| How to Make an Original Character in Gacha Club Posted: 22 Feb 2021 04:00 PM PST Gacha Club is a game created by Lunime. It's another game in their Gacha series, which includes Gacha Studio, Gachaverse, and Gacha Life. Many players like to make OCs using their customized dress-up feature, and it's quite easy. Here's how! [Edit]Planning Out Your Character - Get inspired. Inspiration is key to making a fun, creative character. You can look at Gacha Club's preset characters for inspiration, or use Pinterest, deviantART, or YouTube for ideas.
- You may want to give your character a theme. Gacha Club has clubs to put your characters in, hence the name. You can use these to inspire your character's backstory and personality. Just make sure they have other interests and personality traits as well.
- Make sure to use inspiration from multiple sources, or else your OC may look like a copy.
- Decide what kind of character you want to make. Think of basic personality traits for your character and some interests they'll have. Think of why they are being created (to be a villain, hero, etc). Make sure to give them flaws so they aren't a Mary Sue.
- Figure out how your character's environment affects their looks and personality. If your character is poor, they're not going to be wearing fancy clothes. If your character is bullied, they're not going to be confident. If your character is mythological, they're going to have to take time to understand the human world.
- Avoid stereotypes. When making an OC, you want to avoid things like the typical spoiled brat with blonde hair and an all-pink outfit and a dress or an emo boy with black hair and all-black clothes with a hoodie. Come up with your own ideas, or use multiple references for inspiration. This will help your character stand out and be unique.
- Create a character sketch. Character sketches are notes about how your character acts and looks. They're helpful to jot down your ideas and work on ideas you don't quite like.
[Edit]Making Your Character In-Game - Choose a preset to start off with. There aren't blank characters in the game, so you have to find a premade character to work with. Default Girl and Default Boy are good ones to choose from. You can also go to the Club Cosplay category and use Mannequin.
- Choose a hairstyle. The hairstyle is one of the main things people can identify your character by. It should show their personality and be at least a little unique to them. For example, a character that travels on foot often probably has their hair in a ponytail to lessen the heat.
- Don't color anything yet. That'll be saved for later.
- Your character doesn't have to have hair! If it's a robot, the character is recovering from cancer, or they simply like the style, feel free to skip the hair.
- Customize the face. This is the focal point of your character. It shows off their personality, even without seeing them interact with anyone. For example, a villain could have a smug expression, and a cute character could have big eyes.
- Customize the body. You can change your character's pose and hand gestures here. You can also change the size of the head to make your character look more realistic or more chibi. It leaves a lot of room to give your character more personality. For example, an antisocial character may have their arms crossed, but a bubbly character may be giving a peace sign.
- Choose a top. It's time to start the outfit! Choose a shirt and sleeves for your character. You can also add a jacket, which can make your character look more mysterious. You can look up real outfits for inspiration.
- Choose your character's clothing style depending on their personality. Do they dress masculine (like a boy), feminine (like a girl), or androgynously (gender neutral)?
- By going to Clothes > Acc., you can change the logo on the shirt.
- Add a belt or skirt if you want. Belts can make your character look more formal (if nicely fitting) or rebellious (if messy), and skirts can make your character look more childish or kind. They can also be used to deceive the character's peers. For example, a character that wants to look nice but is actually manipulative may wear innocent-looking clothing.
- Choose some bottoms and shoes. If you added a skirt or dress, just choose the shortest shorts, as they're too short to be seen along with it. Keep their environment in mind, however. A character that lives in a snowy place isn't going to be wearing a short dress and slip-ons. They'd likely wear a longer dress with leggings underneath and boots.
- Add some socks, tights, or leggings if necessary. Socks tend to make characters look cuter, and also go well with formal clothes or a uniform. Fishnets can make your character look more promiscuous or rebellious.
- Add a cape or back item if wanted. You can add effects/backgrounds around your character, a backpack, hoods, capes, or big bows.
- Accessorize. You can give your character gloves, glasses, hats, hair clips, etc. There are tons to choose from in different categories, so get creative with it! Don't use too many, though, as it'll be distracting and hard to look at.
