back in my sophomore year, i had to take a class in Character Acting for Animation, which was in part learning how to use your whole body in acting motions, how to get in character to record the best reference footage you could; and part character creation and writing strategies. the first assignment was to fill out this detailed questionnaire to create a well-rounded character portrait. the professor and i ended up not getting along, but there was no way he couldn't give me an A on this particular assignment and most of the in-class exercises, as i used an OC i'd written for about a year for these tests and i put in a lot of research to make him sympathetic, intriguing, and interesting. despite not getting along with the guy, i found these questions very helpful. i've since added to the questions with a few of my own, and some others that i liked from other memes, which will ask many challenging questions about your OC's past, future, description, and philosophy as well as your own inspiration for them.

i figured i'd share it! i have it here on my docs. i'm gonna fill this whole thing out for Max when i have the time to do so. if you decide to fill it out in a journal or something, please do link me here! there's few things i like more than reading about people's OC's!