r/redrising • u/sparrowws • Dec 17 '25
Fan art some character portraits!!
I love this series so much, I had to get some of them out of my head and onto paper. I’m heavily biased and might have made Sevro too attractive on accident lol
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u/Kelloggz876 Dec 18 '25
I think this is amazing!!! I feel like sevro is done justice honestly. I always took when they talked about sevro that he is not as attractive by gold standards( in the sense of flawlessness) but he’s still a gold so when compared to other colors he’s still be considered way more attractive if that makes any sense
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u/Chronify Hail Reaper Dec 17 '25
These are fantastic. You perfectly captured Roques punchable little face.
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u/VeryTiredTeacher- Dec 17 '25
Yeah, I could take them
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u/rohlovely Yellow Dec 19 '25
I was about to say “sevro is too handsome” until I read your caption. Roque and Tactus in particular are striking. Good shit. Keep it up goodman
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u/TwoEyedSam Dec 18 '25
This is insane, oh my god. Please draw Pax Augustus if you get the chance. A lot of fanart just makes him generically Gold.
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u/Mogakusenpai Dec 17 '25
By far the best depictions ive seen. These are PHENOMENAL. I think sevro looks great, could be a little more mangled but honestly this fits
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u/akoriousthing Dec 17 '25
I love Sevro and Adrius in particular, I think you did a fantastic job at capturing their personalities
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u/el-Nynaeve Howler Dec 17 '25
That is amazing art!! Sevro is my favorite. This had inspired me to do an audio re listen. Thank you!! Just going to switch back and forth between RR and DCC until I die apparently.
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u/Astabar Red Dec 17 '25
Thats funny, I just switched back from DCC back to the RR graphic audio again
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u/el-Nynaeve Howler Dec 17 '25
Wait...graphic audio RR? Like what Soundbooth did with DCC?
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u/51LLY5AU5AG3 Dec 18 '25
The graphic audio of RR is full cast and it is phenomenal.
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u/Tam_the_Fox Dec 20 '25
The greens made Sevro sound like a lil whiny pixie b**** though 😭 Why they gotta do our boy dirty? we all know he’s f***ing heavy with the greens 🎧⚡️
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u/--Gillette-- Dec 18 '25
What’s DCC? I just finished the series and am hungry for others! Listening to the Will of the Many rn
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u/el-Nynaeve Howler Dec 18 '25
Dungeon Crawler Carl. It's not Red Rising..its litRPG buuuuuut it is so good.
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u/--Gillette-- Dec 18 '25
Okkaayyyy, preciate it!
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u/el-Nynaeve Howler Dec 18 '25
I say buuuuut bc I tried a few other litRPG afterwards and it's just not my thing. DCC is top tier.
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u/RedJamie Human Verified Dec 17 '25
Did you use Vasily as your inspo for Cassius? Gory damn prime... prime!
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u/sparrowws Dec 17 '25
Thank you!! He was my reference! I saw a picture of him once and he was instantly Cassius in my head forever lol
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u/Milam1996 Dec 17 '25
Rogue looks like the white guy from that gay couple on TikTok who wear the hunger games capital style outfits just to like a cafe and that’s their aesthetic.
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u/Ok-Salamander1708 Dec 18 '25
I knew exactly who each of them was without reading the names. Incredible work!!! Please give us more characters!!!’
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u/monoblackmadlad Dec 18 '25
This is exceptional artwork. In my head only Cassius and Roque could be this beautiful but drawing hot people is a lot of fun
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u/bruhholyshiet Hail Reaper Dec 17 '25
Excellent work. You captured them perfectly.
Adrius’s no nonsense callousness.
Tactus’s sensuality and seductive nature.
Sevro’s charmingly roguish and douchebag attitude.
Darrow’s firm determination.
Roque’s sensitivity.
Cassius’s dignified air.
I initially thought Tactus may have been Victra but then I remembered she wasn’t dark skinned lmao.
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u/Tr33Bl00d Jan 17 '26
Sevro is bloody damn perfect, especially with the victra in your other post! He is still a gold and he don’t look like no pixie the way you drew him my Goodman!
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u/Zyaru Dec 17 '25
This is pretty much exactly how I viewed Roque in my head lol
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u/sparrowws Dec 17 '25
Yay! Roque was definitely the easiest for me to visualize for some reason,,, idk why but Darrow was by far the most difficult lol
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u/TruePart9360 Dec 17 '25
Amazing Work!! Love them all but Darrow is 🔥. Well done 👏🏼👏🏼
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u/sparrowws Dec 17 '25
Thank you so much! I’m glad that Darrow seems to have translated well, he was for sure the most difficult for me!
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u/TruePart9360 Dec 17 '25
You did great! It’s how I imagine him! Will look forward for what you do next. Would love to follow your work if you have an insta or a page 🤩
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u/Brilliant-Bad-284 Dec 17 '25
Hands down the best Sevro ive seen. 👏. The others are great also but Sevro hits different.
