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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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 Filled [RF] River Stonewell, Pokemon Ranger for u/Kitty_Civet

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r/characterdrawing • • 5h ago

Request [LFA] Kids first DnD campaign surprise (translation in description)

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Hi guys! I’m a college student (obviously broke) and do some babysitting to two kids, aged 6 and 8. Since I’m a big nerd, I’ve recently introduced them to DnD and they’ve been liking it a lot! I do the story, character sheets, dm notes and level up guides myself, but can’t draw at all. Since they just finished their first adventure, I was hoping you guys could help me surprise them with their character art (since I don’t wanna use ai). I’ve pasted the original notes, mine and theirs, and included the polished translation below. Thank you so much :)

Zarek (created by the 6 year old)

Zarek is a red skinned Tiefling Monk with two horns, a red tail, small wings, yellow eyes, a yellow shirt and green pants. He wears an eyepatch over an eye injured by an animal and carries a diamond staff with his name engraved on it. He was born at the top of a volcano and nearly fell into it, but managed to save himself with his staff. After traveling around the world, he discovered a house where a monk lived. The monk trained him and told him to fight the King of the Bad Guys and his guards, whom Zarek eventually defeated.

Glacior (created by the 8 year old)

Glacior is a Frost Dragonborn Fighter with white and silver scales, blue eyes, one intact horn and one broken horn. He wears a blue hood, a black cloak, armor and dark blue pants. He also has a scar left by an animal's claws. He was born in a glacier and, when summer arrived, a farmer named Tom found him in a river. Tom initially took him in but eventually realized he was a dragon and ran away, never to return. Glacior then tried to find a home in a village, but everyone fled in fear of him. He was left completely alone until he encountered an old man. His story ends there, leaving the rest of his past a mystery.


r/characterdrawing • • 22h ago

Request Filled [RF] Catfolk Sorcerer for u/Revolutional_Way

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Ow.

You'll have to forgive the jpeg of it all, the .png was 8mb lmao

Enjoy!

(@atmamaonline/impractico on Instagram/bsky :3)


r/characterdrawing • • 3h ago

Request [LFA] Divana the tiny, beast-like fairy inspired by the comet moth

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4 Upvotes

Divana is a peace domain cleric who serves Death (believing in the peace of the afterlife). She is inspired by the comet moth but with the colors of a divana diva moth. She's a very beast-like little fairy, with her body covered in fur-like scales and massive wings that drag on the ground when she walks. If you've ever watched Barbie Swan Lake, her backstory is inspired by Odette's family lol. Divana is a pretty chill, if not a lil odd, fairy who doesn't enjoy when people argue.

Thanks for checking her out!


r/characterdrawing • • 2h ago

Request [LFA]Samhain, my tiefling hexblade

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1 Upvotes

r/characterdrawing • • 2h ago

Request [LFA] 70s Witchy Goddess

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If anyone would like to draw this character for me in any style, I would love it!!

• Super duper long blonde hair (like crazy long, option to have her hair be a part of her powers)
• 70’s attire (bellbottoms, fashionable, fun shoes and colors, use your creativity!)
• Green eyes
• She is curvy with very long legs
• Witchy Aura (she has the power to put people in euphoric trances to get whatever she wants)

Thank you in advanced for helping this character come to life!


r/characterdrawing • • 1d ago

Request Filled [RF] Ikelos Strix (Owlin Artificer) and Scraps, their valiant Steel Defender for a DnD 5e Campaign

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62 Upvotes

r/characterdrawing • • 6h ago

Request [LFA] Ilse Keyfir, Guardian Reborn

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Ilse Keyfir (Eel-suh Kay-feer) is a character who has lived rent free in my head for years. She's heavily inspired by the Jedi and takes a lot of cues from Star Wars media. She has been one of my absolute favourite characters to play and last night saw the culmination of a very important character arc for her.

She's a drow, but was raised by The Order of the Azure Circle and has no concept of drow society. She was once an Eldritch Knight, but due to the loss of her Master lost her connection to the Weave. Over the course of her journey she rediscovered it and became a Noble Genies Paladin. Shortly after, however, tragedy struck and she died. She was brought back by the lingering spirit of her former Master and now the two reside within her body. She now contends with the mingling of these two distinct identities and has begun slowly healing that rift. She has recently been elevated to the rank of Knight and gifted a sun blade for her service.