- Add ears, horns, wings, and/or a tail if applicable. If your character isn't fully human, you may want to add animal parts! Some hairstyles have animal ears built into them, but you don't have to use them. In Hats, Acc., and Other, you can find parts for almost any creature, even rams, unicorns, monsters, dolphins, snails, beavers, and lobsters.
- Making a hybrid character (besides animal x human) could make for an interesting story or design. However, you don't want to add too many animals. A wolf x angel x human could be cool, but more than that would be too much.
- Add things that give your OC more backstory, such as scars, bandages, and treasured items. If your character is a fighter or is weak, they may have bandages, scars, and wounds on them. Your character may also have items with sentimental value, like a bracelet from a childhood friend or a hair clip from a parent they lost.
- Add face accessories if you'd like. These include freckles, tattoos, paint, markings, extra eyes, masks, eyebags, facial hair, earrings, eye makeup, and more. You can have up to 3 of these.
- Add props. Props can reveal a lot about your character! There are nearly 300 items your character can hold, including weapons, food, toys, umbrellas, tools, staffs, medical supplies, electronics, art supplies, instruments, books, shopping bags, cleaning supplies, and more. You may want to give a child character candy or a stuffed animal or give a romantic character a love letter or flowers.
- You may need to change the hand gesture to make sure your character is holding the prop, instead of it just floating in the air.
- Add any extra, small details. You can also give your character effects, a background, a shield, a pet, objects (such as a wheelchair), etc. You can also adjust the placement and size of things in most categories.
- Color them. Make sure to keep color theory in mind, and don't overdo it. Try to limit your color palette to 3-5 colors, including white and black. Also, be sure to limit bright colors. It's recommended to mostly use neutrals, pastels, and dirty pastels, saving dark or neon colors for the skin, highlights in the hair, eyes, or important accessories.
- Colors next to each other on the color wheel often work together (such as red, orange, and yellow), as well as colors opposite to each other on the color wheel (such as blue and orange).
- Create contrast. If the character has fair skin, give them dark hair or clothes, and vice versa for characters with dark skin.
- Try to make the outfit and eyes a different color than the hair. You might use a lighter or duller color for the eyes, or use the character's favorite color based on their personality for the eyes or clothes.
[Edit]Developing Your Character - Fill out their profile. In the Profile section, you can do many things, including:
 - Character Name: Name your character!
- Favorite Club: Put your character in a club that matches their looks or personality.
- Keep in mind that if you were to submit this character as a preset in the Gacha Club Discord server, you would not be allowed to put them in the Gacha, All-Stars, GachaTubers, or VIP clubs.
- Favorite Title: Give your character a title, or just use the club they're in as a title.
- Favorite Character: Select their favorite character from a list of well-known presets. If they're in an element club, you may want to make their favorite character in that same club.
- Created By: Put your first name or alias here! Don't use your full name, as personal information isn't allowed.
- Character Profile: A short description, biography, or quote from the character. You can also include a sentence or two about their past or relationships.
- Export: If you reach level 5 from battling, you can export your character with a code.
- The rest, such as birthday and age, are self-explanatory. There are more options in Additional Details.
- Give them a backstory. Character backstories shape how they act and see the world currently. Show their successes, failures, positive experiences, negative experiences, etc.
- The negative experiences are probably going to affect your character most, but be realistic about it. Do they really need to have been tortured for years, when instead they could have been verbally abused or something less brutal?
- Give them family and friends. Relationships can also affect your character. How they were raised, their friendships or hatred with their siblings, and how close they are with their parents are very important. Can they go to their family for help, or are they shunned?
- Give your character a main goal. This can drive the plot of videos, stories, or roleplays with your character very well. Life goals can motivate your character to do important things, and can also be used to cause a conflict, like if they were to step on others to get to their desire.
- Show your character's thought process. Showing how your character sees the world, themself, and others are crucial for others to understand them. For example, a pessimistic character would probably think a restaurant is making the food too expensive just because they can and see them as cash-grabbing jerks. An optimistic character would probably have faith in them, thinking the prices went up because the workers needed the money.
