Motivation is a great place to start explaining a character. ^^ What is it she wants most-- what she thinks she needs to be happy? Everyone to like her? To succeed at something? Making a few notes about that (and her smaller motivations) will show a lot about her.
Second, how does she interact with her surroundings/people? Is she cautious, confident, relaxed? Body language such as slouching, hiding behind hair/baggy clothes, lounging, or good posture can help highlight this aspect of a character for people to see.
Getting some likes and dislikes is nice too-- but you have to be specific to show her personality! Everyone likes their friends or some sort of music, right? Saying someone likes lame jokes, or blues music (for example) tells you a lot more about them.
On that note, coming up with a couple of songs that feel like they fit a character is also fun!
silverheart-nine
Hey hun I have character stuff I would like to talk to you about if you have the time
2 years, 8 months ago
Sure what's up? working on a design? :3
2 years, 8 months ago
yeah but it is hard to think of how to show aspects of her with her design
2 years, 8 months ago
ok ^^ what details are you working on?
2 years, 8 months ago
I am trying to figure out how to make notes on how the character's personality is and how to make her easy to see her personality
2 years, 8 months ago
Motivation is a great place to start explaining a character. ^^ What is it she wants most-- what she thinks she needs to be happy? Everyone to like her? To succeed at something? Making a few notes about that (and her smaller motivations) will show a lot about her.
Second, how does she interact with her surroundings/people? Is she cautious, confident, relaxed? Body language such as slouching, hiding behind hair/baggy clothes, lounging, or good posture can help highlight this aspect of a character for people to see.
Getting some likes and dislikes is nice too-- but you have to be specific to show her personality! Everyone likes their friends or some sort of music, right? Saying someone likes lame jokes, or blues music (for example) tells you a lot more about them.
On that note, coming up with a couple of songs that feel like they fit a character is also fun!
2 years, 8 months ago