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Comic Ideas for OCs

Three short comic scenes per press for your own characters, each with its panel beats.

Comic Ideas for OCs

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  1. Your OC in a town where it never stops snowing4 panels. Beats: digging out the door, the rope between houses, the soup, the window drifted shut.
  2. Your OC gets hiccups when they most need to be quiet4 panels. Beats: the hush, the hiccup, every head turning, a second hiccup.
  3. Your OC as the keeper of a lighthouse3 panels. Beats: the stairs, the lamp lit, the one ship that signals back.

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A day in their life 20

  • What your OC eats when nobody is cooking for them 3 panels. Beats: the open cupboard, the odd combination, the first bite taken with total confidence.
  • Your OC at the market with a short list 5 panels. Beats: the list, the first stall, a distraction, a full bag, the one listed thing forgotten.
  • Your OC cannot sleep 5 panels. Beats: the same bed four times with a new position in each, then dawn at the window.
  • Your OC comes home at the end of the day 5 panels. Beats: the door, the boots off, the gear set down, the chair, the long breath out.
  • Your OC cooks the one dish they can make 4 panels. Beats: the confident start, the smoke, the rescue, the plate served as if it went to plan.
  • Your OC gets caught in the rain 4 panels. Beats: first drops, the run, giving up, walking slowly and soaked as if it were the plan.
  • Your OC gets dressed and it takes four tries 4 panels. Beats: three wrong outfits, one a panel, then the usual one they always end up in.
  • Your OC looks after something small 4 panels. Beats: the plant or pet, the routine, a quiet word to it, the look on their face.
  • Your OC on their day off, doing the job anyway 4 panels. Beats: a late start, a stroll, a problem only they would notice, sleeves rolled up.
  • Your OC practices their skill and nobody claps 4 panels. Beats: a try, a miss, another try, the hit with only a bird there to see it.
  • Your OC tries to do nothing for an afternoon 5 panels. Beats: sits down, fidgets, tidies one thing, tidies everything, asleep on the clean floor.
  • Your OC waits for something to finish 4 panels. Beats: the kettle, forge or spell is started, a stare, a wander, the rush back too late.
  • Your OC writes a letter and keeps starting again 4 panels. Beats: a first line, a crumpled page, a pile of them, the short honest one they send.
  • Your OC's bad habit, caught three times 3 panels. Beats: the habit at home, the habit at work, the habit at the worst possible moment.
  • Your OC's birthday, the way they would really spend it 4 panels. Beats: the morning, who turns up, the gift they pretend not to love, the evening.
  • Your OC's favorite place, and why they go there 3 panels. Beats: the walk there, the spot, their shoulders coming down.
  • Your OC's morning, before anyone is watching 4 panels. Beats: the alarm, the hair, the one habit nobody knows about, the face they put on at the door.
  • Your OC's pockets, emptied onto a table 3 panels. Beats: everything tipped out, a close-up of the oddest item, that item going back first.
  • Your OC's ride to work or school 4 panels. Beats: the wait, the ride, the thing they always look for out of the window, their stop.
  • Your OC's room, one object at a time 6 panels. Beats: five small panels of things they own, then one wide panel of them among it all.