I have provided a written description as well as some references for her appearance including the current Picrew that I am using.

Appearance

Ilse's stands around 5'7. Ilse has pale purple skin that looks as if it hasn't seen the sun in some time. Across her body are numerous scars, notably a large slash across her chest, a small scar under her right eye and a scar across the bridge of her nose. Strangely, all these scars have taken on a golden hue. Her eyes are a deep red, almost crimson. Her hair is ashen white and is kept back in a long ponytail that flows to the small of her back

Around her neck is a symbol of her Order, a small amulet of blue star in a circle. Her robes are deep indigo contrasted with golden trim. On left hip she carries a pair of curved swords with elven runes on them that glow faintly amber. On her right hip an unassuming longsword hilt (her newly acquired sun blade). When ignited her sun blade also glows a steady rich amber hue.

Reference Images

First two are for appearance (I'm sorry for the AI one), 3rd is her style of robe, 4th is the type of curved sword she carries.

I hope someone finds this request appealing and I look forward to the end results. Thanks! <3


r/characterdrawing • • 18h ago

Request [LFA] Woe, Eldritch Knight Tiefling

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9 Upvotes

r/characterdrawing • • 14h ago

Request [LFA] Cassian Vayl, Tiefling Archivist and Spellblade

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3 Upvotes

Cassian Vayl, Tiefling Archivist and Spellblade

Class: Magus (Arcane Half-Caster)

Equipment: Rapier, Leather Armor, Hand Crossbow

Physical Description:

Cassian stands at 5’10” (6’2” if you count horns) with a slender build, built more for nimble mobility rather than raw strength, a blue-ish gray skin tone with bone-white horns and smokey gray tips styled after Raphael’s horns in Baldur’s Gate 3, and a pointed tail. His ears are adorned with silver saber earrings and helix / upper lobe piercings connecting by silver chains.

However, the most noticeable feature is his horns being where his eyes are. The horns have infernal script etched all over them, which channel arcane energy to reproduce his sight.

Character Context:

Cassian is a man of quiet contemplation and routine. While not completely cold or aloof, he finds more comfort in his studies and his work as he holds continuous education in the highest regard above all else. When he isn’t cataloging archaeological findings or correcting errors within historical texts, there is little more he enjoys than sitting in a chair with a textbook in his hand and a long tobacco pipe in his mouth.

Eventually, word spread of a new land far to the east, and his order sees this as an opportunity to expand their horizons and learn about new parts of the world. He is chosen to join an expeditionary force in hopes of establishing a presence in the new land, and nothing excites him more than understanding that which was hidden for untold generations.


r/characterdrawing • • 20h ago

Request [LFA] Updated art for my 'biblicly accurate muckraker'!

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Looking some updated/alternate art of my muckraker Pelerdose! It has been about 4 in-universe years since his introduction/first pic (credits to u/askelb for the incredible original commissioned piece!), and he is making a cameo in our groups current campaign~

TLDR update/things that have had the most visual effect on Pel is that his biggest thing has been bargaining a celestial into taking its power in order to become a celestial himself. Along with an outfit change, Really wanting to dive into the 'biblicly accurate' look. 3 pairs of big ol' wings with eyes matching his own pupilless golden ones. His scribes wizard quill floats around on its own so it could be going around and around

attached is original art and the inspo board for him! Thanks for your consideration! 🫶


r/characterdrawing • • 19h ago

Request [LFA] Jin'lath, the fire giant Goliath, fitness influencer warlock!

