r/characterdrawing 24d ago

Meta Rule Clarification

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Good day characterdrawing !

There has been an influx of reports for off-topic posts and suspicions of AI use in RF's. There's a few things us mods want to clarify.

OFF-TOPIC:

Your post is off-topic when it doesn't relate to a ttrpg system. If you're looking for art for a book you're writing or a podcast you're running this is not the place. LFA's are free work for ttrpg enthusiasts however that also means that the artist keeps the rights to the work. If you need the art for a project that will be public and you will need the rights you will need to pay for the art. To keep this from becoming a commission focused sub, posts like that are not allowed as we cannot moderate which passion project will remain private and which are for the broader public.

And no, exposure is not valid payment.

AI SUSPICIONS:

This sub is firmly anti-AI. We are also anti-witch hunt. If you see a post that makes you think the artist is using AI please report it and include *why* you think it's AI. If you want to discuss your suspicions please use mod mail and we'll get back to you. Do not call the person in question out in the comments.

We know it's getting harder to spot the difference these days but we want to prevent unnecessary witch hunts and losing real artists because of them.


r/characterdrawing Dec 31 '25

Meta [ANNOUNCEMENT] New year, new OC Monday!

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Hey y'all! You better get Sir Donut Steel ready to for showtime, because the OC floodgates are about to open!

It took a bit longer to set up than expected, but thanks to the holiday break we've now got OC Mondays working, to kick off the new year! Starting this Monday and every Monday your original art and characters have a new place to show off!

How it works:

  • OC here means your own original work, don't repost stuff you found on twitter
  • "Monday" starts at midnight UTC (GMT-0) and lasts for 24 hours
  • Posts with the OC Monday tag will be allowed during this time
    • Make sure to include the [OC] text tag as well
    • We do this so users can search and filter by topic
  • There's no limit to how many OC posts you can make, but please be considerate
    • If you have a lot to share that week, please use a gallery post instead of multiple single posts
  • OC reposts are not allowed, no matter how long it's been. The 7 day rule is only for LFA posts.
  • Rules about advertising still apply
    • Keep the titles and content focused on the art and characters
    • You can link to your socials in the comments, but again, no advertising
      • Yes, a price sheet or YCH is an ad, even if it has a character on it
    • If folks ask about hiring you, you're of course free to respond and take it to DMs

r/characterdrawing 12h ago

Request Filled [RF] Ivarr the Impaled, Reborn Elf Burned at the Stake for u/TheLionsCub

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80 Upvotes

r/characterdrawing 15h ago

Request Filled [RF] Half-Orc Paladin, male

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83 Upvotes

r/characterdrawing 1d ago

Request [LFA] Aratiri, Draconic Bloodline Tiefling Sorcerer

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579 Upvotes

This is Aratiri, a character I have on the back burner as either a PC of mine or maybe a major NPC I'll use in my game. I'd love to see what people do with her, and I'd especially love to see something with her actually slinging around some of her lightning magic!

-Extra Details (if needed)-

Race: Tiefling with mixed blue dragon blood.

Hair: She wears the back of her hair in a braided bun and lets her loose hair frame her face on either side.

Eyes: The sclera of her eyes are black.

Nose: She has a small scar on her nose.

Horns: Her horns are in the style of a ram's.

Scales: She has dragon scales on her forehead, either side of her jawline, her neck, and parts of her chest and shoulders.

Misc: She has blue dragon wings, but her tail is a thin tiefling tail that ends in a heart shape. Her style of dress is intended to reflect Paraguay inspired fashion.

Powers: She has powerful storm/lightning magic from her blue dragon blood.

She's generally a very helpful, hardworking, kind, social, and extraverted person. She has an eye for business and jewel crafting. She does adventurer jobs on the side now and again, but her main role is actually managing her local adventurers guild.

Art credits for the reference images above: Image 1 and 2 - Toeniichan Image 3 - 2cupcoffee_


r/characterdrawing 1d ago

Request Filled [RF] Aedgen the Unpleasant for u/Trashbandiscoot

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74 Upvotes

Took some liberties with the design, hopefully you don't mind it too much!


r/characterdrawing 9h ago

Request [LFA] Male Giff Pirate/Fighter - Chungo

3 Upvotes

Looking for art for this Giff Pirate Fighter

I love playing this character and would love to get some art for him. I think he'd be fun to draw as well.

