Catknap ALL YOUR STORY OCS ARE SOOO CUTE IM GONNA CRY OMG. i really really REALLY like your style, it reminds me of like.. older animal based series, like sonic and pokemon, in the best possible way.
also here's another example. just makes me unreasonably happy for no good reason.. HAHA i feel bad honestly. i made him a pretty hardened criminal, since me and my friends are working on a VN about criminals, but i can't help but find him just so goddamn... ADORABLE. i hate it when ppl act like terrible, horrible, no good rotten characters are UWU cinnamon rolls whove never done anything wrong, and i do totally recognize hes done bad things and is capable of doin em again but.. JESUS CHRIST HE IS JUST SO CUTE! makes me feel all warm whenever i think about him
For many years I have used characters as a way to cope. I didn't grow up with many friends so I made my own. I know how it feels to have a character that means so much to you that you can't even explain how or why. I love seeing characters that I know someone else finds comfort in. Even though I don't know the character or may not even like the design personally just knowing how important that character is to someone brings me joy.
What character gives you comfort to write, draw or use in anyway?
Snow Shoe makes me feel safe and secure. I use him to help ward away fears and stresses, especially so at night when my mind goes wild and something as simple as a shadow will frighten me. I have a plushie of him so he can feel more physical and real. Ink is another character I use to help with stress. Don't know why, but drawing him does tend to help more so than other characters.
(IC glitch dang it)
I never get tired of drawing this gal, and just looking at her makes me super happy. Her species is my all time favorite pokemon species, and her color scheme is predominately my favorite color; pink! She's in my top 3 favorite ocs, and drawing her never fails to cheer me up!
I made this guy when I was 17 to cope with growing up. When I was younger I was always super scared of growing up, being an adult, ect, because I was afraid the world would just forget I existed and would treat me like crap. I would tell myself I didn't want to live past the age of 18 because that was somehow easier to accept than the potential suffering I thought would come.
One year before, when I finally came to the sobering reality that growing up inevitable, I made Sniall as a way to cope, and he helped much more than I will ever say, he represents my childhood and is essentially a way of me holding onto some part of my time as a child now that I am an adult.
this gal, surprisingly enough!
she is my vent character so I've kinda grown very attached to her, she kinda helps me to have an outlet to express anger and other feelings I usually repress, like she kinda helps me look at stuff I (shamefully) try to willfully ignore
she's kinda my version of that pillow you scream onto. she might be ugly but I love her so much!
I made this character when I was 12. She is a fighter and started off very angsty. Her name used to be BLACK PEARL But eventually I realized since her dad was a blacksmith it makes more sense as last name. Even though it should be Smith instead of Black.
As far as comfort... I noticed pretty on that I was putting this character through the wringer. But since she is a fighter and survived so much already--she became the character that would have her break downs but never break. She would always put herself back together or her friends would. I think I needed that kind of a role model. And I don't know that I ever put this together before... but my mom had cancer around this time. I barely remember the experience because she went into remission fairly quickly and I was just a kid so it never truly came to the forefront of my life. But I knew she could die. And now I think the fact that Pearl lost her parents and it hurt but she survived was a big deal at the time? And she went on to become a mother and overall so very family oriented.... although *I* have remained single all of these years I am still very family oriented too. Pearl may be an expression of the motherly side of me that I rarely get to show.
HMMMM THIS GOT DEEP.
I don't have any of my comfort characters posted here but I just had to say this is such a good and positive thread ;~;