the story fully yet but mine would have to be my OC Bella.

I made her up for a final school project at the end of high school . We had to make a children's book so I quickly came up with her. But after finishing the project, I came to love her and her friends so I decided to make more stories about them. As a child, she's the most energetic one out of her friends and is at her happiest when her friends are happy. But as she gets older, the happiness fades when she's at risk for losing her friends. I always felt left out whenever I was with a group of friends. Or just a group of people in general. Especially when there is an odd amount of people like 5....3...7 groups of friends. When there were group projects I would be left out. Always. I sorta just got used to it after a while. I would start to leave the group early on before I can experience the situation because I just couldn't bare it! And my friends didn't seem to care all that much honestly? Not like they should/would but I just would always try my best to make sure everyone is included and yet here they are leaving me behind all the time. So Bella is in that situation. She knows that she'll be the one to be left out. She knows that she might even be forgotten most of the time and this story will be just for people that feel that way. For the people that are the one's left behind. ^^b~

[kazukitakamura126]

You Bella seem to share a special connection where you care for others happiness but the people you helped will turn a blind eye to you. It's rather sad that they would use you and Bella that way. I didn't have a group of friends in high school either but, I never tried because I was to shy. If Bella was real you are her can start your own group then either of you will be left out. Finally on an unrelated matter my brother's dog is named Bella.

[KatieMeinuBocchan]

I would have to say Jo Amabuoy. He's a cross dresser and very, very insecure about dressing as a boy. As I roleplayed with him more and more, he became able to trust people more, and eventually went out in public dressed as a male. Though I created him without any backstory in mind, he really struck me. You shouldn't be insecure for what other people love about you.
The other character would be Sun Sarah, and she is a sweet, sunny girl who had to take over her grandma's bakery because she had gone into a coma. Sharing the same name and a strong bond with her grandmother, Sun was very burdened. Though she never showed a single ounce of sadness until someone cracked her walls, letting her know it was alright to be sad sometimes. Sun taught me to always give a smile--you never know who might need it.
I'm not adding photos because they are sadly both face claims.

[kazukitakamura126]

They both sound like very interesting characters. It good that the characters taught you something I believe that to be a rare occurrence. For some strange reason I can somewhat imagine those two together because she can help him get used to how he is.

[panistheman]

I think one of the more interesting characters for me to write in Capefall is Sappho

What makes her interesting? The fact that she dies before the start of the comic. Everything we know about her comes from other people's opinions. I deliberately wrote her character to be inconsistent since she was a very public figure there are a lot of different opinions about her. Depending on who you ask, she was a selfless hero, a charismatic LGBT activist, a ruthless businesswoman, a brainless attention seeker, a 90's sex icon, or the fifth wheel "useless chick" in the superhero team.

[mappypaint]

My most influential OC is probably Mappy from U-Speed

He started out in 2005 in another story as a genetically enhanced clone who acted as navigators for a rally racing competition. They are the ones that will repair cars and help the drivers navigate, knowledgeable with reading maps thus the name "Mappy". Fast forward to 2010, I used Mappy again in the current story University of Speed. This time he is a 13 year old boy homeschooled ever since. His first time going into a school (which is made by a giant automobile company) as a freshman, without any normal school experience. I have to write his character as someone who has weak social skills, very shy to other people (other than his cousin and dad), and full of cluelesness. Yet at the same time has amazing racing skills (learned from his cousin) capable of competing with the varsity. This character taught me all the "what ifs" that normal people don't encounter. I have to imagine whats it like to have no friends, how he will interact with people he will meet in school, how he will approach others, etc. Gettting to meet his first true friend in the story made him the happiest person while for us its just like normal stuff.XD Getting into his character made me treasure my friends more. ^u^

[kazukitakamura126]

The narrative depicting this character in a different light based on the person sounds like such an interesting story. Being the odd one out is always something hard to deal with and it can help a character grow. I also like the combination of an ink pen with water color paint it makes this looks very vibrant.

[kazukitakamura126]

This character definitely sounds like most artist here on Tapastic, we may not be social pros but we are good at what we do. He also sounds like my most influential OC Eota. She was also shy but, she is also very kind and dedicated to helping others. the art with Mappy in look good, the necks just seem too short. I am also assuming the girl resting her chin on his head is his first friend?

[mappypaint]

@kazukitakamura126 Maybe the coveralls makes his neck look short... The girl in the drawing is my girlfriend's OC, I drew our main characters together. Mappy's first friend is a japanese looking girl thats his age. ^u^

[kazukitakamura126]

Oh,sorry for the misunderstanding. It must be fun that both of you have OC's.

[igneriss]

For me, I think it would be my OC Cyana.

She started as a written RP OC. We were writing a story together with my friends for whole 3 years of highschool. This was really fun and actually made me enjoy my school days more, as well as brought me and my friends closer together.
In the story, Cyana was a shy, scared 19-years old girl, seeing things that no one else could- and being afraid of them. She would have nervours breakdowns in the worst moments. But while writing I could think of her future, when she finally starts using and masters her magic powers, and turns evil.
This was my first OC that I had created a whole story for, from her birth to her death, with character development, changing all the time through her life in reaction to different events. While writing her story I've learnt how to make dynamical, non ideal characters, and that was a great experience ( :

[vocaloidno1fan]

