Thread:MaxIrvaron/@comment-27032473-20180729161944/@comment-25083225-20180729213807

If I can intrude into this conversation, There's a few things I could tell you to help think up designs, but before I start, I highly recommend finishing the page you made for the character first, as it doesn't meet the wiki's standards.

The five main components of a Sonic OC are kind of simple: Species, Color, Clothing, Accoutrements, and body shape.

First, if you've already written your character's powers, is there a species that suits said abilities the best? For example, if he had ice powers, it'd make more sense to make him a polar bear character or an artic fox rather than a aalamander or a butterfly or something (This isn't always the case, but it can help with consistency if you pull it off right). Your species should also be made somewhat clear in how you design their hair/spikes, tail, and ears, otherwise nobody could tell what your character actually is.

Color is an important part as well, as the character's pallette should be a reflection of their attitude and themes. If they're super upbeat or easygoing, it's better to give them bright, neon, or light shades of color. This can apply to powers as well, but you can get creative with this, since certain elements can be represented by different colors if you take the time to research (I've seen lighthing represented as Blue, Green, Yellow, Purple, and White, and despite the color variance, I could still look at them and tell what powers they had). The obvious exception to this rule would be if your character, for a story reason, wasn't meant to have these powers, so you can thematically make it look out of place (my character Vihn has a primary color pallette of Pink and Blond, but he has green-colored wind powers, which are complementary colors, making them sort of stick out). Keep the color pallete limited though, maybe no more than 3 completely different colors, as going overboard will make them look like a clown

Clothes kind of match with Color, as they should be a reflextion of the Character's Universe, Attitude, Themes, etc. Don't make them clash with the body color though, as it's really ugly when it does.

Accoutrements are weapons and other accesories that the character carries around. Once again, pick something that matches up with the theme and/or powers of the character. Be creative and think of cool weapon/power/skill combinations that makes them stand out (ie don't just make a character that shoots fire, give them the ability to channel fire through an umbrella and summon a rainstorm of embers or something.)

Finally, if you don't want to be the laughing stock of the wiki, please BALANCE YOUR CHARACTER. Give him reasonable strengths and weaknesses both in personality and power. Nobody wants to write a story with a generic Superman or Jesus that can solve problems without even trying. One of the easies ways to convey that is to put a stat system in your page to clearly outline where he excels and slips in battle. Personality is just as important too, as if you can't make them likeable or relatable, the rest of us are going to be bored with it.