The best way I Know to make an original character is to take a good aspect of yourself and a negative aspect of yourself and work from there. you want to humanize your character make them seem plausibleas well as vulnerable. just because a character has flaws does not make them weak. actually our flaws make us want to strive to be better to push beyond our limits to change and evolve and become something more than we once were. The key to any great story is not to play the power angle, making a protagonist seem so powerful makes the story dull and unimaginative.
characters need obstacles they need challenges in order to make them seems so pure so
Creativity has no borders, no clear-cut lines it is the most purest form of the expression that we have as human beings. Close yourself off to new ideas you close off your creative side so remember to always keep an open mind and an open heart.
I believe magic is only science we have yet to understand. And science is magic through understandable means. There fore all scientists are fucking wizards!