Anytime Mutual Posts Their Oc. +100 Hp

Prepping new character icons for artfight!! This is my oc Ebony, who's ref I've posted previously.

I plan to make a mass post with the all the icons I end up drawing later, but wanted to post him separately cause I like how his turned out <3

My oc Ever, the living embodiment and manifestation of the living pocket realm, The Ever Expanse.

Hope you don't mind me answering this over here rather than my fandom blog! Wanted to draw a mer!Thorne design in response ^^

To answer your question- my first thought was immediately that Thorne would be a shark mermaid! (and more specifically, a Great White Shark). Making her one of the ocean's notable hunters seemed fitting.

There's not a whole lot of species specific notes for the design itself to be made- her tail moves side to side like most non-mammal aquatic creatures, and is countershaded (not seen here but the dark coloring stretches across her back and starts fading just as it gets to her neck). I don't know if the gills should logically be on her neck instead, but I really, really love torso/chest gills. And ofc she got the teeth and a big ol dorsal fin on her back.

She still gets into a lot of fights and trouble as a mermaid, so her tail is covered in additional scars. How many of these are from humans/fellow mermaids and how many are from sea creatures? idk lol. I just know the sharp teeth definitely make her more of a menace.

But ye that's about it. Thanks a whole lot for the ask @rainbowprisimatic!! <3 It was super fun getting to draw Thorne as a mermaid lol.

“And the Raven Spoke ‘Nevermore’” 8x10, prisma color pencils and illustration board.

For my studio course this semester I had to make two series of three drawings. For my second series, I chose to draw humanized characters from Edgar Allen Poe works.

This is the second work, and it’s meant to be a depiction of the Raven from The Raven/Nevermore.

Safa headshots! First time designing her without her mask

"Care to join me for a drink?"

Another redraw of my old art. This one got quite a few upgrades/added details as opposed to my usual redraws.

The concept behind the character design was the whole "Snow White's description makes her sound like a vampire" thing (though instead of making Snow White a vampire, I made a vampire based on Snow White). Skin as white as snow, lips as red as roses, ebony black hair- you get the idea.

Old art (made in 2021) below the cut, as well as a version of the drawing without the background/scenery elements!

I'm curious--how do you guys go about creating your OCs?

if you have ocs it is so so so important that you have Barbie Time™ (drawing them over and over wearing all sorts of different outfits)