This was 3 years ago, but just a reminder that you can make your character for yourself. No one else. Don't be worried that people will make fun of you.
(How's my oc?) Name: Moonbeam Gender: female Species: changling Bio: she is a changling who wishes she was born as a pony. She does all she can to integrate herself into pony culture and society. She has the ability to change into other living creatures but also she can change into things she draws. This was she isn't stealing someponys appearance. The problem is this ability is usable when wet so if she went into the rain she would turn back into her true appeance. (Excluding using actual ponys appearances) she ran away from home to live as a pony. Her brother is the only one who accepts her. Dislikes: water, cold weather/winter, bugs (they remind her of what she really is Likes: drawing, ponies, sweet things
+MoonStone Aw i like her, my oc is similar she is a pegasus who's talent is befriending nocturnal creature. But in doing so she cant stand sunlight and burns her eyes. I styled her after a bat. Her name is Batwig!
My original character is still in development, but I will share what I have formed as of now. My OC's name is Eaves Dropper. She is a pegasus who was born in (and currently resides in) Cloudsdale, but she can often be found in Ponyville--usually visiting her young filly friend (whose name is still being decided). Eaves has loved detective stories from the beginning, and is now, in her late teenage years, the self-proclaimed "Great Detective of Ponyville" (even though, as stated above, she lives in Cloudsdale), which is why she is often referred to as "Sleuth" instead of her actual name. However, her skills of deduction are mediocre at best, so the citizens of Ponyville don't usually ring her up for their problems unless it's very small. Eaves' parents and colleagues in Cloudsdale don't exactly support her "career" choice, and quite often express their desire for her to start working in the Weather Factory. But Eaves finds weather maintenance a bore, and refuses to become a weather pony. She would rather live her child-like fantasy forever (even though, deep down, she knows she has to get serious about life at some point). Not a perfect backstory, but I'm working on it.
+Scarves 'n' Converse Sounds almost exactly like my pony OC, Sundown Saint, but the backstory of mine is a little longer. I have a fanfic about this XD
aquariquery Mine is- Name: Sapphire Heart Age: 12-13 Species: Pegasus Gender: Female Appearance: Blue with a purplish-pink mane styled like Octavia's, but with a few more strands and a more untidy fringe, and a scruffy tail similar to Rainbow Dash's. She's also shorter in height than other ponies, but she doesn't mind. Her cutie mark is an open blue book with some lines resembling writing, and an image of a small blue gem shaped like a heart. She has large dark purple eyes. Special talents: Reading old spell books (she got her cutie mark from that- more about it in history) and animal communication (she's a distant cousin of Fluttershy) Personality: Sapph (her nickname) is an intelligent, friendly pony. She can be shy around strangers, but like Fluttershy is very confident around her friends and occasionally can chat freely even with ponies she doesn't know. She loves flying even if she isn't the quickest, and speaks best to birds. She's very curious and likes to meditate sometimes in a cloud. She occasionally sleep-flies while meditating. She lives in the Crystal Empire, she moved there from Clouddale. Negative traits: She often feels inadequate, as her friends are much more magical than her. Jai became a Princess of Happiness, and as an alicorn completely overshadowed her. They stayed friends however. She can get frustrated easily, and looks to meditating and reading for help, but she often isolates herself in the process. History: As a filly, she had only three friends, Sunny Star (Sunny, a unicorn), Firenote Tune (Tuney, unicorn), and Jayfeather Bee (Jai Bee for short, also a unicorn.). One day she was chasing Jai, who'd recently gotten her cutie mark, a lollipop and two balloons. She had a talent for sweet making and she was very similar to Pinkie Pie, and loved making people laugh. Sapphire often felt the odd one out, being the only pegasus and a blank flank. Sunny had a star with sun rays as her mark, as she had rather strong magic for her age, and Tuney had a microphone with musical notes for hers due to her singing ability. Anyway, she was playing a game of tag with Jai when they fell into a well. Sapph wasn't very good at flying and the well was quite deep. At the bottom was a book. Jai couldn't read it, so Sapph started to read. As she spoke the ancient words, Jai's horn began to glow and they were lifted into the air. They landed safely, and with a flash of blue light, her cutie mark appeared. Since then, she's been able to read spellbooks fluently, while getting Jai to cast the spells. She also enjoys potion making, again using Jai to help that spark of magic. I really like my OC, as she reflects my character. I'm born in September, so I have a deep connection to sapphires as it's my birthstone. Any ideas for changes?
Hiya :) you asked, so I'll share. My OC's name is Silver Soulforge. She is a unicorn with the talent to look into other ponies souls and craft magical weapons and armor suited to said souls. She works in the Equestrian Royal Guard as a MageSmith. She grew up with her mother as her father, a blacksmith, died in a fire when she was young. Her mother, Jill O'Trades, was a pony with a talent for basic work, such as carpentry and painting. Silver learned her destined talent by accident when a friend asked her to repair a practice sword in the family smithy. One strike of hammer to metal and she fell into a trance. When she awoke, the sword had been forged into a double headed javelin buzzing with power. The Captain of the Guard came for her the next day. Her cutie mark is a black anvil overlayed with a smithing hammer that has a heart cut through it. Green accents flow out from the sides of the mark, matching the color of Silver's eyes. She's a silver-gray color with a pale sky blue and aqua mane/tail. Her mane is shaggy bangs with a tight braid down her head and neck. :)
***** A song, eh? That's a tough one. One would be "As the Sun Rises" by electrokasplosion because of the questioning quality of the lyrics. Another would be ImagineDragons "Radioactive" for the simple fact that she can read souls, and could be hailed as monster or savior to many ponies. Silver isn't exactly sure of herself, or what to do with the incredible power she can wield. Everywhere she looks she can see the flaws in others, the angels, the monsters. And she makes weaponry and armor for such ponies each day of her life. Silver is in a constant moral struggle between what she believes is right and wrong, what she should do and what she has to do. Because of her obligations to crown and country, she often sees the soul scars others bear. Such scars can improve a pony... or drive them into darkness. It's really rather difficult to pick anything I can relate to her. But I am trying to figure some things out. :) Thank you for inquiring.
I... kind of love this video. You covered all of the important points and explained them in a nice, welcoming manner. Good job! A great place to get an art commission is at a convention, you can really talk to the artist and work out a good idea. And most of them charge 10-15 bucks for a pencil or ink drawing, so it is very much worth it!
I happen to have sort of two OCs, One is an Earth Pony called Winter Fields. as her name suggests, she has a knack for making plants grow quickly, especially in winter, so her Cutie mark is a snowflake with a blue cherry over it. My other OC is a pegasus by the name of Chrome Masquerade. His talent is related to the arts. he paints, sculpts, dances, sings, and especially acts. He discovered his talent when he needed to take two spots in a play. You could say that what started out as a bit part became a horse of another colour! Eh? Eh? *ahem* never mind. What makes these two so unique is that in a serious accident the were sent through a portal and merged somehow. Now they are one, but two.
I took the mary sue quiz and this is what it said: "Your Character is 17% Mary Sue! 17% Exquisite, my friend! Providing you've answered honestly, this is a great place to be. You've got enough to make your character interesting, but not so much extraordinary stuff your reader will find themselves disinterested. Really, keep it up!"
can we back up a bit and realize that this was the first video and how solidly it was put together. Seeing how well this was put together makes be believe this wasn't your first video you've made.
I very VERY much enjoy your speaking style. It is super energetic and fluent but not too fast for people to understand. Also, your visuals are enjoyable- usually I end up listening to analysis while doing other things but yours is one of the ones I ended up watch-watching. Thirdly, love the OC. Great job so far, and I look forward to even more!
Great video and tips! Now I actually have a good backstory for my OC. Her name is Opal Shard, and she’s a pale blue earth pony with a darker blue mane. What makes her special is that even though she’s nothing but a regular earth pony, she was the only one brave and selfless enough to defend her home and her ponies from an alternate version of the Nightmare. She has friends who help her, but in the end she has to push herself alone to overcome her obstacles and fight for her beliefs. To show this, her cutie mark transforms from a regular opal stone to an opal with a sword in it, to represent her fighting spirit. Instead of becoming an alicorn from banishing the nightmare, she receives a powerful sword and decides to become a warrior, continuing to defend her home with the help of her loyal friends. So in conclusion, she’s an earth pony who’s mark and talent revolves around her fighting spirit and her selfless devotion for those she loves. The opal helps solidify her identity and her personality, and the sword represents her will to fight for what is right. Hope you like my OC. :)
I like fighting oc’s she sounds really cool B) I have an oc, her name is Cosmic Glimmer, basically she lived in another galaxy, but the world was underpopulated. Cosmic Glimmer was a small scientist who tried to test and clone ponies to make more, but a blizzard covered the entire land and she put herself in a teleportation device to an underground bunker. SOULS exist in this galaxy, like Undertale, and she inserted too much power into the machine. Her soul is Integrity. Cosmic Glimmer’s soul combined with some magical sun rays that broke from a glass bottle from a past experiment, making her way more stronger and making her Integrity stronger as well. C.G. is a white pegasus with big black wings, and a dark blue spot on her left eye (her SOUL color). Her hair is dark blue with black stripes. Her front hair is swooped to the side roughly with those “spikes”, and her longer hair goes down on her back again spiky if you get what I mean. Her personality is very lazy, and calm but she’s serious half of the time, the other is her being laid back. Her sense of humor is absolute trash like mine, with dark humor. Again, she was a scientist so she is extremely smart but doesn’t show it, unless Cosmic is near Twilight or jokes about it. She really fears other ponies loving her without knowing that she’s a terrible person in the past galaxy, harming innocent test subjects. When someone shows (platonic) affection even if the pony doesn’t like her, she gets sad. Cosmic also is scared of dying suddenly, the dark, and being stuck in the dark for all eternity with no sound, sight, or touch. Cosmic Glimmer loves horror genres, and loves Z Nation. Random facts- her favorite color is bright blue. She has a very small, tiny, barely noticeable crush on Apple Jack Her favorite food is spaghetti and ramen and apples Glimmer doesn’t like drawing, she’s really bad but loves reading Due to her being a scientist, she sometimes accidentally snaps at others, or talks to much
I have a oc for the book series called Warrior Cats her name is FlameClaw she is part kitty pet(cat owned by humans/twolegs) her mother is the leader of FireClan (FlameClaws clan) but her father is a kitty pet so she isn't really liked by all of the cats in her clan. She has friends though who are BrimbleFang(medicine cat),FireStrike(clan Deputy),LightStar(clan leader/her mother), Ned Ashpaw(FlameClaws apprentice). Sadly FlameClaws father died When she was only 6 moons old her father died in a war between FireClan and WaterClan(one of the other 3 clans). He was seriously injured his wound cut deep and was dangerously close to his heart. The medicine cat at the time couldn't get to him because she was busy helping other cats, so he died on the battlefield. FlameClaw is a very good warrior she has fought 2 or 3 fights with her clan. Despite her flaws FlameClaw stands tall and fights with pride. She hopes that one day her clan will tell stories of her success like they are doing in
Memory of her father who is up in StarClan(basically heaven)watching her from above. She is teaching her apprentice the warrior code,a major part of the warrior code is "hunt for the clan first." He also needs to know where FourTrees(where the clans meet)the borders so the clan are and how to hunt. That's my OCs backstory thanks for reading hope you liked it :3
This is actually quite useful, even for the people who don't have an MLP OC. I am working with a character who is my own creation, but I'm struggling with his story, and trying to prevent him from being a garry-sue, because he's not. He's a mentally unstable wreck, just waiting to get his hands around someones throat. But what I'm struggling with is his sane moments in the story, and thats where I came to this. Tyandaga, you did a fantastic job with this video, especialy when people are still coming back to watch it. I am so glad to let you know that even people who aren't making an MLP 'OC' can use this video and it will still help them! Because my character is nothing from MLP, he's from a book I finished writing a while back, so it's like a side story. Anyhow, thank you for helping me with this, and I may just give you a shout out on my incredibly tiny channel. But for real, thanks.
I don't really make mlp oc's anymore, but this also helped me on some tips how to make a good normal oc. Like the alicorn parts would mean, powerful, or princesses.
I rarely make mlp OCs, and most of them are not really developed, as they don´t have to. Also, I have an OC for the cartoon Huntik: Secrets and Seekers, whose name is Falk. He is a seeker and, in the fanfiction I´m working on, he is the antagonist. Therefore, I can easily display him as OP, since he is the main reason for the protagonist´s struggle throughout the story, which is basically what an antagonist does.
I'm currently working on a OC named Blue Moon for a story I'm starting to work on. She is a dark blue pegasus with a four leaf clover cutie mark representing her luck which she got only recently even though she is a full grown pony. Her luck is what helped me create her name as "once in a blue moon" is something that you here when something really rare occurs and could be considered lucky to have seen. While she is lucky she is somewhat naive and gets picked on a lot because of how long it took for her to get her cutie mark. The good luck can also be bad as the mistakes she makes (and she does make them) are usually more devastating then others and can usually hurt people more then she hopes.
I need to know if I need to put any improvement in my oc: she’s basically a nature goddess who defends animals and nature,If a piece of nature is hurt she is hurt. But she struggles with defending herself, she knows how to defend others but struggles with defending herself. I really relate to this part where ur thinking ur not important,you don’t matter. She’s always putting others before herself so that’s something she would learn “your important” and to “defend yourself” aswell as letting the audience know to always be there for ur friends after all she is a therapy friend I can’t really describe the stuff that happens to her as a therapy friend tho- but she’s really gentle,protective,motherly,and caring! Which is why some ppl nickname her “Mother Nature” (her name is bloom flower)
Not a fan of the new My little pony thing. But this of course could go for every fandom. Of course with so many characters already made chances are they will ahve similarities of what happens in backstories..... But the combination of personality and backstory is where uniqueness comes from.
My OC is called Dark Melody. She is what I call selfless. The reason for this is that she was basically born an alicorn but due to some pretty bad tension between her family and another powerful (not in equistria) royal family years later, she decided to give yo her horn an live the life of a pegasus for the lives of her family. In the eyes of her people, they thought of her as a weakling and kinda threw her out of her country. After being thrown out, she met a couple of odd ponies; Chysalis, Sombra, discord and even got to meet Princess Luna (after all, being part bat pony has some tolls on socialising with the 'sun ponies' aka the main six). When Luna was banished, Discord set in stone and Sombra destroyed in crystal, there was only Chysalis to look free the young, immortal Pegasus. Melody grew up to be a fighter, fast flyer, lover of music and somebody who was willing to do anything to get her friends back. Her disturbing connection (Celestia's words) to the dark side *sniggers* has made her a little temperamental. She acts quickly, get angry quickly and, somehow, falls in love quickly. All of these points made Celestia place Dark Melody under her wing, putting her into the royal guard program. After a thousand years of being a guard, she was a better pony (still having those flaws) but still mingled with the bat ponies and other creatures of the night. When Celestia sent Twilight Sparkle to Pony ville, she also sent Melody as well so then Luna had a friendly face. Melody didn't spend much time with Twilight but instead went to Vinyl Scratch and Octavia for some lesson in music. Turns out she's a better DJ then a pianist. When Twilight and the other five ponies went to free Luna, Melody followed them and spotted Nightmare Moon a couple of times but said nothing to the moving party. At the time of the activation of the Elements of Harmony, Melody's inner magic sparked up and created the seventh element, the element of selfishness. After the whole Luna is saved, Sombra is destroyed (again), Chrysalis is banished (surprise, surprise), Discord set free and Tirix sent to prison left a sad, rainbowfied pony with only a small amount of friends; Discord, Luna, Apple Jack, Vinyl Scratch, Octavia and Rainbow Dash. Her looks are pretty awesome (I think). Her coat is a dark grey with hooves that look like she just pleased into some paint, each hoof a different colour; redy-pink, yellow, turquoise and purple. Her wings are the same colour as her coat but each feather tip is coloured blue, yellow and redy-pink. Her mane is black with a rainbow (redy-pink, pastel orange, yellow, pastel green, pastel turquoise, almost cyan blue and a bright purple) streak. Her pin straight (like Pinkamenia but longer) mane covers up one of her magenta eyes. Her tail is the same as her mane but when it reaches the floor, it piles a bit. Her cutie mark is a gradient pink oval, with five wavy music bars that have seven dots on them to represent music notes and a black quaver (music not the crisp) on top. This is my OC! Tell me what you think of her and tell me what I could do to make her better! Thanks!! Tell me how to perk Melody up, please.
