My most influential OC? Hmm I guess I'll have to pick my favorite Magnum.

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He isn't part of any comic... yet. I've made a bunch of shorter "scenes" where I demonstrate his personality and his own issues. Many parts of him is based on people I know IRL, for example his dentophobia was inspired by my own sister's fear of the dentist.
Magnum isn't really main-character material, if I ever put him in a story it'll probably be the one where his cousin Lycka is the main character and he's the supportive side character.

I still tweak him bit by bit, but I really am pleased with how he's turned out and how he keeps pushing me to draw better.

My most influential would be Kashika.

Like foervraengd, I haven't made her comic yet. It's still in the process of being written. However I designed her original concept back when I was about 14 (2004), and bare with my incredibly underdeveloped mindset at the time - her purpose was originally to serve as a villian. Why? 'Cause she was going to be the seductress. Something which was universally considered 'bad' by my peers in highschool and immediate known culture. However as I got to write her character more, I actually began to understand her psychology and perspective. I eventually realized she (and thus, other real world women like her) aren't "bad people", they just see things differently. And in a way, are lot freer for it. So yeh, in a way she made me a bit of a better person.

Old art time!

Vespen was my first anti-villain and taught me that character make-up is not always black and white. He was a Captain and a soldier, ruthless in obeying the law and enforcing it, but over time he began to care for others against his better judgement and eventually went back on everything he believed in when he murdered his fellow soldiers in the defence of his criminal friend. I didn't intend for that to happen, and when this arc began to form it blew my mind. He was the most 'human' character I had written up until that point and his development informed everything else.

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I love this question!
Out of all my OCs, the one I knew the least about when I came up with him was Erik:

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What's so interesting about this to me is that he is now absolutely my most complex, plot-important character and holds the weight of the series evenly along with my other MC (Arielle). Arielle was going to be absolutely alone at first, but it just didn't flow right. Erik completed that and took my script to a whole new level, to where I can bend and twist my story at will and add a massive amount of foreshadowing that was never there before.
And honestly I had no idea what to do with him at first. I had to work off of Arielle's personality and create similarities and differences enough for them to foil each other and carry each other's weight.

My only regret is that since my series is so long, my readers don't hardly know enough about them and their personalities since there was a lot of concept to set up. This is what I had to learn through experience of a "first comic," and luckily it's not entirely unfixable!

It would definitely be one of the characters from the first story I ever tried to write off my own back. I called it The Village of Ebony and I'd still like to do something with it, so I'm not sure if it will keep that name, but it taught me so much about writing, characters, deadlines and how to motivate myself to work. All the characters taught me a lot, and all of them have changed a lot since I began them because of it, so it's pretty hard to pick. If you could call a story an OC I'd pick the story itself!
However I think I'd have to go with the main character, Rebecca. She started off life as an amalgamation of lazy writing and the fact that I had no clue how to write a story. She was introduced as a girl with amnesia, who had no memory of anything (even her name) and was called only "The Orphan". This would be fine if it weren't for the fact that I created her like this because I didn't want to have to think about the character at all, and just wanted to start writing. Which of course meant that these were her only defining features and she had no personality to speak of... How I wrote her depended entirely on my mood, and in that way her actions usually made no sense and conflicted with earlier events. Even her age changed as I got older! She taught me how to think characters through much more thoroughly and come up with personalities and backstories before I started writing them.
Because of her, all the other characters I write are much more human (though now that I think about it, only about half of them actually are humans, as such) and I've been able to create characters that I'm happy with and excited to write about! She's still taking shape however, because I find it a lot harder to give a character a personality when you've already been working with them for so long. One day, she'll be perfect though, and I'll be able to describe her in as much detail as I can any of my other characters.
(My favourite from that story probably would probably be someone called Ebonezer - the first person Rebecca meets and a grumpy witch-hunter with weird eyes and the assumption that he's better than everyone else. He also has my favourite backstory from anything ever, and he's probably the character that's taught me the most about physical character design. He's changed so much, but he looks so good...)

This is a quick drawing I did of her recently!

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She's also the first character I ever created so... She's pretty special to me. <3

Interesting question... I think for me it's Mira from Dreamcatchers1.
When I started to draw it, I was only around 15-16, so I was interested in popularity in schools. I never been popular of course, I just tried to be friends with such girls back in primary... I wanted to be someone like them, but I'm different, and deep in my heart I hated that I can't be "normal". So I picked in the story such girls, but made the "strange girl" Sohiru, as the heroine. Mira fells in love with Sohiru's dream being friend (Iko), but Iko is only interested in Sohiru, so I made Mira a foolish person with her useless tryings. But with years I started to like her because of it, and I feel pity about her. I think maybe it doesn't matter how popular or unpopular we are. We all want something that we can't get.

An Iko-Sohiru-Mira scene:

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If we don't count the two dorks I'm drawing a comic about right now1, 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.

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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.

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:

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

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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~

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.

My most influential OC is probably Mappy from U-Speed

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@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^

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

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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

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.

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.

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.

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 =]

The character that taught me the most about myself is probably Ska from one of my written Stories.
When I started writing this particular story, I realy didn´t want to direct it anywhere. Sometimes I write stories for pleasure, and don´t intend to publish them
Then Ska came along. I had no Idea where he came from. He picked that piece of story up and made it into something dark, twisted and deeply enjoyable. It is now one of my most popular stories online.

At first he scared me. The whole writting progress scared me - it came from somewhere deeper, I knew what would happen, I could write it down, but even I didn´t always know what Ska was actualy planning.

I emerged into him and tried to get to know him. He is highly intelligent and has the best sarcasmn and humor. I was able to create another character who could keep up with him and became his partner - but that was it. He was a mystery to me.

After finishing the story, I just slowly realized that he was a part of me. It gave me a lot of self confidience to hold him inside of me.

He is not the most well tought charakters. He is not the charakter I simpazise with the most on an emotional level. He has good and bad traits. He succesedes. He´s the one who gave me the most.

The character I feel most connected to is my hero Force-Ar (real name Kayode, which is Nigerian for 'he brings joy'). Kayode is an idealist, and being raised Christian myself, I can understand that perspective. I thought it would be interesting to plant him as the idealist type in my comic between a lot of fame hungry heroes to juxtapose the big soup of moral perspectives I wanted to play with.

Idealists, to clarify, are the type to form a belief and plant their feet with it, often finding strength from their beliefs. It becomes, however, the antithesis of pragmatic and a good moral code doesn't always work practically in every situation. I wanted to bring that to a character in my comic.

I've been victim to the conflict between fastidious principles and the human condition throughout my life (as most of us have, no doubt) so engaging with Kayode has been the most interesting part for me so far. Given the superhero genre, one is able to exaggerate given scenarios to really hammer the point across, athough I'm not trying to be preachy. Force-Ar will feature a lot in HOTWAB over the forthcoming year.

Well the character Jacob from Welcome Back influenced me to go and make stranger bizarre characters. I was able to create a sorta weird development of one singular character by making doppelgangers representing parts of him and split them off showing different sides to the character I usually never tried with others.

I really have not much to say on how a character influences me, I see them as a part of story and sort of separate them from me. I don't get attached to my characters the way I expect my readers to so it's more of a overall thing that influences me. The comic as a whole changed my style completely, incorporated things I never did before in other pieces of work, focus on tougher subject matter and allowed me to experiment and break out of my past styles.