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BluePeach

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Might I suggest the “internet”,“tik tok”, “positivity” tags? I’m 22yrs old, she/her, (add more later)
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this is something I don’t see talked about often when it comes to drawing different body types. sure, weight distribution is a big one, but torso-to-leg ratio affects body types just as much!

For example, I have a longer torso, so high waisted pants rarely reach my belly button and pant legs are always wayyy too long. I’ve stood next to people that were shorter than me, but their crotch was a good 4 inches higher, just because their ratio was way different than mine.

something to keep in mind when designing characters!

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blue-peach14

THANK YOU

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magical girl shows really did snap when they assigned personality traits based off the members colors

pink - commander and the leader. probably really nice and sweet

blue - probably very close to pink, is either 100 iq smarty pants but shy or very tough and cool

yellow/orange - very happy and positive. can vary from being newbie of the group to be older and mature, probably known as the beautiful one

purple - mysterious, usually starts off as a rival or joins the group later, but is definitely known to the members as another MG. Probably has a softer side they don’t show

Don’t forget green - more mature and very reliable

Red - Mad

okay but this implies the existence of a lost pink teletubby. a fallen leader too painful to talk about anymore

tubby custard.

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patientno7

the suffering never ends

This is the real process

Resources for you!

Character Ideas:

Character Design Ideas:

Naming Help:

Creating Background/backstory:

Character Interactions and putting your character into your world/story:

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It still boggles my mind that after all these years, some people are still so insistent that characters in ATLA and TLOK are not meant to be Asian because….”they don’t look Asian.”

(Yes, I know the Water Tribes are primarily based on Native Americans/Inuits/Polynesians)

Ignoring the fact that this is a cartoon series where child characters are drawn with widely disproportionate facial features to denote their youth, how exactly are Asians supposed to look like?

Asia is vast and is probably the most diverse continent on Earth. Asians have distinct features based on different regions and there is no such thing as a uniform “Asian look.” East Asians can be very pale, Southeast/South Asians can be dark/tanned, Central Asians can have “Western” facial features, and etc.

I’m Korean, and many Koreans have high cheek bones and strong jawlines, which many cite as “European features.” Many of my family members from my mother’s side have naturally round eyes. Even within the small confine of my country, the “average look” differs quite significantly by the region. Now imagine the whole continent. 

Some people argue that since this is a fantasy world, that “Asians” don’t exist.

Yes, they would be correct; there is no such race in the Avatar world. But this is clearly an Asian-influenced world…so why wouldn’t the people living in it, who have Asian names, hairstyles, clothing, and customs, be also based on actual Asian people?

The show and its creators are all but shouting that at you; I honestly can’t fathom how people need to be convinced that people living in the Avatar world are intended to be Asian.

Circling back - Many of the main characters are drawn with almost disney-like eyes with unrealistic proportions (Mainly Aang, Katara, Toph, and Ty Lee). Just compare Toph or Katara with their parents and the difference becomes quite clear.

This is just an intentional aesthetic choice for younger characters (Large, round eyes = innocence). Even in anime, which ATLA’s style is based on, actual Japanese characters are drawn in similar way. 

Since child characters are drawn in a specific style, we really should be looking at the rest of their respective people rather than just characters themselves. Grown up versions of these characters seen in The Legend of Korra or any of the adult characters are drawn with realistic proportions.

(It’s also worth nothing that many of the characters in ATLA and TLOK were designed/drawn by Korean artists)

It’s my theory that most people who think these characters don’t look Asian are westerners who have not spent much time around Asians and expect stereotypical hollywood caricatures.

Inb4 “AaNg Is WhItE” or “FiRe NaTiOn iS eUrOpE”

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