for the first one, Audrey or whatever, it would sound better if she was described as some kind of non-human albino. It could explain the red eyes, purple hair, and disposition to being injured easily
LetaTheWolf tru but often pure white hair will appear to have a lilac or blue hue due to how light refracts and whatever so you could argue its just an artistic liberty
I'm actually living for this albino Audrey now. Since she'd need a redesign anyway to add this into her bio the artist could always lighten up her hair a few shades, or just say it's artistic liberty. I still like the idea of her being not-quite-human but it appears it hasn't truly manifested yet, so the albinism would explain her so far more than the half-human thing.
The first character Audrey is from a youtuber called LovelyLauren, she has actually improved a lot, the story has too. Improvement does happen, and there is more to the story.
Shes a cool animator but her artstyle is insanely unappealing. IMO at least Editing to add on to what I said, biggest problem is her eyes are very detailed, while her anatomy is severely lacking and she puts no detail into everything else. That style can work sometimes but just not with hers.
Shes improved a little, mostly with art and animation (some of the animation memes arent too bad). I'll admit I havent grasped the full story with her characters, but they all seem to have the same two things in common; theyre young and something horrible happened to them. It just gets a little repetitive and makes me wonder if the other characters are really even necessary.
It's fine to have a dark backstory for your character, plenty of well-written characters out there have dark stories behind them But there's a fine line between a dark backstory and an emotionally manipulative one If your using a backstory to make you feel sorry for a character, rather than to give insight on why a character acts the way they do, it's kind of bad writing in itself. Of course, I'm not an expert, and this is purely my opinion, so take this with a grain of salt
Eh... It really depends. Sometimes using a dark backstory to make you feel sorry for a character really can help and serve their story. I guess it's better if you empathize with a character in the end, not sympathize with them, but that's just a general guideline, not a rule.
@Grape Fanta Murder is serious but it's normal to enjoy LEARNING about it. Nowadays murder is something that happens A LOT so IN MY OPINION, seeing an OC that's a murderer is very normal. Especially when the character is from a movie or video game. Like Purple guy from fnaf or Jeff from creepy pasta.
Ik! there are just so darn many OCS that have super dark or tragic backstories it's getting really boring (Actually, whenever I create an OC I try to add the absolute minimum, sure you can and in some instances SHOULD add some dark and tragic stuff to make it realistic, but all just DRAMA DARKNESS AND TRAGEDY isn't realistic, and in my opinion, I think there shall be a balance between positive and negative elements in a character's backstory)
There's a fine balance with these tragic backstories that can be obtained. The issue with these characters for the most part is that their backstories are an excuse to just design their character all emotionally, when in reality you only need a little bit of subtlety to create a decent, complex character. I'll use my own character as an example: An Imperial Watchmaster which is basically an Inquisition agent. He's a more cold, calculating person, which is perfect for his role as an Watchmaster. His more cold demeanor towards "friends" displays a sense of either mistrust, or inability to make said friends. I don't have to delve so heavily into his backstory of "was abandoned by his parents that were escaping a war" and what not to properly show his character and make people understand why he's like that.
NotAllArmiesAreToxic here’s my opinion on it, it’s fine to have a character with a darker backstory to explain how they act but making a character to purely be “look at how dark and tortured my character is” is bad writing. Making a character purely based off of their misfortune and nothing else is as bad as writing a villain meant to be bad and nothing else
My OC's don't even have a "sexuality" bracket. Who they like shows up in their actions or what they say outright in the story. I dunno, I always found listing a sexuality to a character to be weird, like they themselves would think it's awkward that their sexual business is flapping out in the open like it's on a grocery list.
my main oc doesn't really care. she isn't asexual, she just doesn't really mention her sexuality. she just sleeps and drinks juice and watches stand up comedy on tv
i said this to my brother who bragged about his grades: " can ya stop flapping your report card out in the open like it's on a grocery list" no regrets
*sees my OC* oh boi Solar's gonna give me heck. Back to the drawing board XD Lol nah seriously thanks. I don't get much criticism and it helps to know what others think of my art/characters :3
[EDIT #1 thanks for the support and stuff i guess.] how to make an oc from 2017/2018: make it bisexual be unsure of species make it's parent's die to make you feel sorry about the character "HAS A DARK SIDE" reallly crazy hair.
In the case of the zombie OC... I think the idea is that she happens to be a zombie with accelerated-healing powers. But if that regeneration fully *brings her back to life,* she loses her undead-immortality (ironically killing her) So she counteracts the healing via self-mutilation, to retain her immortal zombie form Its honestly a super interesting idea; just explained rather poorly. (But English doesn't seem to be that person's 1st language, so they get a pass)
Like the Deadpool concept, his regeneration are really just cells multiplying at a steady rate compared to the damage the cancer gives him. So in other words if a normal person who had nothing wrong with then had the power of Deadpool they would die over the excessive amount of any cells. In other words you need a life threatening disease or injury that will stick with you forever so you can handle Deadpool's regenerative powers. Im guessing that means "Dying so you don't have to die". Pretty vague and weird way to put it tho
You guys know that s/he meant that 5% of humans on earth is actually 350 million people. I think everybody knows that the world population is more than 7 billion ;-;
To be more specific, I mean the artists who usually trace anatomy and haven’t quite developed their art style or skill level. You know the ones im talking about 😀
Thanks to your comment I immediately thought of that one weird guy screaming: "This is my vegetarian *BOOODAAAAY* " It still hunts my nightmares to this day lol
I like how professional his criticism is. Like he actually takes the time to see all the details of each oc and doesn't just rely on his opinion unlike other UA-camrs.
Foxy356 im not trying to point out specific names. Its just that a lot of people out there just base their criticism from opinions while Solar Sands actually gives good advice and perspective views for character designs
Unfleshed and overly tragic OCs in deviantart: *“I was born with glass bones and paper skin. Every morning I break my legs, and every afternoon I break my arms. At night, I lie awake in agony until my heart attacks put me to sleep.”*
I know right, they stifle themselves to set categories with already existing species (whether real or not) like if you don't know, show how it affects the story and say why in the story. Or even better, make your own species up, because it's possible! And most likely even your experimental abomination will have a name from its creators, or leave it out if you're not sure! Writing like that feels... childish and unprofessional to say the least lol
My OC is Air Gender: Air Species: Air Personality: Air Status: Air Likes: Air Dislikes: Not Air Another OC! Name: Gender Species Personality: Status: Likes: Dislikes: Being Rickrolled Another OC again Name: DoUbLe EdGe Gender: Gay,Straight,Lesbian,Homosexual,Communist,Asexual,Yes Species: Half demon, Half angel, God, AAAA Personality: Emo Status: Fighting ultra powerful god man Like: Black and red colors Dislikes: Any color that is bright
what good is a hybrid alien war monster, if it ain't edgy as fuck! Lmao, but in all honesty, at least the edge makes sense in context. If you were to make a biological weapon, why WOULD you give it empathy and a sense of self-preservation?
How to make a DeviantArt OC 1. Character is shy/timid/has anxiety 2. Character is gay/bi/pan etc. 3. Character either has a long, boring bio full of useless info or next to no bio, no in between 4. Between the ages of 10-21 5. Only use stupid, ugly pastel colors that don’t match 6. Character has a messed up/super edgy backstory 7. Character doesn’t trust others/has very few friends/daddy issues 8. Stupid color hair (pink purple green etc.) 9. Character is a furry, fandom OC, or demon (hybrids also acceptable) 10. Characters “personality” is an obvious self insert of artist 11. Character is an introvert/likes reading/drawing/doesn’t like going outside or physical activity 12. Only aesthetically pleasing to those under 12 years old Optional 1. Character is disabled somehow (dyslexia, schizophrenia etc) 2. Character self harms or has scars 3. Character had supernatural abilities 4. If character has supernatural abilities, they are usually vastly overpowered, and explained in painstaking detail
When I start making OC'S, personally, I will be making most, If not all, my characters LGBT+ because I need to relate to my characters to be able to... Idk... Connect? Lol
Guess I'm odd too because almost all my Oc's are straight and have normal hair. Only like 8% of my Oc's are actually Human but all that depends on the universe or which part of the plot I came up with first
Only one of my characters is LGBT and they're bi. I only ever made the rest straight because I think it's more important to focus on their backstory and personality and I don't care enough to give them a specific sexuality, and straight is a default for me so I just choose that :P
name: lily the skeleton age: 1000 gender: transgender nonbinary agender species: angel demon galaxy neko skeleton wolf sexuality: demisexual transromantic bio: everyone died when she was little and now she is depressed and likes sans
Audrey: My life sucks :( Vivie: Would you like to drink some of my rat poison? Asterik: Don't do it, Audrey. There's so much good stuff in life to live for. Audrey: No poison, thanks, I've gone too familiar with my horrible life to dare making it worse. Ingii: You've made a good choice, Audrey! Have some black coffee! Vivie: And have some black widows to go with. Ingii: Um, I'm gonna stay far away from you, Vivie, maybe play with some puppies or something. Asterik: That's the spirit! Wait up, Ingii! Audrey: Some puppies might make me feel better, a little. Vivie: Ah, I love being immortal from deadly substances... or something.
