User blog:Jake R/Jake's way of choosing and making characters! (Kind of like a writers blog, I guess)

Alright, most people have done some sort of writers blog, so I kinda wanted to do the same :D. We'll start with choosing a writers block, and then choosing what charatcers look like.

Writers Block
Welcome to Jake's writing block!

We'll start with making biographys:

Bioraphies:

Biographies are like a paragraph of the charatcers life before joining the life. For example, a nerd's bio may say "(Name) joined the math contest and was deemed the smartest kid in school". While a pranksters bio may say "(Name) has painted there house pink, and has made nerds slip and trip". Biographies are important, because anyone who visits the page can read it. It's also a good thing to add examples of what they have done in there life. Examples would be pranks a prankster has done. Same goes for achivements.

Next step in writing block:

What will the charatcer do? This all depends on there self. For example, a dummy may get tricked into a lot of alliances. While a villian may make alliances and lie and cheat and all the other stuff villians do. It's also important to have realtionships to NOT come out randomly. Same with conflicts. For example, do you agree it was random that Gwen all of a sudden hated Geoff? There were no signs of it, which made it random. But when writing, make it make sense. Friendships aren't as important with conflicts and realtionships.

Next step in writing block:

Keep track of what happens in the show! For example, if you were a writer and wrote about an alliance, make sure you don't forget about it! That would be totally embarrsing -.-. Same goes for a big conflict or realtionship. It's ok if you don't put much in one episode, but you need to put something in most episodes.

Another tip in writing block:

Make sure the charatcer acts th way it's supposed to. Unless it's part of a challenge, make the charatcer make sense. For example, don't make Noah fart or Bridgette a bully >.>. This is kind of obvious though :P

Last tip in writing block:

Don't write it as you go along. This could mean tons of fail in your chapter o_o. Plus, even good writers on here like Nalyd or Sprink (sorry if I didn't mention you) pre write it! (I think o.o. Correct me if i'm wrong Nalyd and Sprink)

This has been the writing block with Jake :D

Making charatcers
This is the making charatcers designs part of the blog. It is highly recommended that if you haven't read the writing block part of the blog, this may be hard to follow.

First step: The sterotype

This is very important. For example, if it was a professional runner, you may want to draw a head band and tennis shows. Now, I will explain how I draw charatcers

Step 1:

Pretend were drawing a professional runner. I draw 3 designs on paper. After they are all colored in, I choose the worst one and eliminate that one

Step 2:

Now, you will merge the two pictures. For example, if one person had tennis shoes, and the other had an arm band, then you merge them togheter on one pic.

Step 3:

Finally, add anything needed, make tweeks, and make it look good, and color it

Step 4:

Have the drawing in front of you. Go onto where you draw (I use MS paint) and draw it on there. There, your final design is ready to be posted!

Tips for drawing:

After posting it, you shouldn't change it to much. For example, changing his shoe's would be fine. Changing his body or skin color wouldn't be good.

Recolors are good, but it makes the story more original if you add your OWN drawings. But your choice.

Don't make the charatcer out of place. Example: Don't make a lawyer wear a t-shirt. Maybe under, but not on the outside.

Thanks for reading this HUGE blog. I hope it helps and if you have questions, let me know =3

Jake is my name, this my game  21:49, March 6, 2011 (UTC)