r/characterdrawing • • Aug 11 '26

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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29 Upvotes

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 • • 6h ago

Request [LFA] Arcadia "Stargazer" Solus, 7'8 Freedom Fighter

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Arcadia Solus is a freedom fighter on her Homeworld of Kasirkin IV, a brutal sandy marble that the Kasirkinians somehow managed to call their home. However, in recent years their home and their very way of life has come under attack after the invasion and occupation of their homeworld by the Karrakin Trade Barony's House of Sulfur. Who wish to add Kasirkin IV to their list of conquered planets. Despite the overwhelming odds against them, Kasirkinians such as Arcadia took up arms against their occupiers, in a hopes that one day they can be free once more.

Physical Appearance:
Arcadia Solus is a rather towering and statuesque woman, standing at staggering 7'8, unusually tall for even Kasirkinians. With a skin tanned by the harsh sun of her homeworld, and strong muscles from hard work and fighting. Her eyes seemingly burn brightly with determination and optimism like twin orange suns. While her hair is a dark brown color that fades into a glittering orange. Her fox ears doing the same as well.

Personality:
Despite the rather oppressive and taxing situations she often finds herself in Arcadia has managed to keep a sense of optimism and hope alive in herself and others around her. Always looking forward, always moving forward. Never giving up even in the face of death. This hope was cultivated at a rather young age along with her love for astronomy, a wanderlust to explore the stars beyond the atmosphere of her homeworld. A dream she hopes to achieve when her homeworld is safe.

Gear:
Arcadia is a expert marksman and skilled tracker, as such she wears rather light gear to minimize her overall profile and a sniper rifle for ambushes. She utilizes the hecatonchieres grey wash nanites to allow herself to blend into the environment more easily (solid snakes from MGS4) and to produce a miniature 'sandstorm' to further obscure her position or to blind enemies.

Art Credit(In order):
RogueUzu
Noratta
Rebel (doesn't have any socials)
VoidSpawn01


r/characterdrawing • • 7h ago

Request [LFA](Repost) Schalkia, Final-born of the Dragon Ogres

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5 Upvotes

r/characterdrawing • • 20h ago

Request [LFA] Estevan - Old Dancer Bodyguard

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14 Upvotes

Hey folks. Looking for a piece of art for my character Estevan. Let me know if there are any questions.

Estevan is a former performer (dancer) who got recruited into the old queen's secret protection service after he happened to save her life in a very flamboyant way (they may have been trying to have an secret affair at the time). After a long period serving the queen, he eventually got assigned to watch over the new princess and quickly became like a grandfather to her. The princess has now grown up and Estevan has his hands full chasing her around and stopping her overly kind nature from getting herself in trouble with any local ne'er do-wells while generally tending to her and her friends' needs as her primary attendant.

Estevan has fully settled into his role as manservant/bodyguard/attendant for the princess and truly regrets nothing about his life. His sole joy and purpose is the protection of his grand-daughter the princess and he does his best to make sure he excels at that role despite feeling like he's never quite keeping up with her at times.

Physical Description:

- Human male, 60's, 5'6'' but built like he could still heft an elephant if he needed to - honestly picturing ridiculous muscles for someone his age. Blue eyes slightly starting to fog over with the onset of cataracts.

- Had originally pictured long hair tied up in a bun but there are some shorter hair references that look good. Not sure about facial hair - but would have aristocratic features generally. Any hair is white from age.

- A warm climate means the palace 'servant uniform' is lighter, looser clothing. I was picturing a short sleeveless vest, loose baggy pants and some sort of equivalent to ballet slippers. It's kind of slightly revealing but suits him as a former flamboyant dancer / performer and relentless flirt. Colourwise lighter - whites, pinks, blues

- Estevan's weapon of choice is a bladed scarf - utilising his prowess as a dancer to confuse his enemies while slicing them to ribbons. In non combat times I'm imagining it draped as almost a shawl to keep it unobtrusive and not obviously a weapon as he trails the princess around the palace + city. Might be more belt/sash like for art?

- Pose wise (if relevant) I do picture him either being in a neutral unassuming pose while watching people (ready to perform his bodyguard duties) or mid fight, swirling the cloth around like a ribbon dancer.

