I’d like to add, there are disabilities that don’t have next to anything to do with a person’s actual body. Mainly Autism, ADHD, Schizophrenia, etc. These, much like visible, invisible, and/or chronic disorders, are very real and can have major effects on people’s day-to-day lives, and are also often misrepresented into stereotypes. Like with other forms of disability, if you are someone who doesn’t have experience with the mental disability you want to give your character, doing research or even (consentually) asking someone who has the disorder about it, is always a good idea! I say this as a person who is neurodivergent and has Autism, ADHD, and anxiety. I don’t mean this as a critique of Beo’s video, this is just a thought that I had to add to the discussion! Ciao! ❤
I don’t hear people mentioning ADHD as a disability and it’s made me feel very excluded, not only from the disabled community, but also sometimes from the neurodivergent community.
I like using visible but healed injuries to sort of represent experience with something. I have an insect-like demon character who's elderly but quite buff and doesn't need anything to support his body, and one of his antennas is completely cut off after an “assasination” (it's called execution in my universe in this case) turned into a fight where the target died anyway due to a mistake he made. He uses the now cut off antenna as a lesson and therefore learns from his mistake. He ain't evil though, I'd say he's more of an anti-hero because the target was a villain.
exactly. I usually use scars for some of my ocs such as: ocs who do or have SH'd ocs who have fought in war ocs who handle weapons a lot ocs who r js very clumsy etc etc
as someone who has scars, i actually like when people use scars to tell stories. like there needs to be a reason for the scars, not just having them there for aesthetics
Sometime ago i created an OC who has a prosthetic leg, so this video has a lot of good advice! When i put a particular detail on a character i make sure to not make that detail their whole personality Making a little detail a character's whole personality is annoying, it makes them one dimensional and stereotypical
3:26 Thank you for bringing this up! I had a few OCs+headcanons of characters who would use a wheelchair due chronic fatigue, chronic pain and lacked a leg, but I was absolutely annoyed with the wheelchairs in Gacha Club because I would need to realign the wheelchair and character every time I needed them to move and I hated how the arm rest was behind the character due to how flat it felt. When GL2 came out, I wanted them to have the wheelchair be special effects in the extra section so I would be able to animate characters who use wheelchairs, but I was sorely disappointed by the fact that the only chair in the entire game was a swivel gaming chair, and that other people had to make the wheelchair out of an oc when it should of already been in the game.
I actually have a set of disabled OCs, my main one having autism, asthma, and a chronic fainting disorder and the other being a group of mainly female racers who are all disabled in some way. One of them, for example, is diabetic but doesn't let that stop her from racing. Seraphina mitigates her disability with an insulin pump and she has a service dog who knows how and when to turn it on and off. edit: spelling
As person who is disabled myself (Cystic Fibrosis), seeing well-researched representation of either my illness or other respiratory-related illnesses is such an amazing thing, since it's so rare in most modern media like video games, shows, movies, and even written content. I love seeing these sorts of things being brought to Chibimation, because while even though I personally don't need mobility aids, I know that people who do are probably going to be really happy knowing they're included by such an amazing development team.
This is so helpful, honestly. I'm neurotypical and don't have any disabilities so I wasn't sure where to start when making a character. I want to write a character who uses an ambulatory wheelchair after an accident that affected his liver (I REALLY have to investigate what that actually implies, it's just a concept) and a character with sociopathy (because I realized that they're often represented as villains even though sociopathy is a disorder that DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE INHERENTLY EVIL)
Omg! As a disabled person with a missing limb and a prosthetic and chronic pain! I love this! ^^ and I’m happy people talk about these for OCS! Or any type of media! :D
I actually have two dnd characters that both have disabilities. One of them is mute and communicates through sign languages and also a magic stone that she can use to telepathically communicate (but it really drains her). The other one is a harpy who can’t fly so she has to hop to get around, so she developed arthritis in her legs so she actually has a sledge to get around that is pulled by three dogs. The dogs are also big enough that she can ride one (she is relatively light because partially hollow bones) if she absolutely has to.
I’m so excited for Chibimation! The disability aids are really helpful. I have braces and hearing aids so I’m grateful you decided to add those! So excited! I have invisible and visible disabilities so I’m really excited about that! Edit to add: I feel like the last stereotype could become a really good story on how to overcome that and make the disabled character become their own person despite the able-bodied characters around them. (I say this as someone who feels like they’re experiencing this and the stereotype before it.) Also, if you haven’t yet, can you add SMOs as well as AFOs? I have both so I if you don’t mind I wanna see that along the AFOs. Unless you’re adding that with the AFOs. 😅
i so can't wait for chibi mation! as a person with disabilities im so so happy to see things like these, really! it will be so much fun to make myself in a game that actually represents me the way i am (with crutches and hearing devices) !
This is amazing! When Chibimation comes out, I've been planning on making a disabled OC, and I'll be honest, I wasn't too sure how to flesh him out as a disabled character, but this really helps a lot, and I can't wait for the release of Chibimation, and to see all the cool assets! (^^)
This lady started shouting at me ,my sister and my dad because we parked in a disabled spot but my sister has autism and is non verbal so like…-when we told her she was like “OH IM SO SORRY -“
It is so awesome to see this being talked about! As someone with chronic pain that most people can't see, it's so nice to bring awareness to it and other disabilities. I'm so excited for Chibimation's wide character creation options to be able to create some of my disabled characters!