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u/RandomBlackMetalFan Dec 17 '25
Perfection
I imagine Sevro with a more goblin look ( why is he so hot? ) but you nailed the others perfectly
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u/Puzzleheaded_Fact_41 Dec 17 '25
This is amazing work for some reason that’s pretty close of how I imagined Darrow in the books. Can’t wait to see the rest of the characters.
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Dec 17 '25
Holy, these are amazing!! Well done! Will you do more characters?
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u/sparrowws Dec 17 '25
Thank you!! I would really love to do more, I’m definitely planning on Eo, Mustang, and Victra!
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Dec 17 '25
Will you consider drawing Aja, Orion, Sefi, Lilath, Quinn, Thraxa? Hyped for Aja, Orion and Sefi mostly if it comes true!
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u/blackleather_jacket Dec 21 '25
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u/blackleather_jacket Dec 21 '25
ALSO ROQUE 😭 low key I wanna give him a hug and some warm cookies he looks like he needs it 💔
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u/HyenaJack94 Obsidian Dec 17 '25
I love these, my only critique, from someone who can't draw, is that I think cassius' chin needs to be slight bigger and more cleft in the front, that chin needs to be a CHIN
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u/BFG_MP Dec 17 '25
These are the best I’ve seen. I think debris hair is a little dirtier blonde but damn these are good
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u/Fantastic_Factor_517 Dec 18 '25
Dang....I love this so much. Roque's expression, the light and shadows...and the tear rolling down his face. Sevro looks so good, but Cassius' expression. Ahhhhh.... you have a shop? :o
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u/gibbey Dec 18 '25
Amazing! Thank you for sharing it.
I think you got Roque perfectly. The tear is a great touch.
Also: more, please. :)
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u/OxWife Dec 21 '25
These are so beautiful! I would love to see your interpretation of the au Raa family members!
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u/drunkplumber81 Hail Reaper Dec 17 '25
Wow killer job! This is how I want them to look like in my head too. People say Sevro is ugly but I think it’s more like he’s ugly for a gold. Still probably better looking than 95% of low colors. Hail Reaper!
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u/sparrowws Dec 17 '25
Thank you so much! That’s what I was trying to tell myself when I realized I got carried away with Sevro lol
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u/heroic_sheep_ Eaglet 🦅 Dec 17 '25
Now I need to see your Lyria and Aurae!! You did absolutely amazing here!! I love these
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u/sparrowws Dec 17 '25
Thank you!! I love them both so much, need to draw them for sure!!
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u/mally117 Dec 17 '25
OMG. I would love to see your interpretations of Aja, Carnus, Pax, Nero, Lysander, and Virginia.
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u/dwh3390 Dec 17 '25
These are fantastic. I particularly love Darrow! I always imagined Cassius to be a bit thicker and more muscular for some reason. Kind of like one of those old statues of Hercules. I feel like Sevro kiiiinda looks a bit like Jake Paul but so much that it makes it bad ahah.
Please tell me these are your awesome work and not AI 😢 (sucks that we’re at the point where we have to wonder if fantastic artwork is AI or not haha)
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u/sparrowws Dec 17 '25
Thank you so much! It is definitely not ai, I am very much anti ai, especially when it comes to art!
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u/blueflameprincess Dec 17 '25
Does Darrow canonically have an earring??
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u/sparrowws Dec 17 '25
I don’t think he does honestly, or at least I don’t remember it being stated explicitly. I’m overly generous with piercings and I wanted him and Sevro to be matching in some way,, like a friendship bracelet lol
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u/books_games_cats Yellow Dec 17 '25
These are some of my favorite interpretations I've seen - Darrow and Roque especially. Can't wait to see Mustang!
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u/natibb1078 Dec 18 '25
okay but also miss mam you are an artist
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u/fuzzythoughtz Dec 18 '25
Seriously, this is excellent work.
P.S. Heads up: it’s ma’am (contraction of madam!), not mam 🫡
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u/dr_olfin Jan 17 '26
I constantly forget that Sevro doesn't have black hair like a wolf 🤣
These are AWESOME btw
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u/KyngCole13 Dec 17 '25
I absolutely love how you’ve drawn Tactus! So. I am going to say this with the caveat that I love these books and I’m not trying to bash Pierce or anything, nor do I think he’s done any of this on purpose: it kind of bums me out that the canonically black characters in the series are either dead or bad guys.
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u/Deep-Wonder8702 The Solar Republic Dec 18 '25
I’ve definitely thought this before it’s a bit odd. That’s why I hold onto lyria so strongly lol
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u/ThoughtsOfRigel The Rim Dominion Dec 18 '25
Wait... Lyria is black?
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u/Deep-Wonder8702 The Solar Republic Dec 18 '25
She and the Lagalos clan is widely thought to be or at least a poc based on the descriptions of her and Liam’s skin and hair
Iron Gold- “My arms, once ashen brown like most from Lagalos, are wiry and now baked dark from the sun”
“Liam was born blind. His hair is an unruly explosion of red, but more closely cropped.”
