This is so helpful! I like drawing and customizing toys, and I make series with the customized figures. It's really hard for me to give them names, so thanks soooooo much!!!
can you do guide on how to draw speed image, like say a character slashing his sword so fast there a multiple slash effect can be seen at the same time
For my story, I had named two of my characters LONG BEFORE I knew what their meanings were. One was named Nicholas and the other was named Miyako. I went about their names not knowing a thing until I did some research about it. A nickname of Nicholas, Nico, in Japanese would mean "sunlight" or "daylight" while a definition of Miyako can mean "beautiful" "night" "child" This ended up fitting so well with the roles I had planned for the characters and how they would start as opposites and then become partners, they're metaphorically the sun and moon!
StalkerZHS For some reason I just come up with random Names like Minkaloo and Sounly XD I need some serious help with life! I think I. Just gonna Start using names from other animes or something lol like Sakura :D
In naruto the little things with pink in the ramen is called narutomaki and Kishimoto probably just thought of uzu in front of maki because he went to a ramen shop near his college called ichiraku ramen and they had the narutomaki in it so in the manga and anime naruto is named after that in the ramen and his favorite food is ramen
I have always thought of having a main character Jace and his best friend Zero as the "sidekick". The main antagonist would be Nox. I always like this phrase for his death magic. "Death Nox on your door"
I had a story idea in mind where characters need to earn each letter in their name by winning battles or doing something significant to the story, so alot of beginners have names like "B" and "Y" above that the people have names like "Zu", "Ji", "Ra", above that, "Jac", "Cal" Other people on a much higher level are named Prince-King-J (knowing that it can take a long time to get all the letters, this would be telling the reader that this person most likely was a prince and is now a king) other champion character could have decided on a name already, but had to keep fighting much longer than expected so they are called "Moneyyyyyy" or something funny like "Kabutotototot"
I have about close to 200 characters drawn with all pretty unique names. Starts getting hard to think of something newer and different that's not common or doesn't sound like to much like other characters. Good vid!!
Sometimes sticking to your original names, that came out of nowhere, can have fun results. As I was planning one of my stories, I randomly gave my MC "Nicora" as a surname. I did a bit of research and in Japanese, "niko" means "daylight" and Ra is the Egyptian sun god so it worked out, funny enough. Because of all the sun references, I made her family symbol mainly a sun, though I'm trying to make the design interesting, and gave her father golden eyes. Little things like that.
1. Easter eggs 2. Anagrams 3. Tribute or Reference 4. Sound 5. Feel it out, keep track of eras 6. Naming sites? Look em up 7. Create fictional names in groups 8. Alter already existing names of people or things to form fictional names 9. Spelling alteration and spell according to pronunciation 10. Memorable, syllable count 11. Research the names you consider 12. Know the meanings of names but don't always stress much over it 13. Just like naming your pet or kids 14. Names not as important as story 15. Name of the character could also be name of series 16. No rule, break the rules if you want, mix and match the tips etc.
man... tell me the secret to do a manga haveing a 10 hours per day job.... i really want to bring my fiction to others but my job takes all my time. by the way... all this you are doing is great, bro
I named my character Akuma Tatsuda. I picked the first name for his back story is that his parents are street fighter gamers & liked the character akuma.
I try to keep my main characters names super simple so that readers dont ever forget it. Ive got a main character thats a scarecrow/frankenstein’s monster-like dude named Rags.
Me and a very good friend of mine have been trying to create a comic book/manga for 3 years now. we are still in school at the moment but we have still been working as hard as we can on creating stories and characters and I gotta say your videos help me alot. I'm the writer and my friends the artist and our current story idea is the one we are the most attached to at the moment. ur videos rock bruh keep up the good work XD
I thought youre going To put jojo reference but turn out, its Bangtan reference fhdhsj niceee i totally get thundercross split attack there shoot, Nice one
I name my characters after objects E.g. Mannaquin (Mallack Quin) Jack O Lantern (Jack O'Lanter) Bottle (Boa Ottle) Their abilities work the same but wont go into detail considering nobody is here lol
Nice nah man. I name my characters after industries or music celebrities. I.e. the main antagonist Max Jackson is named after Samuel L Jackson and Max Webster, a Canadian band
I think I find u more helpful than mark Crilly since u have more of a Shonen style so u focus on action and stuff. I hope ur successful... then u can be the first African mangaka😉 (from Ghana btw)
I like all your videos and character tips because they help me create my own characters, and help me become a better artist and a cartoonist, so thank you, Whyt. Keep doing what your doing that inspires others
Currently working on my first OC design that i had in my head for years now. I named him Samuel Rider, not very Japanese-ish even tho its gonna be more of a Japanese comic/manga than a regular comic. But i like it alot.
