Character Development Challenge

Looking for some extra motivation to do some work on your puppillars characters? This challenge has 10 prompts to supercharge your ideas and get those characters down on profiles! 

Prize for completion

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Special Occasion Present | Precious Portrait (Award)

And some treats and gacha tokens to fund the creation of your next character!

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Rules

- For this challenge, you must complete all the prompts with a single character
- You may complete profile work on the site itself, via the character profile on the masterlist, or on an external site such as toyhouse. Any external links must be visible to the staff for assessment, if you have your TH on auth only, you may provide a temporary key for staff to view the profile
- Some prompts specify art or writing but for prompts that don't specify, you may choose art or writing as a medium. If you choose writing, it must still meet the minimum requirements
- Some prompts include a specific list requirement, but for any writing prompts without a specific requirement the minimum world count is 250 words each.
- You may complete the challenge prompts in any order, and there is no deadline to complete this challenge

Prompts

  • Character Profile
    Create a basic character profile with at least seven bullet points! You may include things such as age, nicknames, occupation, etc.
  • Character Description
    Create a short general depiction of your character, a summary of your character at a glance.
  • Likes and Dislikes
    Create a likes and dislikes list for your character, with 10 like and 10 dislikes
  • Profile Icon
    Create a simple a profile icon for your character, minimum of a colored headshot. For an optional challenge, make it fit certain dimensions such as 100 by 100
  • Character Relationship
    Write a description of your character's relationship with another character. The character can your own, another member's (with permission) or a character not on site (ex: a parent). You may write this in the form of a scene between the characters.
  • A day in the life
    Depict a day in your character's life via art or writing. Some things to consider are: on an average day, what is your character up to? Do they have a routine?
  • Occupation or Hobby
    Depict your character's occupation and/or hobby via art or writing. Some things to consider are: why did they choose what they chose? Are they skilled at whatever it is? Do they have a hobby that's different from their occupation?
  • Inventory/Favorite Items
    Depict three items/objects that are meaningful to your character through art or writing. These do not have to be official items, but you may take inspiration from on site items. For writing, each item must have a description of at least two sentences
  • Character Backstory
    Depict the backstory of your character, or a chapter from a backstory. Some things to consider are, where were they born? What was their childhood like? Who or what influenced them growing up?
  • Reference Sheet
    Create a reference sheet for your character, with a minimum of a fullbody artwork, and whatever extras you like, such as color palates, illustrating a feature in extra detail, written design notes, etc