My charicter: Electro Beatz Her look: She has a hot pink man and in the center a lighter pink mane and she has dark blue coat. She also has those little fur thingies on her hooves (like big mac) type:pegasus Backstory: Hidi Shorts was born in Maresourri. Unlike the other members of her family (yellow and orange) she stood out. With her brightly colored mane and coat she gained the nickname rainby. Rainby always loved to draw. She drew lots of things like dragons and caticatures. One day her BFF Honest Rose sand a song to her and asked if she could draw the music sheets. (At the time Hidi was only ten) She was hesitent then said yes. Honest thanked her and she was paid a good 10$. Hidi set to work and she was done in two days. Honest was A-M-A-Z-E-D!!!! She told Hidi that she had a talent for this. Well, Hidi took it to heart and made her very first song. It was called Party rock. She sung it to many but they all rejected it. Then she ran into Vynal Scratch. Hidi thought Vynal and Octavia where very talented. Together they created a remix and the song was a hit! Hidi was soon asked to do more. As she learned to do so many songs she got a cutie mark of a mp3 player and earbuds. She soon grew famous and all knew her stage name Electro Beatz. She was not working with the living tombstone and wooden toaster. She was with the big stars now! However she soon forgot about her friends. When Honest rose called her up to go to a party she replied "No sorry i have better things to do then hang with tiny foals like you". Honest was broken. She soon moved on but Electro missed her. She was wrapped up in the music buisness and would do almost every song that paid. Electro Beatz had become pony Miley Cirus. When one day she got a call from her little sister, Queil Feather. She said "Sissy, I miss you. Mommy says i cant watch u on tv and i really want u back. I have to go now mom says i cant talk to u till u change ur ways." Hidi was hurt. Her own mother needed to protect her sister from her. So she changed her ways. When she got home at first nopony liked her. Soon, she went from pony miley cirus back to hidi. But she leagally changed her name to electro beatz cuz she hated her old name The End Who liked my story and what r ur opinions id like to know :)
Derpy Hooves Hey Electro! I'm Midnight Cyn but you can just call me Cyn. I'm a pegasi too, but i come from the badlands. I understand the being rejected. Everypony in my town rejected me from birth because I'm the product of a growing bond between the local ponies and changelings.
I have two OCs that I use for an Ask account on iFunny, both with extensive, yet somewhat realistic backstories. I love one of them because he's super adorable
I made a oc. Her name is Comet Pen! She is a light tanish color, and her hair is light red and dark red. it is like bon bon hair, but diffrent, she has blue eyes and has freckles.She is a earth pony and DOES NOT have secret magic and stuff like that. I made a interesting back story, and this video was A TON of help! Thank you!
I'd say that my OC goes out of the Mlp-verse, just a tad bit though. I can imagine that she would end up being mentioned and having a few words in an episode. Heck! I can imagine her being a pony that the main six would help with a friendship problem. I named her Scribble Way and she's a unicorn that lives in Canterlot, her destiny evolves around art it self. No, she isn't the next princess, nor is she related to any of the princesses or main characters of the show. She doesn't even know any of them personally. The closest thing Scribble has ever gotten to befriending one of the princesses is when she sketched out an idea for Princess Twilight's special window in the hall anonymously. Even I admit that my OC's design is actually pretty unusual. Her mane is a dark lavender with a few lines show the separation of hairs on it, along with her coat being a light grayish yellow. Her eyes are a dark brown, and she usually wears a brown leather bag, kind of like those fancy suit cases you'll see around. Her cutiemark is a dark 'S' that is appearing to be drawn by an ink feather. The mare got her cutiemark when she realized that she had an amazing talent and amount of creativity than the other fillies and her family. I'm honestly going to say that Scribble Way actually didn't grow up in Equestria, she grew up in a small kingdom just outside of it. She is a different looking pony. Her coat is a bit thicker than the others, along with the shape of her main body, which happens to be similar Luna's figure. Her horn is a bit skinnier and smaller than the other unicorns, and her ears are very large. I hadn't really decided what the kingdoms name will be though, haha. I hadn't decided what exact age she'll be either. What do you think, Tyandaga?
here’s my oc name: violet orchid gender: female species: changeling strengths: violet is a very smart and clever changeling. she has passion for art and nature. weaknesses: violet is very anti social and has anger issues that she cannot control. backstory: violet grew up as one of the smartest changelings in the hive, because of that, she has been chosen to pretend to be some pony else and outsmart ponies. after she saw all of the other changelings reform, she did the same. she still uses her powers to trick people, but has caring side to her. she doesn’t have much friends, but loves it calm and quiet. she keeps on searching ways on how to become more clever and better at tricking people, but she is also looking for a way to transform into any kind of creature (all creatures). once somepony interrupts her while reading, her anger goes up. violet also has a passion for art. she loves to draw nature. her and ocellus used to be enemies when they were fillies, but now they are friends because they are both bookworms and have a calming personality. her idol is starlight glimmer, because of what she did for the changelings, and she hopes one day she can meet her! violet also has a small sense of humor inside of her! and she loves to play buckball.
I like my oc but I'm worried it might be bad... Especially the cutie mark - Name: Dandy Mint (because she like to look great and her body's a mint color) - Specie: Earth Pony - Appearance: Mint green body (slightly bigger than the Mane 6 for reference), thick short purple mane and tail, big pastel blue eyes (like Rarity's eyes shape) - Accessories: Bright blue bow on base of tail and a white shirt collar with a dark blue bow on neck - Personality: She does have a pretty bubbly personality and often get easily excited about anything new to her or activities she didn't tried. She's also friendly with everyone in general but she can become really petty, mean or sad because of her big mood swings. - Loves: Historical and traditional clothing and makeup, wearing makeup and taking care of herself, reading books, writing (when she have inspiration so not often), debate, shopping, learn things about ancestors/traditions from all the world, singing (but badly), theater (reading, seeing and playing), mythology, mineralogy, drink tea and learn about it's history, learn about the etiquettes in society, eating (especially candy) and disguise herself. - Hate: Spiders, Insects (she's scared of it), Highs/deepness/darkness, she can put up with other things. - Cutie Mark: An old purple book (for the historical side of fashion and makeup) with a lot of stains of powder pigments (some looks old and faded while some looks bright for the time that passed between trends through history) - Backstory: Dandy Mint is an Earth pony who now lives in Ponyville. She was born in Canterlot as her parents lived there before they moved out to Ponyville because life was cheaper and they loved the Apple family's cider and apples. She's passionated about historical clothing and makeup and she loves wearing some from times to times. She puts a lot of time and effort to look good with her thick mop of hair that's somehow called a mane but, being an Earth pony who basically lived a lot of her life helping in her parents garden, she stopped worrying to get dirty while gardening and helping to plant trees. Being a pony from Canterlot, she was also really attached to the etiquette and pretty accepting only the best she could find, leading the others to think she was condescending and mean where she was simply attached to her way of living. She's doing pretty good with her job, working as a book seller in her new small business in Ponyville, she don't earn big amounts of money but she certainly still get enough to afford a big shopping day in Canterlot once a month.
Since, like, everyone and their mother is doing this I guess I will too. My oc: Race: Alicorn/Unicorn Talent: Drawing Cutie Mark: A picture of a drawing of an ocean with a pencil Color palette: light colors, like pastel and a little of darks Backstory: (this is kinda hard) Pastel Party woke on a bench and started to walk home, she thought she fell asleep and no one cared to wake her. Other ponies started to laugh at her, Pastel saw her bff and asked her why everyone one is laughing. Her friend, Milky said "Why aren't you flying you have wings, silly" Pastel looked at her wings, confused. Why was she an alicorn, Pastel is a Unicorn. Pastel certainly wasn't a princess, she didn't have the personality for it. Milky then said "Go home, you're obviously lightheaded or something." "Okay" Pastel said and she flew home. It was like she was always flying, this is weird Pastel thought on her way home. Princess, her sitter said that Celsetia needs Pastel to go to her palace.
Going to fancy places like that isn't exactly Pastels cup of tea. When Pastel arrived Cesltia was sleeping, so Pastel started to walk home. "Not so fast , young filly" exclaimed Celestia. Pastel turned around as fast as possible. She was terrified. Oh god, why did she even show up? Celestia then began to flip over, very slowly, maggots crawling out of her skin, blood dripping from her eyes. What, no way, thought Pastel. Then Celstia's head ripped off. Pastel ran out of the palace. Then she woke up, sweat dripping off her face. "Omg, that felt so real!" Said Pastel in disbelief. Pastel ran to her mirror no wings, just a regular unicorn. "I am never going to one of Celestia's parties again." Pastel told herself. She ran to princesses' room. Good we are both safe, she galloped down stairs and watched tv. The End.
ThatDerpy Narwhal Mine is- Name: Sapphire Heart Age: 12-13 Species: Pegasus Gender: Female Appearance: Blue with a purplish-pink mane styled like Octavia's, but with a few more strands and a more untidy fringe, and a scruffy tail similar to Rainbow Dash's. She's also shorter in height than other ponies, but she doesn't mind. Her cutie mark is an open blue book with some lines resembling writing, and an image of a small blue gem shaped like a heart. She has large dark purple eyes. Special talents: Reading old spell books (she got her cutie mark from that- more about it in history) and animal communication (she's a distant cousin of Fluttershy) Personality: Sapph (her nickname) is an intelligent, friendly pony. She can be shy around strangers, but like Fluttershy is very confident around her friends and occasionally can chat freely even with ponies she doesn't know. She loves flying even if she isn't the quickest, and speaks best to birds. She's very curious and likes to meditate sometimes in a cloud. She occasionally sleep-flies while meditating. She lives in the Crystal Empire, she moved there from Clouddale. Negative traits: She often feels inadequate, as her friends are much more magical than her. Jai became a Princess of Happiness, and as an alicorn completely overshadowed her. They stayed friends however. She can get frustrated easily, and looks to meditating and reading for help, but she often isolates herself in the process. History: As a filly, she had only three friends, Sunny Star (Sunny, a unicorn), Firenote Tune (Tuney, unicorn), and Jayfeather Bee (Jai Bee for short, also a unicorn.). One day she was chasing Jai, who'd recently gotten her cutie mark, a lollipop and two balloons. She had a talent for sweet making and she was very similar to Pinkie Pie, and loved making people laugh. Sapphire often felt the odd one out, being the only pegasus and a blank flank. Sunny had a star with sun rays as her mark, as she had rather strong magic for her age, and Tuney had a microphone with musical notes for hers due to her singing ability. Anyway, she was playing a game of tag with Jai when they fell into a well. Sapph wasn't very good at flying and the well was quite deep. At the bottom was a book. Jai couldn't read it, so Sapph started to read. As she spoke the ancient words, Jai's horn began to glow and they were lifted into the air. They landed safely, and with a flash of blue light, her cutie mark appeared. Since then, she's been able to read spellbooks fluently, while getting Jai to cast the spells. She also enjoys potion making, again using Jai to help that spark of magic. I really like my OC, as she reflects my character. I'm born in September, so I have a deep connection to sapphires as it's my birthstone. Any ideas for changes?
My main oc right now is a pegasus pony who has literal magic hooves and specializes in alchemy. She is very shy and has mild depression. She also is the pony age equivalent to 16 in human years old. She is on the run from Princess Celestia and the whole of the Solar Empire (she lives in an AU so yeah) and hence she can't really stay in one place for too long and has sort of become a gypsy. She is currently heading north, towards the Lunar Republic. Her name is Midnight Soul because her mane and tail somewhat resemble the night sky and her magic is most powerful at night when the moon is in veiw.
Crystalitar I have an idea! Just search "Mlp cutie marks" on Google and click some images. They really inspire me with some names like Starstorm or Rubyheart.
☮Glitterglamz101☮ yeah, but names like, after i made the cutie mark :/ For example, when you see "Double Diamonds" Cutie mark, these are 3 snowflakes, tough the names refers to the talent more, being a high level of skiing. So otherwise you just tell me to google stuff till i find sumthing, i wanted to know if there was an easier way
Hmm.. Well last night i was creating so many OC's on my channel series i think i went pony crazy. I created them all night and was hallucinating about them. No kidding. Soo.. I might have just been being crazy, or it might actually work.. I can't remember ANYTHING.. I wouldn't be suprised if i was drunk. So, you might just wanna not trust that comment.. But, my brother can't think up any names. I sometimes help him. Maybe if you tell me what the pony looks like, i can think up a name. Somehow it just comes naturally to me. I'm a bookworm anyway, so i know a lot of good names!
☮Glitterglamz101☮ ah, i think it may be easier for someone who has read and knows a lot of terms, it could be easier for you to think up names (me not having english as first language) So for try-out and maybe get some inspiration then i will give an example So my main OC that needs a name is a zebra unicorn, bold female, who specializes in "hiding" magic and camouflage, so she is also the "breaks the rules" type. spiked mohawk (thin like zecora, but spike pointing against gravity so to say) adult. What wuld you give?
If you are doing traits, its best to have a category for negative traits and positive traits, because a majority of the time OCs have opposing traits that are almost opposite of each other, such as me, I am a very fiery person and can be rude at times, yet in some situations I am polite. It would also help if you explained when they are like this when having opposite traits, I am polite when I'm nervous or when meeting someone for the first time. Personality weaknesses would be good also.
---EDIT--- I have changed my ponysona since originally posting this comment, but I do not want to delete this one, so I have just changed a few details. My ponysona is a pegasus and she's like me in every way. Born with one, maybe two neurological disorders, a heart murmur, and a psychological disorder. I'm not perfect and neither is she.
I was thinking about an Earth Pony, but I can't really see myself as one. It did take some thought, but I could see myself as a Pegasus and I could also see myself as a Unicorn. I thought about it more and I could definitely see myself as an Alicorn. But that's the kicker. She's not perfect like the other Alicorns. She is imperfect, but it's her personality that make her perfect in the eyes of her friends.
That's not even the full story. Only a snipit of it. By the way, your username is CutieMarkLessPony. Does that imply that your pony OC is a blank flank?