- Make them interesting. Give them a secret, have them make mistakes, make their name have a special meaning, challenge them, and stand out from other characters. They shouldn't just be regular people, especially if they're a protagonist. You may see strangers as average and boring, but in their shoes, they have a complex and difficult life. The same goes for your OC.
- Finish the basic design of the character before adding color. If you add color as you go, you may use too many colors, reuse the same colors too often, etc.
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| How to Do Knuckle Pushups Posted: 22 Feb 2021 08:00 AM PST If you're looking for an exercise that will give you hands of steel and a killer workout, look no further than the knuckle pushup! There's a reason why they're so popular in martial arts such as kung fu—they work. Knuckle pushups have all the benefits of standard pushups, with the added bonus of toughening up your knuckles and strengthening your wrists. The basic technique is pretty simple, and there are a few variations you can try out to help you master the exercise. [Edit]Basic Exercise - Clench your hands to make a fist. Make a proper fist by extending all 4 fingers, curling them into your palm, and then folding your thumb down across the top halves of your index and middle fingers. Clench both hands into tight, sturdy fists to help support your wrists.[1]
- Keep your thumb wrapped tightly over your fingers to help support and strengthen your fist.
- Squeeze 'em tight! A tight fist makes a tight wrist, which can help prevent injuries.
- Place the flat part of your knuckles on the ground shoulder-width apart. Get down onto the floor and press the surface of your knuckles into the ground. Space your fists out shoulder-width apart so your knuckles, wrists, elbows, and shoulders form a straight line.[2]
- Proper alignment is key to performing the exercise properly and will help you avoid potential injuries.
- If it helps, you can wear padded gloves or place a yoga mat on the ground to make it more comfortable on your knuckles.
- Stretch out your body in a straight line. With your knuckles pressed into the ground, extend your legs behind you. Keep your back flat, your core tight, and your head up to keep everything in proper alignment.[3]
- Avoid having your neck or shoulders sag, which could lead to an injury.
- Come up on the balls of your feet. Distribute your weight evenly on both feet so you're balanced. Keep your feet close together and flex your toes so you're supported on the balls of your feet.[4]
- Keep your back, shoulders, and feet in a straight line.
- This is also known as the plank position.
- Inhale then lower your chest to just above the ground. Take a big breath and then carefully begin to lower yourself down, maintaining control throughout the exercise. Stop just before your chest touches the ground and pause for a brief moment at the bottom of the movement.[5]
- Try not to let your body just fall down to the ground.
- Keep your arms close to your side so they don't flare out. As you lower down, keep your elbows close to your side to help prevent them from protruding. Avoid slumping or sagging down at your shoulders or chest to help prevent potential injuries.[6]
- If you use bad form, you won't get as good of a workout and you could strain your joints and hurt yourself.
- Don't push yourself too hard! If your technique starts to break down, take a rest, and then return to the exercise. Or try an easier variation such as doing them from your knees.
- Exhale as you push yourself away from the ground. Drive through your knuckles and push your chest away from the ground. Exhale as you push to keep tension throughout your body and prevent yourself from holding your breath. Continue pressing until you return to the starting position to complete 1 rep.[7]
- Do 2-3 reps 3-5 times a week to slowly build knuckle strength. If you're new to the exercise, work on establishing a solid foundation and building up your knuckles and wrists over time. Work your way up to 10 solid reps and try adding multiple sets of 8-10 reps to get a really good workout.[8]
- Make sure you keep the rigid form and solid technique as you work your way to more and more reps.
- Don't do knuckle pushups if you have wrist or knuckle pain. You could make the problem worse.
- Move your hands just inside of shoulder-width to up the difficulty. Target your triceps and make the exercise a little more challenging by bringing your knuckles in so they're closer together but you can still pass your body between them. Come up on the balls of your feet and do the exercise as usual. You'll notice the extra work your triceps have to do![9]
- Save this variation until you've mastered the basic technique.
- Shoot for getting a full set of 10 reps. Beast!