I was literally so happy when I saw things for disabled people. I was especially happy at the scoliosis braces, cause I really didn’t expect that to be added into any gacha game like ever
I love this!! Very informative- makes my life easier XD unfortunately I have to deal with one of my friends saying characters don't count as disabled cus "you won't get away with calling them that on tiktok" and I can't lol (the character they said that about has chronic pain, constant tremors in their hands, and a lack of fine motor skills, so idk what they were on about) I also have trouble explaining disabilities related to fantasy elements still count- (ex. A character not having a tail when their species normal has a very useful one or not having magic when pretty much everyone else does- and their making me doubt if those even count anymore XD)
I have bilateral (both ears) hearing loss, and I'm so excited for the hearing aids! Mine are blue, but I wanted them to be green. I was born with hearing loss.
Ty Beo!! I recently came up with a new concept for a story and i honestly wanna have more disabled characters in it, especially physical disabilities because i know little about them and usually only really make characters with autism and ADD/ADHD Edit: also thank you for that character chart, I'm probably gonna use that for a LOT of my characters because i rarely think that much about them
Hello. I was diagnosed with severe ADHD when I was younger. Most don’t even see that as a disability, and it usually doesn’t when it’s not a very serious condition. But with how I and many other have it, it is something that can definitely be classified as a disability. I can describe my ADHD like having 7 thoughts at the same time and switching between them randomly. I’ve been prescribed and taken Adderall for 5 years now, it basically just slightly improve my focus for about 5 hours a day as I take it daily. My main oc doesn’t have ADHD despite having most of my personality traits. One of my side ocs who I completey base off my ADHD is obviously more expressive of my personality as I developed it with my conscious struggle of ADHD. But having ADHD and other mental/psychiatric disabilities/disorders is an experience that I don’t even think people with their disorder can even fully relate to others with the same disorder. Idk even know what I just spiraled this comment into.
Oh my god, your voice! It's so good! Holy cow! On another note, thank you for the tips. Very useful. Will be doing so for some worldbuilding character stuffs c:
I've been trying to find a way to incorporate more visibility and diversity into a story of mine, so this helped a lot! I've always had a lot of questions about physically disabled people/pos as a mentally disabled person myself, and I love to learn new things about different kinds of disabilities. Thanks for this, Beo :D
hey there, fun fact! I recently found out from a friend that "mute" is a derogatory term and the proper term is nonverbal! I know you more than likely weren't aware, and that's okay.
@@ShiningStarAhsokaTanofanas far as I know, mute is a term for those who physically can’t speak, and nonverbal is for those who have trouble speaking (which doesn’t relate to issues with the vocal chords). If you are thinking of people who call nonverbal people “mute”, you are correct. However, if you are talking about mute people, that is incorrect. Is your friend mute (as in having serious damage to the vocal cords, that makes it hard or even unable for them for speak)? If they are mute (not nonverbal), then I may be incorrect.
As soon as I saw this I really wanted to know how to make sure to do things correctly, since I've been thinking about adding more culture and rounding out the universe of the world I'm making, so I'm definitely going to make a note to look into things a lot more when working on specific characters, have a good day/night :D
This is very helpful as someone who only knows one disabled person, and that person is not a great muse. I want to make a story in a somewhat medical setting, and I would hate to create a caricature or a total falsehood. Many thanks Beo‼️🗣️
I love the advice and tips. I always like to see good disability rep. I really like the part about not making their disability the entire part of their character, it’s something that annoys me when it does happen :( Great video Beo!
I have a character I made way back in 2013 when I was a kid still and I loved her so much I kept using her and tweaking her a bit to fit her in any Universe I was currently obsessed with. A few years back, maybe 3, I decided to give her an actual story and refresh her design; I'm completely honest when I tell you I have no idea why I just drew her with a prosthetic leg and I kept it. I gave her a general story of how her father (who was recently widowed) had to make her prosthetics himself for a few years (based on irl stories in my country) and he posted a few videos or pictures of him working on the prototypes and upgrading them as my character outgrew the last one, slowly and very naturally other low income families would reach out to him and ask if he could help them and their family members, and overtime dad started a small company, my character as his daughter and the primary reason he started making the prosthetics started a "modeling" career as the face of the brand. I don't have a story on why she doesn't have a full leg, maybe she was born like that or lost her leg in early childhood, I just focused mainly on "she's not just her disability but that doesn't mean she should pretend it doesn't exist either"
Actually I really need this, my OC its desabled too, She Lost his leg in an accident but I was still confusse about how to represent it thank you so much for this ❤
Sonia feels so real to me because I feel that pain in big gatherings! I do have Cochlear Implants in both ears but sometimes (actually most of the time) the microphones like to lock on to background noise that’s of no help to me. I rely on writing stuff down or asl when I can’t hear anything. In fact, one of my besties is learning asl (not for me) and it feels nice having another way to communicate.
I am disabled, I have spina bifida where basically you’re spine didn’t fully develop. Which can cause bladder problems (which I have). I’m thinking of eventually making a video about my experiences (Such as being bullied for it, my needs [like meds and stuff] etc.)
