her one thing is that she beats up demons and you all love her
why? i dont know
@Judas-la-carotte's thread about underrated characters made me think about the opposite! I'm not going to use the word "overrated" because I certainly don't mean that any OCs deserve less love, but do you have any characters whom you're surprised get more attention than you expected they would, among your characters?
Maybe people pick them more often in forum games or art trades than other characters, they have more faves than you expected, or they're just the ones your friends have gravitated towards for whatever reason-- but maybe they aren't among your own favorites, or they're just not the OCs you expected would be popular.
And has that character's popularity inspired you to use or develop them more, or give them a bigger role in whatever story or project they may be in?
There are no particular rules for this thread; just be nice and don't try to make people feel bad about their taste or anything like that.
Shrap for sure, I tried to design him to be creepy yet cute and gave him a somewhat likeable personality, but I was certain the appearance would make people like him less.
nope, I guess the personality is that likeable or I accidentally made him more cute than creepy
Oddly, this one here. I haven’t really done all too much with him in the last several months, but some people seemed to of really liked him whenever I used him in RP. He was literally made as a joke character too for some random friend group shenanigans.
He was just a random critter I doodled at work while listening to this song (I think maybe some inspiration came from that) My kids say he "looks like Mickey Mouse" 🤣
People here on TH ended up really diggin' his design which had me adding more and more to his cool cat personality. I suppose he's really grown on me since then!
i honestly didn't think nathan would end up with as many favourites as he has (not that it's a crazy amount but yk), especially since a lot of people skip over him when it comes to art
i've learnt now, though, that his design is just a bit out of a lot of people's drawing-comfort zones, and that people do enjoy him as a character
though i will say i've been a bit nervous about adding his full backstory to his profile since im not the best at writing/creating them, and im worried people will like him less when i finally get around to finishing it - im still gonna finish it, though! im just a bit shy
My first thought is probably maddeumni I remember when her design was first made I was like mmmm no artist ever will want to draw these coral horns huh - but when I offer her up as a choice in art trades, art fight and freebie/request threads she is!!! Such. Popular pick which since she isn’t exactly a simple or easy to draw character it does surprise me!!
and okay this is kind of sad because I’ve had almost reverse progression for her due to this - like I put her up as an option less unless I really like the idea of her in someone’s style specific so she is getting less attention but the new stuff I do get for her is is quality over quantity kind of vibes - 