She used to be a blank flank and a unicorn, but then she did a spell that could turn her into an earth pony for a few days, but she accidentaly did the wrong spell so she stayed an earth pony forever. Then she discovered her talent for fruit and bucking apples, so she got her cutiemark: 3 blueberries with some leaves :DDD
i have a oc named Rose Soul and the mane color looks almost exactly like Rose from the show, i did not use anything for reference then realized that- i just created this oc's visual design so prolly going to change she has no cutie mark because i cant think of one fitting. the OC is also a pegasus i feel like changing the design since it almost looks like Rose's twin
The good oc is a original. NOT A ALICORN ! Is a problem in a fandom mlp ! There are far too many oc alicorns, and that worries people, because it's not creative! I had one before, but I realized that oc alicorns are not little, and they are very dependent. So I created Starry Sky, a pegasus that has medium magic. And I mean that there are plenty of people who make dark sides of their oc, and I think that's not good. They abuse it like Emala Jiss, who has 4 sides of his oc! 4! It's way too much ! After that, I really like the complicated ocs, which have a twisted but meaningful story. They are beautiful to see, original! Mine are hard to reproduce, but reflect my personality!
Mark - Flarewave how exactly are alicorns "not creative"? I'm sick of people saying that about alicorn ocs. Sure they're powerful, but if you give them flaws, it's all okay.
Tyandaga sometimes i hear how people say written words. mostly when i read books (totally awesome), but i know this sound. it sounds like u did this yourself :)
My alicorn OC has a long back story and it deals with my other oc's ponies. But to make it light. Nova, just a regular white unicorn grew up in the land before Equestia was founded and where the ponies use to fight among themselves and each type looked down at others and believe they are the best. Especially the royal unicorns who held the highest status. Nova was looked down upon as the black sheep of the pony for one simple fact. He did not have a cutie mark even at the age of the main six. Nova and his friends of pegasus and earth ponies were trying to get the leaders to find a way to co exist but seeing that can not be done, and a certain unicorn, (star swirled the breaded) had told him about his real destiny and why he haven't gotten a cutie mark. All was told to him was to travel through the land of shadows and where he will find his true purpose. When he fought these shadows, he used his magic to absorb the shadows in attempt to save the land. When everything was set right, he emerged not only as an alicorn, but his fur turned back and highlight mane white. a white earth pony yin appeared on his flank to show he the balance of good and evil. And he does switch back and forth. (But mostly he stays white.) That's the very shor version. currently typing his story. As being an alicorn, he doesn't fly that well, even with practice he chooses not to fly unless certain situations calls for it. He seem cold to others, but really it draws the best out in others. He usually think before he acts and protect those who are in need. Yet in some cases he is over protective. (like having a daughter) He is a very serious pony and takes in being a father and a king very serious. though he tends to spoil his daughter to the point it draws out the humor in him.
I liked this and all, but you modified your OC to the point of being a deer. Or it is a deer. Is that normal? Can my OC be a... Different species? Not like a crocodile or bird, but... Something similar? Possibly a human? Just kidding. But really... I don't have an OC *yet*, and I want my MLP OC to be perfected but not a mary-sue. Thanks if you read this!
Marissa Elaine OCs can be non-ponies. Just look at Silver Quill the hippogriff, or Dr. Wolf the, er… wolf. Zebras, Dragons, donkeys, Griffons and even Changelings are suitable for OCs. You can also make your OC a Crystal Pony if you want. That's what I did with mine. …Also, yes. His OC _is_ a deer. To be more precise, it's a reindeer.
Zum1UDontNo It's fine. I might have picked up the term somewhere- In all honesty and all due respect, I don't obsess over the show like "SHUT UP, EVERYONE! MLP IS ON! OMG YOU MADE ME MISS 0.02 NANOSECONDS OF IT!" Um but... I mean I do that for other shows :P So, it isn't really a spoiler for me.
I got an awesome idea! Just search on wikipedia for mythical creatures. For example there is also this species of deer with wings. Ir my fave, the chamrosh. A bird dog hybrid, very good potential for some great oc's! Next to that, you could try and make a sea pony... and not the seahorse type, more the hybrid type, like replace ears with funs and have them have a mermaid tail or any other seacreature.
Listen, kids. Make whatever OC you want. Don't listen to all this "what makes a bad oc" garbage. It's an OC for you, right? No, I'm not going to read your story about your alicorn princess who works at the kitten orphanage, but someone will. Some people LIKE characters others would consider Mary Sues. They're probably the same people who hated "Putting Your Hoof Down" because they think Fluttershy should be sweet and perfect all the time. They're probably the same people who don't like Rarity or Rainbow Dash for their arrogance, despite the fact that it's a pretty common personality trait and makes the two aforementioned more rounded as characters. At the end of the day, it's your fantasy and it can be whatever you want it to be. If super-nice alicorn princesses are what make you happy, then go right ahead and have a super-nice alicorn princess for an OC. Sheesh.
sure if it's an oc you won't be using for fanfictions or stuff like that then make whatever you want, but if you're gonna use it in serious animations or fanfictions, then make the character relatable, well-rounded and human if you want to be taken seriously. but i highly recommend being CREATIVE and ORIGINAL. otherwise, your oc will be another carbon copy among a sea of other carbon copies. NO ONE likes a person who is perfect in every way, absolutely NO ONE does.
My oc is Loa, a kinda shy but energetic alicorn with Bronze hair, slightly yellow white fur. Also she has a pouch with stuff cuz she's weak :D (Basically Pegasus and unicorn parents yeyeyeyeyeyey)
My alicorn oc: Name: Ecplise Gender: Female Rase: Alicorn About: Ecplise is a skilled alicorn, the younger sister of Luna and Celestia. She has picked up both of their talents, so she is called Ecplaise because she can channel the sun and moon +She is very powerful (Not Mary Sue powerful tho) -She struggles with anxiety. She worries strangers will think because she is alicorn and royalty she has to have a perfect life and nothing to worry about. This is of course not true +Ecplise is protective over her family and friends -Doesn't accept others quickly
Well I don't have an MLP oc (never watched it), but I've got close to 10 different stories using oc's with my biggest one having been started a decade ago (and still going). I agree with all the points made in the video.
I'm the type of person who makes millions of ocs when I'm in a fandom, and the same happened for mlp. But now as a project to keep me busy for the last week of Christmas, I'm working on my own version of a main six group. And I'm one character in. And they aren't named yet. This will be a fun week XD.
My oc is called Galactic Nova who is a Pegasus. In the past she was bullied because she has tourrets and she has a strange phobia of soggy bread ( like me XD ). She has a blue and purple mane and tail, a dark blue coat and she has small white freckles on her ears and face. Her cutie mark is 2 music notes coloured with a galaxy pattern. Even though she has tourrets, her passion is singing.
This video is great! I also loved how you made the video fun and entertaining. :) I've seen so many really bad MLP OCs. I wish more fans could watch these kind of videos!
heres my OC backstory if you care :) Camera Shy (Cam for short yes i know the closeness to fluttershy but it wasnt chosen because of that) was a unicorn who loved taking pictures. since her parents had to move a lot for her fathers job, she had never before gotten to stay in one place for too long, but after several years of travel, her family finally settled down. Camera Shy loved to take pictures (and also staying out of them as much as she could). Soon Camera Shy met her first actual friends, a few had their cutiemarks, but more were, like her, blank flanks. it wasnt long however that everyone started getting their cutiemarks, and although she knew in her heart that she wanted to work with cameras, she didnt receive hers. when the fillies and colts went into Steele Knight Academy as teens, everyone had their cutiemark...except for Cam. People started to drift from her, one of the fillies she used to play with told her things like "you can always take pictures as a hobby" and " youre being stupid, you need to accept that photography wont be your profession, try doing something else and you will find out what you are actually meant to do". although she couldnt understand why she felt so drawn to cameras she knew in her heart it had something to do with her mark. so while everypony else was busy learning more about their trades, Cam was focusing all of her time learning about different types of photography, cameras and lenses. at the last year at Steele Knight Academy, she met a young earth pony named Beta Test whom not only loved playing games but was interested in the development of games. Beta Test and Camera Shy got close really fast, he didnt care that her flank was blank, and even admired that she was so determined to prove everyone (including her flank) that pictures would have something to do with her cutiemark. so Beta Test helped her learn as much as she could, while other colts and fillies laughed and said he was wasting his time, he didnt feel like his time could have been better spent. after years of trying, Cam finally admitted defeat, Beta told her she couldnt give up, but she told him she wouldnt ever feel as strongly about pictures as she did any other trade "there is something magical about capturing precious moments, without photographs we only have a blurry picture in our heads, but these give us the chance to really remember something amazing", but she accepted being a blank flank, though her heart sank as she felt she may be the oldest blank flank in all of equestria. they graduated school, and settled down, and Cam still took pictures while Test worked on his games. One day, Camera Shy and Beta Test learned they were going to be parents, so they set up their first dr appointment, and were told to have an ultrasound done. when they arrived, Camera Shy looked at the strange machine that was next to a long table as a nice looking mare named Echo Waves came in, and told Camera Shy to lie down on the table, and expose her belly. Echo Waves put some cold blue gel on Cam's stomach, and put a small device on after "what does it do?" Cam asked with a raised eyebrow. EW said that it was a doppler that would transmit waves to the machine, and that an ultrasound was a way to see inside of her stomach and check on the young colt or filly. Beta and Camera Shy watched in amazement as the screen next to them came to life, revealing a small black background and, what looked to be a cupcake. "that 'cupcake' is your baby, it is still to early to pick out specific features, but the next time you come in expect to" Echo said, Cam and Beta smiled wholeheartedly, but she jumped a little when the machine made a loud sound. "here you go" said Echo Waves as he handed her a small glossy print out of the cupcake looking fetus. Cam felt tears rushing to her eyes and a warm feeling radiate her body, specifically her flank "pictures really are the best kind of memories". as she got up, Beta gasped which was all the confirmation she needed. a beautiful doppler facing a triangle with three waves inside was forever imprinted on her, and she knew that she had found her calling. flash forward to present: Camera Shy and Beta test have a beautiful little colt, and Cam is a successful Ultrasound Tech who captures the special moments of the inside workings of pregnancy, her favorite part of her job is finding out the gender for expectant parents, but she still incorporates her camera by taking newborn and family pictures when her guests come back. her life is full of much love, and fulfillment.
My OC is called Periwinkle! She’s the colour of well- Periwinkle! She is a unicorn that is desperate to get a great amount of credit for magic. She’s not perfect but she does her best! She hopes to get into canterlots Magic school! She’s also the oldest in her current school.
The Icon for this account was my original OC Named "Cool Winter" I started to find that name to get annoying then came up with "Boreal Blizzard" he has a darker color to fit my quieter more closed in personality and has some "hipster" like assets to him, like a scarf and cap
my oc: her name is frost-bite spelled exactly like that... she gained her ice/snow powers during a snowstorm and her parents died due to hypothermia and her cutie mark is a snowflake and shes a pegasus and her wings fade into a icey blue and same with her hooves she is sometimes sassy but mostly kind and she is messy in the matter of tracking snow everywhere and also can sometimes be brutally savage and she is fast flying and on the ground and she generaly loves to go out and have fun with her friends so yeah thats my oc tell me what you think by leaving a like or dislike or if you are not sure just don't do anything! have a nice day afternoon or evening depending on when or where you read this
I really have an issue with making my OC. I always bounce between a unicorn or a thestral mainly because I like the design of the oc, but in the same token, I want my oc to know magic. And then there's the option of not make the oc a pony all together.
The process of making your own character can very long can also take a few seconds.If you are me you might of took 7 months to find the perfect personality,color,mane style,and body and eye color.So basically what I am trying to say is that if you wanna find your own oc take your time.Only use pony genorater when you are trying to find good colors for your oc.
My Oc is a green earth pony with a brown curly mane named Pepper Tune. He has a pizza with a music note for a cutie mark. His talents are cooking pizza but he does so while singing because song is his secret ingredient. He is a bit naive and trusts to easily sometimes. He is from Manehatten but moved to ponyville for a quieter live due to stressful life in the big city
name: Coffee Cake(not sure if im feeling the name tho) age: a little older than mane 6 cutie Mark: a coffee cup with whipped cream and a cherry on top and a white and red stripped straw pony type: Earth personality: Friendly, sarcastic, hyper, down to earth backstory: she's born and raised in ponyville. her one dream was to move to Manehattan and own a cafe, bringing a taste of home with her. Now her dream has come true and she has the most well known cafe in town. she takes a week out of every month to reconnect with her roots and once in a while visits her her Ivy Wondershine(my other oc) in the Everfree Forest for some herbs and spices to put in her creations. and she may have a slight, tiny, little caffeine addiction
My pony oc has basically all of my trates, including extreme anxiety but she's kind and brave on they outside. Her name is Stary Night. I love the colors of her fur.
I'm still at the stage of creating my OC. In fact, I haven't really gone into depth of what she will be like, how she will act, what she will look like, and so on... I've got a drawing style ready to go, and I've prepared some ideas, I still need to be prepared to implement several other factors into the creation of my character. For example... I'm planning on giving her a long tail, but a slightly shorter mane, a scruffy one at that too, suggesting that she's sometimes rash, and unprepared, generally rushing to do something at the last moment. I'm also planning to give her slightly thicker fur on her ears, chest and back legs. It's something that I've seen as appealing. I'm planning on giving her white fur, as well as navy blue and deep blue mane and tail, and navy blue eyes. In all honesty, I selected these colours based on what I believe would look appealing.
Next, the cutie mark. For the cutie mark of my OC, I'm planning on giving her a camera placed I front of a cloud. This would represent her talent for taking pictures and being able to angle them from a height. Of course, this can sometimes be difficult for them, as if they look up to the sun when taking a picture... It's a flaw that, whilst only occasionally occurring, can disrupt her from what she is doing, usually ending up with her forgetting what she was looking for thanks to her forgetfulness. She did earn her cutie mark whilst she was young, however, she didn't discover it until she received a camera (In backstory)
The next thing to add to my OC is a personality. I believe that whilst she has a passion for photography, it can distract her from everyday life, especially if she spots something she would believe would be photo material. In an attempt to get the perfect angle, this can cause her to stand out of a crowd, not in a good way. A Mary Sue standing out in a crowd, in my vision, would be if they were something such as a celebrity, or a highly respected person. My plans for my OC makes them not those kinds of things. She tends to try and practice a variety of things in her spare time, and whilst she may not seem social, she is much more comfortable around wildlife. Before you say that this trait sounds a lot like Fluttershy, remember that Fluttershy is extremely kind to animals, and is able to talk to and understand them. My OC prefers to be around them just for comfort and peace. Where it is quiet is where she likes to be most. She is quite apologetic, despite being short tempered.
So far, I'm still a bit unsure as of what to put in the backstory for her, and I'm unsure on many positive traits and a name for my OC, I'm sure that if I take a few pointers and think of more ideas, my OC will eventually be complete!
I’ve got to admit, although this video is obviously old, l love your channel and what you do. OCs are an amazing thing. l am a novelist and find pride and joy in making characters and your points you make in this video are spot on.
