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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!

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Whimsy

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A special article with some cool resources to help you design your next OC!

Looking to create your next OC, whether it be for your passion project, or just for fun? There are lots of cool character designs and OCs you could create! If you’re wanting to find some inspiration for a new character, look no further! Today we have a special blog with 16 popular OC types and articles with tips on how to design each! Let’s get started!

Tips for designing protagonist and antagonist OCs!

First up! Let’s begin with some ideas for protagonist or antagonist OCs! Stories usually have a protagonist: the character the story follows! There are also antagonists: the character or force standing in the protagonist’s way. If you need some ideas to get started with designing either character types, here’s some articles on popular character types to help get you started!

A doodle of a villain with magenta eyes, wavy hair, and a cape with the text "Antagonists!" next to them. Another doodle is of a spiky-haired character with glowing eyes and the text "Protagonists!" above him.
Is it time to design your next hero or villain?!O

Tips for designing monsters and supernatural OCs!

Next up! Monsters and other supernatural creatures! Monsters are popular characters for the horror genre, but they’re also a popular type of character for fantasy and sci-fi stories as well! If you need some inspiration to get started, check out one of the following articles!

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What about designing a monster or supernatural OC?

Tips for designing fantasy OCs!

Now, let’s talk about fantasy OCs! There’s plenty of fantasy characters that are popular in stories! Whether you're planning out a DND character, or writing your first fantasy novel, there’s an article for you to help create some cool magical OCs for your project!

A doodle of a fairy with sparkly wings alongside a mermaid tail, with the text "Fantasy!" in between the two doodles.
There's lots of magical fantasy OCs you could design as well!

Share your OCs with us on Unvale!

Whether you’re designing a protagonist, a monster, or a fantasy character, be sure to show off your amazing creations on Unvale! Our community would love to see them! If you want a specific place to share your new OCs inspired by one of our blogs, feel free to post about your character in the Unvale-Blog community! My co-writer and I would love to see your creations! If you have any article suggestions for either of us, we’d love to hear about them in the blog community as well! Happy creating!

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