What do you do with old art of your OCs?

[anuchi]

Hey everyone!

Right now I'm doing a deep clean of my room and found really old drawings of my OCs I drew all the way back in middle school.

I am torn on what to do. On one hand, I want to get rid of all the clutter that's actively making me sick (mold), and on the other hand I have a big time emotional attachment to my OCs (they're like my children lol).

The main issue I have is that there's just. Too. Many. They're currently filling like two drawers and three boxes. All paper that's slowly going moldy.

Should I keep these drawings or let them go?

If you have any similar experiences I'd be happy to read them if you'd like to share!

TL;DR: Hoarder artist wants to get rid of old drawings but unsure

 

[MasterEn]

i redraw old drawings if the character design is interesting or if i can improve upon the character or story idea that i had.

 

[anuchi]

i redraw old drawings if the character design is interesting or if i can improve upon the character or story idea that i had.

Oh yeah, definitely. I love those OCs, so I never stopped iterating on their story and design, so in that regard I'd say the drawings are actually quite outdated lol

 

[DragonMals]

Repurpouse them as NPCs in my Indie game.

 

[anuchi]

Repurpouse them as NPCs in my Indie game.

That actually wouldn't be a bad idea since some of my OCs are pretty much abandoned lol
(I've got like an ongoing saga in my head but they got "written out", so to speak)

 

[DragonMals]

That actually wouldn't be a bad idea since some of my OCs are pretty much abandoned lol
(I've got like an ongoing saga in my head but they got "written out", so to speak)

I see! I'm glad that we can sorta relate to each other to something like this. Especially since I was a creative boy and had a bunch of OCs that I have no idea on how to repurpouse them.

 

[MasterEn]

Oh yeah, definitely. I love those OCs, so I never stopped iterating on their story and design, so in that regard I'd say the drawings are actually quite outdated lol

i wouldn't say that any old drawings of original characters are outdated; i would say that they are similar in nature to writing a story; the first draft is you telling the story to yourself. your first sketch of a character is you seeing the character for the first time, like watching a tv show for the first time and seeing the main character's first appearance.
hopefully your characters are turning out like you want them to.

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

locked into the "drawing folder" on my counter. Until someone walks in and see's all the titties i drew.
in honest, it's on a folder with the rest of my doodles.

 

[DunkeyKong]

Not sure, made one quite recently, and my guy is probably one of the first OC I've made. Still trying to figure out what he could do

 

[ciro64]

I have this unfinished drawing of my character that has been unfinished for months. Maybe today is a good day to get back to it.

 

[Yankee]

I'm an old man and I regret getting rid of my comics and stuff that I drew decades ago. The ones that I do have, like a sketchbook I've been drawing in for years, I plan to keep for sure.

However, if the paper is rotting or something then it's garbage and should be thrown out.

 

[Faust03]

I threw out everything I drew when I was a kid because it was all terrible, I'm keeping everything I draw on my computer now though