How to make an oc Name: Japanese sounding name Gender: any Sexuality: either they like there own gender they like both genders or they like one gender more than the other just don’t make them straight Likes: anything Dislikes: anything Personality: depressed Bio: tragic backstory and now everyone hates them
@@livvlife why do you feel angry just by an OC having their sexuality in their bio? I think a lot of people who do that are either lgbtq themselves or kids or teenagers who are questioning their sexuality. I can understand feeling mocked when its bad or harmful representation, but I don’t see whats wrong with having their sexuality in their OCs bio.
SCP (insert number here) Oc keter Reclassified neutralized SCP .... is a female dragon with a recruiting spine half it legs are mechanical Containment procedures SCP .... is to be contained in a heat resistant glass and a metal out SCP .... vs SCP 682 SCP .... Scratched 682 in the eye then he Tour her spine she shot plasma in his eye SCP 682 stopped immediately and said “you son of a b**ch” then he shot acid out his mouth burn the rest of SCP ....
Dear Solar Sands, Thank you for exposing yourself to potentially dangerous OCs so your subscribers have something to watch. We appreciate your heroic sacrifice. Sincerely, Your subs :)
I feel bad that Solar consistently exposes himself to bad OC's and terrible art, but at the same time I'm thankful cause I have something entertaining to watch.
calamitasCorvus I agree. To me, being an artist means being able to take a little criticism so that your skills and talent can grow. I also think art should be fun and not always stressful. I like getting criticism because it not only helps my art improve but it also helps me widen my thoughts and perspective on different subjects. I guess it kinda helps me grow as a person.
he mostly just makes fun of it and points out basic things to fix, so sure its criticism, but not really helpful. Then again, this isn't really a how to art channel
tbh i have no idea, i mean when i was really little i liked drawing angels just in general bc i liked drawing the background of heaven but now it's drawn waaay to much.
So, I *think* I got the idea of the zombie girl. She is a video game character and has hit points. She has a game genie and doesn't die even if her HP drops below zero. And she automatically heals her HP, too. So one day some wizard realized that was bs and figured she needed to be nerfed. He did this with really messed up curse: she can keep her ability to live with negative HP and even continue to heal. BUT if her healing ever brings her HP above 0, she will die permanently. Megadeath or something. Thus, she can live with typically fatal injuries, but she can ONLY live with fatal injuries; if they heal to the point of being nonfatal, she will die 100%-for-real-no take-backsies. So her healing functions closer to poison and causing herself pain actually increases her longevity. Opposite day. That right?
How to make an OC guide : Step 1: Make sure to include every freaking color in existence on to them. (Tip: Make them all extremely saturated if you want to burn the viewer’s eyes.) Step 2: Add unnecessary accessories everywhere, make sure they always clutter up the important details. (Tip: Add an eyepatch.) Step 3: Make them have a really sad backstory. **MUST INCLUDE** At least one of their parents are died. At least one of their parents are abusive. If both parents are died, make their stepparents abusive. Make sure they get bullied at school. Also make sure every single character has a crush on them. (Even their bullies) Step 4: Make them half of every single animal in the world. Step 5: Make them have no personality or goal whatsoever. Step 6: Make them have every single ability in your universe. (Tip: If they don’t have every ability since their birth, make them a child prodigy and have them learn every single ability when they just have finished kindergarten.) Step 7: Don’t add any flaws to the character, it will make them imperfect. (Tip: If you do want some flaws, make them clumsy.) Step 8: Smash your head onto your keyboard for a very creative and easy to pronounce name. There! Now you have your totally very enjoyable and original OC!
Dang it, i failed the assignment, especially the backstory one 😡 (Having an oc that was made in the literal void with no actual relationships there other than a friend that turned out to be a backstabber)
I’m glad you give actual criticism instead of just slamming people. I have respect for you. I wish you could review my characters but I don’t have a deviantart so I’ll just support through UA-cam
Too often I see the popularity of characters with mental disorders linked with the same kind of morbid fascination people have with freak shows. No attempt is made to give them real personalities other than "they're cRaZy and unrelatable!" which makes them feel more like an object to gawk at than a believable person that struggles with and/or overcomes their disorder and how this plays into who they are. Ignoring how harmful this might be to someone who actually has these disorders and is constantly being compared to a monster, it makes for a boring character and a boring story. As an example of a character with a mental disorder done right: I have an OC named Dorian who is a sociopath. He's a mad scientist and a villain, but he's not some evil bastard that goes on killing sprees for fun. He's driven by a goal and he's willing to do whatever it takes to achieve that goal, even at the cost of others and his own humanity, because he has no concept for what "humanity" even is. He ends up getting a clone of his consciousness stuck in a robot and his original human self betrays him for profit, because due to his sociopathy, he has no regard for his own self the same way he has no regard for the people around him. This serves as a wake-up call and teaches Dorian what he never understood before: empathy. Of course, he's also a stubborn bullheaded dick, so his first idea is to get revenge and kill his original human self, but later he realizes that doing so would make him no different than the man he once was, so to truly defeat him, he must become a better version of himself. Yes, Dorian is crazy, and yes, he does some really messed up things, but the difference is that you can see WHY he does the things he does. His disorder is linked with, but does NOT, overshadow his personality and potential. When making your character, always ask "why" as many times as you possibly can when you give them a trait. Crack them open like an egg and see what makes them tick!
Me too has a "mad" scientist character. However his problems are a bit different (def has a bloodlust that leads him to kill people for "fun"). But it took me some time to work out how to explain, rationally and with sensibility, why he is how he is. And what can i say… my character started out as an uber-edgy CrAzY psycho. Many of us have been there. I didn't know much about certain personality disorders or clinical conditions. I only knew I wanted to have a super edgy mad scientist character, who wails in the blood of poor specimens and doee evil, mad edgy science. Because I was young and being young makes you ignorant and way too lazy for proper research. Most of these OCs I bet were created by young people. Or people with rudimentary practice and experience in writing/world building. If you are in such a stage you won't be able to ask the relevant questions regarding your characters motives and behaviour and work out the important parts of their personality. You take the shortcut and go with the most common tropes and clichés. It takes infinitely more time to pounder deeply about your characters aspirations, motivations and goals and how their choices will influence the plot (and their relationship with other characters) than to take basically a stock plot and paste your archetypical clichéd characters into it. And the common clichés surrounding mental illness are, as we all know, informed by society's ignorant views on it. And because some idiots thing being ill makes you special. As said, I was once one of them so I know.
Asteria Very true, and I know all of the ones in this video were made by kids, but I've actually seen my fair share of people my age (in their 20's) that still make edgy characters like those. It's true that society does a shitty job in public health education, but when it takes as little effort as 3 minutes to google something to find out what it really is before you use it in your story, I have a hard time believing that excuse from anyone over the age of 15. Part of the reason this happens is because those people don't care enough and are just messing around for fun, which is fine, but then you get the ones who want to take pride in their art and lock themselves in an echo chamber together where they never learn any better. I posted my comment in hopes one of them might see it and realize there can be so much more fun to be had if they ever choose to get serious.
