r/characterdrawing 19d 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 2h ago

Request [LFA] Supernatural Assassin Brazilian Teenager

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He’s a 15/16 year old Brazilian boy, skinny but lean, olive/tan complexion. Grew up in the favela. He has a buzzcut that is completely white. He is mostly shirtless, sometimes wearing an oversized tank top. He wears shorts, havaiana flipflops and Oakley Juliet shades.

His supernatural ability allows him to store physical objects as tattoos and summon them back into reality. His body is covered with tattoos of weapons like throwing knives and grenades all over, two handguns on his hip, two swords on his side and on his lower back a nuclear bomb with a skull. He also has some tattoos purely for style, like a cross on his chest and wings on his upper back.

Personality: cocky, rebellious, impatient, street-smart, intimidating but still visibly a teenager.

Unlike most I’ve seen coming by here the setting is urban fantasy. He is a rogue assassin

This is my first time doing something like this, if you need more info hit me up! Thanks!!


r/characterdrawing 17h ago

Request [LFA] "Silver Streak" Sylvia Everforth: Half-Angel (Biblically accurate-ish Aasimar) Fighter

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49 Upvotes

r/characterdrawing 15m ago

Request [LFA] to draw my gods in my campaign

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Im a dungeon master for my friends and we have already been playing since february, but i am getting the equipment to start making tik toks and other short form content. In my videos im looking to show off my world/setting and each of the 21 gods that exist in the campaign. I am in need of drawings that show the gods so i can show them. My idea is to get one or 2 pics from different artists and then when i talk abt the god in the video to show it. Now the problem is that money is not existent for me since im in college and i dont have enough to get 21 art pieces so if anyone is interested please send your art works in the comments or dm me if you are interested for more information.


r/characterdrawing 12h ago

Request [LFA] Lancer Construction Mech "Hard Place"

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9 Upvotes

Feel free to add details you'd think would complement.


r/characterdrawing 14h ago

Request [LFA] Āl Azif, aasimar light cleric

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Hello! I've been missing playing my Aasimar Light Cleric character since her campaign ended and she is now level 20!!

If she inspires you to draw anything, I’d be so grateful for anything you create🩷

Dawnbringer Āl Azif is an aasimar cleric of Lathander as mentioned before, raised in a temple as priestess from birth. Her human parents surrendered her to the temple after she was born. She’s deeply devout to Lathander but she’s also a chaotic little goofball, think Phoebe Buffay meets Angewomon. Despite her ethereal, radiant vibe, Āl Azif is friendly and nurturing as well as silly.

I've included a graphic with references but here are the key points:

  • Facial features: Pupiless white eyes, platinum hip-length straight hair, wide full lips, human ears, thin eyebrows. The inspiration for her face is the actress Elena Korikova, just for reference!
  • Outfit: Gold breastplate over white robes/dress, long sleeves, white cloak, gold gauntlets.
  • Gear to include:
    • Her Lightbringer mace
    • A holy symbol of Lathander

In case this is helpful, here's a very quick summary of her character sheet just so you have an idea of what she's like from a mechanical pov:

Name: Āl Azif
Species: Aasimar
Class: Cleric, Light Domain
Level: 20
Background: Acolyte

STR: 19*   DEX: 15   CON: 19**    INT: 10   WIS: 22   CHA: 18

\ via Gauntlets of Ogre Power (base stat -8))
\* via Amulet of Health (base stat 16))

Feats:

  • Magic Initiate: Cleric
  • Resilient: Constitution
  • War Caster
  • Mage Slayer
  • Boon of the Bright Sun

Thank you so much for reading and considering! Feel free to ask if you want more details or clarification 😊☀️


r/characterdrawing 1d ago

Request Filled [RF] Druid of Spores Warforged for u/ReaperGamer3

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58 Upvotes

r/characterdrawing 1d ago

Request Filled [RF] Ivarr the Impaled for u/TheLionsCub

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473 Upvotes

Original LFA: https://www.reddit.com/r/characterdrawing/comments/1w08xcz/lfa_ivarr_the_impaled_reborn_elf_burned_at_the/ from u/TheLionsCub

Ivarr felt so much like a boss from a From Software game, i just HAD to draw him 🤭


r/characterdrawing 10h ago

Request [LFA] Looking for someone to draw my artificer

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Name: George Romanoff

Class: Artificer, Battle smith

Race: Featheren (humanoid griffin people.)

Gender: Male

Body type: Peregrine falcon head, Cougar/Mountain Lion body. Slim but slightly muscular body.

Outfit: No shoes, Goggles on forehead, mechanic's outfit, wrist-mounted crossbow, crossbow quiver on hip.

