TOG CHARACTER CREATION RESOURCE

In the spirit of updating and trying to improve the vibe of the thread, we took it in our hands to try to make the OP smoother by turning some of the Pastebin Into Rentries.

  1. TOG CHARACTER CREATION RESOURCE
    1. The main part, WHAT is your character?
      1. THE OFFICIAL /tog/ ORIGINAL CHARACTER CREATION TABLES: HAVE YOUR OC IN FOUR MINUTES OR LESS
      2. Generate a random team and think about what kind of person would catch them:
      3. Expanded Pokedex entries AND the ability to roll for ideas about your own corner of the Pokemon world to use as a sandbox:
      4. A long, long open-ended quiz to explore a character's frame of mind. Works just as well for creating a single character as it does creating the culture of an entire region:
      5. Organize your favorites to brainstorm new ideas:
      6. Visualize your dream team:
      7. Trainer Card:
      8. Team Planner by Region/Game:
      9. Is your OC too edgy or not edgy enough?
      10. Is your fanfiction too edgy or not edgy enough?
      11. Crossover Mystery Dungeon Personality Quiz:
    2. Now, Time to draw it, or resources to learn how to draw.
      1. The /ic/ - Artwork & Critique Support Page
      2. For Complete Beginners: https://hackmd.io/UMnZVhNITW-T2wZpHw6d0Q
      3. Anime Studying Resources: https://pastebin.com/Yz2scAEc
      4. Drawing Programs
        1. Krita Freeware Drawing Program (FREE)
        2. Paint Tool Sai 2016 (FREE)
      5. Backgrounds
      6. FREE Online Editing Software
      7. Videos
      8. Poses/Gestures
      9. Books (navigable folders)
    3. If you are unable to draw, but willing to commit to create something with your own hands, you could use a character creator
    4. We don't always have time to chase our dreams, if you have a clear idea of what you want, you can use AI to do the art for you (just dont spam the hundreds of itinerations you did in the thread
      1. Picrew links & visual guides
      2. Free Sprite-making programs and sprite resources
      3. AI-generated artwork

The main part, WHAT is your character?

THE OFFICIAL /tog/ ORIGINAL CHARACTER CREATION TABLES: HAVE YOUR OC IN FOUR MINUTES OR LESS

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19Qgx2Eqzu8_0ZG3NRgZ9wX0iuP_89Fsw/view?usp=sharing

Generate a random team and think about what kind of person would catch them:

https://randompokemon.com/

Expanded Pokedex entries AND the ability to roll for ideas about your own corner of the Pokemon world to use as a sandbox:

https://theworldofpokemon.com/

A long, long open-ended quiz to explore a character's frame of mind. Works just as well for creating a single character as it does creating the culture of an entire region:

https://www.frathwiki.com/Dr._Zahir%27s_Ethnographical_Questionnaire

Organize your favorites to brainstorm new ideas:

https://cajunavenger.github.io/

Visualize your dream team:

Pokemon Team, movesets, & items:
https://mypokemonteam.com/

Trainer Card:

https://tcm.pokecharms.com/

Team Planner by Region/Game:

https://richi3f.github.io/pokemon-team-planner/

Is your OC too edgy or not edgy enough?

https://bingobaker.com#66622be545876746

Is your fanfiction too edgy or not edgy enough?

https://bingobaker.com#6662300e71ad7939

Crossover Mystery Dungeon Personality Quiz:

https://nrosa01.github.io/pmd-quiz-online/

Now, Time to draw it, or resources to learn how to draw.

The /ic/ - Artwork & Critique Support Page

https://sites.google.com/site/ourwici/

For Complete Beginners: https://hackmd.io/UMnZVhNITW-T2wZpHw6d0Q

Anime Studying Resources: https://pastebin.com/Yz2scAEc

Drawing Programs

Clip Studio (Free Trial & Monthly/Annual Subscription):
https://www.clipstudio.net/en/dl/latest/

Krita Freeware Drawing Program (FREE)

https://krita.org/en/

The exact version of Photoshop CS6 that the Archivist downloaded and uses (FREE):
https://mega.nz/file/tL5jhDRa#PAK-WSBJrbOP0nEIIl1wJjy_G3ykCowVS0HTi-eaC5o

Paint Tool Sai 2016 (FREE)

https://www.mediafire.com/download/uuo8f113k6sp4b7/Sai+1.1.0+full+%2B+brushes+-+Copy.rar

Backgrounds

The Archivist's Resource Pack: Archivist-curated and created photos for use as drawing backdrops:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15yLgfXZUNxehHv79cBMEk5M8dueHg_9e?usp=sharing

FREE Online Editing Software

https://www5.lunapic.com/editor/

https://www.moshpro.app/lite/

Videos

Marc Brunet (Archivist uses this guide): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzDE6rf7BxBL9GDZnwQL0pkQDXErM9G5z
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzDE6rf7BxBIvFF2j8qHmThSCBv1ssvd7
Tyler Edlin - https://www.youtube.com/user/TylerE2284
Proko - https://www.youtube.com/user/ProkoTV
Sinix - https://www.youtube.com/user/sinixdesign
Scott Robertson - https://www.youtube.com/user/scottrobertsondesign
Matt Kohr (CtrlPaint) - https://www.ctrlpaint.com/library
Aaron Blaise - https://www.youtube.com/user/AaronBlaiseArt
Vilpu (Anatomy) - https://mega.nz/folder/9Pw1lYaS#Me7LSwlSg59lNGmkj9tt4w/folder/lPoXEYxS

Poses/Gestures

QuickPoses -https://www.quickposes.com/en
PoseSpace -https://www.posespace.com/posetool/default.aspx
https://anatomy360.info/anatomy-scan-reference-dump/

Books (navigable folders)

https://6chan.moe/loomis/res/156.html (filled with scans, replace 6 with 8)
https://6chan.moe/loomis/res/1991.html (filled with scans, replace 6 with 8)
https://www.mediafire.com/?i44dwzkf9j9n8
https://www.mediafire.com/file/1hta2i7eqqj31ea/art_and_fear.pdf/file
https://mega.nz/folder/yxtCBLYZ#FbtGBQQunWVCrjMMIzJSyw

If you are unable to draw, but willing to commit to create something with your own hands, you could use a character creator

One of our anons recently shared a link where he uploaded a install of the program he uses to make those 3d renditions of some /tog/ Characters.
https://app.filen.io/#/f/201967b9-5eb3-4bec-b1c5-d2a94ab90b0a%2373554a614c304956735f3753556d2d6c724b332d4b5f7a58684f5f3078537168

We don't always have time to chase our dreams, if you have a clear idea of what you want, you can use AI to do the art for you (just dont spam the hundreds of itinerations you did in the thread

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KA2F9Zth5jxhQtadc1RXBMoT7klAs1hZ/view?usp=sharing

Free Sprite-making programs and sprite resources

Piskel:
https://www.piskelapp.com/

Libre Sprite:
https://libresprite.github.io/#!/

Black/White 2 sprite database:
https://www.spriters-resource.com/ds_dsi/pokemonblack2white2/sheet/48033/

AI-generated artwork

https://www.bing.com/images/create/
https://designer.microsoft.com/image-creator
https://huggingface.co/spaces/google/sdxl
https://clipdrop.co/stable-diffusion
https://www.mage.space/

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Pub: 16 Apr 2025 15:36 UTC

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