Winter X Hey I just wanted to say thank you for taking your time to post this comment. Because this actually did help me seal my own OC's character traits and motives (Who is also a sociopath). Of course when I thought about this character, I did my research on sociopaths. At the time I was ok with his character traits but the more I thought of him the more I realized he just wasn't so interesting. Because he lacked any sort of motive (Except for being a douche to the Main Character cause he is a douche). With your comment I came to the realization that with his sociopathic traits I could connect them with his motives(I mostly connected his sociopathic traits with his actions, basically what my character lacked was any reason for what he is doing) making him a much more interesting character to write and am honestly happy with how he's turning out to be. Seriously, my idea of him before your comment was dangerously leaning towards him being a good guy but with a lack of empathy (not completely) and a snarky/sarcastic/smartass attitude. Edit: I accidentally added an and on one of the sentences.
I have several problems including depression and autism and also a learning disability so I don't know why people romanticise these things so much, it's pretty shit. Having to deal with things like these since childhood is very difficult. I always want characters that are relatable but they never explore these kinds of backstories much.
Soooo... Wait, let me get this straight. Vivi, (sorry if I misspelled that.) Needs to always be dying, because if she's not she dies? Does that mean that if she feels alive, she'll die, or does it mean that she'll keep feeling that way until actual death? I'm lost...
Ariana Angel Augustine I feel like she needs to injure herself in order to be "immortal" because her body is dying but she heals constantly from her injuries and thus her body becomes more human, so you can kill her if she's healthy. She's dead but she's slowly coming back to life in a way.
The way I interpreted it from the description, Vivi has achieved something of a "negative life", a state where she must regress instead of grow in order to prevent herself from becoming a traditional corpse. Thus, what defines her as healthy or ill has been completely inverted; her body's natural regeneration has become the new way of starving, while her injuries are the new form of nourishment/applying bandages.
How I took it is that she has regenerative powers that she loses when she is fully healed, meaning that being completely alone would render her vulnerable.
So I think I figured out the deal with the zombie one. Pretty sure when they say she needs to be in a "Dying state", they mean that in order to live, her body needs to always be severely damaged in a way that would kill a normal human. A unique idea, but it just should've been worded better. That's just my theory though.
Name: Semicolon Age: teenager backstory: has died 89 times by age 5 and has been in 854 foster homes Gender: Student Favorite calculator model: Texas Instruments TI-30XIIS Species: Edgy/emo
Original character must have: - the back story that everyone could understand - not cringe character desing - the information about the character are simple but Understandable.
there are issues with your criteria: -not everyone can understand everything, right away and some people might have a story that makes sense, but have trouble presenting it that way. -"cringe" is a useless, subjective term and should not hold any value in criticism -"simple" is also subjective. what seems complicated to you, can be very simple to another person. your criteria basically boils down to "create a character, how I want it, because only i have the right to tell others how to create characters! maybe it's my personal impression, but people like you, who think in such narrow ways of character-creation, know nothing about how to make a character interesting, only how to make it as bland as possible, to avoid making it "cringy".
The character design wasn't the best but I honestly love Lauren's art style (first one) And hey, everyone makes bad OCs before they can make good ones, criticism is a good way to improve if they take it the right way.
Here’s my EPIC OC Name: ordinary man Gender: male Species: human Personality: normal Likes: ordinary things Dislikes: inordinately things Powers: being extraordinarily average
Name: Kayie eyelashes Age: 14 Gender: yes Sexuality: Pansexual Emotions: Sad, depressed,shame, anger,mad Disability: Tumor, dyslexia, anorexia, depression, anxiety and literally everything Likes: _pain_ Dislikes: everything and everyone Specie: Hybrid demon and angel and chips kookie monster About: lives with abusive parents were the dad cheats and the mom doesn't care and her siblings kill everyone.Abused and bullied 24/7.Mentally disturbed. *Used to pain* . Wants to kill everyone.
@@memeyartist5591 nobody asked, i know. But good thing i couldn't draw (still can't but practicing) a year ago or else i would've made the edgiest character possible
@@memeyartist5591 I mean, I have a trio of anthro cats who act like kittens all the time. Their backstory is slightly dark, but it's way less edgier than it used to be
Why is all the artist I saw last year and this year ALWAYS give their character the: immune to pain, Invincible' can't kill her,bisexual, And so Full of edge Personality style? Why can't they just draw a simple introverted or Rude oc Why do they have to Make them so much edgy. It's just so ...cringeworthy (Now don't be offended, I know some of you make things like these but that's just a opinion k? No hard feelings) Edit: People what I said above is AN OPINION! if you can't understand that. Love you all ♡
Oh honey where have you been looking i want to look there because all i saw last year and this year were cream puff ,anxiety packed ,pastel snowflakes i really would like some edge
illegal soda fizz Okay first of all thanks for replying 2nd: by last year I mean 2017... well duh...back then memes were so edgy like now... I mean what is wrong with pastel cream puff..stuff...too girly?.... Again in not offending anyone. Thank you
Well yeah I guess I little edge wouldn't hurt anybody...but..if a person has to go (any style) he/she has to do it right...not too much...it gets annoying
The thing with most Oc, they're either too positive and loved or negative and hated. They most likely won't have both positives and negatives in their 'Stories'
DAMMIT!! I didn't make it in. Next time, I'm not giving up I will make it into a video. I want my art critique this great way. The realness of it is amazing. For sure. Not giving up.
Name: Gordon freeman Age: 27 Sexuality: unknown Species: human Weaknesses: literally none Bio: is the most chad man on earth, also the strongest man on earth, also looks like an orange ice pop,
Name: Chell [REDACTED] Age: 40? Species: Human Gender: Female Sexuality: unknown Bio: killed an angry robot woman with her gun that shoots holes, befriended a talking ball named Wheatley who betrays her, and then puts angry robot woman who could possibly be her mother back in charge
Name: Robert
Mother of 7
Virgin
Child
Age: 78
W h a t
HAHAHA
Depressed
Always happy
Orphan
Mom is rich
Gay
Female
Has boyfriend
Poor
He likes cats
Dog person
Has ice powers
Hates cold
That’s better
@@jessiem1042 LMAO
@Inverted Villain he hides the tail with a hat to?
for the first one, Audrey or whatever, it would sound better if she was described as some kind of non-human albino. It could explain the red eyes, purple hair, and disposition to being injured easily
toukakouka yo my name is audrey
Wait, What? Me too
LetaTheWolf tru but often pure white hair will appear to have a lilac or blue hue due to how light refracts and whatever so you could argue its just an artistic liberty
Sweeevil Jones
that's a good idea!
I'm actually living for this albino Audrey now. Since she'd need a redesign anyway to add this into her bio the artist could always lighten up her hair a few shades, or just say it's artistic liberty. I still like the idea of her being not-quite-human but it appears it hasn't truly manifested yet, so the albinism would explain her so far more than the half-human thing.
The first character Audrey is from a youtuber called LovelyLauren, she has actually improved a lot, the story has too. Improvement does happen, and there is more to the story.
Shes a cool animator but her artstyle is insanely unappealing. IMO at least
Editing to add on to what I said, biggest problem is her eyes are very detailed, while her anatomy is severely lacking and she puts no detail into everything else. That style can work sometimes but just not with hers.
xylaboo Yeah, I feel bad saying it but I really dislike her style of drawing.
It has the cool salad fingers style that I like. But on a scale factor of scary salad fingers scares me more. 😂😭
okay ive seen her thumbnails and thats enough for me to be terrified. i dont like her art style 😅
Shes improved a little, mostly with art and animation (some of the animation memes arent too bad). I'll admit I havent grasped the full story with her characters, but they all seem to have the same two things in common; theyre young and something horrible happened to them. It just gets a little repetitive and makes me wonder if the other characters are really even necessary.
It's fine to have a dark backstory for your character, plenty of well-written characters out there have dark stories behind them
But there's a fine line between a dark backstory and an emotionally manipulative one
If your using a backstory to make you feel sorry for a character, rather than to give insight on why a character acts the way they do, it's kind of bad writing in itself.
Of course, I'm not an expert, and this is purely my opinion, so take this with a grain of salt
Gladion That’s not good, that’s just edgy asf lmao get good with OC’s pls
Eh... It really depends.
Sometimes using a dark backstory to make you feel sorry for a character really can help and serve their story. I guess it's better if you empathize with a character in the end, not sympathize with them, but that's just a general guideline, not a rule.