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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 • • 1d ago

Request [LFA] Ruža Volny, Changeling Sword Dancer

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12 Upvotes

r/characterdrawing • • 1d ago

OC Monday [OC] Captain of the Guard

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137 Upvotes

The City Watch has a thankless job... perhaps this portrait of their commander, Sir Samuel, can serve as a small token of recognition of their value and worth in all tales fantastic and ridiculous. Handcrafted Pixel Art. Original dimensions: 239px by 212px, 29 colors.


r/characterdrawing • • 1d ago

Request Filled [RF] The Perfect Idol, for u/emmie360

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38 Upvotes

r/characterdrawing • • 1d ago

Request Filled [RF] Grimvul, Conquest Paladin Bone Devil Tiefling

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86 Upvotes

I loved the challenge of drawing the hair and making the colour contrast feel balanced throughout the piece despite the light top and darker bottom. Hope you have a good time being bad! :D

Request post: https://www.reddit.com/r/characterdrawing/comments/1xc3xjy/lfa_grimvul_conquest_paladin_bone_devil_tiefling/


r/characterdrawing • • 16h ago

Request [LFA] Reborn human female paladin

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Looking for: Full body piece, standing or getting ready for a fight

Budget: [your amount]

Deadline: [Flexable/soon"]

Use: Personal use only

# Character Basics

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|Full Name:|Kayleigh Lockheart|

|Race/Ethnic Group:|Human (reborn)|

|Class/Occupation:|Oath of Vengeance Paladin|

|Character Genre:|D&D 5e, dark fantasy / gothic horror|

# Character Details

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|Gender:|Female|

|Age/appeared age:|22|

|Facial Features:|Calm, distant expression in portraits, fierce and snarling in combat. Light freckles, a few small cuts on her face|

|Hair:|Very long, wavy reddish-orange, worn loose|

|Eyes:|Green|

|Distinguishing Marks:|Pale skin. A stitched scar across her upper chest, the wound that killed her|

|Significant item:|Shield with a phoenix painted on a black face, and a longsword|

|Body Type:|Tall, slender, hourglass figure|

|Color Scheme:|Ivory and cream, crimson, reddish-orange, black, with gold accents on the phoenix|

|Gear:|Longsword and heater shield. The phoenix has its wings spread, painted in gold and red on a black face. Optional: faint ember glow on the sword when she uses vengeance powers|

|Animal Companion:|None|

|Action/Pose:|Standing, or getting ready for a fight (shield raised, sword drawn)|

|Others:|MUST keep the wedding dress, even in action poses. Blood stains on the dress are important, along with grave dirt and torn fingernails. Jewelry: drop earrings and a pendant necklace with a red stone|

# Character Persona

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|Alignment:|Lawful Neutral|

|Personality Traits:|Determined, haunted, fiercely protective|

|Ideals and Goals:|Vengeance. Find and punish whoever murdered her on her wedding day|

|Bonds and Flaws:|Bond: her lost fiancé and the life she was robbed of. Flaw: obsession with revenge and a cold detachment from the living|

# Other

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|Visual concepts:|Blood-stained bride, gothic horror|

|Backstory:|Kayleigh was murdered on her wedding day. Reborn, she clawed her way out of her coffin and took an oath of vengeance. She now hunts those responsible, still wearing the dress she was buried in.|


r/characterdrawing • • 2d ago

OC Monday [OC] Mantis Elf Wizard

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367 Upvotes

r/characterdrawing • • 1d ago

Request [LFA] scary horse demon

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1 Upvotes

Hello, im looking to bring a concept for a monster im planning on running in my campaign to life. Its a Half-demon experiment performed by a lich and set loose into the world.


r/characterdrawing • • 2d ago

Request Filled [RF] Azamyr

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46 Upvotes

r/characterdrawing • • 2d ago

Request Filled [RF] Rex Bot-Tum

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59 Upvotes

r/characterdrawing • • 2d ago

OC Monday [OC] I turned famous animals into D&D adventurers, part 2

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Hi, it's me again. I'm back with more characters, this time with four famous animals from history. Wojtek was the Polish soldier bear from WWII; Dolly was the cloned sheep (RIP Dolly Parton); Togo was one of the sled dogs from the 1925 Alaskan diptheria outbreak; and David Greybeard was the chimp that Dame Jane Goodall (RIP) worked with.

If you have any suggestions for other famous animals, please let me know. Hope y'all like these characters!


r/characterdrawing • • 2d ago

OC Monday [OC] Reapster, the reaper jester

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9 Upvotes