Super good advice!! I have 2 disabled characters ( a lesbian couple, or as i like to say, " my little lesbians 🥺" and one has a prosthetic arm, simply because she was born without a arm, and decided to make it where she always had a prosthetic, even when she was a baby. (Of which baby prosthetics do exist, they look a bit like robotic baby doll limbs and they are super cute) and the second one is mute and uses sign language to speak :) actually started learing sign just so i can better portray her. I love these two so much lol Also the character chart is gonna be super helpful just so that way i can give my characters a bit more personality other than "their gay and have way to much trauma"
I’m not done watching the video yet, but thank you for this! I wanted to include more characters with disabilities, and I’m working on a story right now, where the characters might have a disability, or multiple disabilities. Which by the way, I don’t know why but I hate the word disability I don’t know why though. 5:14 with the character template it reminds me of a “template”(?) I made and use for some of my characters, I’ve been using it since April 8th, 2024 I did update it, it now has 5 new things added to it (if people want I’ll let them guess what the 5 new things are) but it goes like Fn: Mn: Ln: Birthday: Blood type: Gender: Pronoun: Sexuality: Alignment: MBTI: Personality: Flaws: Height: Weight: Build: Handedness: Age: Nationality: Ethnicity: Skin: Hair: Eyes: Aesthetic: Random facts: “Disability/Disabilities”: “Role”: I don’t know why I have disabilities and role in quotes. Also, would it be okay if I use myself and my experience with the disability for my character? Like hypothetically, if I have ADHD and my character has ADHD can I use my personal experience + other’s experiences?
I have a character named Jamie, who has chronic pain and uses forearm crutches to help, and he teaches Quebecois French to middle school classes, he really likes reading, and hanging out with his boyfriend! I'd say his weakness is his boyfriend since he has a huge soft spot for him.
I have an idea for chibimation from a disabled person. Afos and kafos, I actually wear them, and it hard to find any rep for them. The only one i could think of is the penguin from batman. I would also be wanting rainbow infinitely sign (the symbol for autism) pins and some stuff with the disabled pride flag l. As someone who has been playing oc makers for almost a decade and there are none with afos and kafos or any disabled stuff. Edit: i think it would be good to add sensory things like earphones (for loud noises) and Chewys (I used these because i couldn't stop chewing on stuff, i stopped chewing on things now).
Can I recommend adding glucose monitors to represent the diabetic community? I'm not diabetic but both my parents are so it would mean a lot, of course its 100% up to you! I'm so hyped for chibimation!
I have a character who got sh0t in a hit point that messed her legs up (idk which exact part it was I forgot) and I have it so she is treated incredibly younger because she has a wheel chair. But- they way I wrote her is she is mentally older than her parents Bcs before her incident she raised her own brother. She does end up getting revenge and her legs back but near the end of her story, her last line is “Alex. I can’t feel my legs anymore.” And she’s FINALLY treated normally.
As a disabled person myself, I wouldn't even call mine a disability lmao, it really doesn't affect my life, like at all. My right ear is covered fully with skin so many people assume I can't hear at all, but I can hear mumbles and overtime understand what they're saying even with only my right ear. People don't even realize it even if my hair gets cut its edges, they really only notice it when I directly tell them. Many just assume my life is horrible because of my hearing disability but I can hear perfectly fine, even sometimes better than people with two open ears lol Because of this, one thing I really love about disabled characters(like what the video mentioned) is when their whole character isn't just revolving around their disability, for example, Toph, even the gang sometimes forgets Toph is blind, because her character is just more than her disability itself and people focus way more on her than her blindness.
Are there more tutorials like how to make animals in gacha or how to make horryfighing monsters in gacha because especially the latter one would be interesting because there are so many ways to make a monster that looks horryfighing like one based on trypophobia (the fear of small holes that are close each other ) or arachnophobia (the fear of spiders) or how to make different fantasy and /or D&D races like dragon born or orks in gacha without them looking weird because especially orks who are mostly depicted as big brute like creatures that have huge tusks and are build stronger would be cool
I just give all my characters my neurodivergency and if wanted a other disability that I conciously add in. I don't conciously add in my neurodivergency because I haven't researched how neurotypical people think that much but this has been really helpful
I have two ocs who kinda superhero/knights, and in my story one of the things I’m trying to do is show that this job is very dangerous and can very easily leave someone disabled. One of them is missing an arm, the other, who is a bit younger and thinks she’s bullet proof, needs hearing aids because she didn’t use proper sound protection.
I have an oc named Avery (He/they) and he uses a cane. I made them in gacha life 2, but the only cane didn't fit with the way I made his body or with his overall style. So, I used a scythe instead that I adjusted to fit.
Ik you probably will but as a sibling of a person with a disability and as a person with chronic illness PLEASE make sure to do everyday crutches not just medical ones :)
I'll keep your advice in mind! I don't have a character who needs a wheelchair or other mobility aids yet, but some characters I have do have disabilities. I'll take your advice and put more research into them! ^^
4:15 Will you be adding diabetic medical devices like glucose monitors and insulin pumps? As a type one diabetic, I think it would be really cool if you did
They mention they'll be adding those in the is the gacha community inclusive video, along with a bunch of other things Also, very off topic, but Heart pfp spotted 👀
YOUR VOICE CHANGED OR WAS THAT BEFORE?? Dang! You sound so good!!! How long did it take to change your voice? I wanna know since I am very curious (And how you did it)
I actually just made a new oc with a problem with his legs and he has crutches, but i didnt know how to make it like.. a thing that never ends besides some lore. He's a demon with human and demon form, and in both forms he can't walk, but he can fly in demon form, just not human form. He died like that and can feel real human emotions and nerves in his human form, but never ages.
I tried to make a disabled character who was deaf, got scared that I didn't represent deaf people right and then deleted her as not to offend anyone. So thank you for this video as now I now how to properly represent disabled people/
a thing i wanted to add is as someone who has misrepresented/stigmatised neurodivergences it pisses me off so much how every neurodivergent character ever just. has autism. and that's seen as a good thing. like having autism is FAR from the only way to be neurodivergent, they know that... right???