Character Name: Chungo
Race: Giff
Class: Fighter
Background: Pirate/Privateer
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Body Type: Giff/Hippo Stocky about 6ft tall.
Skin Color: Light greyish

Personality: Good natured,fun loving, talkative, with an accent that to us would sound almost Australian (almost.) Chungo Loves guns, gunpowder, cannons, basically anything that goes BOOM. As well as food, drinking, fighting (especially non-lethal brawls), and smoking cigars.

Distinguishing Marks: Chungo is COVERED in tattoos. Pirate tattoos, Giff tattoos, prison tattoos, tribal tattoos. He has facial tattoos. His knuckle tattoos spell out GIFF LIFE. Things like Anchors, Compass Roses, Spelljammer ships, etc. On one of his upper arms he has a lady giff in a grass skirt that he can make dance by flexing his muscle. He has a depiction of the entire Rock of Bral across his upper back. Think old-timey sailors, Russian prisoners, Maori tribal, etc.

Chungo's right eye went cloudy after an...incident, but he can still see out of it.

Appearance and Gear: Chungo wears studded leather armor that has been embossed with mithral epaulettes on the shoulders that look like naval epaulettes. Under it can be seen a flowy pirate shirt but the sleeves have been mostly ripped off so he can show off his tattoo sleeved arms. He wears thick red and white stiped pants and high leather pirate boots. He also has a somewhat ratty black tricorn hat. In one hand is his trusty wheel lock pistol that has also been embossed with glittery mithral. In his other hand is a scimitar with a shimmering black blade made of a mysterious cosmic metal. (think the darksaber from Mandalorian but metal not plasma.) Another pistol jammed in his wide big buckled belt that also has a couple of pouches for lead shot and gunpowder wads. And slung over his back is a musket. Chungo is left handed and shoots his pistol with that hand.

Character Details: Chungo was formerly a Lieutenant and Gunnery officer on the privateer vessel Harpoon out of the Rock of Bral. His ship was raided by the Xaryxian Imperial Navy and he was sent to a prison barge which he recently escaped from. He escaped by swimming through the bilge/sewage, stole a small boat and after being adrift in the astral sea for days was rescued by an armada on their way to Xaryispace to attack the Imperial Citadel. Chungo has joined the crew of one of the ships.


r/characterdrawing 19h ago

Request [LFA] The Supreme Sock — An Embodiment of Chaos and Mischief

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Hello! I have a wonderfully stupid character that I would love to see brought to life: The Supreme Sock.

He is a strange fey-like entity that embodies chaos, mischief, bad luck, and all the tiny inconveniences that make life just a little worse. He isn't really interested in destroying the world or anything that dramatic. He'd much rather make you lose one shoe, spill your drink, or put a pebble in your boot and then sit back and enjoy the consequences.

He also has a devoted cult of followers who, for reasons I cannot explain, continue to encourage his behavior.

I have some concept art showing roughly how I picture him, but I'd really love to see different artists' takes on the idea. Please feel free to completely reinterpret the design, change things around, and draw him in whatever style or form you think fits. The concept and personality are the important part—I want to see what your Supreme Sock would look like!


r/characterdrawing 13h ago

Request [LFA] Looking for Artists to Draw My Tiny Snow Fox Knight and His Ghost Kitten Mistress

1 Upvotes

I’d love to see an artist’s take on a character I’ve been working on: a tiny snow fox who is a fairy-tale wandering knight.

He’s a small, round, very fluffy plush-like snow fox, about 30 cm tall, with snowy-white fur, a large fluffy tail, and soft rounded paws. His eyes are mismatched glass gemstones: one sapphire blue and one amethyst purple.

He wears simple silver fairy-tale knight armor with a little snowflake emblem on the chest, a rounded helmet with openings for his fox ears, and an oversized deep-blue traveling cloak. He carries a small round shield and a little silver sword that’s slightly too big for him, so he sometimes has to drag it behind him.

Personality-wise, he’s gentle, kind, brave, curious, and easily distracted by things like butterflies, rocks, twigs, and trees. Despite being a silly little plush fox, he takes being a knight very seriously. When something threatens his friends, he becomes surprisingly determined and protective.

The reason he became a knight is because he looks after his master: a little ghost kitten girl who travels with him. Their relationship is more like a tiny wandering knight and his beloved ghost-cat companion, with both of them looking after each other in their own ways.

One of his funniest traits is that he has a dramatic knightly battle cry. He can speak normally, but whenever he charges into danger, he raises his sword and lets out what he believes is a mighty cry...

“SQUEEEEEAK!”

To everyone else, it’s just adorable.