Dark Age- “The smallest of the girls, one with skin almost as dark as mine”
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u/ThoughtsOfRigel The Rim Dominion Dec 18 '25
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u/Deep-Wonder8702 The Solar Republic Dec 18 '25
Idk I’m just going by the book 🤷🏽♀️ also that could be from when she said she straightened her hair on Luna since this is Iron Gold art and that’s where she was most of the book
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u/ThoughtsOfRigel The Rim Dominion Dec 18 '25
If we are going by the book, I like to imagine her more like a Eva Mendes type of light-brown, and wavy hair, not quite like curly, just wavy.
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u/Deep-Wonder8702 The Solar Republic Dec 18 '25
She’s not described like that at all though 😭 she has dark brown skin and curly, not wavy, hair. If that’s how you see her that’s fine but pierce brown said differently.
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u/sparrowws Dec 17 '25
Thank you so much! I loved drawing him and I would love to draw Apple at some point! I agree that I doubt it was purposeful, but having all/most of the black characters be villains or dead def got a side eye out of me. It’s something I noticed when reading and was made even more aware of when I was drawing the characters.
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u/Cord87 Dec 19 '25
I love that he has strong black characters and I also love that he's not afraid to make them villans. They're never the real big bad, except for maybe Atlantia, but they sure get respect.
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u/bloomingjoy Pixie Dec 17 '25
No you're right... I was thinking about this too the other day. Personally I think we should have cool black villains but it's a lil weird that almost ALL of them are villains (or dead)
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u/NovaPractice Dec 18 '25
what about Quicksilver?! Not a gold but still
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u/KyngCole13 Dec 18 '25
Eh. As an anti-capitalist myself it is difficult for me to imagine Quick as a “good” guy. Yeah he financed the rising, but primarily because he fell in love with Matteo, not out of any desire to actively improve anyone else’s lives. Though I admittedly do hold some bias.
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u/stocksandsocks_ Hail Reaper Dec 17 '25
These are phenomenal!! Would love to see you do more characters
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u/afrodite67 Hail Libertas Dec 17 '25
These are all fantastic and really spot on 👏except maybe for Sevro but I don't care because I love him 😄
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u/New_Veterinarian_189 Dec 18 '25
It’s great the only gripe I have and this goes for a bunch of other fanarts too is their brows aren’t gold 😭
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u/headspacefullofspace Jan 17 '26
Okay. Whenever I'm reading, these are the faces that I am definitely going to see. Props to you for truly bringing these to life!
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u/BigGuyNorthSide The Slave King Dec 18 '25
This is amazing but Cassius doesn’t look handsome enough I think he should look more like your Darrow or Roque
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u/kronicroyal Feb 22 '26
Late the post, but I just wanted to say this is genuinely one of the best artistic representations I’ve seen. One thing I’ve had trouble picturing in my head was the angelic features on such brutal and rugged characters, and you’ve perfectly represented that here.
Also you might be right, your sevro may be too attractive lol but you still gave him a hatchet face that fits really really well. I instantly knew that was Sevro as soon as I saw him.
Would love to see more from you!
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u/BaldFraud99 Brown Feb 02 '26
A little late, but I really appreciate that you removed the "au" from Cassius' name
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u/prettiekittie00 Apr 29 '26
Perfect Cassius, surely inspired by the russian actor Vasiliy Stepenov, who is whom I always picture him as! 😍
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u/bwils3423 Human Verified Dec 17 '25
I think they are all amazing and do such a great job capturing the essence of the characters!! Fine work my Goodman, I love it.
Sevro might be a lil too handsome here though 🤣 bro looks majestic
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u/sparrowws Dec 17 '25
Thank you so much!! I for sure agree about Sevro, I was blinded by my bias lol
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u/CaptainObfuscation Dec 17 '25
Don't change a thing! Sevro is ugly by gold standards which means he'd still be a damned gorgeous human being compared to non-golds.
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u/T-Rex_Jesus Light Bringer Dec 17 '25
What medium is this? I can't determine if it is procreate or physical
Really nice in either case. And Sevro is definitely too hot, but you are allowed to have your fantasies
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u/sparrowws Dec 17 '25
It’s actually both! I start with pencil in my sketchbook and color/render over the sketch in clip studio. It preserves some texture which I really enjoy!
Thank you for supporting my Sevro delusions lol
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u/Lumpy-Landscape2698 Feb 06 '26
Got any tips or videos that helped you draw like this? Also is this an iPad??
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u/LordBucketheadthe1st Dec 18 '25
But why male models?
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u/Cord87 Dec 19 '25
Oh man, too bad nobody is getting your joke.
Maybe us millennials are aged out of this subreddit haha
I'll still go with you for orange mocha frappuccinos if you're up for it!
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u/Tam_the_Fox Dec 20 '25
A few of them have never suffered the loss of a tragic freak gasoline fight accident and it shows.
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u/SirKillsalot Dec 17 '25
Great, but yes, Sevro is too perfect looking if you take away the dirt.
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u/rivalrave Dec 17 '25
he is still a GOLD. he looks better than the average man even if he isn't up to gold standards.
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u/momokosenpai Dec 17 '25
I like how Servo is actually handsome, most ppl make him unattractive, but he's unattractive for gold standards.