[Edit]Easier Variations - Perform the exercise on padded mats to make it more comfortable. Try out the exercise on a padded floor or yoga mat so there's less pressure on your knuckles and wrists. Use good technique and choose a variation that works for you.[10]
- If you're super-duper new to knuckle pushups, trying them out on your knees with a padded mat is a great way to go.
- Try the exercise on your knees if you can't do the full version. Keep your knuckles, wrists, elbows, and shoulders in alignment and space your hands out shoulder-width apart. Lower your chest to the ground, stop just before the floor, and then press yourself up to the starting position.[11]
- This variation puts a lot less pressure on your knuckles and wrists and is great if you're new to the exercise.
- Shoot for 2-3 sets of 3-5 reps if you're just starting out. You can work your way up from there.
- Widen your arms outside shoulder-width for an easier variation. Make a tight fist and place your knuckles a little bit wider than shoulder-width apart to shorten the range of motion. Then, do the exercise as you normally would, and you'll notice that the shortened range of motion makes it a little bit easier.[12]
- This is a great option if you're ready to start trying the full exercise.
- See how a few reps feel. Aim for a couple of sets of 3-5 reps and work toward getting 10 reps in a set.
- Do pushups on dumbbells for less pressure on your wrists. Take a pair of dumbbells and place them on the ground so the handles are parallel and they're shoulder-width apart. Grip the handles to form a fist that doesn't contact the ground. Try the exercise on your knees or by using the basic technique for an option that won't kill your wrists or knuckles.[13]
- Shoot for 2-3 sets of 10 reps.
- Choose dumbbells that are stable and won't roll away when you do the exercise.
- Don't rush the process! Use clean, crisp technique and you'll establish a solid foundation that will help you work your way up to more reps and sets without risking injury.
[Edit]Warnings - If you've had a recent wrist injury, talk to your doctor before you try knuckle pushups to make sure they're safe for you.
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| How to Prevent Tooth Enamel Erosion Posted: 22 Feb 2021 12:00 AM PST If your teeth are yellow or sensitive from enamel erosion, don't worry! You can prevent the problem from getting worse. [Edit]Background - Tooth enamel erosion is caused by acid. Dental erosion means you're losing the hard protective enamel that surrounds your teeth. It's caused by acid which can come from eating acidic food or drinking soft drinks, especially carbonated sodas and sports drinks. The acid from your own body can also cause erosion, so if you have acid reflux or you vomit too often, it can wear down your tooth enamel.[1]
- Losing the outer layer of your tooth can expose the inner layer. If you lose some or all of the enamel of a tooth from erosion, the yellowish inner layer (called dentin) can be exposed, which can change the color of the tooth. This often happens on your front teeth since they're usually the ones more exposed to the acid, which means it may be more noticeable.[2]
- Erosion can make your teeth more sensitive and painful. The dentin, or the inner layer of your teeth, has a lot more nerves and is much more sensitive. If you lose part or all of the protective outer enamel because of your tooth erosion, you may experience more tooth pain, especially when they're exposed to heat or cold.[3]
- About ⅓ of all adults have some tooth enamel erosion. It's much more common than you may think. It's also pretty common for young people to have it. Over 24% of kids and teens have some dental erosion. So, if you're dealing with some tooth enamel erosion, you aren't alone.[4]
- Acidic food and drink are common causes. Fruit and fruit juices with lots of acid in them, such as citrus fruits like lemons and oranges, can wear down your tooth enamel, especially if you eat a lot of them. Fizzy drinks can do damage as well. Sodas and carbonated drinks (even fizzy waters) contain weak acids that can harm your teeth if you drink enough of them.[5]
- Stomach acid can also wear down enamel. If you throw up a bunch, your stomach acid can start to break down the outer layer of enamel on your teeth, causing erosion. People with conditions that cause them to vomit often, such as acid reflux, alcoholism, or an eating disorder like bulimia or anorexia, can experience tooth erosion. Additionally, people with GERD can experience erosion on their molars (your back teeth) because of the acid that can come up after a large meal or while they're sleeping. Even pregnant women can have some tooth erosion if they throw up often.[6]