I KNOW!! Like, yea ONE of my neurodivergent characters has autism, but that’s more of a neutral part of his life and he has other conditions that make him neurodivergent (DID for example). I have other neurodivergent characters, one of them has combined ADHD and another has OCD, but when I talk about them being neurodivergent people say “well, not really” like what do you mean not really???
@WhyAreAllTagsTaken WHAT DO THEY MEANNNN NOT REALLY??? also i have 6 ocs with autism, 1 with inattentive type ADHD, one who KIND OF has DID (it's complicated), 1 who MIGHT have PPD - i need to research it more, 1 who has ASPD + HPD, 1 who has NPD, and 1 who has NPD _and_ BPD (he also has brain damage)(doesnt sound very pleasant to be this guy) - i myself have combined type ADHD and NPD (the latter of which people looove to use agaisnt me in argument for some reason? which is an interesting decision on their part that's for sure)
A personal question but... How did beo got disabled??💔 Ive known him ever since he joined the gacha community and i never knew that he has mobility until he made a video about it.. :(
Honestly I think I could do great at making characters that have disabilities because of my experience having family with them and I am dyslexic which is a non visible language disability, we also think I have ADHD but my doctor retired before confirming and my great-grandma from old age has almost completely lost her hearing and sight and uses a cane while another great-grandma of mine is paralyzed from the waist down so I think I'd do good making characters with disabilities because I have experience and know people with them
Can you make one touching up about chronic illnesses, please? I feel like chronic illnesses aren't often talked about, represented, or when they are it's often wrong. As someone with a chornic illness, I don't need a walking aid, or anything like this, but it's still very severe and messes with my life. I'm also gonna say even with the chornic illnesses I still can function and do stuff, but it's hard. Often times chronic illnesses are seen as making someone unable to do anything or just feeling "sick", no depth in it. I would like more representation for people like me!
Ahhh I missed a Beowulf video ❤❤❤ also the video is very useful I have a disabled character I am working at it right now so this video și a very big help , sending health and happiness to you @Beowulf and everyone else
Thank you king Beo! 🙏 🩷 Edit: this was very helpful! I wanted a character with a disability but was sure to to approach it. I hated the stereotypes because I've had friends and family with disabilities. I'll definitely use this video and follow it for future characters! I want to include everyone I my content, growing up I loved Gacha and I rarely ever saw someone of my skin color or disabled and I want to bring that to Gacha (like many other creators). 🌸🩷
I Actually Have An OC Named Sashika A cat girl who’s Blind She was A Normal girl but was kidnapped and Experimented on Wich made Her Blind She’s one of my Favorite Ocs And she was Really fun to Write!
I’m disabled (FND) And I love the representation of disabled characters, but all of them seem to be missing a limb or gained disability from an injury. It’s getting a little repetitive
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I’d like to add, there are disabilities that don’t have next to anything to do with a person’s actual body. Mainly Autism, ADHD, Schizophrenia, etc. These, much like visible, invisible, and/or chronic disorders, are very real and can have major effects on people’s day-to-day lives, and are also often misrepresented into stereotypes. Like with other forms of disability, if you are someone who doesn’t have experience with the mental disability you want to give your character, doing research or even (consentually) asking someone who has the disorder about it, is always a good idea! I say this as a person who is neurodivergent and has Autism, ADHD, and anxiety. I don’t mean this as a critique of Beo’s video, this is just a thought that I had to add to the discussion! Ciao! ❤
definitely! I'm an autistic person myself and my main OC has autism as well, I really like it when people represent autism positively.
Mhm! I want to make a character with OCD, but I don’t have it myself.
BEO POSTEDDD ❤
thank you! i has an oc with audhd and this helps aha :)
I don’t hear people mentioning ADHD as a disability and it’s made me feel very excluded, not only from the disabled community, but also sometimes from the neurodivergent community.
I remember back in like 2022 I made character that couldn’t walk, so I (due to the lack of mobility assets in Gacha) made them levitating
I love that, honestly
Honestly I love the concept of a character with powers that work as aids for their disability, like that!
That would be genuinely so cool. Like if you’re physically disabled and you don’t want a wheelchair you just use telekinesis
Slay
That slays so hard
also for the “stereotypes to avoid” i’d like to add don’t use things like deformities and scars as a shorthand for a character being evil or a bad guy
Yeah! Villains/antagonists can have them, but that should NEVER be the reason for them being a villain/antagonist.
I like using visible but healed injuries to sort of represent experience with something. I have an insect-like demon character who's elderly but quite buff and doesn't need anything to support his body, and one of his antennas is completely cut off after an “assasination” (it's called execution in my universe in this case) turned into a fight where the target died anyway due to a mistake he made. He uses the now cut off antenna as a lesson and therefore learns from his mistake. He ain't evil though, I'd say he's more of an anti-hero because the target was a villain.
exactly. I usually use scars for some of my ocs such as:
ocs who do or have SH'd
ocs who have fought in war
ocs who handle weapons a lot
ocs who r js very clumsy
etc etc
Exactly. Give everyone scars! /lh /j (agreeing with u btw
as someone who has scars, i actually like when people use scars to tell stories. like there needs to be a reason for the scars, not just having them there for aesthetics
Sometime ago i created an OC who has a prosthetic leg, so this video has a lot of good advice!
