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Do you have any voice claims for your ocs? And do you have any tips for choosing voice claims for ocs?
I have a few! I mostly pick them as I come across voices that I feel work really well for them. Urale's is Oded Fehr, who I picked very early on because his voice is just very sexy, and in some roles has almost this unsettling quality that I think suits Urale very well. Salazar's is Keston John, who has voiced a lot of characters I really like and has fabulous range, and because of that range I think he works really well for Salazar who is inherently kind of a duplicitous guy. Bunny's is Karin Heimdahl, who if I had to guess is probably best known for her work as a VA on the podcast The White Vault - although I really like the podcast she produces called Chaika, where she does lovely poetry readings between story beats! Bunny presents herself as a very sophisticated woman, and Ms. Heimdahl's way of speaking fits that very well, very proper but also almost a little sultry - and of course, she's got that very particular Swedish accent that works really well for Bunny.
Those are the main three I have nailed down for sure, at some point I'll probably spend more time researching voice claims for the rest of my roster. Again, I mostly pick voice claims as I come across ones I really like and that I think fit really well with the character. Urale is kind of an abnormality in that I very quickly had Oded Fehr picked out for him - I knew he was a good cast for him right away because I already had gone through his credits for a different OC a few years before, and knew of his work on OUaT as Jafar. 😁
As far as tips, I generally start with thinking about the Vibes that I want the character to have, and then think about characters in TV, movies, podcasts ETC that have similar vibes. I listen to a lot of podcasts so I've gotten pretty good at picking out different voice characteristics that I like, but I've also gotten very fussy about vocal performances. In general I prefer actors that have done a lot of voiceover work already, because their performance relies solely on their voice and I find they usually have much more interesting voices because of it.
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