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Reccardi's Salesman didn't really come into his own until the Games years when he made his 1st fully formed appearance in To Salve and Salve Not. He's an omnipotent huckster & an oppressive, dominant, almost authoritarian figure - an American Moguro Fukuzou
@LaDiablablablah is "Shehaw / Yeeher" artist with a great sense of color, who can handle lavish background illustrations, Disney-esque styles & more simple, but expressive characters too - I'd buy prints of her Virgin Mary if I could! Give yeeher a follow for #FollowFriday #FF
Even if you're an amateur who just draws cartoons 4 fun & have no intention of Going Pro - your "OC" is never going to make as big an impact w/ your potential online audience if they remain a bunch of concept art & details & r never used in a story: Stories r what gives them life
Drawing your "OC" over & over IS better "creative development" than coming up w/ lists of details about them - but even if you draw 500 different poses & expressions in a giant "concept art" gallery - this doesn't "develop" them as much as using them to tell just ONE STORY...
what makes your OC "real"? it's not deciding what their favorite ice cream flavor is. the 'C' part of OC? That's created in the context of STORYTELLING - characters don't just exist in a vacuum. That movie / TV show / graphic novel idea you have for them? That's all in your head
I've mocked the phrase "OC" before because if you're not drawing Shrek or Mickey Mouse it's usually pretty obvious that your character is your own original creation. a simple "©2020 by the artist" would suffice, but the term "OC" itself is like a status marker - like Bio Pronouns
But whether post-social media cartoonists take the Beanpill, or git gud at anime/manga styles, or rarest of all - git gud & then try to be ORIGINAL - most ppl adopt this very pwecious vocabulary of referring to things like "OCs" & using industry jargon like "IP" & "concept art"
ahh yes, nerd media's 2 black female character types: janelle monae & black velma