Two characters meet 20

  • A shy OC tries to thank someone 4 panels. Beats: the rehearsal, the approach, the wrong words, the other one understanding anyway.
  • An OC from one of your stories walks into another 4 panels. Beats: the wrong door, the stares, the clothes compared, someone offering a seat.
  • One OC borrows something and returns it changed 3 panels. Beats: the loan, the return, the owner slowly noticing what is different.
  • One OC teaches another their skill 5 panels. Beats: the demonstration, the copy, the disaster, the patient second try, the small success.
  • Two OCs cook one meal with two opinions 5 panels. Beats: the plan, salt added, salt added again in secret, the tasting, the two faces.
  • Two OCs get lost and each blames the map 4 panels. Beats: confident pointing, a fork in the road, the map turned around, the same tree again.
  • Two OCs of different heights share one umbrella 3 panels. Beats: the offer, the tall one dry, the short one catching every drip.
  • Two OCs play a game and one cannot bear to lose 5 panels. Beats: the friendly start, a narrow loss, a rematch, another rematch, the board at midnight.
  • Two OCs say goodbye at a crossroads 3 panels. Beats: the pause, the thing left unsaid, two backs walking away with one looking back.
  • Two OCs see the same thing and tell it differently 4 panels. Beats: the event, one version, the other version, the listener's blank face.
  • Two OCs wait out a storm in one small shelter 5 panels. Beats: the dash in, the silence, shared food, a story told, the rain stopping unnoticed.
  • Two OCs who do not get along must carry something heavy 4 panels. Beats: the lift, the argument over direction, the stairs, the shared collapse at the top.
  • Two of your OCs meet for the first time 4 panels. Beats: one alone, the other alone, the collision, the first thing either of them says.
  • Your OC and their opposite swap jobs for a day 6 panels. Beats: the handshake, two panels of each one failing, the tired meeting at dusk.
  • Your OC is introduced to another OC's family 4 panels. Beats: the doorstep, too many names, the best chair, the baby that will not stop staring.
  • Your OC keeps a secret from an OC who already knows 4 panels. Beats: the careful lie, the nod, the lie made bigger, the knowing smile held to the end.
  • Your OC meets a younger version of themselves 4 panels. Beats: the stare, the question the young one asks, the pause, the kind half-truth.
  • Your OC meets an animal that will not leave 4 panels. Beats: it follows, they shoo it, it follows, they are seen buying it food.
  • Your OC meets their rival while waiting in line 4 panels. Beats: the glance, the stiff nod, the long shuffle forward, the same order.
  • Your quietest OC is stuck with your loudest 4 panels. Beats: the loud one talks, talks, talks, and the quiet one says one word that ends it.

A small problem 20

  • A small creature moves into your OC's boot 4 panels. Beats: the boot, the squeak, the negotiation, your OC walking out in one boot.
  • Something of your OC's is stuck in a tree 5 panels. Beats: the look up, the throw, a second thing stuck, the climb, your OC stuck too.
  • Your OC forgets a name they really should know 4 panels. Beats: the warm greeting, the blank, the dodge, being asked to introduce them.
  • Your OC gets a tune stuck in their head 3 panels. Beats: humming at breakfast, humming at a serious moment, a friend now humming it too.
  • Your OC gets hiccups when they most need to be quiet 4 panels. Beats: the hush, the hiccup, every head turning, a second hiccup.
  • Your OC has a splinter and will not admit it hurts 4 panels. Beats: the wince, the word 'fine', the failed tries in private, the friend with tweezers.
  • Your OC has one coin and two things they want 3 panels. Beats: the two stalls, the long think, the choice and the look back.
  • Your OC has to hand back something they broke 4 panels. Beats: the pieces, the practice apology, the knock, the owner who had not noticed.
  • Your OC has to speak in front of a crowd 5 panels. Beats: the notes, the walk up, the sea of faces, the first word, the notes upside down.
  • Your OC is given a gift they do not understand 4 panels. Beats: the unwrapping, the polite face, the wild guess at its use, the giver's delight.
  • Your OC is the only one who did not get the joke 4 panels. Beats: the laugh all around, the late fake laugh, the walk home, the real laugh in bed.
  • Your OC loses the one thing they always carry 5 panels. Beats: the pat of the pocket, the panic, the search, the steps retraced, it was on them all along.
  • Your OC promised to be in two places at once 6 panels. Beats: place one, the run, place two, the run, place one again, both groups arriving together.
  • Your OC tries to keep a surprise and is bad at it 4 panels. Beats: the secret, the too-wide smile, the slip, the friend acting surprised to be kind.
  • Your OC tries to stay angry and cannot 4 panels. Beats: the folded arms, the peace offering, the wobble, the smile hidden behind a hand.
  • Your OC wakes up late for the most important day 6 panels. Beats: the clock, boots on wrong, the sprint, a shortcut, a locked gate, the day is tomorrow.
  • Your OC's disguise is too good 4 panels. Beats: the costume, the test, their own friends walking straight past, the lonely wave.
  • Your OC's most trusted tool breaks on an ordinary day 5 panels. Beats: the snap, the stare, a bad repair, a worse one, the trip to someone who can fix it.
  • Your OC's usual outfit is in the wash 4 panels. Beats: the empty hook, the stand-in clothes, nobody recognizing them, the dash home.
  • Your strongest OC against a stuck window 3 panels. Beats: the confident push, the full effort, someone else lifting the latch.

