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Two bosses from “Wario World” that practically embodies children’s nightmares

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Genderbent versions of the McDuck family from the “Ducktales” reboot. 

(Still working on a genderbent design for Donald. Way harder than I thought.)

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Punking up the ponies!

Rainbow Dash | Rarity | Twilight Sparkle

Fluttershy | Applejack | Pinkie Pie by fusspot

I really, really love these.

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More “Darkwing Duck” genderbends! This time it’s DW:s allied antagonists, The Fearsome Five

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10 Helpful Notes On Character Design

So many people have asked me for character design tips over the past couple of years. Here’s a whole list of rules I keep in mind with my own character designs.

In no specific order:

Simple is good. Streamline your design to its essence. The more shit you add on your character the more you make it about what they are wearing, and not who they are.

Popular ideas of beauty are limiting. There are only so many ways to make a character conventionally beautiful before you start noticing they all have the same face (i.e. “Six Faces Syndrome”). What most people consider “ugly” or undesirable is actually features that make your character unqiue. Who would you likely remember more: A perfect-faced model or that model’s twin with buckteeth?

Understand typical archetype designs and visual stereotypes to use them effectively. What are characteristics found in a “hero” character? In a “villain” character? In a “child” character? What can you do to mix them around, or play it straight?

Don’t draw the lines of the character, rather: draw the character in the lines. In other words: if someone told you to draw a horse, don’t just draw a plain old horse—draw the personality in the horse. A Royal Noble Horse has a much different character from an Old Sickly Stubborn Horse, for example. There’s a difference between Hark! A Vagrant!’s Fat Pony and Tangled’s Maximus, for another example.

Make your characters relatable. Making a character as wildly unique as possible (a pink-purple-blue haired goth wearing nothing but Hot Topic gear, for instance) actually is one of the most alienating thing you can do for your audience. It’s trying too hard to make your character a special snowflake. Limit this extreme to very specific characters and roles, be calculating and precise about going crazy. It will be more effective.

In addition, find what makes a person special through the boring features. Not everyone has crazy tri-colored hair, but there are a lot of people who have short brown hair. Can you draw five different characters with short brown hair and make them all unique? Try it out.

Silhouettes are important. Are you varying body mass? Are you utilizing basic shapes? We are able to recognize people and objects just from their shadow, and we do it so often we don’t even notice we do it! If all your characters have the same “shadow,” challenge yourself to mix it up more.

If you drew your characters naked and bald, could you tell them apart?

Be consistent in the ‘tone’ of your design style.

All these rules can be broken according to how calculated your irony is for your story. But you need to know what to do right before intentionally doing it wrong.

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Genderbent versions of the main characters from “Darkwing Duck”

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Haven’t used Tumblr for a while, so why not post my collection of the bosses from “Banjo-Tooie”?

(As one of the bosses is rather spoiler-heavy, I won’t post it here yet)

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 Amotto Susz, A.K.A BloodMatoe. He is one of the characters of my story “Elemen-T Party”. A polite, chivalrous and sensible former burglar, nowadays working for LemonLaid with various things.

To not make this post too long, I’ll let her current bio stay on my DeviantArt for now.

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Panther

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So I’ve been drawing the p5 girls in powerful poses lately (or rather I was, but then I suddenly got a shitton of things to do so they’ve all been abandoned for weeks lol). So yeah. Here’s the first part. More will be coming up :)

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“Excuse me, My ear is full of milk”

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Tangérie Opus, A.K.A LemonLaid. She is one of the characters of my story “Elemen-T Party”. The eccentric, cranky and hip owner of the club Citruvius, and arranger of underground activities.

To not make this post too long, I’ll let her current bio stay on my DeviantArt for now.

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Ventus, A.K.A Mary-Al Veipper. She is one of the main characters of my story “Elemen-T Party”. The reserved, patient and careful member of the four elemental demons.

To not make this post too long, I’ll let her current bio stay on my DeviantArt for now.

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Aqua, A.K.A Ydroge Flewd. She is one of the main characters of my story “Elemen-T Party”. The thoughtful, analytical and artistic member of the four elemental demons.

To not make this post too long, I’ll let her current bio stay on my DeviantArt for now.

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Terra, A.K.A Tresia Ellus. She is one of the main characters of my story “Elemen-T Party”. The headstrong, trusty and nimble member of the four elemental demons.

To not make this post too long, I’ll let her current bio stay on my DeviantArt for now.

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Ignis, A.K.A Buster Kombb. He is one of the main characters of my story “Elemen-T Party”. The energetic, suave and witty member of the four elemental demons. 

To not make this post too long, I’ll let his current bio stay on my DeviantArt for now.

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A quartet consisting of the main characters from my own story, preliminarily called “Elemen-T Party”. They are, clockwise from upper left: Ignis/Buster Kombb; Terra/Tresia Ellus; Aqua/Ydroge Flewd; Ventus/Mary-Al Veipper.

The story is about an prophecy that says the four elements one day will get revenge on the humanity, for chaining and using them. These four characters are young people that have had tough experiences of norms and prejudices, and thus all four have a deep animosity against the society. Their animosity makes them find the elements, and they become the embodiment of the four elements, in the form of demons. Now they can get all the revenge they could ever dream of, but for the humanity, they act as the villains of the story, and they meet strong resistance from various places. Also, the quartet have very different personalities and backgrounds, making the whole "conquering the world"-thing a lot less easier, as teamwork is an important aspect of everything.

More of the story will be put up here, as well as the individual pictures of these four fellas, when i’ve written enough on their respective biographies!

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Happy Saint Lucia’s day! Have a Firebender Lucia :)

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