characterbuilding - Unvale

characterbuilding

A collection of 18 posts

Light and regular blue gradient background. Text reads "10 Things to Think About When Creating an Original Species". A doodle of Solar with a pen and paper looking up into the sky..

10 Things to Think About When Creating an Original Species

Here’s a list of 10 things to consider when making your own original species. This list mostly covers intelligent lifeforms rather than basic animals, but hopefully the early items can still help you develop your rare cave fish species in your original world that has never seen the sun.

Light and standard purple gradient background. Text reads "Tips for Designing a Vampire OC!". A doodled Whimsy her natural vampire state surrounded by bats!

Tips for Designing a Vampire OC!

When the sun goes down…While many magical girls and pirates are fast asleep…another type of character emerges from the shadows. They’re iconic and they can make great villains…Everyone give it up for…vampires! We’ve covered one of my favorite types of characters to design, fairies,

Light and regular blue gradient background. Text reads "Tips on How to Summarize your OC Backstories In 20 Words or Less!". A doodle of Solar making a 2 and 0 with her hands.

Tips on How to Summarize Your OC’s Backstory in 20 Words or Less

“Brevity is the soul of wit” - Shakespeare’s Hamlet You might have heard that phrase here and there, especially if you’ve studied Hamlet in high school English class. But what does it mean? Brevity is another word for conciseness or briefness, so in rough summary: “being concise is

Light and regular blue gradient background. Text reads "How to get Into D&D Roleplay!". A doodle of Solar next to a Nat 1 and Nat 2 holding a d20 ready for TTRPG gaming!

How to Get Into D&D Roleplay! A Simple Guide

For those just stumbling upon this article, D&D, also known as Dungeons and Dragons, is a well-established table top role-playing game (TTRPG) widely popular across the world. Other games include Vampire: The Masquerade, Pathfinder, and Call of Cthulhu, but D&D greatly eclipses all others in terms

Light and regular blue gradient background. Text reads "Making a Video Game Character Into a OC!". A doodle of Solar holding a game controller customizing her new OC in a game!

Making a Video Game Character Into a OC!

If you have to battle the urge to play games when you want to draw like me, it might be time to merge your interests! By my estimate, there are two ways to turn your video game character into a brand new OC: 1. Turn your customizable character into a

Light and standard purple gradient background. Text reads "Tips for Designing a Magical Girl". A doodle of a magical girl Whimsy!

Tips for Designing a Magical Girl!

Hm…There seems to be lots of villains roaming the streets of Unvale…How do we combat them? (Pssst…If you want to add to the villainous chaos…check out my last article here! But don’t tell anyone I sent you!) Why not stand against them with the power

Light and dark purple gradient background. Text reads "Tips for Designing a Villain OC!". A doodle of a villainous Whimsy! How scary!

Tips for Designing an Appealing Villain OC!

Muahahahaha…You fell for it, when I told you I wasn’t a villain in my last article! And now, for my very evil plan to commence…Giving tips for designing an appealing villain character! Nobody can stop me now! I love a good villain design, and I’m sure

alt="Light and regular purple gradient background. Text reads "Choosing a Character Trope for Your OC!". A doodle of Whimsy thinking on what her trope is.

Choosing a Character Trope For Your OC!

Ever design a character…before you came up with their personality, or what kind of character they were? Maybe you were stuck…and you didn’t know what to do! Well, you can try using character tropes based on your OC’s design! How? Let’s talk about it! If

Light and regular purple gradient background. Text reads "Choosing a Makeup Look for Your OC!". A doodle of Whimsy holding and wearing makeup

Choosing a Signature Makeup Look for Your OC!

Makeup! Want to highlight your features? Try makeup! Want to cosplay your favorite character? You can use makeup! Want to add to your favorite aesthetic look? Makeup can be used for that too! …But that’s not what we’re talking about today! Makeup doesn’t just apply to the

Light and regular blue gradient background. Text reads "Making a Fandom/Self Insert OC!". A doodle of Solar surrounded by two of sea creatures! What fandom this is in reference too...

How to Make a Self Insert/Fandom OC

Before we start, if you’re looking for how to make an OC in general, you’ll find an article here! Consider this a little supplemental article to that one. Ever thought to yourself, “gosh, other people’s fandom OCs are so cool, but I don’t know how to

Light and regular blue gradient background. Text reads "How to write a FIGHT SCENE in Your Stories". A doodle of Solar with a sword, ready to fight.

How to Write a Fight Scene in Your Original Stories

In a fight scene, you need three ‘C’s. This article will cover those, and then delve more into ways to make your original fight scenes exciting and interesting to your readers. Whether you want to use these tips for your own original world or for a RP, hopefully you

Light and regular purple gradient background. Text reads "Choosing Unique Details for Your OC!". A doodle of Whimsy with wings and glowing eyes

Choosing Unique Details for Your OC!

Have you ever created a character, but felt like they needed something…extra? Something that really makes them stand out among your other characters? Sometimes, adding unique details can help with that! How do you go about adding unique details? Let’s talk about it! What’s the setting of

Light and regular purple gradient background. Text reads "Choosing a Companion for Your OC!". A doodle of Whimsy holding her pet while surrounded by other animals

Choosing a Companion for Your OC!

Companions…every character needs at least one! Well, they don’t need one…but it’s definitely a fun addition to your story! A companion could add to your supporting cast, or provide some comic relief. There’s all kinds of different companions you can choose from! But what kind

Light and regular blue gradient background. Text reads "Ways to add MAGIC to your OC World". A doodle of Solar standing over a cauldron holding a wand.

Ways to Add Magic into Your OC's World 🪄

Magic! From near-science to forces of nature, to unknown powers outside of our comprehension, magic in stories can take many forms. You might already know that you want magic in your OC’s world, but you’re not sure how to implement it. Not to worry! This article will help

Light and regular purple gradient background. Text reads "Choosing Jobs and Roles for your OCs!". A doodle of Whimsy talking about her job as a writer

Choosing Jobs and Roles for your OC!

There’s lots of things to think about when designing your character and figuring out their story, and something that plays a big part in that is the job or role they have! The job your OC has can set up their part in the story, and their role in

Light and regular purple gradient background. Text reads "Choosing Weapons & Accessories for your OCs!". A doodle of Whimsy holding an sword?! Put that down!

characterdesign

Choosing Weapons and Accessories for your OCs!

Have you ever wanted to give your OC a signature item or weapon, but you weren’t sure what to pick? Maybe to add some pizzazz to a pose, or just to have something the character is known for having? Well look no further… because today we’re talking about

Light and regular blue gradient background. Text reads "How to make an OC!". A doodle of Solar holding a note book and pen along with graphics of two characters that have been custom built.

How to make an OC!

After spending a lot of time on Unvale, there are two big questions I see asked. The first and most common is “how do I name my OC?”, of course, but the second is “how do I make an OC?”. It’s a great question and it’s hard to

Light and regular blue gradient background. Text reads "OC Backstory Questions". A doodle of Solar explaining some lore is present in the image.

Backstory Building Questions for Your OCs

Questions to help develop your OC’s backstory Backstory isn’t always a crucial part of an OC, but it’s part of what makes your OC interesting and exciting for others. Sure, cool art is one thing, but learning that your OC has a cool scar because of a