Heya!
I know a number of TH users here are probably collectors of merchandises of fandoms, certain interest or items and such...but have you ever imagined your OCs having their own merches? Don't lie to me, if you're a collector you probably did
Maybe it could be just their faces printed on t-shirts or notebook, or very specific ~IRL recreated item~ like the hat or wand that your OC uses or wear? Is now a real life merch. If you're a fan of dolls, figures or plushes; are there any specific type of brand within this category that you dreamed of seeing? All of these can be either a specific character of yours or just a number of your favourites~
Even if these things seemed like unlikely, it's fun to imagine, no? Alternatively, if you DO have a custom merch featuring your characters, show them here!
Now then, go ahead and share about your imaginations or experiences of merches featuring your characters (´ ∀ ` *)
I don't have any custom merch per say (that's the dream tho), but I did get prints made through a photo app once, so I guess that counts? ;v;
I live in a rented flat right now, so I can't hang them up sob ;v;;
I also bought stickers of one of my friend's OCs once.
I would do most anything to get figures and plushes of my characters. That's like, the dream. Even just prints of art I have of them would be kick ass. I would love to just hang a big framed version of some of the art I've gotten.
Not sure if it would really be counted as merchandise but I have this of a character of mine! (Shiloh)
There is also badges and prints •.•
VincentVanGoat What's stopping you from getting some prints made? :D I don't think any printing places turn people down because the art is of their OCs, go chase the dream!
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As for my own characters... I think the pose from The Cog and The Pawn would make for a beautiful figurine for a shelf. Or a beautiful poster, if only the resolution was higher (I am already planning on printing out some of my works for personal use in decorating my room). Ooh! And I think that if there was merch of H/J then there'd definitely be buttons and notebooks with the Symbol of the British Occultists - that shield with the eye and the sword with "Discimus Defendimus Oppugnamus" written underneath. The Wyderian story-arc and Red Pawn movement would get some love as well. Can't just sell common red scarves as merch but there could be buttons, coffee cups and other such stuff with common Red Pawn slogans or secondary symbols.
Mostly I'd encourage the making of collectable figurines. However I'd love a proper plushie of Hehlel and her demon-buddy Itzal. Oh! And Xiaofans pet Kirin. That owlcat would become the mascot of my merch emporium with pillows, cups, buttons and plushies made of them.
Oh, I know that I can get them, it's just the money part I'm missing. Even for prints and stuff, but yeah definitely something to remember when I next get some money I can spend on such things.
omg... i really want merch of my chars. A patch for my jean jacket of Tracie's face??? YES//// i dont even wear makeup but like? alizon makeup pallete???? YES!!! would kill for a socks plushie,,,, also a neo plushie!! janice as an enamel pin would be EPIC! a shirt with lyran on it would be so cool! plushies of my superhero squad would make me SCREAM!! yogurt squishy....
i got some keychains of tarq and sho (1 2) just a while back and i adore them! they're sitting right next to me as im typing, i cant even put them on my purse 'cause i love them too much to see them get all messed up hgnfhggh
not sure if the artists i comm'd them from is still doing those at the moment but i do recommend her ^^
i've always wanted a plush but i think i'd have trouble picking anyone to actually get that done.
and..... tbh..... i could go for more keychains LOL it is definitely an addiction/collection vibe
if I had merch, it'd probably be cosplay/clothes stuff.
All the Four/Five/Six Houses royalty hats, Erebus' cloak, Alev's tailcoat, Araa's collared coat with the pocket pocket dimension (not included), and a heck of a lot more.
On thw other hand... Plushies.
That'd be cute
This is something I've been thinking about for a while now, It'd be really cool but I doubt at the time of me making this post there's much interest for merch of my characters.
If I had to choose only one thing of merch I'd go with plushies, specially of my monster characters. I feel like they'd look the best in plush form. Stickers, buttons and pins are the second thing I'd choose, personally I don't really use pins/button as much but they're fun to collect and I've seen a lot of really pretty glittery ones before.
Shirts would also be really amazing too, I'm probably going to describe this really badly but I imagine it'd be a really stylized and would use certain color palettes. Like a kind of shirt where even if nobody gets the reference they'd still think it looks good.
Oh and figurines too, of both my monster and humanoid characters. Perhaps in the style of nendoroid figures? But a regular figure would be nice too.
Any type of merch would be pretty cool, even just prints.
i'd love items / merch / irl stuff of my ocs! i'm not a furry, but one of my friends is a beginner fursuit / plushie maker and i'd like to support her while she's starting out, so i'm saving up to buy both a partial fursuit and a plushie of my animal oc to help her improve!! i'm really excited; she's already made me a free alolan vulpix for my birthday, and she has tons of potential <3
something akin to funko pop figures would be neat as well! i have a very tiny collection of pop figures, but the potential to be able to display one of my ocs as a sort of stylised collectible item is an exciting thought.
I've actually printed out some art that I've gotten of my kiddos. (For personal use of course)
And stickers too that I like putting on my sketch books.
; v ; I'll have to take pictures of it
I actually totally have! I'm currently working on an anime resin kit which I'm converting to my OC Nyah! I've always wanted to make a dakimakura too for the lols.
It would be awesome to have scale figurines of my OCs, but gosh that'd be so expensive, especially for the more detailed ones. Maybe I'll make a simple plushie of Triton someday when I'm skilled enough.