Board Thread:Fanon Discussion/@comment-4598697-20141120230042/@comment-26897541-20151018003155

I actually try to stay away from conventional coloring patterns when I design OC's, regardless of whether they're supposed to be conventionally pretty or not. I actually try to limit myself on how many OC's I have with a specific color of hair, especially blonde. (Ironic given that I myself am blonde, but whatever.) Of my OC's, I have maybe..... 2 blondes? Possibly 3? They don't even have art yet, and are considered more of this background entity that settle disputes between my more focused characters. (I'm speaking of my Nutcracker Children, namely Miriam and Flinnigan, who are siblings and thus share appearances. Such as being blonde.) I remember going through my OC's and trying to pick coloring problems, and thinking "Ok, so I made Karina and Andre redheads. Regi and Tina need to be different, probably brunettes of varying shades. Err, Tina I guess can be a darker blonde, but Regi's definitely gonna be dark-haired." Similar mental conversations on the other characters were had. As for the "blondes are pretty" idea, the characters I consider to be most beautiful are Karina and Venetia, neither of which are blonde with blue eyes. Venetia is very obviously of Mediterranean descent, in fact. Rose is maybe a close 3rd, but even she has raven-black hair. (Ironically something that the one person who is said to have it lacks.) The point is, subverting that trope is important! Especially people of color, people of all different sizes (I try to make my characters different sizes but I can't seem to draw them the sizes I want. Rose is actually supposed to be a larger size than what I draw her as.), and people with disabilities.