I’d be really interested to see how different artists interpret him while keeping that soft, storybook knight feeling.


r/characterdrawing 1d ago

Request Filled [RF] Human Death Domain Cleric for u/jo3_ker

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57 Upvotes

r/characterdrawing 20h ago

Request [LFA] Réiltín - Celtic moon druid, lover of the moon and nature

3 Upvotes

Do note that all I included in the image is just a theme, but you can take all the freedom you want as long as it's in the theme !

For some element explanation:

  • The celtic symbol - it's mostly because I used celtic inspiration. A triskel or any other symbol could fit well if you want, but this one isn't mandatory if you don't know how
  • The shorts hairs - I used a haircut I like, but any short hair is fine. For the colors I'm more into light-brown colors
  • Clothes - I absolutely want a hood (because I used some inspiration from little red riding hood), but for the red color you can change it if you feel like another color would fit better (but red is cute)
  • Staff - I want a celtic themed staff, so either nature or moon (or both) themed, you choose the one you prefer
  • The birds - it's a starling ! I want to include birds in her design, ideally 3 because it's an inspiration from Rhiannon and the Adar Rhiannon, the birds of this celtic deity (basically). I'm not forcing to use this type of birds of course, just something similar if possible
  • Colors - I imagined her with pale white skin and green eyes, but I can go with blue eyes too
  • Artstyle - I'm not gonna be annoying on this, I just want her to be cute ! She's pretty young if that can help too. But I just want to play a cute character this time !

Thank you so so so much in advance, and take as much freedom as you want on this if you draw her ! And you can ask me any question if it's needed too !


r/characterdrawing 22h ago

Request [LFA] Pyra, the Freed Djinn

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3 Upvotes

How's it going party people? As of writing I just noticed I forgot a pose lol. This is Pyra. She's a Genie/Djinn with an attitude that managed to free herself from servitude, losing most of her powers in the process, yes. But now that she serves no master and worships no gods, she wanders with whatever group of adventurers intrigue her the most.

Anyone interested in the mechanical parts of it, she's a Genie Warlock with a pact with herself.

Her style is mostly based on Aztec culture, and she's an Ifrit as to explain the volcanic bits on her arms (and possibly more of her body if you can think of any ways to show it off more). Thank you for reading and possibly even drawing her.


r/characterdrawing 1d ago

Request [LFA] Naomi, tiefling, College of Masks Bard/Warlock

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5 Upvotes

Character description: Naomi is a very energetic and bubbly tiefling, at least until she puts one of her masks on. A thief by choice, Naomi worships and gets some of her power from her patron god Mask, the god of thieves. The different masks she has at her disposal aren’t just for show… they let her channel the personalities of many different famous thieves of legend. When wearing one, it’s almost like her entire personality completely shifts. Naomi uses both this unpredictability as well as her own charms to her advantage.


r/characterdrawing 2d ago

Request Filled [RF] Listener, Silent Tiefling Inventor

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154 Upvotes

r/characterdrawing 1d ago

Request Filled [RF] Sorites, Scourgeborn Sorcerer (Scion of Madness)

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42 Upvotes

Hello u/SlovenBadger!

I was looking for posts with monsters, some strange anatomy, (no eyes!), and a great story and I found it all in Sorites' tale! I took some liberty in making the anatomy a bit more monstrous, like the different animal parts don't seem to mesh well with the new form.

Original LFA

I also posted a process video where there's some detail about the planning and anatomy behind the scenes (where I struggle to learn and draw proper anatomy for 30 seconds)


r/characterdrawing 2d ago

Request Filled [RF] Floral Dragonborn for u/BoiPanties

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171 Upvotes

Always love an excuse to draw a dragon!

I’m not quite sure if I interpreted this description correctly, but hopefully it’s at least in the right direction. I loved the reference images you added in the comments. 💜

From here: https://www.reddit.com/r/characterdrawing/s/aypq2XsV4s for u/BoiPanties

And feel free to re-color the sketch if you’d like!


r/characterdrawing 2d ago

Request Filled [RF] Faustina, chicken swarmkeeper

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93 Upvotes

For this post here


r/characterdrawing 2d ago

Request [LFA] Vespera, Hexblood Oath of Vengeance Paladin

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14 Upvotes

Introduction: 
Vespera is an oath of vengeance paladin. She began life as a dryad, but was transformed into a hexblood as punishment by the Seelie Court. Our campaign is set in Faerun. 

Age/Gender/Body: She is a female hexblood and is centuries old, but is ageless and looks to be in her early to mid 30s. She has a tall frame and defined muscles. Her skin is a light springtime green color, and the numerous scars that litter her body are a silvery/pale green. Her fingernails come to sharp points. Her skin is dotted with freckles from the time that she has spent in the sun. 

