Coming up with your Cutie Mark

[TwinkiePinkie 10]

Hullo~

 

This is a problem I've been having.. I'm a little new to the brony fandom (Hi!) and have really been wanting to come up with an OC for myself. Like, a character that would be -me- if I was in Equestria.

 

I'm just so freaking demandingly picky when it comes to character design. As part of the furry fandom, I've been the same character, Sai the Skunk, for ten whole years now. I want to get this right, and being as obsessively silly as I am, I've spent a long time agonizing over this.

 

So far I know that I'm a unicorn. Blah blah details blah light tan details long blond mane blah details light effeminate build blah blah blah pegasus blah...but anyways, I hit a snag when it came to my name and cutie mark.

 

It's almost existential in its question. Who am I? What represents ME.. It's not a silly character. My love for computers and video games, or fighting and substance abuse, or cross dressing and faggotry, or health food and origami, just...don't feel like they could represent this character. I want something that envelops who I am at my core, not just a passion or something I'm good at or my job.

 

As for who I am, well, I'm a quiet, kind of girly and shy gay man on one side, and a through and through west-coast punk on the other. I can fight -very- well despite my appearances and have a love of martial arts, though I prefer gentleness and a meek demeanor, being sweet and nice to people and especially good with animals.

My strengths lie in logic, a monk-like level of control over my emotions, top-tier people and social skills and a fantastic grasp of the English language. Those along with wit, reflexes, a completely unbound sense of humor and a drive to be the kind of change I want to see in this world.

 

 

An abridged personality assessment, I know, though I wouldn't mind expanding if there's interest. I also don't mean to come off as some kind of elitist or Mary Sue, as I know I'm -quite- flawed in -many- ways, but part of the fun of cutie marks is nobody gets them over the things they're -bad- at. But anyways..

Is there any way to turn that into a cutie mark? How far can you take concepts so incorporeal and abstract to turn them into a butt tatoo?

 

Does anyone have any ideas or thoughts on what I could use? Questions for me? Maybe stories on how you came up with a cutie mark that really means a lot to you? Or just expansion on these string-of-consciousness ramblings? I'll be very eager to stay active in this thread and keep the discussion going if you share.

 

I'd love to hear from you all..~

[Invincible 2,091]

Well, i tried coming up with my own OC earlier, so yeah i guess i can understand what you mean. To answer your question, it really depends on what you wish your OC to represent. First of all, some cutie marks are more obvious than others, showing their owner's personality and tastes (Like Diamond Tiara or Silver Spoons). Some can have an intricate, more subtle meaning like Rarity's (finding beauty in everything). It's even more difficult for a Unicorn i believe as their magic is directly linked to their cutie-marks as i remember.

[King 5,625]

Hey there @TwinkiePinkie, since your thread discusses an aspect of the Brony community, I've moved it into Sugarcube Corner. In the future, try to be a little more careful with where you post threads to ensure they're in the right section

OT: Personally, my cutie mark was very simple. I didn't want it to be difficult to understand so by making it very basic, it also made it clear as to what it stood for. It's a lightning bolt btw, describes my love adrenalin related activities.

[Crystal Mint 20]

I had the EXACT problem you had weeks ago. I was new to the fandom once. It was hard, so many things to do and see what the fandom has to offer. When I was creating my OC (by the way her name is Crystal Mint) It all came to me, I started drawing her, choosing between earth, unicorn, or pegasus. She is a pegasus. She has lime green and dark green hair twisted up and blah blah blah. Your OC's backstory will take so much work and you may have to keep on changing it, until you feel it fits. So just keep drawing her and improving her/him (guessing her?) I don't know! But hang in there!

[TwinkiePinkie 10]

Yeah I definitely want something more subtle over just 'something I'm into.' Cutie Marks on characters like Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon are pretty obviously the epitome of shallow marks.

 

And I'm sorry I really did agonize over where to put this. Thought it might be too personal to go into a community thing, and as is likely painfully obvious, I'm pretty new here.. I'll be trying harder, but I -did- try..

 

Yeah it's definitely that sort of deal, a little overwhelming at first. I really started thinking about it when I was stuck waiting for a bus and just started spending my time thinking about ponies instead of reading a book or playing my DS or something and really got into it.. Decided on Pegasus and the color fairly easy, light tan with long blond hair like mine (though he won't have to bleach his..oh and yeah he's a he, though he doesn't mind being called a her :comeatus:), started coming up with a bit of personality.. Really nomadic, not much one for flying so much kind of a-la Fluttershy, as she is the pony I most identify with, but just hit that classic cutie mark snag.. Thought maybe I'd just be all 'well he's shy so he just wears pants all the time anyways' as a placeholder, cause well, we see it works for Maude.

But ah well! All the speculation and time spent thinking about it -is- part of the fun I guess~

[King 5,625]

@@TwinkiePinkie, don't be sorry. Its a very common mistake to make. Not like your burned the forum down

As a side note, choosing your pony species based on your generalised personality seems to be a good idea. I use Pegasus since Im really into adrenalin pumping activities.