Thanks!


r/characterdrawing • • 1d ago

Request [LFA] Nihlda Hexesther - Hallowitch with a shotgun

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26 Upvotes

r/characterdrawing • • 1d ago

Request [LFA] for Ioulia, the masked psionic stranger (refs + moodboard)

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19 Upvotes

r/characterdrawing • • 1d ago

Request [LFA] Ferren Andras - Earth Genasi Armorer

7 Upvotes

Hi there! I'm looking to get character art done of a new character I'll be playing. I tried to give it a shot drawing him myself, but wasn't really ever happy with anything I was coming up with. He's my new armorer artificer that I'll be playing. In the game, the arcane armor that he can construct is going to be the infiltrator armor, and I want to use the bismuth gemstone and that sort of color as the "wiring" that powers the armor and allows him to channel energy into lightning blasts.

I'd love to get some art of him done, and feel free to DM me if you have any questions or want any follow up details about him as a character!


r/characterdrawing • • 1d ago

Request [LFA] Vampire the Requiem PC, Vesper

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14 Upvotes

Hello! If possible, I’d love to get art of my Vampire: The Requiem character, Vesper. She’s part of the Mekhet clan, which centers around secrecy and knowing things they shouldn’t. Vesper is also particularly adept at getting information from the internet. She’s quiet and prefers to be in the background pulling on strings.


r/characterdrawing • • 1d ago

Request [LFA] Kalisse, Archangel of Heironeous

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16 Upvotes

A stoic-faced judge of Greyhawk's LG god of War and Justice. Judiciously appearing for speaking roles as a woman with auburn hair, bronze skin, usual feathery wings, and a dress seemingly made of the summer sky, she takes a different appearance in battle to better reflect unbound holy might. Grossly incandescent and clad in pearlescent armor, her cirrus wings flurry and her hair blazes in a trailing rainbow of icy wisps refracting flame as she brandishes a holy bronze-hafted battle-axe, with a war pick in the shape of Heironeous' lightning bolt holy symbol, all while bolts-from-the-blue crackle behind her restraining eyes.

Planning to have her take part in a combat or two once my party actually quests to her, or maybe just one if they randomly decide they want to test their pride. Regardless, would be blessed to see what you do with the description and my MSPaint photobash.


r/characterdrawing • • 2d ago

Request Filled [RF] Samizura for r/_fruitbrother_

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74 Upvotes

Who love green? LFA


r/characterdrawing • • 1d ago

Request [LFA] Jin'lath Lokruin, the Fire Giant Goliath. The Armored Celestial Warlock and Fitness Influencer to the Gods!

2 Upvotes

Jin'lath is a fire giant goliath, and like many goliaths she's quite tall and imposing. She stands 7'7" and has grey skin and big messy firey red hair. Some kept in braids some just wild. Many say she's the spitting image of Sune the Goddess of Love and Beauty, if the Lady Firehair was a giant that is.

Maybe this prompted her to become a Paladin of Sune, but thats personal, so we didn't ask. It didn't take long for her to get noticed by a Planetar of Lady Sune, Ashaya. With religion and worship down in Faerun, the planetar Ashaya forged a pact with Jin'lath to help spread the word. Now Jin'lath is a celestial warlock in service of Sune. She promptly became a Vitality Celebrant (Fitness Influencer) for the gods. Her hair changed color that day, at least half of it did and became perfectly pure white.

She now travels the world spreading beauty the only way she knows how, being strong! She uses her rough and ready battle worn beauty and natural muscular physique as an ice breaker before speaking about Sune and sharing her love. "She's yoked!" they cry out. "She's so charming and kind" they say. "She's positively radiant!" they swoon. She always tells the people that Sune demands perfection, and she wont stop until she's the fittest!


Fluff aside...

  • Jin'lath is about 30 years old
  • Her skin is light grey bordering on blue, freckles, scared from battles.
  • Her hair is red/white messy and big, very Norse/viking style, braids and messy (on purpose of course). Left side is red, right side is white.
  • She has glowing/smoldering fire yellow eyes
  • She's 7'7"
  • She's very muscular and strong. Think Vi or Sevika from Arcane, or Miruko (MHA), SheHulk, Striga (Castlevania)...
  • She's vibrant and brilliant and bubbly. She can be a bit dense, but she takes her work, her fitness, and her friends very seriously. She doesn't sweat the small stuff.
  • She wears heavy chain, scale or plate armor into battle, but doesn't shy from showing off her physique, that's her job after all!
  • She's always trendy, Beauty is Sune's decree, even in armor and in battle she looks good.
  • She usually wields a pike, sometimes a big two handed hammer.
  • She likes layers and accessories and trinkets and pouches and jewelry and so on. Always accessorize!
  • She's a "medieval fantasy" equivalent of a fittness influencer. I envision her recording "videos" on sending stones or stones she distributes that play videos and stuff. She's a performer, a cosplayer (disguise kit), a charismatic goofball, always willing to speak with her fans and speak about Sune.
  • The sign of her pact, beyond the white hair, is a halo, but the halo can become a collar too. The job isn't perfect she is pacted, by immortal beings who don't know what it might be like to be mortal after all.