I've been drawing splatoon ocs, going with your tips of thinking out of the box, I decided to make them all different personalities, heights and even designs. Like one of them is way shorter than the others.
my OC is based off of myself... so one of the defining traits I gave my Pegasus self is... no mane. because I have a shaved head, although I kept a tail because I dont want her to look like I just coloured in a base. her name is Chesh and she's just a simple artisan working on making art. she's soft spoken and often finds herself bouncing between inexplicably awkward and really self confident. she tends to be motherly towards her friends but more like in a cool mom way than anything else. she also has terrible eating habits and is prone to forgetting that there is an outside beyond her front door.
I have had an oc idea for years now. And I'm just starting to actually get it all together. I have other ones but never got around to making a good backstory. Thank you for making this video. It has helped me so much ❤❤❤❤
My OC is named Zippy, and here is her backstory: She grew up in a small town/village called Mystira. She has two brothers, an older one called Chase, and a younger one named Rex. She also has a younger sister called Zara. Zippy survived a miscarriage, so she was supposed to have a twin, but unfortunately, that twin died. Her father is a blacksmith, and her mother sews for a shop that Chase works at. (This story takes place in the early 50s) Zippy's personality: She's a natural born leader, however, she must have someone else to help her make decisions, because she can become power hungry. She has anxiety and is bipolar, but usually happy. She's shy, but don't get on her bad side, she can and will destroy you. Whether it be physically or mentally.
Zippie Gemini Mine is- Name: Sapphire Heart Age: 12-13 Species: Pegasus Gender: Female Appearance: Blue with a purplish-pink mane styled like Octavia's, but with a few more strands and a more untidy fringe, and a scruffy tail similar to Rainbow Dash's. She's also shorter in height than other ponies, but she doesn't mind. Her cutie mark is an open blue book with some lines resembling writing, and an image of a small blue gem shaped like a heart. She has large dark purple eyes. Special talents: Reading old spell books (she got her cutie mark from that- more about it in history) and animal communication (she's a distant cousin of Fluttershy) Personality: Sapph (her nickname) is an intelligent, friendly pony. She can be shy around strangers, but like Fluttershy is very confident around her friends and occasionally can chat freely even with ponies she doesn't know. She loves flying even if she isn't the quickest, and speaks best to birds. She's very curious and likes to meditate sometimes in a cloud. She occasionally sleep-flies while meditating. She lives in the Crystal Empire, she moved there from Clouddale. Negative traits: She often feels inadequate, as her friends are much more magical than her. Jai became a Princess of Happiness, and as an alicorn completely overshadowed her. They stayed friends however. She can get frustrated easily, and looks to meditating and reading for help, but she often isolates herself in the process. History: As a filly, she had only three friends, Sunny Star (Sunny, a unicorn), Firenote Tune (Tuney, unicorn), and Jayfeather Bee (Jai Bee for short, also a unicorn.). One day she was chasing Jai, who'd recently gotten her cutie mark, a lollipop and two balloons. She had a talent for sweet making and she was very similar to Pinkie Pie, and loved making people laugh. Sapphire often felt the odd one out, being the only pegasus and a blank flank. Sunny had a star with sun rays as her mark, as she had rather strong magic for her age, and Tuney had a microphone with musical notes for hers due to her singing ability. Anyway, she was playing a game of tag with Jai when they fell into a well. Sapph wasn't very good at flying and the well was quite deep. At the bottom was a book. Jai couldn't read it, so Sapph started to read. As she spoke the ancient words, Jai's horn began to glow and they were lifted into the air. They landed safely, and with a flash of blue light, her cutie mark appeared. Since then, she's been able to read spellbooks fluently, while getting Jai to cast the spells. She also enjoys potion making, again using Jai to help that spark of magic. I really like my OC, as she reflects my character. I'm born in September, so I have a deep connection to sapphires as it's my birthstone. Any ideas for changes?
Name: Feather Write Age: 15 in human years Gender: Female Species: Pegasus Things about her: She's shy around new ponies, self conches about her wings, sometimes if her friends are in trouble or getting bullied she is more brave than shy, loyal to her friends, she loves the world in the forest but most of the time end up in trouble, she is very creative, and has a love for books. Other: She as a pet hawk named Wings (there's a reason to this), she is afraid to fall while flying, she can fly a little but her wings are weak a can only let her fly for a short while (she was born with them that way), and she is one of the few pegasus in her family. Cutie Mark: Her cutie Mark is of a book opened with a feather pen writing in it. Back Story: When Feather Write was a filly she was teased about being a flightless pegasus. The one thing that pegasus were suppose to do she couldn't. But her friends Dawn Rise and Moon Flash where there to cheer her up. The three where a family on there own and looked out for each other. One day while Feather was bored she wandered into the Everfree Forest(is that how you spell it?). On this trip into the forest she had found a young hawk chick all alone feeling bad for it she took it back home with her. She had carefully snuck it into her room and made a nest for it. As the days went b the chick grew and Feather took care of it and even read him some of her favorite books. One day in the winter the hawk started to fly Feather would watch him as he fly around. Then she got an idea she pulled out one of her feathers and started writing. She wrote a short story about a young pegasus who also couldn't use her wings and how her maybe trapped on the ground but she was still free in many other way. After she had finished she went to show her mother. Went her mother saw her she had smiled and pointed to her flank where her Cutie mark had finally appeared. After that she started writing a lot more and the hawk was called Wings. He was named Wings because he was her first spark into her own freedom.
An Original Character (OC) is a character that you created on your own that is not part of an existing Franchise. Meanwhile, a Fan Character is a character that you created on your own that is part of an existing Franchise. That means that if you make a character that is part of a species from an already existing Franchise like One Piece, My Little Pony, or Zelda then is a Fan Character. What makes them the same is that they are both characters created by you, and not a recolor/redesign version of an already existing character. But what makes a good character is subjective and not objective. Characters are like foods. Not everyone will like the same thing. Some people like the ruthless type of character while others like the decent type of character. Who I like and who you like may not be the same. So there s no such a thing as a cut-and-dry rule for this, and sure some character traits in a person are likable, so this is dependent on the person. So all you can do is create a character and hope for the best since not everyone is gonna like the same type of character.
I fully understand the multiple tries point for the artwork. My first drawing of my OC was actually pretty good, but for a while, I'd have a lot of trouble getting the right facial expression when trying to draw him again.
I recently created a pony character for nostaglia's sake, I sometimes want to draw G1 stylished ponies with my own extra touch in them but I don't feel like drawing already existing character so I made myself one. They are a pegasus and their name is Whipped Cream. I haven't decided personality or backstory for them yet but they gotta love ice cream!
Well I have an OC, but she's in the Equestria Divided AU. If you don't know what that AU is then you should look it up online to get better understanding. But anyway her name is Star Clove. She's a full grown unicorn living in Canterlot, but she doesn't have a cutie mark. She does have the (in this Au) a unique power to see past & present events, which is useful for Twilight Sparkle. But after her power failed to show her something important, she begins to question her place and the right/wrong morality she was brought up to follow.
+RazzBazzMSP Cool. I'm glad you like the "brief" background since it's obviously more complicated then what I wrote here on TH-cam. And while we are the subject on May Sue, it's something I'm constantly keeping in mind with Star Clove, along with the fear she'll be too much like Cannon!Twilight Sparkle.
My character is called RingRunner she helps at kitten orphanigs and she has some downsides she is inpatient and when her comfert space is pushed she gets really mad she is a earth pony btw
Name : Crystal Race : changeling Backstory : she is the daughter of chrysalus and she changes her appearance to have friends,however her friends find out who her mom is and get scared. :traits; overangry social anxiety,fear of making friend, mad at her mom.
I work back words for some reason...I draw the character first and then I come up with a name and backstory. But I don't know how to start them off. I have one alicorn oc, he has no name and little back story because I do not know how to begin. Is there anyway to make making a backstory easier?
+Wolfien When thinking of a beginning, it's best to look at how the character came into the world they live in ;p. Were they born? If so, who were their parents? Perhaps they don't know who their parents are? Maybe as an alicorn character, there was another way they were created? ;o Start from birth, that usually helps ;p
+Tyandaga Well the alicorn is Twilights and Flashes son, and like Cadence and Shinning, he was born alicorn. Luna guessed it ran in the family. so that's what I have for him. A thanks for the suggestions it really helped
I do have a great OC created by myself(I'm a very good drawer). Her name is Helly Candy, and she has a hot pink and blue lolly pop with a ribbon on it for a cutie mark. She's generous because she likes to offer candies to fillies for free(like me), but her weakness is that she's impatient and just rushes to do something.
I have actually had a idea for a story about a pony who is different than the rest of the pony world in almost every single way, but I honestly haven't seen enough of the original cartoon to get all the locations, canon characters, and events to an at least passable level of realism
It is a male Pegasus teenager with oddly colored eyes, coat, and feathers and can harness psi, something unheard of in equestria for thousands of years. His demeanor is strongly kind and generous, but also of one who gets EXTREMELY upset EXTREMELY fast, causing him to live in a near constant terror of himself and how dangerously his powers flare up when upset.
My OC's back story basically takes place in the future of equestria when the mane 6 has died. And friendship has started to deteriorate because of this. Sombra, eventually being reincarnated through his dark magic (his horn wasn't destroyed) caused mayhem yet again and was neck and neck with the princesses. While this was going on one of the princesses (Celestia) sent a letter to Dr. BiO (an earth pony) biologist and engineer) whom decided to help the princess by creating a machine which can splice the genes of any creature. He then, decided to mix a pony with Wyvern DNA. However, there was one problem, he couldn't find any pony to do so as he already had the Wyvern. Thusly, Luna volunteered due to her so called ability to not be phased by Sombra's fear inducing magic. The Dr. then puts the Wyvern in the machine, along with a prick of Luna's blood and splices it to create the perfect soldier. It ends up creating a moon Wyvern which is a pony with dragon like scales to defend against fire, dragon eyes to see in the dark, a horn, a serpentine tail, and a mind which can not be entered by Sombra. The Doctor, along with Luna agree to. create more from this first one by cloning it. Then, with an army of moon Wyvern, the princesses win. However, society had been destroyed, friendship was basically dead, and the buildings had been mainly reduced to rubble due to Sombra's influence in Equestria. So, with the help of the moon Wyvern the princesses rebuilt the housing, along with their castle until society was eventually restored. However, over the generations Moon Wyvern became but a distant memory. So the remainder was exiled into the everfree fores, deep in the monster infested place. Though, not everpony, agreed with being exiled, this particular moon Wyvern wanted something more. So she tried to make friends and live in ponyville but no pony wanted to be around her as her appearance was startling. So she tried with the griffons, but they didn't want her around either. She kept trying for about a year, until she gave up, and went back into the everfree. She decided if they can not accept me, then I will try to protect them unnoticed from the everfree. Under the shade of night, she would stalk ponyville from the trees of the evergreen for many generations to come. She became known as the silent protector, but her real name was simply Wyvern and nopony would ever know that.
How i learned to draw ocs....... no more good old days where you'd have to take a look at ur little sister's colouring mlp book. Mad Munchkin's video really helped!
my biggest problem are the cutie marks.
+Hotshot032 I plan on making a video about that in the near future :3
What's your talents? Think about that when creating a cutie mark
Hotshot032 non pony ocs that’s why they exist
I don't have trouble with the cutie marks on my persona Because I'm a changeling
I can't even find the best cutie mark for my oc LOL
Im just here cus i wanna avoid making Mary Sues,Recolors,and the exact character in a show .-.
Im only here to learn how to ovoid being a Mary Sue, when when i didnt even know what a Mary Sue was i Didnt make em.
I don't want to be disliked cause I'm edgy or make any mistakes
Do don’t do that
Same
This was 3 years ago, but just a reminder that you can make your character for yourself. No one else. Don't be worried that people will make fun of you.
(How's my oc?)
Name: Moonbeam
Gender: female
Species: changling
Bio: she is a changling who wishes she was born as a pony. She does all she can to integrate herself into pony culture and society. She has the ability to change into other living creatures but also she can change into things she draws. This was she isn't stealing someponys appearance. The problem is this ability is usable when wet so if she went into the rain she would turn back into her true appeance. (Excluding using actual ponys appearances) she ran away from home to live as a pony. Her brother is the only one who accepts her.
Dislikes: water, cold weather/winter, bugs (they remind her of what she really is
Likes: drawing, ponies, sweet things
*unusable when wet
* so she doesn't copy someponys appearance
Noticed some mistakes XD
+MoonStone Aw i like her, my oc is similar she is a pegasus who's talent is befriending nocturnal creature. But in doing so she cant stand sunlight and burns her eyes. I styled her after a bat. Her name is Batwig!
+Yesroh thanks! I've only seen 1 one other changling
+Amanda “Munchy” Carroll neat :>
+Marcela Santiago
2:11 But I'm doing my homework D:
Lol
😂
:p
Did you pause doing your homework to watch the rest of the video? If not, then you disobeyed
No homework allowed right now!!
Jk
My original character is still in development, but I will share what I have formed as of now.
My OC's name is Eaves Dropper. She is a pegasus who was born in (and currently resides in) Cloudsdale, but she can often be found in Ponyville--usually visiting her young filly friend (whose name is still being decided).
Eaves has loved detective stories from the beginning, and is now, in her late teenage years, the self-proclaimed "Great Detective of Ponyville" (even though, as stated above, she lives in Cloudsdale), which is why she is often referred to as "Sleuth" instead of her actual name. However, her skills of deduction are mediocre at best, so the citizens of Ponyville don't usually ring her up for their problems unless it's very small.
Eaves' parents and colleagues in Cloudsdale don't exactly support her "career" choice, and quite often express their desire for her to start working in the Weather Factory. But Eaves finds weather maintenance a bore, and refuses to become a weather pony. She would rather live her child-like fantasy forever (even though, deep down, she knows she has to get serious about life at some point).
Not a perfect backstory, but I'm working on it.
+Scarves 'n' Converse Sounds almost exactly like my pony OC, Sundown Saint, but the backstory of mine is a little longer. I have a fanfic about this XD
***** Thank you! :D
aquariquery Mine is-
Name: Sapphire Heart
Age: 12-13
Species: Pegasus
Gender: Female
Appearance: Blue with a purplish-pink mane styled like Octavia's, but with a few more strands and a more untidy fringe, and a scruffy tail similar to Rainbow Dash's. She's also shorter in height than other ponies, but she doesn't mind. Her cutie mark is an open blue book with some lines resembling writing, and an image of a small blue gem shaped like a heart. She has large dark purple eyes.
Special talents: Reading old spell books (she got her cutie mark from that- more about it in history) and animal communication (she's a distant cousin of Fluttershy)
Personality: Sapph (her nickname) is an intelligent, friendly pony. She can be shy around strangers, but like Fluttershy is very confident around her friends and occasionally can chat freely even with ponies she doesn't know. She loves flying even if she isn't the quickest, and speaks best to birds. She's very curious and likes to meditate sometimes in a cloud. She occasionally sleep-flies while meditating. She lives in the Crystal Empire, she moved there from Clouddale.
Negative traits: She often feels inadequate, as her friends are much more magical than her. Jai became a Princess of Happiness, and as an alicorn completely overshadowed her. They stayed friends however. She can get frustrated easily, and looks to meditating and reading for help, but she often isolates herself in the process.
