I tend to make my characters to fit a particular setting (One Piece, Fairy Tail, or RWBY for examples.) Most of the time ideas start flowing after I see a picture and I form a personality & backstory around it. Sometimes I just have an image in my head.
For example my One Piece OC Rin Masatora...
Do you only play your own gender?
I'm a dude, but I tend to make more female characters on RPNation and more male characters when table top role playing. Most of the characters for RPNation that I make tend to be a result of seeing a cool picture, that happens to be a female, and create a...