When i put a particular detail on a character i make sure to not make that detail their whole personality
Making a little detail a character's whole personality is annoying, it makes them one dimensional and stereotypical
I have an OC with a prothsetic leg too!
I tried to make an oc with a prosthetic arm and was so mad when gacha didn't have one.
I have an oc with a prosthetic leg, he wears baggy pants so most peopel don't even know he has one lol
@@fiberglass420 lol, my OC always wears short pants, his prosthetic leg is almost always visible because he doesn't mind it
3:26 Thank you for bringing this up! I had a few OCs+headcanons of characters who would use a wheelchair due chronic fatigue, chronic pain and lacked a leg, but I was absolutely annoyed with the wheelchairs in Gacha Club because I would need to realign the wheelchair and character every time I needed them to move and I hated how the arm rest was behind the character due to how flat it felt. When GL2 came out, I wanted them to have the wheelchair be special effects in the extra section so I would be able to animate characters who use wheelchairs, but I was sorely disappointed by the fact that the only chair in the entire game was a swivel gaming chair, and that other people had to make the wheelchair out of an oc when it should of already been in the game.
I actually have a set of disabled OCs, my main one having autism, asthma, and a chronic fainting disorder and the other being a group of mainly female racers who are all disabled in some way. One of them, for example, is diabetic but doesn't let that stop her from racing. Seraphina mitigates her disability with an insulin pump and she has a service dog who knows how and when to turn it on and off.
edit: spelling
As person who is disabled myself (Cystic Fibrosis), seeing well-researched representation of either my illness or other respiratory-related illnesses is such an amazing thing, since it's so rare in most modern media like video games, shows, movies, and even written content. I love seeing these sorts of things being brought to Chibimation, because while even though I personally don't need mobility aids, I know that people who do are probably going to be really happy knowing they're included by such an amazing development team.
This is so helpful, honestly. I'm neurotypical and don't have any disabilities so I wasn't sure where to start when making a character. I want to write a character who uses an ambulatory wheelchair after an accident that affected his liver (I REALLY have to investigate what that actually implies, it's just a concept) and a character with sociopathy (because I realized that they're often represented as villains even though sociopathy is a disorder that DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE INHERENTLY EVIL)
Omg! As a disabled person with a missing limb and a prosthetic and chronic pain! I love this! ^^ and I’m happy people talk about these for OCS! Or any type of media! :D
is this a joke or real
@ wdym-
@@0-Enzo-0 like is it real that u lost a limb and stuff
@@lucongacha mhm! Just a birth deformity!
@ yeah I do
Ooh! I can already tell this video is gonna be helpful! I’m always looking for more ways to make my disabled characters better!
Cute pfp! 🎉
the fact I was just now making a disable character and I got this notification as well
Me too
Me too!
I actually have two dnd characters that both have disabilities. One of them is mute and communicates through sign languages and also a magic stone that she can use to telepathically communicate (but it really drains her). The other one is a harpy who can’t fly so she has to hop to get around, so she developed arthritis in her legs so she actually has a sledge to get around that is pulled by three dogs. The dogs are also big enough that she can ride one (she is relatively light because partially hollow bones) if she absolutely has to.
Nice knowing this! I got a disabled oc and bc of that, I wanted to make more!
Thanks for this tutorial
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I’ve always wanted to make a disabled character, but never knew where to start! This video was really helpful!
I’m so excited for Chibimation! The disability aids are really helpful. I have braces and hearing aids so I’m grateful you decided to add those! So excited! I have invisible and visible disabilities so I’m really excited about that!
Edit to add: I feel like the last stereotype could become a really good story on how to overcome that and make the disabled character become their own person despite the able-bodied characters around them. (I say this as someone who feels like they’re experiencing this and the stereotype before it.)
Also, if you haven’t yet, can you add SMOs as well as AFOs? I have both so I if you don’t mind I wanna see that along the AFOs. Unless you’re adding that with the AFOs. 😅
i so can't wait for chibi mation! as a person with disabilities im so so happy to see things like these, really! it will be so much fun to make myself in a game that actually represents me the way i am (with crutches and hearing devices) !
This is amazing! When Chibimation comes out, I've been planning on making a disabled OC, and I'll be honest, I wasn't too sure how to flesh him out as a disabled character, but this really helps a lot, and I can't wait for the release of Chibimation, and to see all the cool assets! (^^)
Anyone appreciates the fact that Beo's just wonderful at drawing stuff and has a lot of creativity?
This lady started shouting at me ,my sister and my dad because we parked in a disabled spot but my sister has autism and is non verbal so like…-when we told her she was like “OH IM SO SORRY -“
It is so awesome to see this being talked about! As someone with chronic pain that most people can't see, it's so nice to bring awareness to it and other disabilities. I'm so excited for Chibimation's wide character creation options to be able to create some of my disabled characters!
I was literally so happy when I saw things for disabled people. I was especially happy at the scoliosis braces, cause I really didn’t expect that to be added into any gacha game like ever
I love this!! Very informative- makes my life easier XD unfortunately I have to deal with one of my friends saying characters don't count as disabled cus "you won't get away with calling them that on tiktok" and I can't lol (the character they said that about has chronic pain, constant tremors in their hands, and a lack of fine motor skills, so idk what they were on about) I also have trouble explaining disabilities related to fantasy elements still count- (ex. A character not having a tail when their species normal has a very useful one or not having magic when pretty much everyone else does- and their making me doubt if those even count anymore XD)
I have bilateral (both ears) hearing loss, and I'm so excited for the hearing aids! Mine are blue, but I wanted them to be green. I was born with hearing loss.
