peggytheheadsmasher:

So I’m in no way one of the people who came up with the challenge for OC-tober, but I figure something that might help me (or others) figure out who they want to draw from their characters! so I’m making myself a list of thirty one prompts, feel free to use it if you’re having trouble picking/ just wanna use it! These are just ideas that my brother and friends have thrown out.

1. An Old oc
2. A new oc
3. A fan-character oc (gemsona/fantroll/fanmerc/etc
4. A character that uses Blue in their color scheme
5. Oc most likely to wear light-up sneakers
6. Oc most likely to write angsty poetry
7. a Villain OC
8. A non human oc
9. a tragic oc
10. An oc that cares the most about their appearance
11. A cinnamon roll oc
12. a SINamon roll oc
13. An oc that looks like they could kill you
14. a friends oc
15. An oc that would stay up watching terrible documentaries about everything
16. an oc you haven’t talked about yet
17. A delinquent oc
18. An oc that would do great on stage
19. an oc that would really rather be backstage
20. An adventurer oc
21. A homebody oc
22. a superhero oc
23. the oc you relate to the most
24. an oc that looks like you want to look
25. An oc with unusually colored hair
26. an oc that has silver in their color scheme
27. an oc from a fantasy
28. an oc from a sci-fi
29. An oc that’s best with animals
30. a snooty oc
31. an oc that REALLY needs a hug.

fightartblock:

Want an exercise to create character designs? We’ve decided to make a challenge just for that! Each day will include a color, an object or animal, and a genre. Use just one of these each day to inspire a character (or more than one!), or try combining all of them! You can even make an ask meme out of this. The point of this challenge is to have fun and push your creative limit! Feel free to tag us #fightartblock so other people can see what you’ve made!

1: Red/Clock/Science Fiction

2: Blue/Sword/Fantasy

3: Aqua/Spider/Fantasy

4: Orange/Headphones/Steampunk

5: Green/Pencil/Tragedy

6: Purple/Light Bulb/Horror

7: Yellow/Duct Tape/Realistic Fiction

8: Lavender/Computer/Mystery

9: Grey/Backpack/Romance

10: Pink/Headstone/Fantasy

11: Green/Egret/Science Fiction

12: White/Rat/Cyberpunk

13: Black/Trumpet/Mystery

14: Cerulean/Ball Gown/Fantasy

15: Yellow/Baseball Cap/Horror

16: Brown/Glove/Tragedy

17: Black/Friendship Bracelet/Historical Fiction

18: Indigo/Sandals/Mystery

19: Red/Bear/Science Fiction

20: Coral/Lava Lamp/Cyberpunk

21: Lime/Goldfish/Fantasy

22: Peach/Lion/Steampunk

23: Brown/Bow/Science Fiction

24: Grey/Goat/Horror

25: Black/Car/Cyberpunk

26: Gold/Owl/Fantasy

27: Fuchsia/Pomeranian/Cyberpunk

28: Silver/Puppet/Realistic Fiction

29: Jade/Ballet Shoes/Mystery

30: Magenta/Canary/Horror

31: Midnight Blue/Cat/Romance

32: Mustard/Paintbrush/Fantasy

33: Plum/Badger/Historical Fiction

34: Maroon/Screwdriver/Realistic Fiction

35: Ruby/Shark/Steampunk

sephiramy:

Draw ‘em all, or have someone send you a character and a number… it’s your wonderland, Alice. Reblog, add your own. Have a good time.

1. hasn’t slept in 48 hours
2. tasted something gross
3. in a long, slow line at the DMV
4. listening to blind date talk about their ex
5. reading YouTube comments
6. favorite song just came on
7. song they hate just came on
8. had their favorite show spoiled
9. just fell in love (a.k.a. “Dreamweaver face”)
10. saw a wasp
11. had a fist fight (they won)
12. had a fist fight (they lost)
13. food coma
14. hello darkness, my old friend
15. “was that Batman?”
16. forgot what they were about to say
17. “oh no, they’re hot…”
18. their best friend’s cooking is not as good as they think
19. brainfreeze!
20. texted the wrong person
21. check out this box of kittens/puppies/bunnies/ducklings/whatever’s cutest to them!
22. their favorite TV show character dies
23. having an increasingly awkward conversation with Bob of Modus Operandi
24. parent/guardian is showing their baby pictures
25. stepped on a Lego
26. stepped on an Eggo… you know… the waffle
27. 102 degrees indoors and there’s no A/C
28. watching the end of The Iron Giant… or maybe the opening to Up… or w-when Shadow is stuck in Homeward Bound…??
29. woken up out of a dead sleep
30. nailed it.

