Doc

*Not to be confused with YouTuber ItsDaDoc*.

* v8.0
* v7.3
* v7.2
* v7.1
* v7.0
* v6.1
* v6.0
* v5.0
* v4.0
* v3.0
* v2.0
* v1.0/TRF

* Live2D Rig 2.0
* Live2D Rig 1.1
* Live2D Rig 1.0

### Voice Actor

ItsDaDoc (All videos since 25 ways to destroy your Nintendo Switch)Google American Male (Animation Doctor Studio)

**Doc** is a fictional character and a cartoon representation of YouTuber ItsDaDoc. He is most often depicted as a scribble of an average height teenage boy with black, long, wacky, over exaggerated hair, dressed in a medium gray pullover hoodie with various gray triangles scattered about.

## Profile

### Appearance

Doc is of what is presumably average teenager proportions. He is 170 centimeters (5 feet 7 inches) tall (not including hair) and lined up with other characters, appears to be average in body mass. He has a large head with a large forehead, has 2 lines for eyes and has a nose that is 1 pixel wide. His most distinct characteristic is his hair, which comprises of several large, and spiky tufts of black hair in a certain, unique pattern. In older designs, his hair was much shorter, much less spiky and did not have distinct tufts. Doc is Asian-American.

His pullover hoodie is of a distinct design, consisting of numerous lighter gray triangles in the otherwise medium-gray colored sweatshirt. In previous designs, his hoodie had a comically oversized hood that would be seen resting behind Doc's head. He also wears plain black pants that appear to be of no particular detailed design. His shoes somewhat resemble slippers or basic looking footwear.

### Personality

In most current animated creations, Doc is often seen quite desperate and eager to please crowds and draw attention, as he will often insert himself into memes, and is also occasionally seen being very disappointed in himself when his viewers drop. His personality was almost completely different during the Animation Doctor Studio era, more so playing a delinquent, comedically violent figure.

## History

Through the entirety of Doc's history, he is consistently depicted as a fictional, cartoon representation of ItsDaDoc.

Doc made his first appearance sometime between 2014 and 2015 in his debut comic series, *The Rise of TRF*. Shown simply as a stick figure with a zig zag pattern for hair and a couple of dots for eyes, this was a very simple Doc. Entirely throught the series, he wears a belt with a lightsaber (later described as "laser swords" in newer documents) and boots with rocket boosters.

Doc continued to make appearances in comics without any accessories (*The Rise of TRF* and *The Fall of TRF* were the only series depicting Doc as any superhero figure). The last major appearance of Doc in any paper form was in the *Doodle Notebook* series, which was also Mustache Man, Mustache Boy, and Psycho Girl's last major appearances in paper form.

Between 2017 and 2018, the first animations of Doc appeared, and shortly after creation they began getting uploaded to the Animation Doctor Studio website and YouTube channel. Animations almost completely replaced any paper distributed format of Doc, but outside of local viewers, Animation Doctor Studio, and animated Doc were not seen by many. Doc was featured in 8 of the 9 studio animations before the studio was shut down.

Doc made his return to the internet in 2020, now representing ItsDaDoc on the Karameru English Translator channel. He continues to represent ItsDaDoc on the channel to this day. His appearance on the Karameru English Translator channel marked the first time any large amount of viewers saw Doc.

Doc's presence changed in 2021 when he was officially unveiled as a VTuber. 2 different Live2D models are currently in use for gaming videos and other videos related to virtual youtubing.

## Design History

Version 1.0 was created in 2015 for *The Rise of TRF*. It is a simple stick figure with 2 dots for eyes and a zigzag across the head with the top half colored in to signify hair.

Version 2.0 was created in 2016. It was the first version to give Doc a dimensional, non-stick body. In 2.0, Doc has circular hands. He also gained eyeballs with pupils.

Version 3.0 was created in 2016. It made significant changes to the hair, ditching the simple zigzag and adding significant tufts and definining shape.

Version 4.0 was created in 2017 for the *Doodle Notebook*. The main change is once again, the hair as now Doc has some sprigs coming out of the top of his head instead of the previous drawings where his head was completley round with no protruding shapes. Doc's hand is also no longer circular, and the shape more resembles a shovel. The differences between 2.0, 3.0, and 4.0 are subtle and the only major changes between those versions are the hair.

Version 5.0 was created digitally in Scratch in 2018, and first appeared in the *Quiz Show Animation*. The first digital rendition of Doc brought many changes, such has the eyes being wider and more resembling a square shape instead of a completly circular shape, the hair being more wild, and overall being wider by design. This also marked the first time Doc was animated in any way.