Ty Beo!! I recently came up with a new concept for a story and i honestly wanna have more disabled characters in it, especially physical disabilities because i know little about them and usually only really make characters with autism and ADD/ADHD
Edit: also thank you for that character chart, I'm probably gonna use that for a LOT of my characters because i rarely think that much about them
Hello. I was diagnosed with severe ADHD when I was younger. Most don’t even see that as a disability, and it usually doesn’t when it’s not a very serious condition. But with how I and many other have it, it is something that can definitely be classified as a disability. I can describe my ADHD like having 7 thoughts at the same time and switching between them randomly. I’ve been prescribed and taken Adderall for 5 years now, it basically just slightly improve my focus for about 5 hours a day as I take it daily. My main oc doesn’t have ADHD despite having most of my personality traits. One of my side ocs who I completey base off my ADHD is obviously more expressive of my personality as I developed it with my conscious struggle of ADHD. But having ADHD and other mental/psychiatric disabilities/disorders is an experience that I don’t even think people with their disorder can even fully relate to others with the same disorder. Idk even know what I just spiraled this comment into.
As a wheelchair user who plays Gacha i feel we need more wheelchair options as i always have to custom make props etc ( i'd like to see a bit more )
4:26 a sticker covered wheelchair would Be super cute ! >:3
my oc has one:D
@sillyregrevetatorfan1111 OMGGG
the fact that bro released this just as i started writing a disabled character 😭 (thx i needed a lot of help ^_^)
Ur voice is sounding good ^^ ❤
Fr!
unrelated but your voice is so handsomeeeeee you've come a long way and congrats!!!!
WE MISSED YOU KING!!
Okay sorry I havent watched ur channel in SO long and ur voice is getting so DEEP!! I'm so happy for you and lowkey kinda jealous 😅
Oh my god, your voice! It's so good! Holy cow! On another note, thank you for the tips. Very useful. Will be doing so for some worldbuilding character stuffs c:
I've been trying to find a way to incorporate more visibility and diversity into a story of mine, so this helped a lot! I've always had a lot of questions about physically disabled people/pos as a mentally disabled person myself, and I love to learn new things about different kinds of disabilities. Thanks for this, Beo :D
Thanks!! This helps alot!! I have a DnD oc who is Nonverbal, so this helps quite a bit, thank you again!
hey there, fun fact! I recently found out from a friend that "mute" is a derogatory term and the proper term is nonverbal! I know you more than likely weren't aware, and that's okay.
@@ShiningStarAhsokaTanofanas far as I know, mute is a term for those who physically can’t speak, and nonverbal is for those who have trouble speaking (which doesn’t relate to issues with the vocal chords).
If you are thinking of people who call nonverbal people “mute”, you are correct. However, if you are talking about mute people, that is incorrect. Is your friend mute (as in having serious damage to the vocal cords, that makes it hard or even unable for them for speak)? If they are mute (not nonverbal), then I may be incorrect.
@@ShiningStarAhsokaTanofan Ah. Thank you so much !! Sorry I didn't know!
@@CerealSundaeCantDraw you're okay! I didn't know either until my friend told me!
4:33 - They look amazing!!
As soon as I saw this I really wanted to know how to make sure to do things correctly, since I've been thinking about adding more culture and rounding out the universe of the world I'm making, so I'm definitely going to make a note to look into things a lot more when working on specific characters, have a good day/night :D
Damn beo ur voice, doing great
Fr
This is very helpful as someone who only knows one disabled person, and that person is not a great muse.
I want to make a story in a somewhat medical setting, and I would hate to create a caricature or a total falsehood. Many thanks Beo‼️🗣️
I love the advice and tips. I always like to see good disability rep. I really like the part about not making their disability the entire part of their character, it’s something that annoys me when it does happen :(
Great video Beo!
I have a character I made way back in 2013 when I was a kid still and I loved her so much I kept using her and tweaking her a bit to fit her in any Universe I was currently obsessed with. A few years back, maybe 3, I decided to give her an actual story and refresh her design; I'm completely honest when I tell you I have no idea why I just drew her with a prosthetic leg and I kept it. I gave her a general story of how her father (who was recently widowed) had to make her prosthetics himself for a few years (based on irl stories in my country) and he posted a few videos or pictures of him working on the prototypes and upgrading them as my character outgrew the last one, slowly and very naturally other low income families would reach out to him and ask if he could help them and their family members, and overtime dad started a small company, my character as his daughter and the primary reason he started making the prosthetics started a "modeling" career as the face of the brand. I don't have a story on why she doesn't have a full leg, maybe she was born like that or lost her leg in early childhood, I just focused mainly on "she's not just her disability but that doesn't mean she should pretend it doesn't exist either"
Actually I really need this, my OC its desabled too, She Lost his leg in an accident but I was still confusse about how to represent it thank you so much for this ❤
Sonia feels so real to me because I feel that pain in big gatherings! I do have Cochlear Implants in both ears but sometimes (actually most of the time) the microphones like to lock on to background noise that’s of no help to me. I rely on writing stuff down or asl when I can’t hear anything. In fact, one of my besties is learning asl (not for me) and it feels nice having another way to communicate.
I am disabled, I have spina bifida where basically you’re spine didn’t fully develop. Which can cause bladder problems (which I have). I’m thinking of eventually making a video about my experiences (Such as being bullied for it, my needs [like meds and stuff] etc.)
