It really doesn't. Hell, there should be no reason to rant about this, but since this has been bugging me for awhile now, I'm just gonna let it out. Let what out? Oh, it's nothing really. It's just that I always seem to rip off my own character designs.
Where's the problem with that? I mean after all, it's drawn in my cartoon drawing style after all and it is my character. My problem, in my personal opinion, is that I prefer that every single character I create should look very unique from each other. Like if I was going to draw every single character I've ever created in one drawing, I'd rather prefer not to seemingly draw the same character over and over in different variations.
I dunno, I just like to have variations in character design. This whole thing might be a stupid thing to talk about since this post is about me having a problem with ripping off my own character designs, but I hate to create something that looks recycled or duplicated.
When I picture the entire cast of any series I've create, I like to notice a presence of variety in hair style and clothing, but it's a bit of a bother to me when one character from one series is completely comparable to another character in a totally different series. It's an obvious fact that their personality will distinguish them from each other, but in this case I'm mainly focusing in appearance.
The only reason I bring this up is because I went ahead and created two new characters for a possible comic strip series to develop for my Tapastic profile, and the appearance of the male character already reminds me of another male character I've created a couple years ago. If anything, the real main problem here is that these characters are just brand new and don't really have a fully developed personality yet.
Huh, I guess I gotta go work on that then to see how it goes. It might be a bit weird how something like this is a problem for me, and how this post might of not made some sense, but hey I typed this all up at 2:23AM, so what do ya expect?
I am kind of a night owl.