How do you make a character your own?

[Oscar!2000]

can someone help me please because I don't know

[Shackel11]

.... What?

[Deano]

Here's a great idea you may not have thought of - make sure it's not a fucking recolour.

[Shackel11]

Lawl. Nice one.

[Oscar!2000]

Here's a great idea you may not have thought of - make sure it's not a fucking recolour.

what you said yeah i didn't understand

[Bazooka the Ferret]

Look at your avatar, its just basically a different colored version of Sonic. Hence the name recolor, and make sure you have your own original idea.

[Oscar!2000]

but somebody else made it for me the one I have right now and I want to make my own

[Ziggy]

Well....This is a NOOB topic......Super NOOB topic

[Sparky]

Haha Zigs you add "super" before everything. ;)
Yeaaaaah Deano!

Isn't it obvious? Go to Paint, Adobe Photoshop, or whatever art program you have on your computer, sketch a drawing, fill it in, and then you have a character. This is optional.
THEN you go to your brain, if you can find one, and think up some crap to post about your character.

YAY! HIGH FIVE! =D

[Shotgun da ferret]

You need a fanchar profile format too. You need to find one and use it. Make sure you're character ain't some rip off of some official characters and such.

[Roxas_the_hedgehog]

OUCH. That was kinda rough deano. Easy with the cursing to. Though i am with the other. try to make it as you as possible.

[Ziggy]

OUCH. That was kinda rough deano. Easy with the cursing to. Though i am with the other. try to make it as you as possible.
Dude you need to start Editing your post.
That sentence was Messed up.:cool:

[Jaícei]

(wow, you guys are really helpful!)
Use you imagination, Oscar.

Try using a species that Sonic Team hasn't used yet, and don't base their design too heavily off an existing sonic character either. IE, don't make a porcupine by pasting extra spikes on a purple sonic.
Try looking through images and info of exotic animals for inspiration, some of them have really unique natural abilities you could incorporate into your character- like how Horned Lizard's squirt streams of blood from their eyes to stun prey and predators.

It helps a lot if you can draw to some extent or at least have strong visualization skills to get a concrete grip on your character's design.

For their personality, try to make them at least semi-three dimensional. The sonic fandom has pretty low standards in that regards, but nonetheless come up with a character with a different set of ethics, motives and tactics than the canon ones.

Don't over power them; they should not exist only to show up the canons. I personally think most fan characters should not have super forms, but if you want one it's not really a huge deal. One last thing- don't make them related to canon characters. It's considered undesirable and unoriginal in this and most fandoms. (;

Good luck with your characters. If you want more links for possible inspiration and tips, PM me.

[Shackel11]

One last thing- don't make them related to canon characters. It's considered undesirable and unoriginal in this and most fandoms. (;

*looks at Ziggy* XDDD OH OH OH! I know how to make a character your own! MAKE A CHARACTER YOURSELF

[Ziggy]

*looks at Ziggy* XDDD OH OH OH! I know how to make a character your own! MAKE A CHARACTER YOURSELF

LOl *Laughs super hard*
That's was funny.......:D

[Deano]

Jaícei probably has the best advice here, talk to him. I'm gonna go ahead and lock this topic now, since the problem has been resolved.