Omfg thank youu
@@thatsoneinterestingpfpyago2521 Wtf does "Get good with OCs" mean?? Let ppl do what they want with their characters.
@Grape Fanta Murder is serious but it's normal to enjoy LEARNING about it. Nowadays murder is something that happens A LOT so IN MY OPINION, seeing an OC that's a murderer is very normal. Especially when the character is from a movie or video game. Like Purple guy from fnaf or Jeff from creepy pasta.
"Has been through so much pain and injury that she has gotten used to it"
basically solar sands
WaPepe _Solar Yaoi Hands Sands in a nutshell._
Solar Sands in a nutsh---
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I see you everywhere wtf
Muffinator101
I haven't seen them anywhere but here LOL
TheRqinbow - Randomness! Oh wow
Meet my brand-new OC: Lobster. Lobster is actually a crab
Im gonna steel your oc >;)
Dandidoo Bread noooooooooo
@@audrasignes2404 Bwaha >>>>::::))))
So food? That's a nice oc
Lil’ Nobody *Top Ten Anime Plot Twists*
Name?: Audrey
Gender?: female
Species?: human???
Backstory?: tragic
Hotel: trivago
Audrey is a human, she has red eyes thanks to illegal experiments that were portraid on her, if wish to learn the truth go to Lovely Lauren
I bloody knew I would find a Hotel Trivago joke.
there's a special pot in hell just for you.
How dare u do that
ITS FRIKKIN LOVELY LAUREN SHE IS ON UA-cam
@@Unknown_Entity1228 no we don't
Name: AAAAAAAAAAAAA
Gender: AAAAAAAAAAAA
Sexuality: AAAAAAAAAAAA
Personality: sad
Backstory: more sad
Other: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
that’s it
oh damn :( thats the saddest backstory i've heard all day
@@recu1 *doofenshirzt watches you intently from a distance*
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me
Name : Arianos Griande
Gender: Gril
Emotions: *depression anxiety psychopath*
Status: *bullied*
Species : Boy
LOL
Im a gril too
personality traits: *bisexual*
Species: boy oh my fucking god i exploded in laughter
It’s Ariana Grande...
ignore this pls this is my old comment
What's up with people making dark backstory for their character?? It got to a point where it starts to be boring.
Ik! there are just so darn many OCS that have super dark or tragic backstories it's getting really boring (Actually, whenever I create an OC I try to add the absolute minimum, sure you can and in some instances SHOULD add some dark and tragic stuff to make it realistic, but all just DRAMA DARKNESS AND TRAGEDY isn't realistic, and in my opinion, I think there shall be a balance between positive and negative elements in a character's backstory)
we all gotta cope some how sksksjsjs
NotAllArmiesAreToxic agreed also I flipping love ur pfp :3💜💜💜
There's a fine balance with these tragic backstories that can be obtained. The issue with these characters for the most part is that their backstories are an excuse to just design their character all emotionally, when in reality you only need a little bit of subtlety to create a decent, complex character.
I'll use my own character as an example: An Imperial Watchmaster which is basically an Inquisition agent. He's a more cold, calculating person, which is perfect for his role as an Watchmaster. His more cold demeanor towards "friends" displays a sense of either mistrust, or inability to make said friends. I don't have to delve so heavily into his backstory of "was abandoned by his parents that were escaping a war" and what not to properly show his character and make people understand why he's like that.
NotAllArmiesAreToxic here’s my opinion on it, it’s fine to have a character with a darker backstory to explain how they act but making a character to purely be “look at how dark and tortured my character is” is bad writing. Making a character purely based off of their misfortune and nothing else is as bad as writing a villain meant to be bad and nothing else
The taken af is legit a roblox character.
I mean.... you’re not wrong
Emma I hate ODERs
OnLINE *DATERRRRR*
And this is why I left -Roblox- Buzzfeed
Nobody else like there is 666 likes
My OC's don't even have a "sexuality" bracket. Who they like shows up in their actions or what they say outright in the story.
I dunno, I always found listing a sexuality to a character to be weird, like they themselves would think it's awkward that their sexual business is flapping out in the open like it's on a grocery list.
“Flapping out in the open like it’s on a grocery list.”
I’m gonna remember that line forever, thank you, that was hilarious.
yes i want a pansexual candy thanks oh and a straight gummy bear ok bye dont forget to complete your list because i didn't see gay candies
my main oc doesn't really care. she isn't asexual, she just doesn't really mention her sexuality. she just sleeps and drinks juice and watches stand up comedy on tv
Y E S !
i said this to my brother who bragged about his grades:
" can ya stop flapping your report card out in the open like it's on a grocery list"
no regrets
“We’ll get a nice and even ten point system.
*_yay”_*
bruh...
AmmoAnimation What?
nothing xD I just found your comment creative:)
Sounds like Bob Ross
Fluttershy:yaaaaaaay
as a bisexual, why do weird dragon things need sexualities?
Ollie Badger because this is the internet
*Internet, Its The Internet.*
Ollie Badger I’m bi too :p
Because muh inclusiveness
Ikr?
Solar Sands has gone through so much pain and injury that he has gotten used to it
Why give your OC a happy life when you can just fill their life with pain and suffering?
Cuz I'd be too much Like God.
My oc's have a pretty happy, normal backstory. I saved the suffering and hurt for the actual story
When your oc is not suffer, then you doing it wrong.
@@cefrinaldi8060 basically all ocs
Why give it a backstory when you just can do a super unrealistic edgy extremely “story”?
*_T A K E N A F_*
The c r I n g e
*6’3 AND FUCKING 130 POUNDS*
STOLEN AF
*O V e R E m o T i O N A l*
c a n t r e l a t e
Imagine making a straight OC with a happy childhood when you could just make an abused, pansexual meta-human/lizard fusion.
oh shit you're right, i gotta make more lgbt oc's or else i'll automatically be against the lgbt community!
people are more likely to make their ocs lgbt because lgbt people are so underrepresented in the rest of the media, i suppose.
@@irelandaintreal2945 My OCs are mostly straight or not for a relationship.
Lol, one of my OCs is a straight witch with Neutral childhood (not so happy, but no abuse or something like that)
@@calyptelaironia6034 it's called a joke sweetheart.
I think they finally broke him, guys.
Lemon Soda 2.0 you mean the deviant art videos didn't do that already?
Ariana Angel Augustine
Never thought of that befor e. _confused face with finger on chin emoji_
Lol
Lemon Soda 2.0
You mean 🤔 or do you not have that emoji
Layci Jasmine 🤔
Remember kids it's not an OC if it's not Half-Demon, Shy and Timid, and has every Mental Illness.
NEAR-
@@Sarahsmith10112 yes it is i near,
Half demon, half god, half cat, half dragon, half angel, half gay, half cartoon, half girl, half wizard, half Twitter user, half mermaid, 550% stupid.
@Oregano even better
@@nateriver2230 still replying after a year. what a legend
*sees my OC* oh boi Solar's gonna give me heck. Back to the drawing board XD
Lol nah seriously thanks. I don't get much criticism and it helps to know what others think of my art/characters :3
Lazy Lauren *groans*
Lazy Lauren just curious, but which one was yours?
Groan.
Pato Alarcón 1:56
Pato Alarcón The first one (Audrey)
[EDIT #1 thanks for the support and stuff i guess.]
how to make an oc from 2017/2018:
make it bisexual
be unsure of species
make it's parent's die to make you feel sorry about the character
"HAS A DARK SIDE"
reallly crazy hair.
or make it a furry
that too lol
make it gayer
StarredTrooper At this point strait characters are rare.
OC sexuality is a thing?
.....shit
How to make a OC:
-Make a depressed character
Done!
good advice my friend, I will carry it through life, thank you!
Welp
Mine oc nick just wants to fucking die
But every time he dies he respawns
@@suwucidal6936 you made a gamer
@Casey Howe sounds like most of the people around me
Character: Joe
Age 1.7
Species: Momma
Weight: 147475
haha funni this is underrated 😂
"Weight: 147475"
Damn dude, burn
BEWARE
MOMMA
*m o m m a*
Yo momma named joe
"I like the idea of getting hur-"
Christianity knocks at door
Just A Frans Shipper lmao
In the case of the zombie OC...
I think the idea is that she happens to be a zombie with accelerated-healing powers.