Another world 20

  • A hero from another story mistakes your OC for the villain 4 panels. Beats: the hero's speech, your OC's confused look, their side of it, the awkward silence.
  • Your fantasy OC rides a city bus 4 panels. Beats: the fare, the handrail, the bell pressed by accident, the driver's look in the mirror.
  • Your modern OC is handed a lantern and a horse 4 panels. Beats: the stable, the horse's opinion, the failed mounting, the two of them walking side by side.
  • Your OC a hundred years earlier 4 panels. Beats: the same street, the older clothes, the job they would have had, the same expression.
  • Your OC as a friendly ghost in their own house 4 panels. Beats: the moved cup, nobody noticing, a bigger try, the cat who sees them.
  • Your OC as a giant in a town of small people 4 panels. Beats: the careful step, a roof used as a seat, the tiny thank-you cake, the one bite.
  • Your OC as a shopkeeper in a quiet town 4 panels. Beats: the sign turned to Open, the first customer, their old skill showing, the sale.
  • Your OC as an animal for one day 4 panels. Beats: the paws, the same scowl or smile, a friend who knows them anyway, the nap.
  • Your OC as the keeper of a lighthouse 3 panels. Beats: the stairs, the lamp lit, the one ship that signals back.
  • Your OC at the bottom of the sea 4 panels. Beats: the first breath that works, hair floating, a curious fish, the wreck they came for.
  • Your OC dropped into a fairy tale that does not suit them 5 panels. Beats: the tower, the wait, the boredom, the bedsheet rope, passing the rescuer on the road.
  • Your OC in a detective story with a very small crime 5 panels. Beats: the stopped town clock, the collar turned up, the suspects, a feather, the nest in the gears.
  • Your OC in a town where it never stops snowing 4 panels. Beats: digging out the door, the rope between houses, the soup, the window drifted shut.
  • Your OC in a world where they are the ordinary one 4 panels. Beats: everyone flying to work, your OC on the stairs, a kind lift offered, the firm no.
  • Your OC keeps their colors in a world drawn in gray 3 panels. Beats: the gray street, the stares, a child touching their sleeve.
  • Your OC meets you, the one who draws them 4 panels. Beats: the pencil lowers, the OC looks up, one complaint about their hair, a quick fix.
  • Your OC on a space station with one small window 4 panels. Beats: the chores, the floating cup, the window, the planet they have stopped looking at.
  • Your OC runs the last inn before the mountains 5 panels. Beats: the sweeping, a stranger, the stranger's story, the free bowl, the empty road at dusk.
  • Your OC wakes up in our world and meets a vending machine 4 panels. Beats: the glowing box, the cautious poke, the coin, the thud that makes them jump.
  • Your OC's first day at a school for the thing they are worst at 5 panels. Beats: the gate, the uniform, the lesson, the mistake, one classmate sliding over to help.

How it works

These comic ideas are for OCs you already have: short situations to put them in, each three to six panels. They are sorted by kind of scene: a day in their life, two characters meeting, a small problem, another world.

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Pick the scene that shows who they are

A small problem shows character faster than a big plot. How your OC deals with a stuck window tells a reader who they are. A day in their life needs no second character. Another world moves the same character somewhere new, so what stays the same about them is the point.

Story ideas for OCs, one beat a panel

Each premise lists its beats in order, one for every panel. Cross out any beat your character would never do and write what they would do instead. That swapped beat is usually the best panel.

  • Draw the last panel first. If the ending does not sound like your OC, change the beats before it.
  • Simplify the outfit before you start. Six panels means drawing every buckle six times.

Questions and answers

What are good story ideas for OCs?

Small ones: a lost keepsake, a first meeting, a day off. Every premise here has a start, a turn and an end, so it also works written out as a short scene.

How do I make a comic about my OC?

Start with three or four panels. Sketch the beats as stick figures, give the last panel the most room, and letter the balloons before you draw the figures. A finished strip tells you more about your character than an unfinished first chapter.

What does OC mean?

Original character: a character an artist or writer made up, not one taken from an existing work.

Can I use these comic ideas with a friend's OC?

Yes, if the friend agrees. The Two characters meet group suits it: each of you draws the same premise with both characters, then you compare the last panels.

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