[littl3chocobo]

by not being as amazing as i am. it saddens me -gently weeps-


ok, gotta run to the store~ back in an hour or so

[Tohopekaliga]

I see~ Well. That is a difficult thing to strive for, after all. :P

[SamSpyroxis]

*flops down* Hello everyone *waves* How are you all doing?

[Tohopekaliga]

I'm doing well, thanks. :) How're you, Sam?

[SamSpyroxis]

Originally Posted by Tohopekaliga

I'm doing well, thanks. :) How're you, Sam?

Alright, just trying to decide which of my ocs to draw ;u;
I keep forgetting to check for replies x.x

[Tohopekaliga]

All of them! :O

...Well. That might be difficult. lol. Go with... #3.

[SamSpyroxis]

Well considering I have like 50 ocs yeah... XD Drawing all of them right now may be a bit difficult XD and I still have ideas for at least 3 more that I need to get sketched out ;u;

[littl3chocobo]

do you have one with normal colored hair, non-blue eyes who is not white/unnaturally colored? if you do draw that one. those ocs always need more representation


true, true. i am a shining glorious exemplary specimen of a caliber not often found

[SamSpyroxis]

I don't actually o .o Which makes me realize, I'm apparently racist when it comes to my ocs ^^; But I guess that's mainly just because I prefer to color light skin tones?

[Tohopekaliga]

I think it's sort along the lines of something my dad pointed out to me one day (walking through the artist alley of an anime convention, lol):

If you're not specifically thinking about avoiding, you're going to put some of yourself in pictures you make.

The examples he pointed out were this black guy who made excellent pictures, but all of them, no matter what race was being depicted had a bit of a "black" structure to them (the noses especially), this raver-looking girl whose, uh...yaoi images looked rather similar to her, and, uh...others that I forget.

He actually asked that girl if a picture was meant to be her, and she said it did not. And it was in that conversation that he made that observation.


I think the same thing applies to OCs for things. People are naturally inclined to invent characters similar in some way to themselves.

[littl3chocobo]

it's very common. i see a lot of people making the same three or four ocs over and over and over and over with just tiny tweaks but some skinny oc unnatural hair color/yellow with blue eyes and white people skin is more prevalent than all other combinations combined

[littl3chocobo]

toho needs to take in account that media presence is very much an influence and the most preferred marketable colors are the ones that get advertised most and consequently inspire the most derivative works

[Tohopekaliga]

When I need an RP character suddenly, it's almost always Caucasian with brown hair and green eyes.

Does that describe me?

...Yes.

[littl3chocobo]

X''D i make all sorts of ocs, the only place i repeat is on whether or not it's a dude(hint; yes). frankly though i have only inserted myself in two ocs and nether looked anything like me XD

[Tohopekaliga]

Oh, I don't necessarily try to make random RP characters be me, I just tend to use my hair/eye/skin colors. :P

[littl3chocobo]

so toho does rps?