But if that regeneration fully *brings her back to life,* she loses her undead-immortality (ironically killing her)
So she counteracts the healing via self-mutilation, to retain her immortal zombie form
Its honestly a super interesting idea; just explained rather poorly. (But English doesn't seem to be that person's 1st language, so they get a pass)
Yeah I like that idea
Damn this is a good explanation, it’s actually a really cool concept.
It actually provides possibilities for interesting character interactions. Cool.
That sounds pretty interesting tbh.
Like the Deadpool concept, his regeneration are really just cells multiplying at a steady rate compared to the damage the cancer gives him. So in other words if a normal person who had nothing wrong with then had the power of Deadpool they would die over the excessive amount of any cells. In other words you need a life threatening disease or injury that will stick with you forever so you can handle Deadpool's regenerative powers. Im guessing that means "Dying so you don't have to die". Pretty vague and weird way to put it tho
Audrey: doesn’t trust 95% of humans
Me: doesn’t trust 99.9999999999% of humans
Because I ain’t got not time to trust over 350 million people
You have the world population WAY TOO LOW.
Wot
woah what world do you live in, there is a lot more than 350 million people in this world.
øh it’s just a typical pickle
they mean the remainder of 95% though the math may be a little off
You guys know that s/he meant that 5% of humans on earth is actually 350 million people.
I think everybody knows that the world population is more than 7 billion ;-;
I love how most deviantart artists make their characters have a boat load of trauma and their characters bio is just *✨brocken✨*
To be more specific, I mean the artists who usually trace anatomy and haven’t quite developed their art style or skill level. You know the ones im talking about 😀
I just create my character with cruel and violent nature but no traumatic stuff because they can just kill anyone that oppose them
✨ *I'm brocken insyde* ✨
When you said “natural monster” i thought of a demon screaming “I’M VEGAN!”
XD I’m dying!
Lol
lol (literaly, i laughed out loud)
*wheeze*
Thanks to your comment I immediately thought of that one weird guy screaming: "This is my vegetarian *BOOODAAAAY* "
It still hunts my nightmares to this day lol
4:41 Sexuality: Handsexual
Gaming Hood GODDAMNIT 😂
*IS THAT A JOJO REFERENCE*
@@surelyyoujestin9203 l m a o
Hearts & Spades wtf
LMAO
I like how professional his criticism is. Like he actually takes the time to see all the details of each oc and doesn't just rely on his opinion unlike other UA-camrs.
Foxy356 im not trying to point out specific names. Its just that a lot of people out there just base their criticism from opinions while Solar Sands actually gives good advice and perspective views for character designs
Eh, his criticism is ok but nowhere near professional level.
I don't think so.
Same👌
I definitely agree.
Unfleshed and overly tragic OCs in deviantart:
*“I was born with glass bones and paper skin. Every morning I break my legs, and every afternoon I break my arms. At night, I lie awake in agony until my heart attacks put me to sleep.”*
"CHOCOLAAAAATE!"
@@NayrAnur Chocolate?
they need some milk
-Original as in, not a part of an existing franchise-
Original as in they're almost always unoriginal.
MoRtY?
Yea
Sama Lass yes
Original as using a Sonic oc base.
Sama Lass yep
*you all sure dont know what your oc's species are*
They are either unsure or its one of those crazy bio things like unicorn/cat/dragon/dog
I know right, they stifle themselves to set categories with already existing species (whether real or not) like if you don't know, show how it affects the story and say why in the story. Or even better, make your own species up, because it's possible! And most likely even your experimental abomination will have a name from its creators, or leave it out if you're not sure! Writing like that feels... childish and unprofessional to say the least lol
My OC’s species is N O N E X I S T A N T
My oc's are so boring that they're just humans.
As it was hard to make just a normal human OC, huh.
My OC is Air
Gender: Air
Species: Air
Personality: Air
Status: Air
Likes: Air
Dislikes: Not Air
Another OC!
Name:
Gender
Species
Personality:
Status:
Likes:
Dislikes: Being Rickrolled
Another OC again
Name: DoUbLe EdGe
Gender: Gay,Straight,Lesbian,Homosexual,Communist,Asexual,Yes
Species: Half demon, Half angel, God, AAAA
Personality: Emo
Status: Fighting ultra powerful god man
Like: Black and red colors
Dislikes: Any color that is bright
Things that are not air shall perish
consume the vacuum
I shall breath in
Hands down best OC of all time.
Personally I prefer the air-
Please review my oc
Name: Alzheimer Man
Gender: forgot
Species: forgot
Personality: what?
Likes: huh?
Dislikes: do I know you?
Power: I don’t remember
Perfect 👏👏👏
👍
@Cheezit Police maybe in a comedy but not in a serious show
@Cheezit Police he'z s been made already, read jojo part 8
Yo, are you Araki?
Then:
Bad fetish art triggers solar sands because it exists
Now:
“Has been through so much pain and injury that he has got used to it”
I mean, *ECKS DEE*
Solar Sands! :-)
Artist: has no morals and lives to die
Me: * clap clap* thank you captain edge lord
what good is a hybrid alien war monster, if it ain't edgy as fuck!
Lmao, but in all honesty, at least the edge makes sense in context.
If you were to make a biological weapon, why WOULD you give it empathy and a sense of self-preservation?
terrible lizard am I the only one who finds it EdGY and cringy to call others edgy?
@@HedgeHominoid it's an author insert which is cringy their is a reason edgyness is frowned upon because its a bad cliche
How to make a DeviantArt OC
1. Character is shy/timid/has anxiety
2. Character is gay/bi/pan etc.
3. Character either has a long, boring bio full of useless info or next to no bio, no in between
4. Between the ages of 10-21
5. Only use stupid, ugly pastel colors that don’t match
6. Character has a messed up/super edgy backstory
7. Character doesn’t trust others/has very few friends/daddy issues
8. Stupid color hair (pink purple green etc.)
9. Character is a furry, fandom OC, or demon (hybrids also acceptable)
10. Characters “personality” is an obvious self insert of artist
11. Character is an introvert/likes reading/drawing/doesn’t like going outside or physical activity
12. Only aesthetically pleasing to those under 12 years old
Optional
1. Character is disabled somehow (dyslexia, schizophrenia etc)
2. Character self harms or has scars
3. Character had supernatural abilities
4. If character has supernatural abilities, they are usually vastly overpowered, and explained in painstaking detail
If it's a fandom OC then the main character or the most likable character of that fandom is crushing on the OC
It's all rebornica's fnaf security guards desings
Nope not mine lol
I am very glad my oc’s are not like this
yeah i just realized not a lot of people make like older ocs that are 30 or 40
Name: eLonG muSket
Age: OVER NINE THOUSAND
Gender: wo man
Disability: cyber truckolis
Species: planet
this is a perfect oc, you have my respect 👏👏👏
👌👌👌
xFAIRYTAILFAN 101x thanks
Oh, one of those men of wo! Cool gendah.
Wo Man
Perfect!🤣
This is amazing I love it👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👊👊👊👊👊👊👊
Audrey looks like she's auditioning to join Gorillaz
i n a b a g
*bath joke*
TheJediSonic I wanna reply so bad please stupid glitch let me.
TheJediSonic k, what's the fuck up? Some comments I can't reply to and some, I can. I'm not getting it.
True XD
I misheard pansexual, i thought he said HANDsexual
Mmmm 👀 who else here likes s o f t f I N g e r s
@ღ BezonaMew ღ your welcome
@ღ BezonaMew ღ no problem
yep.
handsexual
its a thing now
you’ve created a sexuality
well they're both made up anyways
Didn't realize I was so odd to be making straight, human OCs with normal hair lol
Ikr
I don't make too many straight OCs, but like I make enough
When I start making OC'S, personally, I will be making most, If not all, my characters LGBT+ because I need to relate to my characters to be able to... Idk... Connect? Lol
EoCA, All my OCs are straight so I suppose that means I'm odd as well XD
Guess I'm odd too because almost all my Oc's are straight and have normal hair. Only like 8% of my Oc's are actually Human but all that depends on the universe or which part of the plot I came up with first
Only one of my characters is LGBT and they're bi. I only ever made the rest straight because I think it's more important to focus on their backstory and personality and I don't care enough to give them a specific sexuality, and straight is a default for me so I just choose that :P
name: lily the skeleton
age: 1000
gender: transgender nonbinary agender
species: angel demon galaxy neko skeleton wolf
sexuality: demisexual transromantic
bio: everyone died when she was little and now she is depressed and likes sans
She ofc also has some demon powers and shes the strongest angel demon galaxy neko skeleton wolf ever
we love overpowered ocs
No she loves "snas"
Oh and she’s a over powered demon/vampire/succubus yandere
Dont forget she has a hair even tough she is a skeleton
*DIDN'T YOU KNOW THE RULES EVERY SKELETON MONSTER IS NAMED AFTER A FONT!;*
Asterisk is this *
...
