User blog comment:Pad9876Weasel/HELP!/@comment-5973297-20130330022955/@comment-26474231-20130330071442

i'd say dollmakers are useful if you are absolutely dead on ideas.

but dollmakers are not the only way to create ideas, think about a small element of a favourite tv show you like, don't base it entirely on a character, or part of a story (someone will find out otherwise :P) take small bits and mix it round. Make sure it would make sense (by that I mean logical, even though everyone hates it :P)

theres alot to think of when creating a good character in both original and fan based.