Just ask away if you have questions!

Thanks in advance for any considerations!


r/characterdrawing • • 3d ago

Request Filled [RF] The Haunted One Sorrow Knight

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163 Upvotes

For u/AzuraHatesScamps - Original Post

I usually give my files names, so with your creative freedom, she is named Penthea. A twist off the Greek word for mourning; Penthos. This was a fun one to do, for a Strahd campaign I imagined her in a basement/underground chamber with a pool of blood. Enjoy! :)


r/characterdrawing • • 4d ago

Request Filled [RF] Hunter for VTM

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257 Upvotes

r/characterdrawing • • 3d ago

Request [LFA] Baiza, the Boar. A Tynfolk mercenary.

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4 Upvotes

Figured I would repost once to see if anyone was interested, thanks for looking!


r/characterdrawing • • 4d ago

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

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216 Upvotes

r/characterdrawing • • 3d ago

Request [LFA] monsterhearts werewolf wolf form

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19 Upvotes

Hey there,

I'm going to play in a monsterhearts campaign quite soon and I'd love to have my boy drawn in his wolf form. Feel free to give him an interesting stance. Some blood around the muzzle and claws is also not a problem for me


r/characterdrawing • • 4d ago

Request Filled [RF] Noel Santira for u/SageOfTheSixOofs

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175 Upvotes

r/characterdrawing • • 4d ago

Request Filled [RF] A hunter for VTM

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69 Upvotes

I'm somewhat slow at drawing (or over-working many spots) so I tried to challenge myself into completing this one in 1.5 hours. It was truly a challenge and how much I'd love to just change a couple spots but oh well :P I did add the shadow and the mist after the 1.5 hours, I'm a cheat like that :D

Original request post: https://www.reddit.com/r/characterdrawing/comments/1ws5dsr/lfa_for_my_medieval_loosely_vtm_campaign_he_was_a/


r/characterdrawing • • 3d ago

Request [LFA] (Repost) Doppleganger bard fella

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8 Upvotes

His whole schtick is he'll hire himself out to take over the more boring parts of your life that you dont really want to do in exchange for MONEEEY (or in the case of richer clients, the chance to live a luxurious life for a bit)


r/characterdrawing • • 3d ago

Request [LFA] Vulpine armored, warlock with unique weapon

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2 Upvotes

This is my first post so go easy on me lmk if i need to add more information


r/characterdrawing • • 4d ago

Request Filled [RF] Ellie-Mae for r/lunamoonlight456

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73 Upvotes

Yeah I'm into casual clothes mixed with fantasy attributes

LFA


r/characterdrawing • • 5d ago

Request Filled [RF] Scra Ritari, Tiefling Paladin under the Raven Queen

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281 Upvotes

A very purple drawing! The colour palette was surprisingly challenging as it was almost monotone but not quite, but I feel like I found a good balance in the end! I tried to make their scythe have a vague bird-ish profile as a nod to the Raven Queen. I didn't want to go too over the board on the jewelry as the design was already feeling quite busy, so the belt, rings and the bracelet felt like a good amount. I also found it fun that the name of this holy knight, Ritari, literally translates to "a knight" in my native tongue, so how could I refuse :P

Original request post: https://www.reddit.com/r/characterdrawing/comments/1wxvhoy/lfa_scra_ritari_tiefling_paladin_under_the_raven/


r/characterdrawing • • 6d ago

Request [LFA] any shark enthusiasts wanna help me picture a sharkfolk based off the thresher shark?

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I have a character in mind i wanna make thats a sharkfolk based off my favorite shark, the thresher shark. But whenever i picture sharkfolk, i envision big scary guy with muscles and mass, like king shark. Even google shows me the same kind of sharkfolk, tons of muscle, thick necks, look like they wrestled in college. Thresher sharks don't look like they have a lot of mass. Yeah they are strong enough to stun fish with a swish of their tail so i can see my guy having some muscle but i can't help but picture a sharkfolk with less mass than an 18 wheeler. Can someone help me just envision what im looking for?


r/characterdrawing • • 6d ago

Request Filled [RF] Ada for r/jinx-3leaf

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96 Upvotes

Okay next. LFA link