Comment 90249

Well, the diversity in character appearance thing is a separate skill to art, and it's all about themes. It can totally be practiced. I haven't formally studied I'm but a lot I found out accidently with an ace attorney fic I did. People responded positively to me giving my oc Skunk hair markings, and I noticed that the more iconic things I added, the more people liked them. I've done some character design research. There is books out there on it, like with colour meanings over all shapes, posers, stances, etc... I'm still learning, but design is really fun for me to do. Themes go well, cause they allow for costume changes without losing who they are. the themes are cool too, cause they can drive personality or harmonize personality aspects. It's something you could learn though if you want. Try doing a redesign of an oc or a character you love and give it a theme. Experiment with different shapes and colours and see how it works. Make them into super heroes, or Lolita, or an animal... anything is cool. It'll be hard at first, but it gets better the more you go crazy and try stuff out I'm no expert on it, but what I do, I do for fun, and it's totally a skill you need to develop, so if you're interested, just go for it