Version 6.0 was created digitally in Flipnote Studio in 2018, and first appeared in various Flipnote animations. Instead of the most major change being the hair, the biggest change this time is the eyes. Doc no longer has circular eyes with pupils, and instead has 2 lines for eyes, simplifying the design and making the character faster and easier to draw. This style of eye would continue to be used to this day.

Version 6.1 keeps the design of Doc's head and hair, but changes his clothes. Instead of wearing a plain shirt, he now wears a white sweatshirt with a large pocket and drawstrings.

Version 7.0 was created on paper in 2020, and was never used in any productions. Alongside the transition between 1.0 and 2.0, the changes made between 6.1 and 7.0 were extremely dramatic, with new design changes including a completely different, more vertically oriented head, a neck, detailed hands with fingernails, a major redesign of the sweatshirt which is now colored light gray and has cuffs, and other dramatic changes that makes 7.0 stand out compared to 6.1.

Version 7.1 was created on paper in 2020 intended for use as an animated avatar that would face cameras in storytime animation-style projects. It would go on to become colored and upscaled and was used in Karameru English Translator videos for 7 months before being replaced by version 7.3. 7.1 ditches the more detailed hands and the cuffs on the sweatshirt and contains a few minor differences from 7.0.

Version 7.2 was created on paper in 2020 intended for use in a now cancelled Karameru English Translator video. The design has a differently designed hair compared to 7.0 and 7.1 being more lopsided.

Version 7.3 was created in Flipnote Studio in early 2021. It is a more refined version of 7.2 which contains more consistent body structure and even more lopsided hair. An HD version of 7.3 in the same storytime-style format was created later that year to replace 7.1 in Karameru English Translator videos. 7.3's HD Storytime drawing was re-utilized in Doc's Live2D model with some modifications.

Version 8.0 was created in paint.net in early 2022. This complete overhaul of the design takes a shift in style, opting for more solid colored hair, thinner lines, a taller and more realistically proportioned physique, and other touch-ups designed to make the illustration more suitable for Live2D than version 7.3. His hair reverts to a style more similar to that of 7.1, not being as tall and lopsided as what was seen on 7.2 and 7.3, which proved to be bottlenecks in the Live2D rigging process.

## Technical

### Drawings

Most versions of Doc were originally designed on paper, with the following versions being exceptions:

* 5.0 was designed and drawn in Scratch. This is the first version of a digitized Doc.
* 6.0 was designed and drawn in Flipnote Studio, for the intention of simplifying the design to make it easier to animate.
* 7.3's HD Storytime drawing was designed and drawn in paint.net, unlike previous version 7 storytime Docs which were drawn on paper and then scanned and colored in paint.net. This was done to give 7.3 a comparatively cleaner, and smoother image.
* The original Live2D model copies most of 7.3's digitally designed assets.
* 8.0's model was designed digitally fully with Live2D in mind during the design process.

### Original Live2D Model

The Live2D model utilizes a modified version of the drawing that often depicts Doc v7.3.

Due to slicing and issues with clipping, Live2D Doc differs slightly from Doc v7.3 in numerous areas. Most of the major differences are listed below:

* There are less streaks in Doc's hair to allow the hair to swing from side to side without streaks clipping/moving behind other layers of the hair.
* There are less streaks in the shoulders for the same reason as the hair.
* The shoulders are shaped slightly differently to allow the arms to rotate.
* The eyes and mouth are symmetrical.
* Various filled areas in Doc's hair are now transparent.
* The hood on the back of Doc's sweatshirt is smaller.

### Live2D model 2.0

Live2D model 2.0 utilizes an illustration with the Doc 8.0 design. 8.0 was designed for the sole purpouse of being rigged in Live2D, and the illustration for the model was drawn after only a few conceptual sketches were made.

## Trivia

* If you slice and place Doc's hand on his forehead, his hand will not reach his hairline, therefore confirming he is a fivehead.
* Earlier drawings and animations of Doc 7.3 had a very screwed up head anatomy, evidently showing the left side of his head being taller than the right side, making Doc's head appear chisel shaped if his hair wasn't there. This was corrected in later Doc 7.3 drawings.
* While the main reason for Doc 8.0 being born was for better Live2D, other reasons played a significant role in triggering this change, including Doc 7.3's noted extreme similarity in hairstyle to characters like Goku, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Cloud Strife, despite the design choices being completely unintentional.