User blog comment:Austin Bison/A couple of question to the community/@comment-4567194-20170619033337

Well everyone has different starting points with characters.

At first, I started out with three main OC's back in 2010, Alexis  David, and Christina. And they were literally just spineless boring characters with no personality, just good looks. Then that three grew into over thirty by the end of 2013, and now around 70-ish up to this day.

Out of those 70 characters (and believe me, 70 is quite a lot), there are about ten-twenty characters that are really dynamic and grow and develop. Usually, the older (the day you created it to this day) your character is, the more important it would be.

And then there are the remaining fifty characters. Most of the characters I have are made based on the backstory, environment, and relationships of the more important characters, for instance, all the characters on Alyssa's dance team, or the gigantic Transon Family, or the new people I created from  Project Maserati like Valentina or Bryce Valentina and Bryce.

There are also other aspects too, like physical appearances and powers.

With physical appearances, most people come up with their own physical designs, usually, they are inspired by someone or something. However, some users prefer to use Dollmaker or Female Charrie Maker on deviantART if they can't find any good designs.

Not gonna lie, but with me, the powers usually for me are inspired by the TV series(s) I watch. Like Krys's magic came straight out of My Little Pony, and Nightfall's magic came from Teen Titans, and Christina's hair glow came from Tangled, and Billie's powers came from American Horror Story etc. etc.

But again, everyone's pretty much different with how they come up with their characters.