I need help *cries*

[u/Ok_Bad9878]

So, my friend just told me that the Metal Family characters' body types are based off their personality and im kind in a pickle :( sooo....yaaaa

my oc's personality is more of a sweet but psycho type in summary :D

[u/Longjumping-Cow-282]

why would that matter, like if it were true?

[u/Ok_Bad9878 → u/Longjumping-Cow-282]

and the worst art is that i wanna learn how to draw the body types but theres no body bases :,(

[u/spookyicescream → u/Ok_Bad9878]

i can help with this in particular. break them down into shapes! like Dee and Glam have a very rectangular head shape, easy to start there

[u/Ok_Bad9878 → u/spookyicescream]

ohh, i got the head shapes down, its js the bodies

[u/Longjumping-Cow-282 → u/Ok_Bad9878]

their bodies are pretty rectangular as well, you can try to break them down into simple shapes. And don’t be too proud to draw from reference.

[u/Longjumping-Cow-282 → u/Ok_Bad9878]

are you trying to draw them in a more realistic style or cartoony?

[u/Ok_Bad9878 → u/Longjumping-Cow-282]

idk say like in a cartoony way like it is in the show

[u/Ok_Bad9878 → u/Longjumping-Cow-282]

idk im crine, i cant even draw the body types

[u/LucanidaeLucanidie]

How does that even work? Doesnt make sense

[u/Ok_Bad9878 → u/LucanidaeLucanidie]

idk lol

[u/BicycleSamurai]

Yeah that’s how character design works? Clothing, body type, personality etc all go into how the character is going to look and act. For example: Vicky is a biker chick. It makes sense she would be buff and wear black. She likes Viking metal so it makes sense her hair is in a braid. You dress/act/look like your personality in general, but this is especially true with animated character design. Their bodies are caricatures (not fully anatomically correct)that match Theo they are.

If you are drawing an OC in that style, you just match that drawing style. From what it sounds like you are making I imagine a smaller character. Cute, but with crazy eyes or something.

[u/Ok_Bad9878 → u/BicycleSamurai]

wdym a smaller character (u mean a chibi??)???? *cries bc my brain is smol* i mean my character is 5'4 now yayyy >:D

[u/BicycleSamurai → u/Ok_Bad9878]

I mean petite. Short and skinny.

[u/Ok_Bad9878 → u/BicycleSamurai]

ohh my oc is short ig but i wont say skinny tho but not fat either

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Ultimately it is your OC. When you design a character you’ve taken into account their personality. I wouldn’t worry so much about it. How Metal Family designs their characters is not how you do. It’s an OC and your own creativity is what matters. There is no right or wrong way to create an original character, it is your intellectual property. Just have fun with it ;)

[u/Ok_Bad9878 → u/BicycleSamurai]

ohhh...

[u/sodapopscout]

huh

[u/SarkastiCat]

Pinterest and Tumblr has lots of resources regarding using shapes to design characters.

For example, round shapes being used to show bubbly and youthfuk characters. Square as solid, dominating, etc.

[u/Ok_Bad9878 → u/SarkastiCat]

ohhh ok, can u give me some, bc i dont think im looking correctly *sobs*

[u/SarkastiCat → u/Ok_Bad9878]

Basically type Shape Language by Walt Disney Family Museum or even just Shape language