History: As a filly, she had only three friends, Sunny Star (Sunny, a unicorn), Firenote Tune (Tuney, unicorn), and Jayfeather Bee (Jai Bee for short, also a unicorn.). One day she was chasing Jai, who'd recently gotten her cutie mark, a lollipop and two balloons. She had a talent for sweet making and she was very similar to Pinkie Pie, and loved making people laugh. Sapphire often felt the odd one out, being the only pegasus and a blank flank. Sunny had a star with sun rays as her mark, as she had rather strong magic for her age, and Tuney had a microphone with musical notes for hers due to her singing ability. Anyway, she was playing a game of tag with Jai when they fell into a well. Sapph wasn't very good at flying and the well was quite deep. At the bottom was a book. Jai couldn't read it, so Sapph started to read. As she spoke the ancient words, Jai's horn began to glow and they were lifted into the air. They landed safely, and with a flash of blue light, her cutie mark appeared. Since then, she's been able to read spellbooks fluently, while getting Jai to cast the spells. She also enjoys potion making, again using Jai to help that spark of magic.
I really like my OC, as she reflects my character. I'm born in September, so I have a deep connection to sapphires as it's my birthstone. Any ideas for changes?
I'm planning on making a comic this year (mainly for my friends), and this video really helped me create and design my characters. Thanks :3
Best of luck! Comics are a lot of fun ^.^
***** Wow, thanks! I'm fairly positive you won't regret it ;p
yes i hate alicorns >:( it makes them seem perfect in everyway and then sayingthey r the princess of blah blah
Hiya :) you asked, so I'll share.
My OC's name is Silver Soulforge. She is a unicorn with the talent to look into other ponies souls and craft magical weapons and armor suited to said souls. She works in the Equestrian Royal Guard as a MageSmith.
She grew up with her mother as her father, a blacksmith, died in a fire when she was young. Her mother, Jill O'Trades, was a pony with a talent for basic work, such as carpentry and painting.
Silver learned her destined talent by accident when a friend asked her to repair a practice sword in the family smithy. One strike of hammer to metal and she fell into a trance. When she awoke, the sword had been forged into a double headed javelin buzzing with power.
The Captain of the Guard came for her the next day.
Her cutie mark is a black anvil overlayed with a smithing hammer that has a heart cut through it. Green accents flow out from the sides of the mark, matching the color of Silver's eyes. She's a silver-gray color with a pale sky blue and aqua mane/tail. Her mane is shaggy bangs with a tight braid down her head and neck.
:)
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A song, eh? That's a tough one. One would be "As the Sun Rises" by electrokasplosion because of the questioning quality of the lyrics. Another would be ImagineDragons "Radioactive" for the simple fact that she can read souls, and could be hailed as monster or savior to many ponies.
Silver isn't exactly sure of herself, or what to do with the incredible power she can wield. Everywhere she looks she can see the flaws in others, the angels, the monsters. And she makes weaponry and armor for such ponies each day of her life. Silver is in a constant moral struggle between what she believes is right and wrong, what she should do and what she has to do.
Because of her obligations to crown and country, she often sees the soul scars others bear. Such scars can improve a pony... or drive them into darkness.
It's really rather difficult to pick anything I can relate to her. But I am trying to figure some things out. :)
Thank you for inquiring.
I made an OC and had a warrior
I... kind of love this video. You covered all of the important points and explained them in a nice, welcoming manner. Good job! A great place to get an art commission is at a convention, you can really talk to the artist and work out a good idea. And most of them charge 10-15 bucks for a pencil or ink drawing, so it is very much worth it!
Who on earth would dislike this? Luv u Tyandaga!
+ihas1foot It was my first video, and there were a lot of mistakes with it ;p, so there is a lot of room for people to dislike it ;3
+Tyandaga true but the editing was awesome! So was the script! What do you use for editing?
I always use Sony Vegas pro 12 ;p
+Tyandaga Thanks 😊
+ihas1foot so this is where you've been ella!
What's your favourite idea? Mine is thinking creatively
Green is not a creative colour o3o
+Tyandaga Ur oc is that best and I am an artist that is lazy reply if u can!!
Pusheen Gaming Thanks ;o
omg he he replied Dude I'm gonna faint
OMG dont hug me ahm scared
I happen to have sort of two OCs, One is an Earth Pony called Winter Fields. as her name suggests, she has a knack for making plants grow quickly, especially in winter, so her Cutie mark is a snowflake with a blue cherry over it.
My other OC is a pegasus by the name of Chrome Masquerade. His talent is related to the arts. he paints, sculpts, dances, sings, and especially acts. He discovered his talent when he needed to take two spots in a play. You could say that what started out as a bit part became a horse of another colour! Eh? Eh? *ahem* never mind.
What makes these two so unique is that in a serious accident the were sent through a portal and merged somehow. Now they are one, but two.
I took the mary sue quiz and this is what it said:
"Your Character is 17% Mary Sue!
17%
Exquisite, my friend! Providing you've answered honestly, this is a great place to be. You've got enough to make your character interesting, but not so much extraordinary stuff your reader will find themselves disinterested. Really, keep it up!"
can we back up a bit and realize that this was the first video and how solidly it was put together. Seeing how well this was put together makes be believe this wasn't your first video you've made.
I used to do minecraft videos before this one, however this was my first legitmately fully edited video ;p. Gameplay edits are much simpler ;p
I very VERY much enjoy your speaking style. It is super energetic and fluent but not too fast for people to understand. Also, your visuals are enjoyable- usually I end up listening to analysis while doing other things but yours is one of the ones I ended up watch-watching. Thirdly, love the OC. Great job so far, and I look forward to even more!
Doodle Dabble Wow, thank you! I really don't know what else to say, super humbled atm :333
Take a bow; you've done well ^^ What do you have next on the list?
Doodle Dabble I'm planning on reviewing fallout equestria - project horizons :)
Oo that'll be exciting! I need to read/watch that. Where can I find it?
Doodle Dabble If you search up "Fallout Equestria Project Horizons into google, it should be the first option. It's on the equestria daily website :)
Great video and tips!
Now I actually have a good backstory for my OC. Her name is Opal Shard, and she’s a pale blue earth pony with a darker blue mane. What makes her special is that even though she’s nothing but a regular earth pony, she was the only one brave and selfless enough to defend her home and her ponies from an alternate version of the Nightmare. She has friends who help her, but in the end she has to push herself alone to overcome her obstacles and fight for her beliefs. To show this, her cutie mark transforms from a regular opal stone to an opal with a sword in it, to represent her fighting spirit. Instead of becoming an alicorn from banishing the nightmare, she receives a powerful sword and decides to become a warrior, continuing to defend her home with the help of her loyal friends.
So in conclusion, she’s an earth pony who’s mark and talent revolves around her fighting spirit and her selfless devotion for those she loves. The opal helps solidify her identity and her personality, and the sword represents her will to fight for what is right.
Hope you like my OC. :)
I like fighting oc’s she sounds really cool B)
I have an oc, her name is Cosmic Glimmer, basically she lived in another galaxy, but the world was underpopulated. Cosmic Glimmer was a small scientist who tried to test and clone ponies to make more, but a blizzard covered the entire land and she put herself in a teleportation device to an underground bunker.
SOULS exist in this galaxy, like Undertale, and she inserted too much power into the machine. Her soul is Integrity.
Cosmic Glimmer’s soul combined with some magical sun rays that broke from a glass bottle from a past experiment, making her way more stronger and making her Integrity stronger as well.
C.G. is a white pegasus with big black wings, and a dark blue spot on her left eye (her SOUL color). Her hair is dark blue with black stripes. Her front hair is swooped to the side roughly with those “spikes”, and her longer hair goes down on her back again spiky if you get what I mean.
Her personality is very lazy, and calm but she’s serious half of the time, the other is her being laid back. Her sense of humor is absolute trash like mine, with dark humor.
Again, she was a scientist so she is extremely smart but doesn’t show it, unless Cosmic is near Twilight or jokes about it.
She really fears other ponies loving her without knowing that she’s a terrible person in the past galaxy, harming innocent test subjects. When someone shows (platonic) affection even if the pony doesn’t like her, she gets sad.
Cosmic also is scared of dying suddenly, the dark, and being stuck in the dark for all eternity with no sound, sight, or touch. Cosmic Glimmer loves horror genres, and loves Z Nation.
Random facts- her favorite color is bright blue.
She has a very small, tiny, barely noticeable crush on Apple Jack
Her favorite food is spaghetti and ramen and apples
Glimmer doesn’t like drawing, she’s really bad but loves reading
Due to her being a scientist, she sometimes accidentally snaps at others, or talks to much
Lol I Like your name it reminds me of a fast food restaurant jollibee
I'm watching this video cause I'm being held at gunpoint... lol jk
+eoslover121 rose That's called aggressive marketing ;3
I have a oc for the book series called Warrior Cats her name is FlameClaw she is part kitty pet(cat owned by humans/twolegs) her mother is the leader of FireClan (FlameClaws clan) but her father is a kitty pet so she isn't really liked by all of the cats in her clan. She has friends though who are BrimbleFang(medicine cat),FireStrike(clan Deputy),LightStar(clan leader/her mother), Ned Ashpaw(FlameClaws apprentice). Sadly FlameClaws father died When she was only 6 moons old her father died in a war between FireClan and WaterClan(one of the other 3 clans). He was seriously injured his wound cut deep and was dangerously close to his heart. The medicine cat at the time couldn't get to him because she was busy helping other cats, so he died on the battlefield. FlameClaw is a very good warrior she has fought 2 or 3 fights with her clan. Despite her flaws FlameClaw stands tall and fights with pride. She hopes that one day her clan will tell stories of her success like they are doing in
Memory of her father who is up in StarClan(basically heaven)watching her from above. She is teaching her apprentice the warrior code,a major part of the warrior code is "hunt for the clan first." He also needs to know where FourTrees(where the clans meet)the borders so the clan are and how to hunt. That's my OCs backstory thanks for reading hope you liked it :3
Omg warrior catsss
Whoops I noticed that I put Ned instead of and lol
+Amedot Yassssss
+Lps Fox Warrior Thats great
This is actually quite useful, even for the people who don't have an MLP OC. I am working with a character who is my own creation, but I'm struggling with his story, and trying to prevent him from being a garry-sue, because he's not. He's a mentally unstable wreck, just waiting to get his hands around someones throat. But what I'm struggling with is his sane moments in the story, and thats where I came to this. Tyandaga, you did a fantastic job with this video, especialy when people are still coming back to watch it. I am so glad to let you know that even people who aren't making an MLP 'OC' can use this video and it will still help them! Because my character is nothing from MLP, he's from a book I finished writing a while back, so it's like a side story. Anyhow, thank you for helping me with this, and I may just give you a shout out on my incredibly tiny channel.
But for real, thanks.
I hate recolors, especially twilight ones.
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What drawing tablet you used to make your OC?
Wacom Intuous tablet, the smallest, cheapest one xD
Tyandaga Thank you
Do you have iFunny? Your pfp looks familiar
tepigtrainer33 YT yes. It's ScienceFiction
+Ponyboy John shit waddup boi
I don't really make mlp oc's anymore, but this also helped me on some tips how to make a good normal oc. Like the alicorn parts would mean, powerful, or princesses.
I rarely make mlp OCs, and most of them are not really developed, as they don´t have to.
Also, I have an OC for the cartoon Huntik: Secrets and Seekers, whose name is Falk. He is a seeker and, in the fanfiction I´m working on, he is the antagonist. Therefore, I can easily display him as OP, since he is the main reason for the protagonist´s struggle throughout the story, which is basically what an antagonist does.
Don't know if I was the only one,but I was already drawing my OC when I was watching his and he said "DROP THAT PENCIL AND PAPER" I actually did that.
spirit kitty This is a year late but I love Persona5
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"Everyone and their grandmother's roommate twice removed."
I'm currently working on a OC named Blue Moon for a story I'm starting to work on. She is a dark blue pegasus with a four leaf clover cutie mark representing her luck which she got only recently even though she is a full grown pony. Her luck is what helped me create her name as "once in a blue moon" is something that you here when something really rare occurs and could be considered lucky to have seen. While she is lucky she is somewhat naive and gets picked on a lot because of how long it took for her to get her cutie mark. The good luck can also be bad as the mistakes she makes (and she does make them) are usually more devastating then others and can usually hurt people more then she hopes.
I'm so glad I spent a lot of time on my OC. She may not be unique but I know that, at least, she's not an alicorn and not just a recolour or rip off
I'm not a fan of mlp, but this was really helpful for my OCs in other fandoms :)
+Lps Ladybug :3333
I need to know if I need to put any improvement in my oc: she’s basically a nature goddess who defends animals and nature,If a piece of nature is hurt she is hurt. But she struggles with defending herself, she knows how to defend others but struggles with defending herself. I really relate to this part where ur thinking ur not important,you don’t matter. She’s always putting others before herself so that’s something she would learn “your important” and to “defend yourself” aswell as letting the audience know to always be there for ur friends after all she is a therapy friend I can’t really describe the stuff that happens to her as a therapy friend tho- but she’s really gentle,protective,motherly,and caring! Which is why some ppl nickname her “Mother Nature” (her name is bloom flower)
Thank you for making this video I've already made mine so I'm watching videos like this to make sure that I did it right
+Nerdy Sweets :3 :333
Not a fan of the new My little pony thing. But this of course could go for every fandom. Of course with so many characters already made chances are they will ahve similarities of what happens in backstories..... But the combination of personality and backstory is where uniqueness comes from.
^.^
Oml someone that understands mee
My OC is called Dark Melody.
She is what I call selfless. The reason for this is that she was basically born an alicorn but due to some pretty bad tension between her family and another powerful (not in equistria) royal family years later, she decided to give yo her horn an live the life of a pegasus for the lives of her family. In the eyes of her people, they thought of her as a weakling and kinda threw her out of her country. After being thrown out, she met a couple of odd ponies; Chysalis, Sombra, discord and even got to meet Princess Luna (after all, being part bat pony has some tolls on socialising with the 'sun ponies' aka the main six). When Luna was banished, Discord set in stone and Sombra destroyed in crystal, there was only Chysalis to look free the young, immortal Pegasus. Melody grew up to be a fighter, fast flyer, lover of music and somebody who was willing to do anything to get her friends back.
Her disturbing connection (Celestia's words) to the dark side *sniggers* has made her a little temperamental. She acts quickly, get angry quickly and, somehow, falls in love quickly. All of these points made Celestia place Dark Melody under her wing, putting her into the royal guard program. After a thousand years of being a guard, she was a better pony (still having those flaws) but still mingled with the bat ponies and other creatures of the night. When Celestia sent Twilight Sparkle to Pony ville, she also sent Melody as well so then Luna had a friendly face. Melody didn't spend much time with Twilight but instead went to Vinyl Scratch and Octavia for some lesson in music. Turns out she's a better DJ then a pianist. When Twilight and the other five ponies went to free Luna, Melody followed them and spotted Nightmare Moon a couple of times but said nothing to the moving party. At the time of the activation of the Elements of Harmony, Melody's inner magic sparked up and created the seventh element, the element of selfishness.
After the whole Luna is saved, Sombra is destroyed (again), Chrysalis is banished (surprise, surprise), Discord set free and Tirix sent to prison left a sad, rainbowfied pony with only a small amount of friends; Discord, Luna, Apple Jack, Vinyl Scratch, Octavia and Rainbow Dash.