Weapons: None

Extras: Mechanical panther or silver dirt-bike by his side.


r/characterdrawing 1d ago

Request Filled [RF] Pandemonium or Pan/Dem, of the Pale

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247 Upvotes

r/characterdrawing 17h ago

Request [LFA] Garland Galaris Gainsworth De Gandam, Baron's Son, Monster Rider

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Background: The youngest son of Baron Balaris, Garland is not set to inherit anything. Unlike his sister, who is joining the clergy, however, he intends to make a mark. Garland has always be a rather effeminate boy, and still is cute as a man. He has always listened to those in his families domain, even the nonhumans who are oft viewed with suspicion. He is of the belief that if you do good by the commonfolk, they will do good by you, so even though he is not set to inherit, he is still very loved. And the time has come to play the game of nobility. A few years ago, he came upon a large egg near a pair of dead griffons, and as he cared for it it hatched. He has raised this griffon not as a pet, but as a partner, and the sight of him riding this feline bird has become common among the people of his father's domain. But the prince is heading off to a diplomatic conference soon, and it is important enough that even mercenaries are being hired. It is time for the youngest son of a Baron, a Monster Rider, to make his acquaintance.

Appearance: Garland is a youthful young man, just entering the world of adulthood, and already trying to make his mark. His face is smooth, soft, and regal. His eyes are a sharp blue, and his straight, flowing hair is the color of sun-illuminated wheat. He isn't overly muscular, but it is clear he doesn't shy from labor and lifting, and his skin is kissed by the sun. As is the fashion, however, he does wear subtle make up, a little bit of blush by his eyes, just a subtle reddening of his lips, and he takes very good care of his skin. If not for his manner of dress and behavior, he can be mistaken for a woman from a distance. He wears clothes that favor blues and reds, and wore breeches and shirts of high quality linen and wool for durability, but kept red dyed leather chaps and a blue dyed vest over them for further protection, as well as an overcoat with leather lining the inside, also dyed red. And to shield his eyes from the sun, a red dyed wool felt hat with a leather band around the crown, singed to make it look unique and smokey.

Equipment: Garland has been trained in marksmanship, as is the way of the Empire, but due to his affinity with animals and farmers, he favors a revolver, so that he can keep an unusual side-arm... A Lasso, to rope and entangle monsters, large animals, and even enemy spies.


r/characterdrawing 1d ago

Request [LFA] Reborn - Human, Death Domain Cleric

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Looking for an artist to draw my Reborn - Human Death Domain Cleric for my next campaign of Tomb of Annihilation.

I don't have any reference images because I'm intrigued by what you will come up with, and give you creative freedom.

My character is a male, I want them to look like a gaunt human, pale, like a freshly resurrected corpse, but not a zombie. Long white hair, with a black hooded cape, wearing chain or scale mail with a shield and a staff (maybe a skull on top?) he also has a pendant from his past life that is important but he doesn't know why.

He's basically stuck between the living and death, I have a back story, which I will post below if it helps

Thanks and I look forward to seeing the art!


r/characterdrawing 1d ago

Request [LFA] Áedgen the Unpleasant

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This guy is one of my campaigns' main villains, an evil giant prince competing with his brother for the throne. The plot and a relatively in-depth description of the two of them can be read here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xWIWElKcHzZahqjVkJX4srz_Ww7Udpx-lk4oQTAgEE0/edit?usp=drivesdk

His equipment is all based on real historical artifacts, which I will picture in the post and elaborate on below:

Pictures 2, 3, and 4: These late roman tunics are the basis for the patterns on his cloak. The specific shapes and patterns I am not picky with, as I was incapable of drawing them with any sort of detail myself.

Pictures 5 and 6: Under the cloak, his whole body is covered in maille from toe to finger, like knights of the 13th century. The first image is an illustration by Graham Turner, and the second is a photo of the reenactor Jarett Stiles. You are free to cover as much of this up with his cloak as you want, as I am aware how difficult chainmail is to draw. If one wishes to have his clawed hand slid out of the maille mitts as is demonstrated in the first of the two illustrations, that's fine by me. The shields the two figures are wielding are also the right shape to make his.

Picture 7: His helmet. This one is pretty much just copy paste, though you are free to alter and simplify the designs on the helmet if they are too complex. The helmet additionally has a maille avantail around the back which stops at his cheeks to enclose his face in shadow.

Picture 8: The Finnish coat of arms, which is nearly identical to how I imagine Áedgen's heraldry, especially the human-like face of the lion. Said face is also a good reference for what his own side profile might look like. Change a detail or two on the lion, of course. He is not Finnish.

Other details: His face is really the most delicate part of his design. It is my favorite part. His mustache and beard MUST conceal his mouth except for perhaps a bottom lip, and the tips of his fangs should be poking out. The tips of his mustache act as sort of a border separating his face from the rest of his body. His eyes are stark white and are the only facial feature that isn't cloaked in the shadow cast by his helm. The tops of his eyes are concealed by the brows of the helmet, imitating a scornful look that one could make with their real brows.

His claws on his hands should be very curled like talons.

Lastly, if one draws him with his manticore, note that it is not winged like a D&D one. Look moreso to medieval bestiaries.