- Being exposed to industrial acids can cause erosion, too. Studies seem to indicate that being exposed to airborne industrial acids can break down your enamel. Folks who work in munitions, battery, or fertilizer plants are at a higher risk of being exposed to airborne industrial acids. But, even people who swim in highly chlorinated pools can experience tooth erosion.[7]
[Edit]Symptoms - Darker, yellower teeth are the most common symptom. The main thing people notice if they have tooth erosion is that their teeth look yellow and dark, which is caused by the enamel being worn away. As the outer enamel erodes, the dentin layer underneath it is exposed. Dentin is naturally darker and more yellow than enamel, so when it's exposed, the color and appearance of your teeth can change.[8]
- Your teeth can look smooth or flattened and be more sensitive. As the acid wears down your teeth, the cusps of teeth like your molars and the ends of sharper teeth like your incisors at the front can start to look flattened or blunt. The loss of protective enamel can also expose the nerves in your teeth, which makes them more sensitive to heat and cold.[9]
- In advanced stages, your teeth can develop hollows on them. If your teeth are super eroded from years of acid wearing on them, you can develop hollows in them. These hollows can look like divots on the surface of your teeth. You'll also likely notice that your teeth are more yellow and sensitive.[10]
[Edit]Treatment - Cut back on acidic food and drinks. You can try to stop further erosion by removing potential causes. Try to limit eating acidic fruit like oranges and lemons—including juice and lemonade! It's also helpful to eat fruit during mealtimes, rather than as snacks, which can dilute the acid and make it less harmful. It's also important that you cut down on carbonated drinks and sports drinks, both of which can wreak havoc on your enamel.[11]
- Treat your acid reflux or GERD with medication. If you have a reflux disease that causes heartburn, it could also be causing your tooth erosion. Talk to your doctor about treatment options and medications you can use to combat your reflux and prevent any future erosion.[12]
- See a therapist if you're an alcoholic or have an eating disorder. Throwing up can cause tooth erosion, so if you're suffering from alcoholism or you have an eating disorder such as bulimia or anorexia, it could be the cause. Additionally, if you keep vomiting, you'll only make your tooth erosion worse. You don't have to struggle alone. Try reaching out to a psychiatrist, counselor, or therapist who can help you overcome any conditions that may also be causing your tooth erosion.[13]
- Use fluoride toothpaste and mouthwash to protect your enamel. Fluoride combines with your saliva to help toughen up your enamel and make it more resistant to acid. Choose a toothpaste that includes at least 1450 ppm fluoride as well as a mouthwash that contains fluoride. However, it's important to note that you shouldn't brush your teeth right after eating or drinking acidic foods or drinks or you could damage your enamel even more.[14]
- Talk to your dentist about procedures they can do to treat your erosion. There are a few therapies or procedures that your dentist can do to treat your tooth erosion and make your teeth look better. Potential options include using composites, ceramics, and metals to cover and repair your teeth. However, these procedures can be pretty invasive, so talk to your doctor about them first.[15]
[Edit]Prognosis - Unfortunately, tooth enamel erosion is permanent. Once your outer enamel is worn down by acid, your body can't replace it. So the best thing you can do is try to prevent any further erosion by changing your diet and habits that can make it worse. Take care of your teeth by brushing them regularly with fluoride toothpaste and avoid acidic food and drink.[16]
- Your dentist may be able to restore some enamel. If you have advanced erosion or you're at risk of developing serious erosive lesions, your dentist may want to try using composites, ceramics, and metals to make special compounds that can potentially restore enamel and protect your teeth.[17]
- Take care of your teeth! Brush them twice a day and use a fluoride toothpaste to help protect your enamel against erosion.
- If you do drink or eat acidic food and drink, try having them at mealtime with other food so the acid doesn't sit on your teeth can cause further erosion.
[Edit]Warnings - Talk to your doctor before you take any medications to treat acid reflux or chronic heartburn to make sure they're safe for you.
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