Yikes.. this topic is rather old 0-0
but.. um.. hm.. most influential OC..
oh gosh.. I have a 3-way tie..
(I dont have pictures available to upload of these characters yet)

first up in the 3-way tie is Star
She is a wolf-shapeshifter (i call them Guardians in my story as a reference (kind of) to a book series i read)
she is probably the oldest OC i have.. not by creation date, i mean her character's actual age.. she's basically around her 50's.. all other characters ive created for my story are younger.. or equivalent to.. they're all immortals of sorts.. so they don't appear to be as old as they actually are
anyways, the reason why Star is one of my most influential OCs is because:
she has fought in many wars and has many scars to prove it
she was an alpha by birth, but she NEVER takes advantage of her title.. EVER
she has fallen in love, had her heart broken, been betrayed, lost children before, during, and after birth, loves all of her surviving children, and has taught all of them how to be truly honorable wolf-warriors
she seems like a very noble and tough woman, but she only bears her fangs when necessary. violence is her last resort.
her motherly-vibe she gives off seems to always comfort those around her, and in a way i admire it

ok.. next up is Eittina (eye-ti-na)
she's my second-oldest OC (again, character age)
she's a former Banshee Empress that's in her 40's with only a husband and younger sister to call family.
her parents are presumed to be VERY dead and she is unable to give birth
she would be considered a Kuudere as she doesn't show much emotion and seems to be rather cold and quiet..
the fact that her primary magic-element is ice doesn't help.. and her cold demeanor is not intended to be a pun..
the reason why she is so influential (for me at least) is because she never backed down from a challenge.. even if she was full of self-doubt..

last one in the 3-way tie of most influential characters is Margaret "Calla" Morrow..
she is a Guardian like Star and has a similar appearance.. though much younger..
(by the end of my story she will be in her late 20's)
the reason why she is so influential to me is because her character is based off of my only full-blooded sibling.. that unfortunately died before she was born.. she is the older sister of the main character.. who is based off of me..
due to some dreams that i and my mother have had.. and books i have read.. (some characters have given me this "that is what my sister would be like" vibe) i have been able to create her character
she is very protective of her little sister in my story.. and is in total despair when she wakes up to find her little sister missing.. (this happens at the VERY beginning so not much of a spoiler)
slight spoiler here as you may have guessed she is full of joy and is even more protective when she finds her sister again.. swollen belly on either of them or not.. there will be a glomp fest
but as for WHY she is truly so influential.. is because of her character.. she's all about morals before rules and self-esteem
thats about all i can say for now without giving away even more spoilers

[mayday]

My most influential character is probably Nico (Nicholas "Nico" Ferne).

I created him about two years ago, and he was one of the first male characters I really fleshed out. It's funny how much I identify with him, since it's usually hard for me to relate to male characters. He started out as part of a group of fancharacters I made for an anime I liked at the time. He used to have bear ears, oh my god.
I put alot of myself into Nico, and he's changed with me. Nico's personality began as simply "too shy to function", and while he's still insecure and a big worrier, he's developed beyond just a stammering mess. Today, though he has trouble talking to people and is far too concerned with how he's thought of by people he'll never see again, he's stricter and kinder. "Do no harm but take no shXt" in a sense. He's less of a doormat now, and I like to think that I've become more confident with him.

[TheDJTC]

Definitely my most life-changing OC is AC Gibson, the Texas Kangaroo Rat.

He has the most changes of all my characters, actually starting out as a gag fan character (actually the daughter of my pokesona) for a Pokemon comic (which despite having a massive story, just never was made), to being used in a RPG PMD comic group, to finally being an original character.

When I was retooling him, well at the moment he was a her, the basic idea was that he was raised to be a boy, so he thought he was a boy, and my friend was like "oh so like transgender" and I was like "what the fuck is that" After failing to convince me that it's a real thing for a year, he finally had some actual proof and then I've decided to just make him trans since that was a thing.

(My hipster-ass was kinda bummed my idea wasn't original LOL)

While I've had a draw to gender swapping before, working on AC really made me think about it more and I kinda became somewhat involved in the community with research. Then yada yada, found out that uteran transplants are possible, I realized that I was supposed to be a girl and started transitioning.

So yeah, making AC helped me come to realize that I'm a woman, which is kinda funny that he's trying to be a man despite society being annoying and I'm trying to be a woman. LOL Which I guess is why I put so much work into his character despite being the sidekick somewhat.

[NickRowler]

My most influential OC is Zombra Blueberry. He is less of just a character and more of an obsession.

Tho when I first created him, he looked like this.

He was first created about 11 years ago and was based off a dumb song I created which was based off a place called "Blueberry Hill". The song was about hoping for someone to "Come take away my sorrows. Come take away my blues." And that is sort of what the character became. He started out as a school teacher who reformed himself from his horrible past. His original origin was that he was sick of how people treated him so he became obsessed with torturing people. However, over the years, it evolved to him feeling like an outsider and his attempt to find out who he really is (so less "edgy-ness"). And add that he comes from a race of beautiful pale people and he looks like a purple raisin.

I guess what he taught me was how to rewrite a story as well as brainstorm. I would think "this seems ok BUT what if this happened instead." It also taught me the importance of supporting characters and allowed me to build characters off of their relation to Mr. Blueberry. On a personal level, I guess in some ways I used him to sort of deal with depression and anxiety. I also blame him for my attraction to older men...I mean at first he was suppose to be "ugly and old" but over time I feel like I kept making him more handsome.

I do hope one day, I can write a proper comic for him.

[El_Psy_Congroo]

Probably my current main characters for my comic Knights, simply by virtue of the fact that its the first story I'm properly telling. While I haven't delved into their personalities and histories that much (yet!) to learn anything about character development, I've learned a ton about design and art. At this point, I'm really hating Iman's outfit. I really should have done some char design pages and stuff before just jumping right in but you live and learn =P

Iman

Jun

Jun, by contrast, had a lot more concept sketching done.

@foervraengd I've seen both your deviantart and your character before! I was looking for pompadour references for a future character (spoiler alert?). Your art is awesome =]