Hello. Today, I am here to give you a guide on how to make Sonic
fan-characters.
Step 1- Come up with an animal for your character to be. This can be hard, but at least try to and you'll come up with something.
Step 2- Deside your characters' gender. It does not matter what gender it is, but it does matter if you want to draw said character since male characters and female characters have different features.
Step 3- Brainstorm some designs for your character. The only recomendation I have for this is; DO NOT COPY DESIGNS THAT OFFICIAL CHARACTERS HAVE. Sure, you can use Sonic-like spines but do not copy Sonics' look almost completely, then it will look like a copy of Sonic. Make sure, if your character has clothing, to make said clothing look original, which means do not copy any designs that official characters have. You can do so for the shoes and gloves, but nothing else.
Step 4- Make some powers for your character to have. Now here's the fun part; making powers. Here is a tip; DO NOT USE FIRE, WATER, LIGHTNING, OR GRASS AS AN ELEMENTAL POWER IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON USING ONE! If you do so than it will be unoriginal, considering how many FCs already have those powers. Make original powers, and be careful not to have unrealistic powers. No character can be faster than Sonic, stronger than Knuckles or be a fox that can fly like Tails. That would be unoriginal as well as unrealistic. Try to invent powers of your own.
Step 5- Choose the side for your character to be on. Y'know, if you want your character to be evil, good or neutral. Be sure that your characters' personality fits the side they are on, for example; a character who wants to destroy everything in its path being a good-guy or a character who hates to fight being a
bad-guy would not fit. Try to make your character seem like they belong on the side you put them on.
Step 6- Invent a personality for your character. If you do not know what to have for a personality, brainstorm until you find something that 'fits' with your character.
Step 7- Make a backstory. You do not HAVE to do this step, but it is recommended. DO NOT MAKE IT TO SAD. If you have your character have a cliche past like 'all of his/her family was killed by so-and-so so he/she wants revenge' then that would be cliche as I said before as well as stale. Make it happy with some sad parts if you despretely want some angst in his/her past. If you must make it angsty, then do not make your fc moan about it 24/7.
Step 8- Naming the character. You can basically use almost any name you would like, as long as it is not taken by an official Sonic character, such as Amy.
fan-characters.
Step 1- Come up with an animal for your character to be. This can be hard, but at least try to and you'll come up with something.
Step 2- Deside your characters' gender. It does not matter what gender it is, but it does matter if you want to draw said character since male characters and female characters have different features.
Step 3- Brainstorm some designs for your character. The only recomendation I have for this is; DO NOT COPY DESIGNS THAT OFFICIAL CHARACTERS HAVE. Sure, you can use Sonic-like spines but do not copy Sonics' look almost completely, then it will look like a copy of Sonic. Make sure, if your character has clothing, to make said clothing look original, which means do not copy any designs that official characters have. You can do so for the shoes and gloves, but nothing else.
Step 4- Make some powers for your character to have. Now here's the fun part; making powers. Here is a tip; DO NOT USE FIRE, WATER, LIGHTNING, OR GRASS AS AN ELEMENTAL POWER IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON USING ONE! If you do so than it will be unoriginal, considering how many FCs already have those powers. Make original powers, and be careful not to have unrealistic powers. No character can be faster than Sonic, stronger than Knuckles or be a fox that can fly like Tails. That would be unoriginal as well as unrealistic. Try to invent powers of your own.
Step 5- Choose the side for your character to be on. Y'know, if you want your character to be evil, good or neutral. Be sure that your characters' personality fits the side they are on, for example; a character who wants to destroy everything in its path being a good-guy or a character who hates to fight being a
bad-guy would not fit. Try to make your character seem like they belong on the side you put them on.
Step 6- Invent a personality for your character. If you do not know what to have for a personality, brainstorm until you find something that 'fits' with your character.
Step 7- Make a backstory. You do not HAVE to do this step, but it is recommended. DO NOT MAKE IT TO SAD. If you have your character have a cliche past like 'all of his/her family was killed by so-and-so so he/she wants revenge' then that would be cliche as I said before as well as stale. Make it happy with some sad parts if you despretely want some angst in his/her past. If you must make it angsty, then do not make your fc moan about it 24/7.
Step 8- Naming the character. You can basically use almost any name you would like, as long as it is not taken by an official Sonic character, such as Amy.
Time for some fun facts! 8D
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~Estelle was originally a character up for adoption.
~Full names for each character:
Estelle Potter
Zak Potter
Shiro Kuchisama
Norax Williams
Myka Hyne
Nazo Van Deursenne
Anaya Sullivan
~Nazo was created originally as a character in the fanfic, not an ACTUAL character.
~Shiro's name is japanese for White. (DUHHHH)
~Zak and Shiro only have one picture.
~Anaya's name used to be spelled like this:
Aniya
~In 'The Fifth Experiment', Estelle was killed when Zak was young, causing him to get vengeance.
~I created Estelle for 'Kickbutt Inspirational' purposes.
~Anaya was the only character I gave powers, until today.
~I changed Anaya and Myka's personalities as I RPed with them more;
Anaya went from kind to a sarcastic jerkface.
Myka went from silent to an annoying chatterbox.
~Myka's the only one with a lifestory.
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~Estelle was originally a character up for adoption.
~Full names for each character:
Estelle Potter
Zak Potter
Shiro Kuchisama
Norax Williams
Myka Hyne
Nazo Van Deursenne
Anaya Sullivan
~Nazo was created originally as a character in the fanfic, not an ACTUAL character.
~Shiro's name is japanese for White. (DUHHHH)
~Zak and Shiro only have one picture.
~Anaya's name used to be spelled like this:
Aniya
~In 'The Fifth Experiment', Estelle was killed when Zak was young, causing him to get vengeance.
~I created Estelle for 'Kickbutt Inspirational' purposes.
~Anaya was the only character I gave powers, until today.
~I changed Anaya and Myka's personalities as I RPed with them more;
Anaya went from kind to a sarcastic jerkface.
Myka went from silent to an annoying chatterbox.
~Myka's the only one with a lifestory.