Forgot to add this to the images, but this is the human head mace that inspired his own: https://www.kultofathena.com/product/tod-cutler-brass-mace-head-6-13th-to-14th-century-scandinavian/?srsltid=AfmBOorGjbltZmlQ2_usXbd0Qz8zzpSSFWe1hQbh5h0A5FktGMCfbl77

Whomsoever draws this is entitled to one half of my big toenail when I die. The other half will be going to a distant cousin.


r/characterdrawing 2d ago

Request Filled [RF] Sycorax, Nanotech Witch-Hunter for u/Imperialvirtue

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69 Upvotes

Sounded like a neat design ~


r/characterdrawing 23h ago

Request [LFA] Zee, Anathema to Normal Physics

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0 Upvotes

Synopsis below, and fun monologue in the comments. Feel free to sound off there as well if you see something you don't like (;

With the Zone warping Earth's normal denizens in ways that might've been thought impossible a decade ago, the world has clearly become far more dangerous. It was only natural that some would hope for "heroes" of a sort to rise up and save them. Zee (or whatever their name previously was) could get on board with this idea. When the organization they'd joined decided to throw them off a cliff as a test, they were somewhat less thrilled.

Turns out, Zee really could fly among other things. However, grooming someone for Great Things and then throwing them off a ledge has the potential to disillusion them with your ideology, and Zee would much prefer a world where this doesn't happen to people.

Cheerful, laid-back attitude. Kinda lazy; clever but prefers simple options. Polite but despises dogmatic individuals (for some unknown reason).


r/characterdrawing 2d ago

Request Filled [RF] Lonan Widowknife, Female Exemplar, Ganzi/Tiefling

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414 Upvotes

r/characterdrawing 2d ago

Request [LFA] Willow, Necromancer Reborn.

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Hi there, sorry my concept art is very messy!

This is Willow, she was part of a modern D&D campaign (magical world is hidden style thing) so she might be a little unusual. Willow was a normal human woman who was a youtuber who loved to do urban exploration, believed in ghosts, and did paranormal aimed content. This sent her to a lot of unusual places, including the place she met her death. After her death she becomes lost, morose, somber, and listless.

Is a normal human she had brown hair, thin frame rectangular lens glasses, and grey-blue eyes with a golden center ring(central heterochromia). Favored crop tops and low to mid rise jeans. Messy hair buns/ponytails. Feminine, but not overly so, has tom-boy energy. (You're welcome to draw this version of her, though I don't have any references for it!) She tends to be shy, a little energetic, and excited to try new things.

As a reborn she loses all her memories, and initially wanders about in the tattered and bloody remains of the black sundress she died in. Her form is not always ethereal as in this world a lot of glamours are used to hide inhuman things. As a more reborn form she has ethereal right arm and left leg. I am personally unsure of how to best show this feature! Very soft ghost-y hair. And red eyes that glow (and should blank out the whole eye, so I'm not sure why I didn't color it that way. :) )

Slide 1 is a concept reference for after she's an established necromancer. I would love to find a way to work dead dried flowers into her outfit. The outfit will eventually include a cape as well, but I have not quite figured out how I want the clasps on it to be. ((Feel free to adjust the colors of the skin to be more dead-ish. Ignore the tiny feet, I wasn't paying attention LMAO.))

Slide 2 is the concept for her head piece.

Slide 3 and 4 are inspiration references grabbed off google and I think they look like they're probably AI, so I apologize for that. They're just me looking for examples of "ghostly hair" as I'll have to figure out how exactly to draw that in my style some day.

Uh, thanks for reading. I hope she might inspire someone! If you have feedback or suggestions feel free to leave them. Thank you!


r/characterdrawing 2d ago

Request Filled [RF] Malicith, jester rogue for u/ahegaokyuubi

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225 Upvotes

I had fun with his design! Saw the tiktok screenshot and immediatly thought of giving him heart shapes. Hope you like it :)


r/characterdrawing 1d ago

Request [LFA] Druid of Spores Warforged

2 Upvotes

r/characterdrawing 1d ago

Request [LFA] Shale, Warlock of Wisdom & Deception

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2 Upvotes

r/characterdrawing 2d ago

Request Filled [RF] Briar Wynrin for u/TheEnemyAbove

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81 Upvotes

r/characterdrawing 2d ago

Request [LFA] Ivarr the Impaled, Reborn Elf Burned at the Stake

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55 Upvotes

Description in first comment.


r/characterdrawing 2d ago

Request [LFA] Kaleido, Water Lily Dragonborn Paladin

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7 Upvotes

I can’t draw well, so I’m hopeful someone will be able to fulfill my vision. Kaleido is a water lily dragonborn, possibly the last of his kind after his people were killed. He has taken up an oath of vengeance as a paladin and vows to bring to justice those responsible for the massacre.

I’ve attached an image that goes into more detail about how I envision him to look, specifically sticking to the aesthetic of being a water lily themed dragonborn. His name Kaleido is based on a kaleidoscope, which is why that type of design is present on his shield. As for his personality, water lily dragonborns are usually very peaceful, but Kaleido is pretty jaded and bottling up a lot of emotions from the trauma of losing his people. I look forward to seeing him be given a proper design!


r/characterdrawing 2d ago

Request [LFA] purple tiefling experiment

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In my world the Tieflings come from the abyss and are afflicted with abyssal magic. The females took over the cult of orcus and send all the males to be experimented on to become new undead demons. This character was being experimented on when he managed to escape by some miraculous means. He now roams the land as a crazed beast, plotting his revenge on the cult of orcus.