Her looks are pretty awesome (I think). Her coat is a dark grey with hooves that look like she just pleased into some paint, each hoof a different colour; redy-pink, yellow, turquoise and purple. Her wings are the same colour as her coat but each feather tip is coloured blue, yellow and redy-pink. Her mane is black with a rainbow (redy-pink, pastel orange, yellow, pastel green, pastel turquoise, almost cyan blue and a bright purple) streak. Her pin straight (like Pinkamenia but longer) mane covers up one of her magenta eyes. Her tail is the same as her mane but when it reaches the floor, it piles a bit. Her cutie mark is a gradient pink oval, with five wavy music bars that have seven dots on them to represent music notes and a black quaver (music not the crisp) on top.
This is my OC! Tell me what you think of her and tell me what I could do to make her better! Thanks!!
Tell me how to perk Melody up, please.
My charicter: Electro Beatz
Her look: She has a hot pink man and in the center a lighter pink mane and she has dark blue coat. She also has those little fur thingies on her hooves (like big mac)
type:pegasus
Backstory:
Hidi Shorts was born in Maresourri. Unlike the other members of her family (yellow and orange) she stood out. With her brightly colored mane and coat she gained the nickname rainby. Rainby always loved to draw. She drew lots of things like dragons and caticatures. One day her BFF Honest Rose sand a song to her and asked if she could draw the music sheets. (At the time Hidi was only ten) She was hesitent then said yes. Honest thanked her and she was paid a good 10$. Hidi set to work and she was done in two days. Honest was A-M-A-Z-E-D!!!! She told Hidi that she had a talent for this. Well, Hidi took it to heart and made her very first song. It was called Party rock. She sung it to many but they all rejected it. Then she ran into Vynal Scratch. Hidi thought Vynal and Octavia where very talented. Together they created a remix and the song was a hit! Hidi was soon asked to do more. As she learned to do so many songs she got a cutie mark of a mp3 player and earbuds. She soon grew famous and all knew her stage name Electro Beatz. She was not working with the living tombstone and wooden toaster. She was with the big stars now! However she soon forgot about her friends. When Honest rose called her up to go to a party she replied "No sorry i have better things to do then hang with tiny foals like you". Honest was broken. She soon moved on but Electro missed her. She was wrapped up in the music buisness and would do almost every song that paid. Electro Beatz had become pony Miley Cirus. When one day she got a call from her little sister, Queil Feather. She said "Sissy, I miss you. Mommy says i cant watch u on tv and i really want u back. I have to go now mom says i cant talk to u till u change ur ways." Hidi was hurt. Her own mother needed to protect her sister from her. So she changed her ways. When she got home at first nopony liked her. Soon, she went from pony miley cirus back to hidi. But she leagally changed her name to electro beatz cuz she hated her old name The End
Who liked my story and what r ur opinions id like to know :)
OMG A LIKE FROM U OMG THX SO MUCH IM GONNA DRAW ELCETRO NOW YAY!!! :)
Derpy Hooves The fur things on the hooves are called feathers or fetlocks. ^_^
Yeah fetlocks thank you
Derpy Hooves Hey Electro! I'm Midnight Cyn but you can just call me Cyn. I'm a pegasi too, but i come from the badlands. I understand the being rejected. Everypony in my town rejected me from birth because I'm the product of a growing bond between the local ponies and changelings.
Ahhh yes rejection but u don't have to call me electro my friends call me hidi :)
actually my favorite character is perfect. his name is lupin the third and he's awesome. also mary poppins :D
I have two OCs that I use for an Ask account on iFunny, both with extensive, yet somewhat realistic backstories. I love one of them because he's super adorable
I made a oc. Her name is Comet Pen! She is a light tanish color, and her hair is light red and dark red. it is like bon bon hair, but diffrent, she has blue eyes and has freckles.She is a earth pony and DOES NOT have secret magic and stuff like that. I made a interesting back story, and this video was A TON of help! Thank you!
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I'd say that my OC goes out of the Mlp-verse, just a tad bit though. I can imagine that she would end up being mentioned and having a few words in an episode. Heck! I can imagine her being a pony that the main six would help with a friendship problem. I named her Scribble Way and she's a unicorn that lives in Canterlot, her destiny evolves around art it self. No, she isn't the next princess, nor is she related to any of the princesses or main characters of the show. She doesn't even know any of them personally. The closest thing Scribble has ever gotten to befriending one of the princesses is when she sketched out an idea for Princess Twilight's special window in the hall anonymously. Even I admit that my OC's design is actually pretty unusual. Her mane is a dark lavender with a few lines show the separation of hairs on it, along with her coat being a light grayish yellow. Her eyes are a dark brown, and she usually wears a brown leather bag, kind of like those fancy suit cases you'll see around. Her cutiemark is a dark 'S' that is appearing to be drawn by an ink feather. The mare got her cutiemark when she realized that she had an amazing talent and amount of creativity than the other fillies and her family. I'm honestly going to say that Scribble Way actually didn't grow up in Equestria, she grew up in a small kingdom just outside of it. She is a different looking pony. Her coat is a bit thicker than the others, along with the shape of her main body, which happens to be similar Luna's figure. Her horn is a bit skinnier and smaller than the other unicorns, and her ears are very large. I hadn't really decided what the kingdoms name will be though, haha. I hadn't decided what exact age she'll be either. What do you think, Tyandaga?
here’s my oc
name: violet orchid
gender: female
species: changeling
strengths: violet is a very smart and clever changeling. she has passion for art and nature.
weaknesses: violet is very anti social and has anger issues that she cannot control.
backstory: violet grew up as one of the smartest changelings in the hive, because of that, she has been chosen to pretend to be some pony else and outsmart ponies. after she saw all of the other changelings reform, she did the same. she still uses her powers to trick people, but has caring side to her. she doesn’t have much friends, but loves it calm and quiet. she keeps on searching ways on how to become more clever and better at tricking people, but she is also looking for a way to transform into any kind of creature (all creatures). once somepony interrupts her while reading, her anger goes up. violet also has a passion for art. she loves to draw nature. her and ocellus used to be enemies when they were fillies, but now they are friends because they are both bookworms and have a calming personality. her idol is starlight glimmer, because of what she did for the changelings, and she hopes one day she can meet her! violet also has a small sense of humor inside of her! and she loves to play buckball.
well...im sorry but... I LOVE THIS VIDEO X3 you give me alot of ideas tyandaga!!! thank youuu
+Nightmare Wolf D'aw, thanks! :3
I'm thinking of drawing OCS for some of my friends. COZ some of them are lazy.
I like my oc but I'm worried it might be bad... Especially the cutie mark
- Name: Dandy Mint (because she like to look great and her body's a mint color)
- Specie: Earth Pony
- Appearance: Mint green body (slightly bigger than the Mane 6 for reference), thick short purple mane and tail, big pastel blue eyes (like Rarity's eyes shape)
- Accessories: Bright blue bow on base of tail and a white shirt collar with a dark blue bow on neck
- Personality: She does have a pretty bubbly personality and often get easily excited about anything new to her or activities she didn't tried. She's also friendly with everyone in general but she can become really petty, mean or sad because of her big mood swings.
- Loves: Historical and traditional clothing and makeup, wearing makeup and taking care of herself, reading books, writing (when she have inspiration so not often), debate, shopping, learn things about ancestors/traditions from all the world, singing (but badly), theater (reading, seeing and playing), mythology, mineralogy, drink tea and learn about it's history, learn about the etiquettes in society, eating (especially candy) and disguise herself.
- Hate: Spiders, Insects (she's scared of it), Highs/deepness/darkness, she can put up with other things.
- Cutie Mark: An old purple book (for the historical side of fashion and makeup) with a lot of stains of powder pigments (some looks old and faded while some looks bright for the time that passed between trends through history)
- Backstory: Dandy Mint is an Earth pony who now lives in Ponyville. She was born in Canterlot as her parents lived there before they moved out to Ponyville because life was cheaper and they loved the Apple family's cider and apples. She's passionated about historical clothing and makeup and she loves wearing some from times to times. She puts a lot of time and effort to look good with her thick mop of hair that's somehow called a mane but, being an Earth pony who basically lived a lot of her life helping in her parents garden, she stopped worrying to get dirty while gardening and helping to plant trees.
Being a pony from Canterlot, she was also really attached to the etiquette and pretty accepting only the best she could find, leading the others to think she was condescending and mean where she was simply attached to her way of living.
She's doing pretty good with her job, working as a book seller in her new small business in Ponyville, she don't earn big amounts of money but she certainly still get enough to afford a big shopping day in Canterlot once a month.
Since, like, everyone and their mother is doing this I guess I will too.
My oc:
Race: Alicorn/Unicorn
Talent: Drawing
Cutie Mark: A picture of a drawing of an ocean with a pencil
Color palette: light colors, like pastel and a little of darks
Backstory: (this is kinda hard) Pastel Party woke on a bench and started to walk home, she thought she fell asleep and no one cared to wake her. Other ponies started to laugh at her, Pastel saw her bff and asked her why everyone one is laughing. Her friend, Milky said "Why aren't you flying you have wings, silly"
Pastel looked at her wings, confused. Why was she an alicorn, Pastel is a Unicorn. Pastel certainly wasn't a princess, she didn't have the personality for it.
Milky then said "Go home, you're obviously lightheaded or something."
"Okay" Pastel said and she flew home. It was like she was always flying, this is weird Pastel thought on her way home. Princess, her sitter said that Celsetia needs Pastel to go to her palace.
Going to fancy places like that isn't exactly Pastels cup of tea. When Pastel arrived Cesltia was sleeping, so Pastel started to walk home. "Not so fast , young filly" exclaimed Celestia. Pastel turned around as fast as possible. She was terrified. Oh god, why did she even show up? Celestia then began to flip over, very slowly, maggots crawling out of her skin, blood dripping from her eyes. What, no way, thought Pastel. Then Celstia's head ripped off. Pastel ran out of the palace.
Then she woke up, sweat dripping off her face. "Omg, that felt so real!" Said Pastel in disbelief. Pastel ran to her mirror no wings, just a regular unicorn. "I am never going to one of Celestia's parties again." Pastel told herself. She ran to princesses' room. Good we are both safe, she galloped down stairs and watched tv. The End.
that's one cool one I may be able to draw it for u
ThatDerpy Narwhal Mine is-
Name: Sapphire Heart
Age: 12-13
Species: Pegasus
Gender: Female
Appearance: Blue with a purplish-pink mane styled like Octavia's, but with a few more strands and a more untidy fringe, and a scruffy tail similar to Rainbow Dash's. She's also shorter in height than other ponies, but she doesn't mind. Her cutie mark is an open blue book with some lines resembling writing, and an image of a small blue gem shaped like a heart. She has large dark purple eyes.
Special talents: Reading old spell books (she got her cutie mark from that- more about it in history) and animal communication (she's a distant cousin of Fluttershy)
Personality: Sapph (her nickname) is an intelligent, friendly pony. She can be shy around strangers, but like Fluttershy is very confident around her friends and occasionally can chat freely even with ponies she doesn't know. She loves flying even if she isn't the quickest, and speaks best to birds. She's very curious and likes to meditate sometimes in a cloud. She occasionally sleep-flies while meditating. She lives in the Crystal Empire, she moved there from Clouddale.
Negative traits: She often feels inadequate, as her friends are much more magical than her. Jai became a Princess of Happiness, and as an alicorn completely overshadowed her. They stayed friends however. She can get frustrated easily, and looks to meditating and reading for help, but she often isolates herself in the process.
History: As a filly, she had only three friends, Sunny Star (Sunny, a unicorn), Firenote Tune (Tuney, unicorn), and Jayfeather Bee (Jai Bee for short, also a unicorn.). One day she was chasing Jai, who'd recently gotten her cutie mark, a lollipop and two balloons. She had a talent for sweet making and she was very similar to Pinkie Pie, and loved making people laugh. Sapphire often felt the odd one out, being the only pegasus and a blank flank. Sunny had a star with sun rays as her mark, as she had rather strong magic for her age, and Tuney had a microphone with musical notes for hers due to her singing ability. Anyway, she was playing a game of tag with Jai when they fell into a well. Sapph wasn't very good at flying and the well was quite deep. At the bottom was a book. Jai couldn't read it, so Sapph started to read. As she spoke the ancient words, Jai's horn began to glow and they were lifted into the air. They landed safely, and with a flash of blue light, her cutie mark appeared. Since then, she's been able to read spellbooks fluently, while getting Jai to cast the spells. She also enjoys potion making, again using Jai to help that spark of magic.
I really like my OC, as she reflects my character. I'm born in September, so I have a deep connection to sapphires as it's my birthstone. Any ideas for changes?
ThatDerpy Narwhal cool
Alicorn/Unicorn? You know everyone Hates Alicorn OC's right?
After Fallout Equestria....
I looked up UnderTale MLP
And made my OC
^.^
My main oc right now is a pegasus pony who has literal magic hooves and specializes in alchemy. She is very shy and has mild depression. She also is the pony age equivalent to 16 in human years old. She is on the run from Princess Celestia and the whole of the Solar Empire (she lives in an AU so yeah) and hence she can't really stay in one place for too long and has sort of become a gypsy. She is currently heading north, towards the Lunar Republic. Her name is Midnight Soul because her mane and tail somewhat resemble the night sky and her magic is most powerful at night when the moon is in veiw.
I got a lot of ocs with backstory, character and position in society, but i just cant seem to make good fitting pony names for them -.-
If you could make a video on how to name, and how to get inspiration would be handy!
Crystalitar I have an idea! Just search "Mlp cutie marks" on Google and click some images. They really inspire me with some names like Starstorm or Rubyheart.
☮Glitterglamz101☮ yeah, but names like, after i made the cutie mark :/
For example, when you see "Double Diamonds" Cutie mark, these are 3 snowflakes, tough the names refers to the talent more, being a high level of skiing.
So otherwise you just tell me to google stuff till i find sumthing, i wanted to know if there was an easier way
Hmm.. Well last night i was creating so many OC's on my channel series i think i went pony crazy. I created them all night and was hallucinating about them. No kidding. Soo.. I might have just been being crazy, or it might actually work.. I can't remember ANYTHING.. I wouldn't be suprised if i was drunk. So, you might just wanna not trust that comment.. But, my brother can't think up any names. I sometimes help him. Maybe if you tell me what the pony looks like, i can think up a name. Somehow it just comes naturally to me. I'm a bookworm anyway, so i know a lot of good names!
☮Glitterglamz101☮ ah, i think it may be easier for someone who has read and knows a lot of terms, it could be easier for you to think up names (me not having english as first language)
So for try-out and maybe get some inspiration then i will give an example
So my main OC that needs a name is a zebra unicorn, bold female, who specializes in "hiding" magic and camouflage, so she is also the "breaks the rules" type. spiked mohawk (thin like zecora, but spike pointing against gravity so to say) adult. What wuld you give?
What if you do time and effort but your OC is a recolour?
