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16 Popular OC Designs and Tips on How to Design Them!

Looking to create a new character design, but you don't know where to start? Here's a special article with 16 different types of OC designs and tips for how you can create some for your next project!

Changelog

Changelog: Ultra Release!

Unvale is launching a premium subscription, adding character themes, color picker, flair, a custom display name, and community perks. Subscribe (or gift it) today!

Storytelling

Tips on Writing a Redemption Arc

A redemption arc is essentially an extended period of time that a character spends trying to work on themselves and trying to make up for past choices. Characters with redemption arcs can be anything from being a bad romantic partner to an evil galactic dictator. Of course, this means that

Tips

Tips for Visually Designing Character Growth for Your OCs!

Want to show off your character’s growth, or regression, through their design? Learn some ideas for how you can visually show off your OC’s growth with their clothing, color palette, and other aspects!

Community

New official communities + Daily doodle has moved!

Hi, Unvale! Today I’m opening two new communities for you to highlight the OCs, art, worlds and writing you're proud of, plus activities (like UV TCG and collabs!) you're running on Unvale! Both of these communities will act as ways for you to share with

Why You Should Give Your OCs Goals

When designing an OC, giving them a goal is like installing an engine in a boat. You can have all the structural details, backstory and appearance written down, but without a goal to drive them forward, your OC will drift along wherever the story takes them. All of this to

OC

How to Choose Your OC’s Personality!

Not sure what kind of personality to give your OCs? Learn how to choose by using personality tests, alignment charts, and more!

Community

🌟 Superstars Batch 6 Announcement!!! 🌟

A new batch of Superstars have been annouced on Unvale–an exclusive group of the friendliest, kindest, and most talented creatives within our community!

Storytelling

How to Start Writing Your OC Story

Any writer knows that one of the most difficult parts of writing is, well, writing. The second hardest part is editing, but that’s something you shouldn’t worry about until you’ve got plenty of story and scenes to work with; so we won’t be talking about that

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How to Build an OC with Friends!

Do you want to create cool characters with your friends? Learn some ideas for how to get started in this article!

It’s not too late to join Artfight!

It’s almost July, which means Artfight season! Maybe you’ve joined before, maybe you’ve heard of it in passing but never joined, or maybe this is the first time you’re hearing of it! If you’re new to Artfight like I am, it’s not too late

Fandom

Designing a Splatoon OC

With Splatoon Raiders coming out soon (as of this article), it’s finally time for me to spread the word about one of my favourite games! Besides the basics of kids and squids, designing an OC for Splatoon gives you so many design options; both anthropomorphic and humanoid characters exist

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How to Avoid Same Face Syndrome When Designing Your OCs!

Struggling with Same Face Syndrome when you design your OCs? Learn how you can avoid it by using shape language and more!

Changelog: Featured Page 2.0

We have another exciting release for you, especially if you’ve been hoping to be featured soon! Introducing the Featured Page 2.0! A new hub to discover all the incredible things happening on Unvale every day! We will be highlighting way more creators, community events, and inspiring creations on

Tips

Designing a Pokémon Team for your OCs

Welcome to the world of Pokémon! I’m Professor Solar, and I’ll be your guide to creating a Pokémon team that will be the very best (that no one ever was). I won’t be delving into info about Pokémon’s history and what games have been published, instead

Tips Featured

Tips for Designing a TADC Fan OC!

Do you love The Amazing Digital Circus as much as we do? Here you can find tips and inspiration for designing your own TADC character from scratch!

Worldbuilding

How to Create a Planet for your Sci-Fi Story

Science fiction is a broad genre that can cover space adventures, the colonization of planets in and outside our solar system, and more! This article is for those unfamiliar with astronomy (or those who need a refresher) and can hopefully serve as a checklist, guide, or inspiration to those who

Changelog Featured

Changelog: Explore on Homepage + Improved Filtering + New Communities Page

New themes for your OCs to celebrate the end of summer?! Sign me up!!! And this is just the start of new ways to customize...

Tips

Tips for Designing Secondary Outfits for Your OCs!

What's better than one outfit for you, OC? More than one! This guide will give you inspiration to create multiple outfits that show off different sides of their personality.

Changelog

Changelog: Creation sharing and art/writing count indicator

New themes for your OCs to celebrate the end of summer?! Sign me up!!! And this is just the start of new ways to customize...

Creative Resources

Mermaid Myths That You Can Use For Your OCs

This is a companion article to Whimsical Wonder’s Tips for Designing a Mermaid OC, so check it out! Generally we think of the western mermaid when we hear the term ‘mermaid’; the top half is a beautiful human woman, the bottom half is a fish tail. While Whimsy’s

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Tips for Designing a Mermaid OC!

Mermaid and merfolks rejoice! We have a huge list of tips, trends, and inspiration for designing half-aquatic OCs.

How to Ask for and Give Useful Feedback

Sometimes asking for feedback can feel like casting a fishing line into an ocean; while you’d want a big fish in the best case scenario, often you end up with minnows, seaweed, or even an old boot. It takes a lot of bravery to ask for feedback in the

Changelog: Image Quality Improvements

We improved image quality! We know this has been a concern for a while, so this is a big step forward for us. See examples below. There should be a noticeable improvement to all character, world, and post images across Unvale. This effects new and old uploads! NOTE: We are

Changelog: Spoilers and Community Admin

Hey Folks! We are excited to announce the release of some highly requested safety and community features. Here's a rundown: * Spoilers for sensitive content - Spoiler sensitive content - Unvale users can now apply a sensitive content filter on posts, characters, and creations on Unvale. You can provide context by