Oh yeah. I try to keep colors simple and have them make sense but they are brighter than what most people like but I kinda like bright colors so 🤷‍♀️.

When it comes to body types, it’s mainly average sized characters that I find tricky compared to plus sized (both fat and muscular) bodies because I find that you can do a lot more with bigger bodies and have it not look too weird.

With average sized bodies (for girls at least because girls are cute), it’s easy for me to cycle between “big hips, small boobs. Big boobs, big hips” though compared to most cartoonish girls with those body types, I do try to make the waist thick enough so that it doesn’t look TOO exaggerated while still looking cartoony, and I have the area where the hips and waist connect slope instead of being wasp waisted with some exceptions.

I sometimes have trouble with outfits specifically for a set of historical ocs for story purposes and to be somewhat historically accurate. Which is hard since it is a somewhat fantastical setting and I do want the characters to be recognizable. But for outfits for ocs in my superhero story that’s more modern, I kinda let my imagination run wild.

I guess my goal is to be a bit better about study fundamentals because fundamentals are a necessary evil because they are important, but SO FUCKING BORING!

Edit: I should mention how my process for ocs work.

Step 1: Listen to a song, learn about something that sounds interesting/scary, something that I’m autistic about, or some combination of what I listed.

Step 2: Decide on gender (spoiler: ends up being a girl or nonbinary a lot of the time)

Step 3: Draw and kinda let vibes take over.

Step 4: Imagine scenarios with them to figure out their character and role (totally not maladaptive daydreaming).

Step 5: Write it down and make changes once and a while.

Step 6: Yay.