Oh oops
It’s also a
*s p3 **-ec-** **_iaL_* snOwf laKee
Foxilicous Odom yiss
Carlminion *REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*
*I am a RePrEsSeD eMo judge me all you want ReEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeE*
*rawr XD*
Ya lol
Audrey: My life sucks :(
Vivie: Would you like to drink some of my rat poison?
Asterik: Don't do it, Audrey. There's so much good stuff in life to live for.
Audrey: No poison, thanks, I've gone too familiar with my horrible life to dare making it worse.
Ingii: You've made a good choice, Audrey! Have some black coffee!
Vivie: And have some black widows to go with.
Ingii: Um, I'm gonna stay far away from you, Vivie, maybe play with some puppies or something.
Asterik: That's the spirit! Wait up, Ingii!
Audrey: Some puppies might make me feel better, a little.
Vivie: Ah, I love being immortal from deadly substances... or something.
10/10 Best story ever
God this is perfect in every way
Best OTP ship.
[slams coffee cup against floor, breaking it]
*MORE*
Lexsolon1 this should be a rp XD
*mentally desturbed*
me after watching memes and realizing I spent the entire day on my bed with Cheetos
name: colon
gender: all of them
race: god?
sexuality: yes
likes: memes
dislikes: semi colon
I thought you meant asshole until i read semi colon
;
;
👏👏👏👏👏👏
Ah yes, the dreaded semi-colon
Take a shot every time there's a mention of dead parents.
EDIT: Shit, I guess nobody's dying today.
And tonight on the 9 o'clock news there has been a massive case of people dying of some sort of liver disease due to the use of alcoholic beverages.
I'm scared there is like 98 people lying on the floor dead and I feel like one have them has their spirits lying around
Jack Lant+ danm.
Maybe all the parents die from the dead OC parents drinking game
Jokes on you, I need alcoholic beverages to stay alive! Apparently, I need to be kept in a constant dying state or whatever.
Meet my OCs: Comma and Arial black
Dead thing walking 😂
Times New Roman and Wingdings
Mine is pap-
*wait no*
My new oc: _
My oc is periodt
Solar Sands lives to die
Mich Hudson *true*
Mich Hudson *_caUsE yOu aNd I..._*
Mich Hudson you means *SOLAR* *-SANS-* ehem... I-I mean... *SOLAR SNANDS*
Aren't we all
"I like the ... gore on the arms and neck ..."
Solar Sands confirmed murderous psychopath, call the police.
*I like the idea of getting injured often*
i forgot he said that in the video and was like "damn u a masochist or smthn"
Your critique actually is super helpful to me as well, as I’m developing a few characters right now! Your videos teach me so much. So thanks man!
How to make an oc
Name: Japanese sounding name
Gender: any
Sexuality: either they like there own gender they like both genders or they like one gender more than the other just don’t make them straight
Likes: anything
Dislikes: anything
Personality: depressed
Bio: tragic backstory and now everyone hates them
Pfff, all my ocs are gay because I suck at writing straight characters
@@ChainsawSeesaw I don’t take my characters sexuality into the question if the sexuality means nothing to the story
@@Cinnamon_Rolls_Out_Of_The_Oven mine kinda does just cause my main oc is married but she's the only one who has a determined sexuality
I’m a lesbian and a lot of these ocs like that anger me because it actually feels like I’m being mocked more than represented
@@livvlife why do you feel angry just by an OC having their sexuality in their bio? I think a lot of people who do that are either lgbtq themselves or kids or teenagers who are questioning their sexuality. I can understand feeling mocked when its bad or harmful representation, but I don’t see whats wrong with having their sexuality in their OCs bio.
Asterisk sounds like some kind of scp
SCP (insert number here)
Oc keter
Reclassified neutralized
SCP .... is a female dragon with a recruiting spine half it legs are mechanical
Containment procedures
SCP .... is to be contained in a heat resistant glass and a metal out
SCP .... vs SCP 682
SCP .... Scratched 682 in the eye then he Tour her spine she shot plasma in his eye SCP 682 stopped immediately and said “you son of a b**ch” then he shot acid out his mouth burn the rest of SCP ....
•U•
and sounds like a bleach opening
@@glitchypenny6984 holy fuck i wheezed at the ending
Your Profile Picture should be an SCP
Dear Solar Sands,
Thank you for exposing yourself to potentially dangerous OCs so your subscribers have something to watch. We appreciate your heroic sacrifice.
Sincerely,
Your subs
:)
I’m pretty sure UNDERTALE has the most aus out of all the fandoms
But it's only like, 400 of them!
I actually counted don't judge I was bored.
@@terylene_n wdym? Were talking about AUs, not OCs
Countryhumans
True, but also... *shiver* FNAF.
Maggy now it's almost over a thousand
Name: my
Minecraft:Wife
Jesus:Left
Amazon prime:me
Space Shine Studios OOF
Hotel:Trivago
Name my minecraft wife, jesus left Amazon prime
@@squarehead6452 my wife left me :'(
Your wife..what?
Basic emo character
-get hair to cover one eye
-wolf+demon+angel/hybrid
-mom And dad died when they were young
-bullies and depressed
Pansexual/bisexual/transgender/asexual
They/them/she/he/it
Just an observation: Edgy, not emo
I feel bad that Solar consistently exposes himself to bad OC's and terrible art, but at the same time I'm thankful cause I have something entertaining to watch.
Iris Invisible not every heroes wear cape
Iris Invisible some of it is actually decent
calamitasCorvus
I agree. To me, being an artist means being able to take a little criticism so that your skills and talent can grow. I also think art should be fun and not always stressful. I like getting criticism because it not only helps my art improve but it also helps me widen my thoughts and perspective on different subjects. I guess it kinda helps me grow as a person.
he mostly just makes fun of it and points out basic things to fix, so sure its criticism, but not really helpful. Then again, this isn't really a how to art channel
why tf does everyone have an edgy demon, angel or emo OC
Meyling because they're fun to draw i guess?
Meyling or Pan or Bi
Because why not?
tbh i have no idea, i mean when i was really little i liked drawing angels just in general bc i liked drawing the background of heaven but now it's drawn waaay to much.
i was never interested in in drawing an emo wolf or whatever, but sometimes i would draw a devil to go with the angels
So, I *think* I got the idea of the zombie girl.
She is a video game character and has hit points. She has a game genie and doesn't die even if her HP drops below zero. And she automatically heals her HP, too.
So one day some wizard realized that was bs and figured she needed to be nerfed. He did this with really messed up curse: she can keep her ability to live with negative HP and even continue to heal. BUT if her healing ever brings her HP above 0, she will die permanently. Megadeath or something.
Thus, she can live with typically fatal injuries, but she can ONLY live with fatal injuries; if they heal to the point of being nonfatal, she will die 100%-for-real-no take-backsies. So her healing functions closer to poison and causing herself pain actually increases her longevity. Opposite day.
That right?
tbh, that sounds pretty cool as a concept.
Space Lightning You explained it really well (better than I ever could)!
This concept is so cool!
Wow it's you.
Space Lightning Why doesn’t she just stick a bunch of knives in her chest?
How to make an OC guide :
Step 1: Make sure to include every freaking color in existence on to them. (Tip: Make them all extremely saturated if you want to burn the viewer’s eyes.)
Step 2: Add unnecessary accessories everywhere, make sure they always clutter up the important details. (Tip: Add an eyepatch.)
Step 3: Make them have a really sad backstory.
**MUST INCLUDE**
At least one of their parents are died.
At least one of their parents are abusive.
If both parents are died, make their stepparents abusive.
