Everyone has their own way of making a character. Everyone starts somewhere different and gets stuck at different times. @RPers, Share your precess for creating a character here, and who knows you can help each other to improve your process.
Here’s mine:
1/2.1 finding a (temporary) FC.
Sometimes it’s nice to first find an FC because then I can bind a personality to the face.
2/2.2 Finding a unique personality.
Lately I’ve been wanting more variety between my characters to make them unique. By adding a unique personality, I also find unique FCs.
Finding a name.
I always look for names that are short, such as Tom, Mark, Lisa, etc. These names are easy to remember and quick to write.
Creating the backstory.
It’s easier for me to tie a personality to a backstory than the other way around. I try to add at least 4 elements. Often it is Family, Friends, experience (quarrel, loss, etc.) and Relationship oriented.
Personality:
In addition to the specific personality, I also connect other personalities that fit the FC, the background story and the current living situation. I also try to add personalities that give interesting situations to the RP.
Details.
Then I add some details and tadaaa, done.
A chaotic process of crying, writing, hating what you wrote, hating yourself, hating your computer, trying to come up with something creative, realizing that your character is like all your other characters just in different fonts. Oh, and finding an FC
honestly, i don’t really have a linear process to my character creation? it feels a lot more ‘real’ and organic if i’m building off each different part of the character as i go- so i write part of the bio, the style, a few personality traits, etc etc, and just bounce back and forth like a wild pingpong ball lol
Usually what I do is I find a FC and lots of times I can come up with a backstory for them. There have been a few times where I I already know everything I want about a character but need to find a FC. Like one of the old RP’s I was in which was Are You The One? I think it was season 5 maybe six I already knew my female character backstory but did not gave a FC for them.
I don’t know what an fc is or anything but this is how I personally create my characters
step 1: find words that you can associate with the physical look and the mentality (ex:mysterious garrulous, annoying, crazy)
step 2: assign traits you think would go with the word(s). for instance, maybe your character is intelligent. you might add glasses, maybe a certain haircut (I would choose a short one) or a certain style
step 3: design a colour palette. I promise you, a colour palette will make your life so much easier. Still going with intelligent, maybe you would use nude or pale colours, or a nice black colour. I often see intelligent people with pale blues for some reason I just pick up on that
step 4: write out your characters backstory or main events that shaped their life and who they are now. maybe our intelligent character went through a tough time and dedicated themselves to knowledge to make life easier for others who had similar situations to theirs. before you even think to draw out your character you need to know their story.
step 5: what do they like to do? our intelligent character may spend their time writing stories about the decomposition of plants and animal and how those nutrients go back to the soil to create more life, or how the universe will eventually collapse in on itself or maybe they like to stop by a cafe to get some last minute assignments turned in. they might like to take there dog for a walk or paint in their free time
step 6: create a character sheet and try out different looks. our intelligent character might have doe eyes and thin lips, curly hair long eyelashes. but the key is, you have to keep your chosen words in mind. most intelligent people find partying a waste of time, so why would they have a red solo cup or a night club outfit on when they want to study?
step 7: choose your final look and a main outfit and shabam! there’s your character
a tip:
-dont be scared to mess up, you have a character sheet for a reason, make rough drafts and go from there.
how can I start an rp? also what is an SG? I’m a traditional artist that makes comics with my friend using our oc’s so I don’t know much about the rp/SG world
If you want to start a new rp, it’s best to put up a post with a poll on the New Ideas Thread first to get an idea of who would be interested before posting your sign up thread
There’s a bunch of helpful threads in the ‘Announcements & Tips’ subsection for getting started in rping so I’d recommend checking it out
An SG is a story game - those are more controlled by the person writing them but occasionally the owners of the characters will be given choices for how their character will react or where they would go