(some suggestions were lovingly crowd-sourced from kayzig samwisedamgee marianascosta geekysideburns briandanielwolf sarahfu and indigoats.com!)

characterdesigninspiration:

This might be helpful if you’re stuck in a rut with your designs! You can do them in any order you want, as long as you do #30 last.

1. Put your iTunes library, favorite Spotify playlist, etc. on shuffle and design a character inspired by the first song that comes up. Bonus: do this with a playlist of music you’ve never listened to before. Extra bonus: use an instrumental-only song.
2. Design a character in a genre you don’t normally draw (example: if you normally high fantasy characters, you could do sci-fi, steampunk, etc.)
3. Draw five mouths, each of which reveal a unique character. Bonus: all are making the same expression.
4. Grab your oldest sketchbook that you can find and pick an old character to re-design. Bonus: pick the character by opening to a random page instead of hand-choosing.
5. Design ten unique hairstyles. Bonus: do a turnaround of each one.
6. Go to this random aesthetic generator and draw a character inspired by the result. Bonus: make the design 100% serious, even if you get “dad wave” or “soap flapper.” 
7. Design seven pairs of shoes. Bonus: for some of the pairs, make the left and right shoes different, but still recognizable as a pair.
8. Draw a non-human character— the less human-looking, the better (so avoid things like elves, vampires, etc.). Bonus: Make up their species instead of using existing mythological creatures.
9. Design a character inspired by this poem. 
10. Create a color palette based on the colors in your bedroom, then design a character from this palette. Bonus: don’t use the colors of your walls or floor in your palette.
11. Pick your favorite mythological figure and create two designs for them: one that’s as historically accurate to their time period and culture as possible, and another that takes as many artistic liberties as you want (this could a modern AU, something in your typical style, etc.).
12. Design a high fantasy character whose outfit is based on whatever you’re wearing right now. 
13. Pick an order of angels and design a character based on/inspired by their description. The resulting character doesn’t necessarily have to be an angel. Bonus: pick Thrones, the giant wheels covered in eyes. 
14. Go to this random name generator and design a character for whatever name you get. Tip: you can click each name to learn its origin and meaning.
15. Design ten weapons. Bonus: Base each one off a real weapon from various historical periods, but with your own twist on it.
16. Create as many rough thumbnail designs as you can in half an hour. Then pick your favorite and flesh them out into a more detailed character. Bonus: don’t erase anything during the timed portion.
17. Pick an animal and draw a human character based on it. The final design shouldn’t have the animal’s ears, tail, markings, etc.— convey it entirely though the character’s build, clothing, hair, etc. Bonus: pick the animal from the ones featured in this video series.  
18. Design a character based on the weather wherever you are right now.
19. Create an outfit breakdown for a character from their underclothes to their outermost layers/armor/etc. This can be done either for one of your existing OCs or a new one.  Bonus: do a turnaround for this breakdown.
20. Design ten unique sets of eyes. Bonus: include makeup and/or eyebrows as well.
21. Make up a god/goddess/deity for a nonexistent religion, then design them. Bonus: describe the symbolism of each aspect of their design.
22. Design a normal, modern-day character, then three genre AUs for them (e.g. cyberpunk, fantasy, Renaissance-era, etc.). They should be clearly recognizable as the same character in all four versions.
23. Create a character whose design combines the aesthetics of the last three movies/TV shows you watched. 
24. Design five pieces of jewelry. Pick your favorite and create a full character design based around it. Bonus: incorporate a couple of the other pieces of jewelry into the design as well.
25. Pick a vehicle and design a character inspired by it. A human character, not a transformer. Bonus: use something other than a car or truck, like a plane, boat, tank, etc.
26. Create a character inspired by your favorite childhood stuffed animal.
27. Design four sets of hands. They don’t necessarily have to be human hands.
28. Design a historically accurate character for a decade between 1900 and 1990.
29. Design a haute couture-style dress based on one of your existing OC’s designs. Bonus: draw them in this dress.
30. Wildcard! Use everything you’ve practiced thus far to create any character design you want. The only requirement: fully flesh out their design, from sketching to line art to colors.

Go forth, have fun, and create some awesome characters! If you post what you create, feel free to tag them ‘characterdesigninspiration’