Make sure they get bullied at school.
Also make sure every single character has a crush on them. (Even their bullies)
Step 4: Make them half of every single animal in the world.
Step 5: Make them have no personality or goal whatsoever.
Step 6: Make them have every single ability in your universe. (Tip: If they don’t have every ability since their birth, make them a child prodigy and have them learn every single ability when they just have finished kindergarten.)
Step 7: Don’t add any flaws to the character, it will make them imperfect. (Tip: If you do want some flaws, make them clumsy.)
Step 8: Smash your head onto your keyboard for a very creative and easy to pronounce name.
There! Now you have your totally very enjoyable and original OC!
Also give them an annoying art style that is similar to all other ocs
Dang it, i failed the assignment, especially the backstory one 😡
(Having an oc that was made in the literal void with no actual relationships there other than a friend that turned out to be a backstabber)
"I like the Idea of the Character getting Injured Often..
*That Sounded Really Bad"*
I’m glad you give actual criticism instead of just slamming people. I have respect for you. I wish you could review my characters but I don’t have a deviantart so I’ll just support through UA-cam
Too often I see the popularity of characters with mental disorders linked with the same kind of morbid fascination people have with freak shows. No attempt is made to give them real personalities other than "they're cRaZy and unrelatable!" which makes them feel more like an object to gawk at than a believable person that struggles with and/or overcomes their disorder and how this plays into who they are. Ignoring how harmful this might be to someone who actually has these disorders and is constantly being compared to a monster, it makes for a boring character and a boring story.
As an example of a character with a mental disorder done right: I have an OC named Dorian who is a sociopath. He's a mad scientist and a villain, but he's not some evil bastard that goes on killing sprees for fun. He's driven by a goal and he's willing to do whatever it takes to achieve that goal, even at the cost of others and his own humanity, because he has no concept for what "humanity" even is. He ends up getting a clone of his consciousness stuck in a robot and his original human self betrays him for profit, because due to his sociopathy, he has no regard for his own self the same way he has no regard for the people around him. This serves as a wake-up call and teaches Dorian what he never understood before: empathy. Of course, he's also a stubborn bullheaded dick, so his first idea is to get revenge and kill his original human self, but later he realizes that doing so would make him no different than the man he once was, so to truly defeat him, he must become a better version of himself.
Yes, Dorian is crazy, and yes, he does some really messed up things, but the difference is that you can see WHY he does the things he does. His disorder is linked with, but does NOT, overshadow his personality and potential. When making your character, always ask "why" as many times as you possibly can when you give them a trait. Crack them open like an egg and see what makes them tick!
Me too has a "mad" scientist character. However his problems are a bit different (def has a bloodlust that leads him to kill people for "fun"). But it took me some time to work out how to explain, rationally and with sensibility, why he is how he is.
And what can i say… my character started out as an uber-edgy CrAzY psycho. Many of us have been there. I didn't know much about certain personality disorders or clinical conditions. I only knew I wanted to have a super edgy mad scientist character, who wails in the blood of poor specimens and doee evil, mad edgy science. Because I was young and being young makes you ignorant and way too lazy for proper research.
Most of these OCs I bet were created by young people. Or people with rudimentary practice and experience in writing/world building. If you are in such a stage you won't be able to ask the relevant questions regarding your characters motives and behaviour and work out the important parts of their personality. You take the shortcut and go with the most common tropes and clichés.
It takes infinitely more time to pounder deeply about your characters aspirations, motivations and goals and how their choices will influence the plot (and their relationship with other characters) than to take basically a stock plot and paste your archetypical clichéd characters into it. And the common clichés surrounding mental illness are, as we all know, informed by society's ignorant views on it. And because some idiots thing being ill makes you special. As said, I was once one of them so I know.
Asteria Very true, and I know all of the ones in this video were made by kids, but I've actually seen my fair share of people my age (in their 20's) that still make edgy characters like those. It's true that society does a shitty job in public health education, but when it takes as little effort as 3 minutes to google something to find out what it really is before you use it in your story, I have a hard time believing that excuse from anyone over the age of 15.
Part of the reason this happens is because those people don't care enough and are just messing around for fun, which is fine, but then you get the ones who want to take pride in their art and lock themselves in an echo chamber together where they never learn any better. I posted my comment in hopes one of them might see it and realize there can be so much more fun to be had if they ever choose to get serious.
*Im not gonna read this*
Winter X Hey I just wanted to say thank you for taking your time to post this comment. Because this actually did help me seal my own OC's character traits and motives (Who is also a sociopath).
Of course when I thought about this character, I did my research on sociopaths. At the time I was ok with his character traits but the more I thought of him the more I realized he just wasn't so interesting. Because he lacked any sort of motive (Except for being a douche to the Main Character cause he is a douche). With your comment I came to the realization that with his sociopathic traits I could connect them with his motives(I mostly connected his sociopathic traits with his actions, basically what my character lacked was any reason for what he is doing) making him a much more interesting character to write and am honestly happy with how he's turning out to be.
Seriously, my idea of him before your comment was dangerously leaning towards him being a good guy but with a lack of empathy (not completely) and a snarky/sarcastic/smartass attitude.
Edit: I accidentally added an and on one of the sentences.
I have several problems including depression and autism and also a learning disability so I don't know why people romanticise these things so much, it's pretty shit. Having to deal with things like these since childhood is very difficult. I always want characters that are relatable but they never explore these kinds of backstories much.
nobody:
every OC on devianart:
Depressed
Gay (or lesbian)
Sad Life
nah theyre always bisexual or pansexual to add that extra “quirk”
@@lia-qh2dz or trans lmao
My new quote for unfinished oc descriptions are "slightly personal driver license"
Soooo... Wait, let me get this straight. Vivi, (sorry if I misspelled that.) Needs to always be dying, because if she's not she dies?
Does that mean that if she feels alive, she'll die, or does it mean that she'll keep feeling that way until actual death? I'm lost...
Ariana Angel Augustine how I understood it was that she has to constantly do stuff that would kill a normal human, but yeah I'm kinda confused too
Ariana Angel Augustine I feel like she needs to injure herself in order to be "immortal" because her body is dying but she heals constantly from her injuries and thus her body becomes more human, so you can kill her if she's healthy. She's dead but she's slowly coming back to life in a way.
The way I interpreted it from the description, Vivi has achieved something of a "negative life", a state where she must regress instead of grow in order to prevent herself from becoming a traditional corpse. Thus, what defines her as healthy or ill has been completely inverted; her body's natural regeneration has become the new way of starving, while her injuries are the new form of nourishment/applying bandages.
To my understanding, all her wounds being completely healed would kill her. To stay alive as a zombie, she must continuously hurt herself
How I took it is that she has regenerative powers that she loses when she is fully healed, meaning that being completely alone would render her vulnerable.
Audrey doing weed
edit: stop liking it it isnt funny 😩
edit 2: Audrey shouldn’t be so thin because of the munchies
Lol
LMFAO
Smokin the gud kush
No, meth
gerard
Lol
The creator of the first OC has a channel. Her name is “Lovely Lauren” and she makes animations.
Oc's be like
Janette
Loves: food
Hates: eating
Species: human, zombie, unicorn, angel,devil
State: happy
Hotel: trivago
All but three of my OCs are completely human :)
Lol
So they're confused?
basic human function is really hard man 😔
Gacha is shit
"Has been through so much pain and injury that she has gotten used to is"
Basically any emo depressed OC
So I think I figured out the deal with the zombie one. Pretty sure when they say she needs to be in a "Dying state", they mean that in order to live, her body needs to always be severely damaged in a way that would kill a normal human. A unique idea, but it just should've been worded better. That's just my theory though.
Jade-98 I still don't get it
Lajuan Earl Needs to be dead if they want to live. If they live, they die. Basically roles of death and life got swapped.
The character “Audrey” is actually a test subject, and her skin is weak, and bruises easier than normal humans ::
So She is an scp
@@RepublicOfChebokstan no, I'm pretty sure she was held hostage and experimented on.
her _skin_ is weak... yep uh huh makes sense
She's from the channel lovely laurens that. person straight up copied the oc.
AND SHE IS A HUMAN!!!!!
@@sh_ulia I made this comment 9 months ago pLEASE
Ah yes I love counting.