I have a oc that uses a wheelchair so this was really useful:>
2:00 cough cough, Jinx from Arcane (coping with humor, jokes aside, i feel bad for Jinx)
Super good advice!! I have 2 disabled characters ( a lesbian couple, or as i like to say, " my little lesbians 🥺" and one has a prosthetic arm, simply because she was born without a arm, and decided to make it where she always had a prosthetic, even when she was a baby. (Of which baby prosthetics do exist, they look a bit like robotic baby doll limbs and they are super cute) and the second one is mute and uses sign language to speak :) actually started learing sign just so i can better portray her. I love these two so much lol
Also the character chart is gonna be super helpful just so that way i can give my characters a bit more personality other than "their gay and have way to much trauma"
6:28 and here we see your local dyslexic lol this is fr my 20/7 man i can't read sometimes bro😭😭
I’m not done watching the video yet, but thank you for this! I wanted to include more characters with disabilities, and I’m working on a story right now, where the characters might have a disability, or multiple disabilities. Which by the way, I don’t know why but I hate the word disability I don’t know why though. 5:14 with the character template it reminds me of a “template”(?) I made and use for some of my characters, I’ve been using it since April 8th, 2024 I did update it, it now has 5 new things added to it (if people want I’ll let them guess what the 5 new things are) but it goes like Fn:
Mn:
Ln:
Birthday:
Blood type:
Gender:
Pronoun:
Sexuality:
Alignment:
MBTI:
Personality:
Flaws:
Height:
Weight:
Build:
Handedness:
Age:
Nationality:
Ethnicity:
Skin:
Hair:
Eyes:
Aesthetic:
Random facts:
“Disability/Disabilities”:
“Role”:
I don’t know why I have disabilities and role in quotes.
Also, would it be okay if I use myself and my experience with the disability for my character? Like hypothetically, if I have ADHD and my character has ADHD can I use my personal experience + other’s experiences?
I have a character named Jamie, who has chronic pain and uses forearm crutches to help, and he teaches Quebecois French to middle school classes, he really likes reading, and hanging out with his boyfriend! I'd say his weakness is his boyfriend since he has a huge soft spot for him.
I have an idea for chibimation from a disabled person. Afos and kafos, I actually wear them, and it hard to find any rep for them. The only one i could think of is the penguin from batman. I would also be wanting rainbow infinitely sign (the symbol for autism) pins and some stuff with the disabled pride flag l. As someone who has been playing oc makers for almost a decade and there are none with afos and kafos or any disabled stuff.
Edit: i think it would be good to add sensory things like earphones (for loud noises) and Chewys (I used these because i couldn't stop chewing on stuff, i stopped chewing on things now).
Thank you for posting this!! I made some concepts for my new oc recently (she's dicabled)
and this video helped me sm!
Man I need some of that banana bread 😫
Same 😫
Can I recommend adding glucose monitors to represent the diabetic community? I'm not diabetic but both my parents are so it would mean a lot, of course its 100% up to you!
I'm so hyped for chibimation!
I have a character who got sh0t in a hit point that messed her legs up (idk which exact part it was I forgot) and I have it so she is treated incredibly younger because she has a wheel chair.
But- they way I wrote her is she is mentally older than her parents Bcs before her incident she raised her own brother. She does end up getting revenge and her legs back but near the end of her story, her last line is “Alex. I can’t feel my legs anymore.” And she’s FINALLY treated normally.
This is really helpful! I'm currently writing a story, and one of the characters has a prosthetic arm. Thank you :D
As a disabled person myself, I wouldn't even call mine a disability lmao, it really doesn't affect my life, like at all. My right ear is covered fully with skin so many people assume I can't hear at all, but I can hear mumbles and overtime understand what they're saying even with only my right ear. People don't even realize it even if my hair gets cut its edges, they really only notice it when I directly tell them.
Many just assume my life is horrible because of my hearing disability but I can hear perfectly fine, even sometimes better than people with two open ears lol
Because of this, one thing I really love about disabled characters(like what the video mentioned) is when their whole character isn't just revolving around their disability, for example, Toph, even the gang sometimes forgets Toph is blind, because her character is just more than her disability itself and people focus way more on her than her blindness.
TYSM BEO!! WE MISSED YOU KING!! 😋💙
7:43 THANK YOU BEO :DDDD
I love ur voice❤
Omg this is gonna be really helpful for some of my ocs thank you!! ^^
Are there more tutorials like how to make animals in gacha or how to make horryfighing monsters in gacha because especially the latter one would be interesting because there are so many ways to make a monster that looks horryfighing like one based on trypophobia (the fear of small holes that are close each other ) or arachnophobia (the fear of spiders) or how to make different fantasy and /or D&D races like dragon born or orks in gacha without them looking weird because especially orks who are mostly depicted as big brute like creatures that have huge tusks and are build stronger would be cool
The way I was actually looking this up as it posted!-
I just give all my characters my neurodivergency and if wanted a other disability that I conciously add in. I don't conciously add in my neurodivergency because I haven't researched how neurotypical people think that much but this has been really helpful
KING POSTED!!!! (you're making awesome progress with testosterone)
I have two ocs who kinda superhero/knights, and in my story one of the things I’m trying to do is show that this job is very dangerous and can very easily leave someone disabled.
One of them is missing an arm, the other, who is a bit younger and thinks she’s bullet proof, needs hearing aids because she didn’t use proper sound protection.
I have an oc named Avery (He/they) and he uses a cane. I made them in gacha life 2, but the only cane didn't fit with the way I made his body or with his overall style. So, I used a scythe instead that I adjusted to fit.