Speaking of Easter eggs, I once wrote a story where characters from completely different nations with different personalities all had names that meant the same basic thing: wisdom/intelligence. I got a huge variety of awesome-sounding names from doing that.
I like naming my characters by mixing anime easter eggs with words that relate to the character themselves. For example, my protagonist's name is Dok Dovebar. Doves represent peace, which is what Dok wants. It also contrasts with the main antagonist, Marina Hawkorder, foreshadowing the fact that Marina is his grandmother. The rest of his name is a ref to DBZ character Bardock. Another name that I came up with is Rave Notehand, the first name being a reference to the song Rave by Dark, while his last name is a reference to Berserk and based on the fact that he likes taking notes.
"Call signs" are good character tropes in military fiction and military science fiction particularly in pilot culture. The reimagine of Battlestar Galactica played on this very well, e.g. Lee Adama used the call sign Apollo (playing on the original series) and Kara Thrace was known as "Starbuck" -and although they used their rank and actual name in formal conversation with superior officers, amongst their peers in the squadron they were known as their call sign as a means of camaraderie and esprit de corps. When I reimagined Operation Atlantia that I created in the 70's, I used a lot of that.
Instead of looking up names on sites that focused on babies, look for sites that are focused on dog or pet names. You get alot more creative names and names that just sound cool.
My bro, more confidence and be concise. You are amazing and clearly have done your homework. By the way I love your video style of voicing over your drawing. It's quite relaxing and stimulates the imagination. Thank you.
I am making a story of fantasy about a girl that by being pushed on a lake is transported to another dimension, the thing Is that she can see a grim reaper (don't if I wrote it correctly) I took almost a fucking week trying to find a fucking name that I like for the grim reaper, the protagonist and the rest of the characters I name them in a hour or two but that grim reaper take a week to name, I ended up naming him Mot and I like the name to be honest v:
Your videos are extremely helpful. I used to draw comics as a kid and through high school but haven't drawn in a few years 😓 I decided to try and work on trying to finish a story before drawing it but then got frustrated and just fell out of all of it. Recently I've been trying to get back into it bc regardless of not drawing or actually writing in about a yr I still had a shit ton of story ideas that constantly float around in my head. Like to the point that I need to write them down or draw them out. At this point I am going back to the basics of drawing and am trying to finish a story so I can actually start a manga. Love your videos and your work :)
I think I use tip 9 a lot, especially for surnames or names of the powers, they usually sound very cool and help people prepare to what they're gonna see or guess some infos about a character
The main villain of my story is called ''Judo van Moord'' I decided on Judo because it is short but still has a an intimidating vibe to it, and shorter names sound better when placed after titles, like ''Lord Judo''. Van was added there because he is a noble (although a somewhat poor one) and thus the ''van'' would indicate that the name that comes after would be a place name or the name of a noble house. Moord is simply the Dutch word for murder, which makes sense with both his personality and nationality.
7:55 Conan Edogawa is a good example of this, being named after two real-world authors, being Conan Doyle and Edogawa Ranpo (Both of their works also getting referenced many times throughout the Detective Conan series.)
In my comic im making each person has a spirit animal and their name is the animal in Japanese and if the name in japanese is to similar to english i use the animal family and use the 1st part that sounds like a name
AdiSk TheRU-vidr stopping urself from naming a character cuz it may be taken is kinda dumb It would be taken if the whole name were the same as other characters U can see a lot of animes were characters have the first name the same as other characters from other animes
You can looking up male and female names or name a character off of stars. I names a character after the Aryans belt. Or you can name characters off of food, laundry or something like Dragon Ball. You can also make up a name.
(One) of my characters (who I am drawing right now) Is able to summon a magic sword of darkness, so I named her Pandora. For hopefully obvious reasons.
I had a character that didn't have a name for a while, but when I finally gave him a name, his vibe was stronger and it made him more intimidating. The meaning of the name added more impact than the name itself.
when you rearrange 'Tom Marvolo Riddle' you get 'I am Lord Voldemort'. When you think about it, Voldemort is a stupid name. It sounds like 'mouldywart'
If you are looking for a site with names that are more fantasy influenced than the tipical baby name sites, here's a tipp. Instead of babys look for dog or pet names, there are lots of names like Shadow or Beak, names that would not suit a baby but are acceptable in fictional storys.
I have my character named Ashrif. The name was made up but upon research there’s a name ‘ashraf’ meaning royalty it’s middle eastern which is kinda a hot place, Ashrif is royalty from a made up hot place and a fire demon. Ash is something from burnt fire and rift is something that divides or is between... or past. He is no longer royalty and can’t get back to his world either way.
I named my two characters Orestes and Electra. I mean they are siblings, and they have issues with their parents, which fits with the ancient Electra and Orestes who ended up murdering their mother Klytemnestra (wife of Agamemnon). Right?
