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angelfire1m
I dont have a comic here however i do creste stories and characters often.
For me i first take an aspect, then create the character. And it could be anything. For example i have a character based on sunflowers who's trying to be like the character that is based on the sun. Because sunflowers stretch to the sun.
I try to make it as obvious as i can by looking up the etymology for each word and creating a name for the characters from it. Thats also how i choose which race/country the character will be from
"Sun" could come from Proto-German, Old English, Old Saxon, Old Norse, or High German, Middle Dutch, Dutch, German, Gothic, or Old Irish. So i look at all the origins, and pick one I like. In this case, i like "saewel" which is an Old Irish root word that literally means "personification of the sun". But i dont like the whole thing so I'll edit it to fit my perception of what a name should be and give that to the character. Of course this could result in a change of meaning but lets ignore that part for now....
The characters name is "Aywel" and her ancestery is Old Irish
Same thing with the sunflower character.
Looke up the etymology for sunflower
Theres not much so look to other words close to it too. I found the world "girasole" which is italian and means "turning towards the sun"
Change the word to fit my naming standards,
Character name: Gira
Ancestory: Italian
Of course this does sometimes end up where I have a bunch of characters from Europe instead of a diverse group, in that case, i'll change the ancestory but still keep the name.
So for example Aywel has an Irish background because of her name but since I want a Pakistani girl, I'd make her Pakistani but her name is still Aywel.
What I'll do sometimes is find the language equivelent. So sky in urdu is Asman, i'll call her Asma (even though asma is an actual name that doesnt mean sky it means "loftier" or "more eminent" and is an arabic word. I know that because asma is a popular name. But im not going to do that for every name that comes up)
And thats what my characters represent. Anything at all ^^