I had a character with hearing aids and I was thinking of bringing her back this video helps
Ik you probably will but as a sibling of a person with a disability and as a person with chronic illness PLEASE make sure to do everyday crutches not just medical ones :)
4:05 will there be like an asthmatic inhaler?
I'll keep your advice in mind! I don't have a character who needs a wheelchair or other mobility aids yet, but some characters I have do have disabilities. I'll take your advice and put more research into them! ^^
Can you make some items for diabetes like insulin pumps or cgm's because that would be amazing please
How coincidental that this video shows up on the day I started creating a deaf character and the fact I haven't watched Beo in a while
When can we produce ChibiMation?? I hope to improve the functionality as soon as possible and then publish it. We have been waiting for a long time
Thanks for the advice! I’ve been thinking about making a disabled character because of lack of representation
4:15
Will you be adding diabetic medical devices like glucose monitors and insulin pumps? As a type one diabetic, I think it would be really cool if you did
They mention they'll be adding those in the is the gacha community inclusive video, along with a bunch of other things
Also, very off topic, but Heart pfp spotted 👀
Thank you for the tutorial, Beo!
My whole Gacha sona is just myself on a wheelchair, who's hobby is messing around with music and such.
This is so helpful 😍
YOUR VOICE CHANGED OR WAS THAT BEFORE?? Dang! You sound so good!!!
How long did it take to change your voice? I wanna know since I am very curious (And how you did it)
I love you art style ❤❤❤❤❤❤
I actually just made a new oc with a problem with his legs and he has crutches, but i didnt know how to make it like.. a thing that never ends besides some lore. He's a demon with human and demon form, and in both forms he can't walk, but he can fly in demon form, just not human form. He died like that and can feel real human emotions and nerves in his human form, but never ages.
I tried to make a disabled character who was deaf, got scared that I didn't represent deaf people right and then deleted her as not to offend anyone. So thank you for this video as now I now how to properly represent disabled people/
a thing i wanted to add is as someone who has misrepresented/stigmatised neurodivergences it pisses me off so much how every neurodivergent character ever just. has autism. and that's seen as a good thing. like having autism is FAR from the only way to be neurodivergent, they know that... right???
I KNOW!! Like, yea ONE of my neurodivergent characters has autism, but that’s more of a neutral part of his life and he has other conditions that make him neurodivergent (DID for example). I have other neurodivergent characters, one of them has combined ADHD and another has OCD, but when I talk about them being neurodivergent people say “well, not really” like what do you mean not really???
@WhyAreAllTagsTaken WHAT DO THEY MEANNNN NOT REALLY???
also i have 6 ocs with autism, 1 with inattentive type ADHD, one who KIND OF has DID (it's complicated), 1 who MIGHT have PPD - i need to research it more, 1 who has ASPD + HPD, 1 who has NPD, and 1 who has NPD _and_ BPD (he also has brain damage)(doesnt sound very pleasant to be this guy) - i myself have combined type ADHD and NPD (the latter of which people looove to use agaisnt me in argument for some reason? which is an interesting decision on their part that's for sure)
A personal question but... How did beo got disabled??💔 Ive known him ever since he joined the gacha community and i never knew that he has mobility until he made a video about it.. :(
will chibimation have walking sticks or like foldable walking sticks?? (I might draw one and pop it in custom assets :3)
Honestly I think I could do great at making characters that have disabilities because of my experience having family with them and I am dyslexic which is a non visible language disability, we also think I have ADHD but my doctor retired before confirming and my great-grandma from old age has almost completely lost her hearing and sight and uses a cane while another great-grandma of mine is paralyzed from the waist down so I think I'd do good making characters with disabilities because I have experience and know people with them
this was recommended to me on my school computer
I wanna know when will chibimation bc I have not seen it in the App Store
Can you make one touching up about chronic illnesses, please? I feel like chronic illnesses aren't often talked about, represented, or when they are it's often wrong. As someone with a chornic illness, I don't need a walking aid, or anything like this, but it's still very severe and messes with my life. I'm also gonna say even with the chornic illnesses I still can function and do stuff, but it's hard. Often times chronic illnesses are seen as making someone unable to do anything or just feeling "sick", no depth in it. I would like more representation for people like me!
I LOVE THIS OMG
thanks! i'm trying to make a character with 1 arm only....and, well i just couldn't not watch this...thanks!! ♥
Ahhh I missed a Beowulf video ❤❤❤ also the video is very useful I have a disabled character I am working at it right now so this video și a very big help , sending health and happiness to you @Beowulf and everyone else
Thank you king Beo! 🙏 🩷
Edit: this was very helpful! I wanted a character with a disability but was sure to to approach it. I hated the stereotypes because I've had friends and family with disabilities. I'll definitely use this video and follow it for future characters! I want to include everyone I my content, growing up I loved Gacha and I rarely ever saw someone of my skin color or disabled and I want to bring that to Gacha (like many other creators). 🌸🩷
I Actually Have An OC Named Sashika A cat girl who’s Blind She was A Normal girl but was kidnapped and Experimented on Wich made Her Blind She’s one of my Favorite Ocs And she was Really fun to Write!
I’m disabled (FND)
And I love the representation of disabled characters, but all of them seem to be missing a limb or gained disability from an injury. It’s getting a little repetitive
gurp! thank you for this ^_^
How dare UA-cam hide this from me for 1 minute >:[ I love your vids beo! ^^
Idk if I should suggest this, but as a therian, could there be therian assets?