+Grace TheFace Then not very much time was spent on the visuals ;p
+Tyandaga Okay, That makes sense (and I use pony generator because I cannot make custom vectors)
If you are doing traits, its best to have a category for negative traits and positive traits, because a majority of the time OCs have opposing traits that are almost opposite of each other, such as me, I am a very fiery person and can be rude at times, yet in some situations I am polite. It would also help if you explained when they are like this when having opposite traits, I am polite when I'm nervous or when meeting someone for the first time. Personality weaknesses would be good also.
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I have changed my ponysona since originally posting this comment, but I do not want to delete this one, so I have just changed a few details.
My ponysona is a pegasus and she's like me in every way. Born with one, maybe two neurological disorders, a heart murmur, and a psychological disorder. I'm not perfect and neither is she.
Excuse me? I have nothing against alicorn oc's but you said you couldn't decide between a unicorn and pegasus? What about earth ponies?
I was thinking about an Earth Pony, but I can't really see myself as one. It did take some thought, but I could see myself as a Pegasus and I could also see myself as a Unicorn. I thought about it more and I could definitely see myself as an Alicorn. But that's the kicker. She's not perfect like the other Alicorns. She is imperfect, but it's her personality that make her perfect in the eyes of her friends.
Awesome backstory btw :)
That's not even the full story. Only a snipit of it. By the way, your username is CutieMarkLessPony. Does that imply that your pony OC is a blank flank?
She used to be a blank flank and a unicorn, but then she did a spell that could turn her into an earth pony for a few days, but she accidentaly did the wrong spell so she stayed an earth pony forever. Then she discovered her talent for fruit and bucking apples, so she got her cutiemark: 3 blueberries with some leaves :DDD
I have a alicorn oc her name is Mimi the KittyKat (yeah a cat a pony with car ears)
Yay we both have Alicorn(ish) OC with cat ears!
isint that cool????
Wow,and my oc is a pegasus wolfpony!(With wolf ears and nose and fang)
wooooooow
And I live in Slovakia and this is how my name is spelld Michaela but I have 2 names becoze lalz full name Michaela Vivien Halaszova
i have a oc named Rose Soul and the mane color looks almost exactly like Rose from the show, i did not use anything for reference then realized that- i just created this oc's visual design so prolly going to change she has no cutie mark because i cant think of one fitting. the OC is also a pegasus i feel like changing the design since it almost looks like Rose's twin
Actually I created My OC and I did almost everything that was said here :D
I just go to free art Saturday's from this artist but not saying because it will lower my chance of winning from the People in raffles owo
So this was the start of this amazing channel :3
Humble beginnings leading to slightly less humble present xD
The good oc is a original. NOT A ALICORN ! Is a problem in a fandom mlp !
There are far too many oc alicorns, and that worries people, because it's not creative! I had one before, but I realized that oc alicorns are not little, and they are very dependent. So I created Starry Sky, a pegasus that has medium magic. And I mean that there are plenty of people who make dark sides of their oc, and I think that's not good. They abuse it like Emala Jiss, who has 4 sides of his oc! 4! It's way too much ! After that, I really like the complicated ocs, which have a twisted but meaningful story. They are beautiful to see, original! Mine are hard to reproduce, but reflect my personality!
Pelage Céleste an*
Mark - Flarewave how exactly are alicorns "not creative"? I'm sick of people saying that about alicorn ocs. Sure they're powerful, but if you give them flaws, it's all okay.
What an angry artist will do to me, throw a pen
I use MLP generator but finish it with photoshop so no one know
Almozayaf Roman That works :)
Tyandaga sometimes i hear how people say written words. mostly when i read books (totally awesome), but i know this sound. it sounds like u did this yourself :)
My alicorn OC has a long back story and it deals with my other oc's ponies. But to make it light. Nova, just a regular white unicorn grew up in the land before Equestia was founded and where the ponies use to fight among themselves and each type looked down at others and believe they are the best. Especially the royal unicorns who held the highest status. Nova was looked down upon as the black sheep of the pony for one simple fact. He did not have a cutie mark even at the age of the main six. Nova and his friends of pegasus and earth ponies were trying to get the leaders to find a way to co exist but seeing that can not be done, and a certain unicorn, (star swirled the breaded) had told him about his real destiny and why he haven't gotten a cutie mark. All was told to him was to travel through the land of shadows and where he will find his true purpose. When he fought these shadows, he used his magic to absorb the shadows in attempt to save the land. When everything was set right, he emerged not only as an alicorn, but his fur turned back and highlight mane white. a white earth pony yin appeared on his flank to show he the balance of good and evil. And he does switch back and forth. (But mostly he stays white.) That's the very shor version. currently typing his story. As being an alicorn, he doesn't fly that well, even with practice he chooses not to fly unless certain situations calls for it. He seem cold to others, but really it draws the best out in others. He usually think before he acts and protect those who are in need. Yet in some cases he is over protective. (like having a daughter) He is a very serious pony and takes in being a father and a king very serious. though he tends to spoil his daughter to the point it draws out the humor in him.
I liked this and all, but you modified your OC to the point of being a deer. Or it is a deer. Is that normal? Can my OC be a... Different species? Not like a crocodile or bird, but... Something similar? Possibly a human? Just kidding. But really... I don't have an OC *yet*, and I want my MLP OC to be perfected but not a mary-sue. Thanks if you read this!
Marissa Elaine OCs can be non-ponies. Just look at Silver Quill the hippogriff, or Dr. Wolf the, er… wolf. Zebras, Dragons, donkeys, Griffons and even Changelings are suitable for OCs. You can also make your OC a Crystal Pony if you want. That's what I did with mine. …Also, yes. His OC _is_ a deer. To be more precise, it's a reindeer.
Zum1UDontNo I see that now. It's interesting. What's a Crystal Pony...? Hmm... And yes, I recently discovered that.
Marissa Elaine …Oh. …You haven't gotten that far into the show yet. …Well, um… spoilers, I guess. Sorry…
Zum1UDontNo It's fine. I might have picked up the term somewhere- In all honesty and all due respect, I don't obsess over the show like "SHUT UP, EVERYONE! MLP IS ON! OMG YOU MADE ME MISS 0.02 NANOSECONDS OF IT!" Um but... I mean I do that for other shows :P So, it isn't really a spoiler for me.
I got an awesome idea! Just search on wikipedia for mythical creatures. For example there is also this species of deer with wings. Ir my fave, the chamrosh. A bird dog hybrid, very good potential for some great oc's! Next to that, you could try and make a sea pony... and not the seahorse type, more the hybrid type, like replace ears with funs and have them have a mermaid tail or any other seacreature.
Nice deer. :^)
+Werii Krzelowska Thanks x3
+Tyandaga And by the way, your channel are awesome. I like your videos
My first pony OC is Rocky Lexy and suprise suprise she has a very...rocky, personality.
still working on it
I hate alicorn ocs .-. i know im not the only one....
Me2. Alicorn ocs are just too.... Idk what, it wouldn't fit into the show to just have a random alicorn running around.. :/
Lol I see you everywhere, Bleach XDDD
Cherry Panda
Bleach
Bleach Everywhere
idle
*i don't like them O n O
Listen, kids. Make whatever OC you want. Don't listen to all this "what makes a bad oc" garbage. It's an OC for you, right? No, I'm not going to read your story about your alicorn princess who works at the kitten orphanage, but someone will. Some people LIKE characters others would consider Mary Sues. They're probably the same people who hated "Putting Your Hoof Down" because they think Fluttershy should be sweet and perfect all the time. They're probably the same people who don't like Rarity or Rainbow Dash for their arrogance, despite the fact that it's a pretty common personality trait and makes the two aforementioned more rounded as characters. At the end of the day, it's your fantasy and it can be whatever you want it to be. If super-nice alicorn princesses are what make you happy, then go right ahead and have a super-nice alicorn princess for an OC. Sheesh.
sure if it's an oc you won't be using for fanfictions or stuff like that then make whatever you want, but if you're gonna use it in serious animations or fanfictions, then make the character relatable, well-rounded and human if you want to be taken seriously. but i highly recommend being CREATIVE and ORIGINAL. otherwise, your oc will be another carbon copy among a sea of other carbon copies. NO ONE likes a person who is perfect in every way, absolutely NO ONE does.
If it's a Mary sue or Gary stu it won't fit in in fan ficts etc.
Yes but as an oc person my self I don't want flurry hearts as my oc I want to stand out but I need help knowing how
My oc is Loa, a kinda shy but energetic alicorn with Bronze hair, slightly yellow white fur. Also she has a pouch with stuff cuz she's weak :D
(Basically Pegasus and unicorn parents yeyeyeyeyeyey)
My alicorn oc:
Name: Ecplise
Gender: Female
Rase: Alicorn
About: Ecplise is a skilled alicorn, the younger sister of Luna and Celestia. She has picked up both of their talents, so she is called Ecplaise because she can channel the sun and moon
+She is very powerful (Not Mary Sue powerful tho)
-She struggles with anxiety. She worries strangers will think because she is alicorn and royalty she has to have a perfect life and nothing to worry about. This is of course not true
+Ecplise is protective over her family and friends
-Doesn't accept others quickly
Well I don't have an MLP oc (never watched it), but I've got close to 10 different stories using oc's with my biggest one having been started a decade ago (and still going). I agree with all the points made in the video.
Title: how to make a good *pony* oc
My oc which is a Changeling: *_welp, guess I’ll die._*
I'm the type of person who makes millions of ocs when I'm in a fandom, and the same happened for mlp. But now as a project to keep me busy for the last week of Christmas, I'm working on my own version of a main six group. And I'm one character in. And they aren't named yet. This will be a fun week XD.
+Theblackburnstwo page Best of luck to you! :3
My oc is called Galactic Nova who is a Pegasus. In the past she was bullied because she has tourrets and she has a strange phobia of soggy bread ( like me XD ). She has a blue and purple mane and tail, a dark blue coat and she has small white freckles on her ears and face. Her cutie mark is 2 music notes coloured with a galaxy pattern. Even though she has tourrets, her passion is singing.
This video is great! I also loved how you made the video fun and entertaining. :) I've seen so many really bad MLP OCs. I wish more fans could watch these kind of videos!
Thanks! =3
No problem!
I think that for an OC to be an alicorn they need to have a trajectory that makes them worthy to be part of royalty.
I'm so stoked to watch all of these and use them to make my oc!
heres my OC backstory if you care :)
Camera Shy (Cam for short yes i know the closeness to fluttershy but it wasnt chosen because of that) was a unicorn who loved taking pictures. since her parents had to move a lot for her fathers job, she had never before gotten to stay in one place for too long, but after several years of travel, her family finally settled down. Camera Shy loved to take pictures (and also staying out of them as much as she could). Soon Camera Shy met her first actual friends, a few had their cutiemarks, but more were, like her, blank flanks. it wasnt long however that everyone started getting their cutiemarks, and although she knew in her heart that she wanted to work with cameras, she didnt receive hers. when the fillies and colts went into Steele Knight Academy as teens, everyone had their cutiemark...except for Cam. People started to drift from her, one of the fillies she used to play with told her things like "you can always take pictures as a hobby" and " youre being stupid, you need to accept that photography wont be your profession, try doing something else and you will find out what you are actually meant to do". although she couldnt understand why she felt so drawn to cameras she knew in her heart it had something to do with her mark. so while everypony else was busy learning more about their trades, Cam was focusing all of her time learning about different types of photography, cameras and lenses. at the last year at Steele Knight Academy, she met a young earth pony named Beta Test whom not only loved playing games but was interested in the development of games. Beta Test and Camera Shy got close really fast, he didnt care that her flank was blank, and even admired that she was so determined to prove everyone (including her flank) that pictures would have something to do with her cutiemark. so Beta Test helped her learn as much as she could, while other colts and fillies laughed and said he was wasting his time, he didnt feel like his time could have been better spent. after years of trying, Cam finally admitted defeat, Beta told her she couldnt give up, but she told him she wouldnt ever feel as strongly about pictures as she did any other trade "there is something magical about capturing precious moments, without photographs we only have a blurry picture in our heads, but these give us the chance to really remember something amazing", but she accepted being a blank flank, though her heart sank as she felt she may be the oldest blank flank in all of equestria. they graduated school, and settled down, and Cam still took pictures while Test worked on his games. One day, Camera Shy and Beta Test learned they were going to be parents, so they set up their first dr appointment, and were told to have an ultrasound done. when they arrived, Camera Shy looked at the strange machine that was next to a long table as a nice looking mare named Echo Waves came in, and told Camera Shy to lie down on the table, and expose her belly. Echo Waves put some cold blue gel on Cam's stomach, and put a small device on after "what does it do?" Cam asked with a raised eyebrow. EW said that it was a doppler that would transmit waves to the machine, and that an ultrasound was a way to see inside of her stomach and check on the young colt or filly. Beta and Camera Shy watched in amazement as the screen next to them came to life, revealing a small black background and, what looked to be a cupcake. "that 'cupcake' is your baby, it is still to early to pick out specific features, but the next time you come in expect to" Echo said, Cam and Beta smiled wholeheartedly, but she jumped a little when the machine made a loud sound. "here you go" said Echo Waves as he handed her a small glossy print out of the cupcake looking fetus. Cam felt tears rushing to her eyes and a warm feeling radiate her body, specifically her flank "pictures really are the best kind of memories". as she got up, Beta gasped which was all the confirmation she needed. a beautiful doppler facing a triangle with three waves inside was forever imprinted on her, and she knew that she had found her calling. flash forward to present: Camera Shy and Beta test have a beautiful little colt, and Cam is a successful Ultrasound Tech who captures the special moments of the inside workings of pregnancy, her favorite part of her job is finding out the gender for expectant parents, but she still incorporates her camera by taking newborn and family pictures when her guests come back. her life is full of much love, and fulfillment.
My OC is called Periwinkle! She’s the colour of well- Periwinkle! She is a unicorn that is desperate to get a great amount of credit for magic. She’s not perfect but she does her best! She hopes to get into canterlots Magic school! She’s also the oldest in her current school.
The Icon for this account was my original OC Named "Cool Winter" I started to find that name to get annoying then came up with "Boreal Blizzard" he has a darker color to fit my quieter more closed in personality and has some "hipster" like assets to him, like a scarf and cap
OMG SRSLY
I must get some
my oc:
her name is frost-bite spelled exactly like that... she gained her ice/snow powers during a snowstorm and her parents died due to hypothermia and her cutie mark is a snowflake and shes a pegasus and her wings fade into a icey blue and same with her hooves she is sometimes sassy but mostly kind and she is messy in the matter of tracking snow everywhere and also can sometimes be brutally savage and she is fast flying and on the ground and she generaly loves to go out and have fun with her friends
so yeah thats my oc tell me what you think by leaving a like or dislike or if you are not sure just don't do anything! have a nice day afternoon or evening depending on when or where you read this
oh and also i'm creating a backup oc right now
I really have an issue with making my OC. I always bounce between a unicorn or a thestral mainly because I like the design of the oc, but in the same token, I want my oc to know magic. And then there's the option of not make the oc a pony all together.
+Kaylin Patterson Tons of options to go with ^.^
The process of making your own character can very long can also take a few seconds.If you are me you might of took 7 months to find the perfect personality,color,mane style,and body and eye color.So basically what I am trying to say is that if you wanna find your own oc take your time.Only use pony genorater when you are trying to find good colors for your oc.
