Character Development: Dark Shine- Part 1

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Hey Everypony! I decided I'd show you how I make my OC's so I thought I might as well start with my obvious mane one, Dark Shine.
When making an OC I often make them at least a bit like me. For Dark Shine, I made him mostly my ponysona as well as my OC.

I was originally gonna make Dark Shine, different to how he is now.
The major part of that, was he was going to be called Night Shine and was going to be a female.
There are several resons I changed my mind on this.
The first was the further I got into character development, the more I began to notice: Wait... I need a Cutie Mark...
So, I was looking for something I knew. I came across Yin and Yang, but that brought a question to my mind.
How could I relate, Night Shine, to a yin and yang.
So then, I began to think of colours (which I will get to at another time) and then looked at the cutie mark. One of them was a bright colour the other one a dark colour. So I instantly changed the name to Dark Shine.
The reason I changed the gender to male. Well, that was after I got into Derpy. I thought that if there is a majority of female characters in the show, surely it would be easier to make a male.
So, that is part 1 of Character Development series: Dark Shine. Till next time.
~Dark Shine
Jul 25, 2012
  • Rashall
    Rashall Jul 25, 2012
    I made Rashall based somewhat off of myself and evolved him since then, but I've kept his baseline down and unchanged.
  • NotWhatWeExpected
    NotWhatWeExpected Jul 25, 2012
    That's very interesting.

    I'll admit, I made my ponysona after the life I wish I had. Settling down in a small town, owning a small store that is neither successful nor ruin, friends and people I know and like coming and going.
    Of course, this has nothing to do with my plans for my future :derpe:
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