Facial Features/Expression: Her ears are pointed & have a slight fork. She has a greek nose & full/bow lips with a shallow cupid’s bow. Her left eyebrow has a slit in it where the scar runs through it. Her typical expression is quite solemn/serious and determined, but when she lets her guard down or is alone, it often reflects more of a quiet melancholy. She is full of righteous fury, but that does not typically come through in her expression. 

Hair: Her hair is a deep brown color with emerald/forest green highlights, is about mid-back length and has loose but defined waves. She keeps it half up with a braid.

Eyes: The sclerae of her eyes are black, and her pupils are vertical slits. Her right eye’s iris is a vibrant forest green, and her left eye has some obvious damage to it in the form of a misty, pale green iris.

Distinguishing Features: She has three distinct facial scars. One runs through her left eye, one runs along/just under her right cheekbone, and one dimples the right corner of her mouth. She has horns that come out of her forehead that resemble gnarled branches wrapped in thorny vines. They meet briefly at the back of her head.

Clothing/Armor: She wears a long chainmail shirt that goes to mid-thigh that she keeps belted at the waist over dark leather pants. She wears metal greaves with knee guards, and has leather gauntlets that keep her fingers free for delicate work. Attached to the belt over her left hip is a very important pouch that was made for her by a fellow dryad prior to her becoming a hexblood. Above her chainmail, she has a thin flexible shoulder/neck piece. 

Weapons & Significant Items: She carries a glaive, and is highly proficient with it. The pole is as structurally simple as possible, with delicate carvings of vines throughout. The blade is curved and wicked-looking. On each shoulder she has a giant (about palm size) dermestes maculatus beetle. The beetles have been impacted by fae magic, so they have more of an iridescence to them, similar to an atlas beetle.


r/characterdrawing 2d ago

Request [LFA] Josse Cole

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Josse Cole is a shapeshifter and a bounty hunter from the western region in my dnd campaign and is based on a variety of western/cowboy figures both real and fictional, people like Wyatt Earp and Jesse James to the man with no name a the outlaw Josse wales and Billy the kid. He is a feared bounty hunter know for his dedication to bringing in his contracts no matter the consequences. He entered this line of work after the death of his wife and destruction of his cattle farm at the hands of a notorious bandit leader and gang that he used to run with but left to settle down with his wife.

Josse is 5’10 with long shoulder length curly hair, a Roman nose and a hard chin with a scruffy thin beard and pale green eyes, his build is athletic leaning more towards the lean muscle side more than bulky, Josse wears Brown cotton pants and brown cowboy boots along with a blue button up shirt that he leaves the top two buttons undone, over this he wears a long red duster coat and a cowboy hat, Josse fights with a revolver and lever action rifle that he keeps with at all times, the revolver he keeps on his hip in a waist holster and the rifle stays slung over his shoulder in a big holster.


r/characterdrawing 2d ago

Request Filled [RF] Kaleido, Water Lily Dragonborn Paladin for u/MaximumSquid22

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84 Upvotes

r/characterdrawing 3d ago

Request Filled [RF] Maya, Waterbending Monk

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78 Upvotes

https://www.reddit.com/r/characterdrawing/comments/1vz52ys/lfa_maya_waterbending_monk/

Just a quick drawing of a character that caught my eye, her concept sounded so pretty! Unfortunately, I remembered that the saree was wrapped around the legs, but I didn't draw the proper style of wrapping. I had googled a video of how to wrap a saree and tried to mimic that style. Forgive me!


r/characterdrawing 3d ago

Request Filled [RF] Lilith, Aasimar Turned Dhampir Undead Warlock

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686 Upvotes

r/characterdrawing 3d ago

OC Monday [OC] Kenku Cleric

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309 Upvotes

r/characterdrawing 3d ago

Request Filled [RF] Shab’Roq Rider for Warhammer the Old World for u/National-Plenty 4358

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100 Upvotes

r/characterdrawing 2d ago

Request [LFA] Everett the Fireborn

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One with helmet and one without if you can please!

Name: Everett Burnelay

Age: 24

Height: 6'9"

Basically his whole deal is that he got taken in by a warlord when he was 4 after said warlord burnt his city to ash. Now he's the second best fighter in the realm and doesn't really know how to feel his feelings all that well. The scar across his nose reaches to the left and the burn scar is on the right of his face. Ideally, his face is less "cartoon pretty boy" and more burdened by his duty as his adoptive father's field commander.
This is for a little thing I'm writing and it'd be great to have a proper representation of the character instead of what's in my brain. Thank you!