My Oc is a green earth pony with a brown curly mane named Pepper Tune. He has a pizza with a music note for a cutie mark. His talents are cooking pizza but he does so while singing because song is his secret ingredient. He is a bit naive and trusts to easily sometimes. He is from Manehatten but moved to ponyville for a quieter live due to stressful life in the big city
name: Coffee Cake(not sure if im feeling the name tho)
age: a little older than mane 6
cutie Mark: a coffee cup with whipped cream and a cherry on top and a white and red stripped straw
pony type: Earth
personality: Friendly, sarcastic, hyper, down to earth
backstory: she's born and raised in ponyville. her one dream was to move to Manehattan and own a cafe, bringing a taste of home with her. Now her dream has come true and she has the most well known cafe in town. she takes a week out of every month to reconnect with her roots and once in a while visits her her Ivy Wondershine(my other oc) in the Everfree Forest for some herbs and spices to put in her creations. and she may have a slight, tiny, little caffeine addiction
My pony oc has basically all of my trates, including extreme anxiety but she's kind and brave on they outside. Her name is Stary Night. I love the colors of her fur.
I'm still at the stage of creating my OC. In fact, I haven't really gone into depth of what she will be like, how she will act, what she will look like, and so on...
I've got a drawing style ready to go, and I've prepared some ideas, I still need to be prepared to implement several other factors into the creation of my character. For example...
I'm planning on giving her a long tail, but a slightly shorter mane, a scruffy one at that too, suggesting that she's sometimes rash, and unprepared, generally rushing to do something at the last moment. I'm also planning to give her slightly thicker fur on her ears, chest and back legs. It's something that I've seen as appealing. I'm planning on giving her white fur, as well as navy blue and deep blue mane and tail, and navy blue eyes. In all honesty, I selected these colours based on what I believe would look appealing.
Next, the cutie mark. For the cutie mark of my OC, I'm planning on giving her a camera placed I front of a cloud. This would represent her talent for taking pictures and being able to angle them from a height. Of course, this can sometimes be difficult for them, as if they look up to the sun when taking a picture... It's a flaw that, whilst only occasionally occurring, can disrupt her from what she is doing, usually ending up with her forgetting what she was looking for thanks to her forgetfulness. She did earn her cutie mark whilst she was young, however, she didn't discover it until she received a camera (In backstory)
The next thing to add to my OC is a personality. I believe that whilst she has a passion for photography, it can distract her from everyday life, especially if she spots something she would believe would be photo material. In an attempt to get the perfect angle, this can cause her to stand out of a crowd, not in a good way. A Mary Sue standing out in a crowd, in my vision, would be if they were something such as a celebrity, or a highly respected person. My plans for my OC makes them not those kinds of things. She tends to try and practice a variety of things in her spare time, and whilst she may not seem social, she is much more comfortable around wildlife. Before you say that this trait sounds a lot like Fluttershy, remember that Fluttershy is extremely kind to animals, and is able to talk to and understand them. My OC prefers to be around them just for comfort and peace. Where it is quiet is where she likes to be most. She is quite apologetic, despite being short tempered.
So far, I'm still a bit unsure as of what to put in the backstory for her, and I'm unsure on many positive traits and a name for my OC, I'm sure that if I take a few pointers and think of more ideas, my OC will eventually be complete!
I’ve got to admit, although this video is obviously old, l love your channel and what you do. OCs are an amazing thing.
l am a novelist and find pride and joy in making characters and your points you make in this video are spot on.
I've been drawing splatoon ocs, going with your tips of thinking out of the box, I decided to make them all different personalities, heights and even designs. Like one of them is way shorter than the others.
my OC is based off of myself... so one of the defining traits I gave my Pegasus self is...
no mane. because I have a shaved head, although I kept a tail because I dont want her to look like I just coloured in a base. her name is Chesh and she's just a simple artisan working on making art. she's soft spoken and often finds herself bouncing between inexplicably awkward and really self confident. she tends to be motherly towards her friends but more like in a cool mom way than anything else.
she also has terrible eating habits and is prone to forgetting that there is an outside beyond her front door.
I have had an oc idea for years now. And I'm just starting to actually get it all together. I have other ones but never got around to making a good backstory. Thank you for making this video. It has helped me so much ❤❤❤❤
My OC is named Zippy, and here is her backstory:
She grew up in a small town/village called Mystira. She has two brothers, an older one called Chase, and a younger one named Rex. She also has a younger sister called Zara. Zippy survived a miscarriage, so she was supposed to have a twin, but unfortunately, that twin died. Her father is a blacksmith, and her mother sews for a shop that Chase works at. (This story takes place in the early 50s)
Zippy's personality:
She's a natural born leader, however, she must have someone else to help her make decisions, because she can become power hungry. She has anxiety and is bipolar, but usually happy. She's shy, but don't get on her bad side, she can and will destroy you.
Whether it be physically or mentally.
Zippie Gemini Mine is-
Name: Sapphire Heart
Age: 12-13
Species: Pegasus
Gender: Female
Appearance: Blue with a purplish-pink mane styled like Octavia's, but with a few more strands and a more untidy fringe, and a scruffy tail similar to Rainbow Dash's. She's also shorter in height than other ponies, but she doesn't mind. Her cutie mark is an open blue book with some lines resembling writing, and an image of a small blue gem shaped like a heart. She has large dark purple eyes.
Special talents: Reading old spell books (she got her cutie mark from that- more about it in history) and animal communication (she's a distant cousin of Fluttershy)
Personality: Sapph (her nickname) is an intelligent, friendly pony. She can be shy around strangers, but like Fluttershy is very confident around her friends and occasionally can chat freely even with ponies she doesn't know. She loves flying even if she isn't the quickest, and speaks best to birds. She's very curious and likes to meditate sometimes in a cloud. She occasionally sleep-flies while meditating. She lives in the Crystal Empire, she moved there from Clouddale.
Negative traits: She often feels inadequate, as her friends are much more magical than her. Jai became a Princess of Happiness, and as an alicorn completely overshadowed her. They stayed friends however. She can get frustrated easily, and looks to meditating and reading for help, but she often isolates herself in the process.
History: As a filly, she had only three friends, Sunny Star (Sunny, a unicorn), Firenote Tune (Tuney, unicorn), and Jayfeather Bee (Jai Bee for short, also a unicorn.). One day she was chasing Jai, who'd recently gotten her cutie mark, a lollipop and two balloons. She had a talent for sweet making and she was very similar to Pinkie Pie, and loved making people laugh. Sapphire often felt the odd one out, being the only pegasus and a blank flank. Sunny had a star with sun rays as her mark, as she had rather strong magic for her age, and Tuney had a microphone with musical notes for hers due to her singing ability. Anyway, she was playing a game of tag with Jai when they fell into a well. Sapph wasn't very good at flying and the well was quite deep. At the bottom was a book. Jai couldn't read it, so Sapph started to read. As she spoke the ancient words, Jai's horn began to glow and they were lifted into the air. They landed safely, and with a flash of blue light, her cutie mark appeared. Since then, she's been able to read spellbooks fluently, while getting Jai to cast the spells. She also enjoys potion making, again using Jai to help that spark of magic.
I really like my OC, as she reflects my character. I'm born in September, so I have a deep connection to sapphires as it's my birthstone. Any ideas for changes?
I made the quiz and my character is 16% Mary Sue!
Yay! thanks for the "Nobody gives a funk throphy"!! :D
I got it second time this day!
Name: Feather Write
Age: 15 in human years
Gender: Female
Species: Pegasus
Things about her: She's shy around new ponies, self conches about her wings, sometimes if her friends are in trouble or getting bullied she is more brave than shy, loyal to her friends, she loves the world in the forest but most of the time end up in trouble, she is very creative, and has a love for books.
Other: She as a pet hawk named Wings (there's a reason to this), she is afraid to fall while flying, she can fly a little but her wings are weak a can only let her fly for a short while (she was born with them that way), and she is one of the few pegasus in her family.
Cutie Mark: Her cutie Mark is of a book opened with a feather pen writing in it.
Back Story:
When Feather Write was a filly she was teased about being a flightless pegasus. The one thing that pegasus were suppose to do she couldn't. But her friends Dawn Rise and Moon Flash where there to cheer her up. The three where a family on there own and looked out for each other.
One day while Feather was bored she wandered into the Everfree Forest(is that how you spell it?). On this trip into the forest she had found a young hawk chick all alone feeling bad for it she took it back home with her. She had carefully snuck it into her room and made a nest for it. As the days went b the chick grew and Feather took care of it and even read him some of her favorite books.
One day in the winter the hawk started to fly Feather would watch him as he fly around. Then she got an idea she pulled out one of her feathers and started writing. She wrote a short story about a young pegasus who also couldn't use her wings and how her maybe trapped on the ground but she was still free in many other way. After she had finished she went to show her mother. Went her mother saw her she had smiled and pointed to her flank where her Cutie mark had finally appeared. After that she started writing a lot more and the hawk was called Wings. He was named Wings because he was her first spark into her own freedom.
An Original Character (OC) is a character that you created on your own that is not part of an existing Franchise. Meanwhile, a Fan Character is a character that you created on your own that is part of an existing Franchise. That means that if you make a character that is part of a species from an already existing Franchise like One Piece, My Little Pony, or Zelda then is a Fan Character. What makes them the same is that they are both characters created by you, and not a recolor/redesign version of an already existing character.
But what makes a good character is subjective and not objective. Characters are like foods. Not everyone will like the same thing. Some people like the ruthless type of character while others like the decent type of character. Who I like and who you like may not be the same. So there s no such a thing as a cut-and-dry rule for this, and sure some character traits in a person are likable, so this is dependent on the person. So all you can do is create a character and hope for the best since not everyone is gonna like the same type of character.
I fully understand the multiple tries point for the artwork. My first drawing of my OC was actually pretty good, but for a while, I'd have a lot of trouble getting the right facial expression when trying to draw him again.
I recently created a pony character for nostaglia's sake, I sometimes want to draw G1 stylished ponies with my own extra touch in them but I don't feel like drawing already existing character so I made myself one. They are a pegasus and their name is Whipped Cream. I haven't decided personality or backstory for them yet but they gotta love ice cream!
i have i little oc in the works but i'am still not sure if i want to really do anything with her
Name is Melody. Breed of Pegasus. Possible flying handicap. Cutie mark is a walk note. Work in progress!
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Chloe Wade :( :)
Well I have an OC, but she's in the Equestria Divided AU. If you don't know what that AU is then you should look it up online to get better understanding. But anyway her name is Star Clove. She's a full grown unicorn living in Canterlot, but she doesn't have a cutie mark. She does have the (in this Au) a unique power to see past & present events, which is useful for Twilight Sparkle. But after her power failed to show her something important, she begins to question her place and the right/wrong morality she was brought up to follow.
Good background! :)
I have a OC. Its a alicorn, but she isn't a Mary sue. Trust me.
+RazzBazzMSP Cool. I'm glad you like the "brief" background since it's obviously more complicated then what I wrote here on TH-cam. And while we are the subject on May Sue, it's something I'm constantly keeping in mind with Star Clove, along with the fear she'll be too much like Cannon!Twilight Sparkle.
My character is called RingRunner she helps at kitten orphanigs and she has some downsides she is inpatient and when her comfert space is pushed she gets really mad she is a earth pony btw
Name : Crystal
Race : changeling
Backstory : she is the daughter of chrysalus and she changes her appearance to have friends,however her friends find out who her mom is and get scared.
:traits; overangry social anxiety,fear of making friend, mad at her mom.
you can also use pony creator full version deviantart its good I have used it to make 15 OC`s try it out
I work back words for some reason...I draw the character first and then I come up with a name and backstory. But I don't know how to start them off. I have one alicorn oc, he has no name and little back story because I do not know how to begin. Is there anyway to make making a backstory easier?
+Wolfien When thinking of a beginning, it's best to look at how the character came into the world they live in ;p. Were they born? If so, who were their parents? Perhaps they don't know who their parents are? Maybe as an alicorn character, there was another way they were created? ;o Start from birth, that usually helps ;p
+Tyandaga
Well the alicorn is Twilights and Flashes son, and like Cadence and Shinning, he was born alicorn. Luna guessed it ran in the family. so that's what I have for him. A thanks for the suggestions it really helped
I do have a great OC created by myself(I'm a very good drawer). Her name is Helly Candy, and she has a hot pink and blue lolly pop with a ribbon on it for a cutie mark. She's generous because she likes to offer candies to fillies for free(like me), but her weakness is that she's impatient and just rushes to do something.
I have actually had a idea for a story about a pony who is different than the rest of the pony world in almost every single way, but I honestly haven't seen enough of the original cartoon to get all the locations, canon characters, and events to an at least passable level of realism
Tho I do have my oc pretty much figured out
It is a male Pegasus teenager with oddly colored eyes, coat, and feathers and can harness psi, something unheard of in equestria for thousands of years. His demeanor is strongly kind and generous, but also of one who gets EXTREMELY upset EXTREMELY fast, causing him to live in a near constant terror of himself and how dangerously his powers flare up when upset.
My OC's back story basically takes place in the future of equestria when the mane 6 has died. And friendship has started to deteriorate because of this. Sombra, eventually being reincarnated through his dark magic (his horn wasn't destroyed) caused mayhem yet again and was neck and neck with the princesses. While this was going on one of the princesses (Celestia) sent a letter to Dr. BiO (an earth pony) biologist and engineer) whom decided to help the princess by creating a machine which can splice the genes of any creature. He then, decided to mix a pony with Wyvern DNA. However, there was one problem, he couldn't find any pony to do so as he already had the Wyvern. Thusly, Luna volunteered due to her so called ability to not be phased by Sombra's fear inducing magic. The Dr. then puts the Wyvern in the machine, along with a prick of Luna's blood and splices it to create the perfect soldier. It ends up creating a moon Wyvern which is a pony with dragon like scales to defend against fire, dragon eyes to see in the dark, a horn, a serpentine tail, and a mind which can not be entered by Sombra. The Doctor, along with Luna agree to. create more from this first one by cloning it. Then, with an army of moon Wyvern, the princesses win. However, society had been destroyed, friendship was basically dead, and the buildings had been mainly reduced to rubble due to Sombra's influence in Equestria. So, with the help of the moon Wyvern the princesses rebuilt the housing, along with their castle until society was eventually restored. However, over the generations Moon Wyvern became but a distant memory. So the remainder was exiled into the everfree fores, deep in the monster infested place. Though, not everpony, agreed with being exiled, this particular moon Wyvern wanted something more. So she tried to make friends and live in ponyville but no pony wanted to be around her as her appearance was startling. So she tried with the griffons, but they didn't want her around either. She kept trying for about a year, until she gave up, and went back into the everfree. She decided if they can not accept me, then I will try to protect them unnoticed from the everfree. Under the shade of night, she would stalk ponyville from the trees of the evergreen for many generations to come. She became known as the silent protector, but her real name was simply Wyvern and nopony would ever know that.
My oc's One of my oldest and favourites is called Water Wave She is a pegasus very simple but she patrols on rain clouds and storm clouds.
+RainbowTiger ^.^
How i learned to draw ocs....... no more good old days where you'd have to take a look at ur little sister's colouring mlp book. Mad Munchkin's video really helped!
+Coppper Bolt ^.^