1, 3, 4, 5
1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 144 233 377
@Sticky Stick Good eye man
@Sticky Stick Yes, they are the good ol' Fibonacci numbers
Name: Semicolon
Age: teenager
backstory: has died 89 times by age 5 and has been in 854 foster homes
Gender: Student
Favorite calculator model: Texas Instruments TI-30XIIS
Species: Edgy/emo
please don't associate the semicolon movement with "emo", not all depression is the product of angsty teenagers...
Wow thats my favorite calculator model too😯
Oh yeah my favorite gender
*S T U D E N T*
Original character must have:
- the back story that everyone could understand
- not cringe character desing
- the information about the character are simple but Understandable.
there are issues with your criteria:
-not everyone can understand everything, right away and some people might have a story that makes sense, but have trouble presenting it that way.
-"cringe" is a useless, subjective term and should not hold any value in criticism
-"simple" is also subjective. what seems complicated to you, can be very simple to another person.
your criteria basically boils down to "create a character, how I want it, because only i have the right to tell others how to create characters!
maybe it's my personal impression, but people like you, who think in such narrow ways of character-creation, know nothing about how to make a character interesting, only how to make it as bland as possible, to avoid making it "cringy".
*design
"Asterisk, because everything after undertale has to be named after a font or symbol"
French cartoonists in 1959: Yeah about that...
His voice is so monitone. Does anyone else just love that?
*I DO.*
The character design wasn't the best but I honestly love Lauren's art style (first one)
And hey, everyone makes bad OCs before they can make good ones, criticism is a good way to improve if they take it the right way.
"Taken AF"
x'D
Wtf
Floppy Arms Here
You used ecks dee you’re not any better
Welp
I guess I have to use emojis now
Floppy Arms Here
Don’t use either. Here’s how I would’ve do your comment.
*T A K E N A F*
Idc
Floppy Arms Here
You should if you wanna be like a coool kid
Nobody:
Every single one of My OCs: *Autistic Robot with Traumatic backstory*
Wait, how does a robot have autism, or any mental disorder at all?
@Marie Nella I really, really want to know what someone has to go through to write "his" as "he's" and seemingly think that's okay.
@Marie Nella bro you made at least two spelling errors while agreeing with someone about stupid spelling errors
@Marie Nella "not a spelling error"
Definetly instead of definitely
Phycho instead of psycho
B-bruh...?
@Marie Nella please define "spelling" for me real quick
when he said "pansexual"
But i heard "hamsexual"
Sara Maria Nilsson i hear steamed hamsexual
Uh yeah me tooHam?Hamster?I dunno
Would that be considered bestiality or foodiality?
Ai’m confusion.
Hamsexual=Sexually attracted to lunch meats.
Hamsexual is someone who is only attracted to Alexander Hamilton
" *Taken AF* "
Me: can't relate
*Stop saying I look like chicken little, chicken little is a coward & I am not a coward!*
-Solar Sands?
(that viner dude reminds me of him)
You said it wrong it’s, “Stop saying I look like chicken little, chicken little is a dumb and I coward, AND IM NOT A COWARD!!!
Here’s my EPIC OC
Name: ordinary man
Gender: male
Species: human
Personality: normal
Likes: ordinary things
Dislikes: inordinately things
Powers: being extraordinarily average
Reminds me of a gravity falls character but I don't remember his name
saiki kusuo
@@strxwberryshortcake2870 tad strange
@@polterkitty3639 YES, that one
Damn Asterix, you've changed...
dat boi My childhood suffers one more time.
ikr
dat boi You don't want to see Obélix, then...
The druid put the wrong herbs in the magic potion...
*Is that lovely Laurens OC or am I just dumb?*
No you are not dumb that is laurens OC-
You my dude, are correct.
I think so too! They look too similer!
Scotchy _ It’s a copy that’s not Audrey at all!
When?
'Mentally Disturbed' that's solarsands after browsing deviantart for revenue
Name: Kayie eyelashes
Age: 14
Gender: yes
Sexuality: Pansexual
Emotions: Sad, depressed,shame, anger,mad
Disability: Tumor, dyslexia, anorexia, depression, anxiety and literally everything
Likes: _pain_
Dislikes: everything and everyone
Specie: Hybrid demon and angel and chips kookie monster
About: lives with abusive parents were the dad cheats and the mom doesn't care and her siblings kill everyone.Abused and bullied 24/7.Mentally disturbed. *Used to pain* .
Wants to kill everyone.
Mine kills and leaves bloody paw prints on the dead bodys
I'm not a psychopath...
She is based of a pokemon character but more violent
@@terriknox3065
Oof
Used to pain
Wait so pain from naruto be visiting her everyday luckyyyy
What a joke, this is making fun of Audrey is that it? Sorry I skipped the video A bit..
@@caadthespectre9527
Nonono! Im not making fun of Audrey but just these characters are really overused
there is actually a universe Its called: *N O N - F U R R Y*
*cry's in furry*
Bruh wtf even is that universe
Send me there
This is good for people who can stand them
The "everything sucks for this character" trope is my whole life. I'm a bad oc.
Lmao same, why can't people make wholesome characters? I don't need to see my shitty life in a different character every time I'm on the internet
@@memeyartist5591 nobody asked, i know. But good thing i couldn't draw (still can't but practicing) a year ago or else i would've made the edgiest character possible
Guess we are just OCs created by random people.
Oh same
@@memeyartist5591 I mean, I have a trio of anthro cats who act like kittens all the time. Their backstory is slightly dark, but it's way less edgier than it used to be
That first character was more edgy than the knife that is stuck in my wrist.
Para Bee did you seek medical attention
You're fired.
Is it still stuck as we speak ?
F͟͟u͟͟c͟͟k͟͟i͟͟n͟͟g͟͟. D͟͟ e͟͟ a͟͟ d͟͟
My new oc:
Name: Greg
Spices: cheese
Fav food: *soap*
My fav food is glass 😂
What's wrong with eating soap?
Why is all the artist I saw last year and this year ALWAYS give their character the: immune to pain, Invincible' can't kill her,bisexual, And so Full of edge Personality style?
Why can't they just draw a simple introverted or Rude oc
Why do they have to Make them so much edgy.
It's just so ...cringeworthy
(Now don't be offended, I know some of you make things like these but that's just a opinion k? No hard feelings)
Edit: People what I said above is AN OPINION! if you can't understand that.
Love you all ♡
Oh honey
where have you been looking i want to look there
because all i saw last year and this year were cream puff ,anxiety packed ,pastel snowflakes
i really would like some edge
illegal soda fizz Okay first of all thanks for replying
2nd: by last year I mean 2017... well duh...back then memes were so edgy like now... I mean what is wrong with pastel cream puff..stuff...too girly?....
Again in not offending anyone.
Thank you
Well yeah I guess I little edge wouldn't hurt anybody...but..if a person has to go (any style) he/she has to do it right...not too much...it gets annoying
why is being bisexual edgy. it's a sexuality. why is it more disliked than being gay or whatever? same with being pansexual or asexual .
I never said being bi is edgy. Please re-read.
Have a nice day
The thing with most Oc, they're either too positive and loved or negative and hated. They most likely won't have both positives and negatives in their 'Stories'
DAMMIT!! I didn't make it in. Next time, I'm not giving up I will make it into a video. I want my art critique this great way. The realness of it is amazing.
For sure. Not giving up.
Snow Anaya SAME
Im with ya too bro
NONE OF US SHALL GIVE IN! VIVA LA BOYCOTT SOLAR UNTIL HE REVIEWS *EVERYONE!*
Snow Anaya never gonna give you up never gonna let you down
make your oc really awful and cringy and THEN BOOM youre featured in a solar sands video.
(im joking don't take it seriously :>)
Name: Gordon freeman
Age: 27
Sexuality: unknown
Species: human
Weaknesses: literally none
Bio: is the most chad man on earth, also the strongest man on earth, also looks like an orange ice pop,
And is friends with an omnipotent business man
Name: Chell [REDACTED]
Age: 40?
Species: Human
Gender: Female
Sexuality: unknown
Bio: killed an angry robot woman with her gun that shoots holes, befriended a talking ball named Wheatley who betrays her, and then puts angry robot woman who could possibly be her mother back in charge