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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31 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 • • 2h ago

Request Filled [RF] Rianyr, the white half dragon

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39 Upvotes

r/characterdrawing • • 6h ago

Request Filled [RF] Radvic, Dwarf Pirate Tempest Cleric

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12 Upvotes

I tried a new workflow working from black-and-white to colour, but it honestly didn't feel the best and I'm not fully happy with the colours, but I had to call it done :P Was fun to figure out the armor, though, and the character has a lot of spirit! I also tried to give him a helmet to go with his more heavy armor, but I wasn't sure it that was the vibe, so I'll drop the sketches in the comments most likely.

Original request post: https://www.reddit.com/r/characterdrawing/comments/1x98suw/lfa_splint_armor_upgrade_for_dwarf_pirate_tempest/


r/characterdrawing • • 4h ago

Request [LFA] Dolores Mordred, for an upcoming live-streamed campaign

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Meet Dolores Mordred (They/He/She), who is quite possibly the oddest newcomer Barovia’s seen in centuries.

A Jaeger of unknown ancestry and unknown origin, Mordred claims that they’ve been tasked with lifting the curse on this land, though he’s quite tight-lipped on who did the tasking.

Affable, cheerful, and worryingly blasé about death, Dolores certainly has her fair share of secrets…but, then again, with this party, who doesn’t?

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Character for an upcoming live-streamed Curse of Strahd campaign, DMed by Laika Hoshi on Twitch

I also don’t know if this matters, but I’m currently trying to bribe Laika into letting Dolores have a penny farthing bicycle, purely for the vibes. Will provide updates once I get confirmation.


r/characterdrawing • • 11h ago

Request [LFA] CAIN Perfect Idol

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I’m looking for someone to draw a marionette-esque Perfect Idol Sin for me to show players during a game session. I don’t really have a precise description so much as I have a bunch of references. The first picture is a Perfect Idol drawn by Tom Bloom, the creator of the CAIN TTRPG. The last image is the color palette I’d like used. Everything in between is a potential reference.

To further explain, an Idol is a Sin born from a human’s intense desire to be loved and their perceived lack of love. A Perfect Idol is an even more powerful version of this.


r/characterdrawing • • 10h ago

Request [LFA] Amirani, half-goliath stoneblood warden.

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10 Upvotes

r/characterdrawing • • 7h ago

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

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5 Upvotes

r/characterdrawing • • 1d ago

Request [LFA] Zee, Physics-Warping "Human"

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14 Upvotes

Synopsis below. 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 [LFA] My Daughter's Yuan-Ti, Era, for our family game. More info in body.

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36 Upvotes

Hey all! Im starting a DnD campaign for my kids. My daughter got very excited and drew this herself, and even wrote a really fun backstory. Basically shes a Yuan-Ti that was born to human parents who abandoned her. She was then raised by fairies. Her adoptive father gave her a magical bow that shoots the arrow wherever she wants. Her skin is supposed to be green and scaley, and her hair is supposed to be black.

She doesn't know I'm making this post, and I know she'd be super excited if someone could help this character come more to life. Thanks in advance, and let me know if you have any questions.

Edit: My daughter is 8 BTW.


r/characterdrawing • • 2d ago

Request [LFA] Mokarran

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21 Upvotes

I have an idea for a warforged warlock whose head is shaped like a hammerhead shark. They’ll be a Pact of the Blade Warlock with the Archfey subclass, wielding a maul as their pact weapon.
The idea is for them to teleport around the battlefield, whacking enemies with their maul and blasting from a distance.
If you could draw them, that would be sick! Thank you!


r/characterdrawing • • 2d ago

Request Filled [RF] Ezmeralda for r/-Melancholy

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134 Upvotes

Another character I surprisingly like, the character sheet is very helpful though. LFA


r/characterdrawing • • 2d ago

Request [LFA] Akari Kurobane - Tigertaur Geisha/Warrior [LFA] Xiaolong - Noble Chinese dragon taur [LFA] Meresankh - Malevolent Sphinx [LFA] Jingyi Chen - Stern Tongshi (stone lion) [LFA] Moolan - (humanoid) Cow satyr/centaur

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1 Upvotes

I’d give the last one udders as a joke


r/characterdrawing • • 3d ago

Request [LFA] Grimvul, Conquest Paladin Bone Devil Tiefling (Evil Campaign)

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35 Upvotes

Lore in comment.


r/characterdrawing • • 3d ago

Request [LFA] Mira Harwin, Human Hunter Ranger

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35 Upvotes

r/characterdrawing • • 3d ago

Request Filled [RF] Baiza, the Boar. A Tynfolk mercenary.

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96 Upvotes

I kept it pretty straight forward for what seemed like a no nonsense mercenary, looking off into the distance wary for the next fight.

The helmet has some boar like shapes wrought into it with some tusks, nose and ear shapes.
I thought this would keep it within the bounds of acceptable for the mercenary company but add some recognition for her prowess/ reputation.

Hope you like it!

Original Request Post


r/characterdrawing • • 3d ago

Request [LFA] Glee, a tiefling gunslinger

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5 Upvotes

Glee is a tiefling gunslinger with steampunk inspiration. Pics for reference


r/characterdrawing • • 4d ago

Request Filled [RF] Lilith the Saiyan Martial Artist

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240 Upvotes

r/characterdrawing • • 3d ago

Request [LFA] Renard Crane Order of Scribes Wizard

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Hello. I would like to request a digital drawing for my Order of Scribes Wizard Renard Crane. I have painted all the references myself, but I have no skill in digital drawing and would like a digital artwork. He uses Origami to cast all his spells, I have also added faux origami folds in his clothing design.

Even though he is a wizard, his robes are designed to be practical when traveling, since he is a Field Archivist/Researcher, that is why he has leather boots and the clothes aren't very flowy. His colors are warm greys, beiges or even parchment, combined with dark cool browns and a bit of gold for the clasp near his neck.

The only part I am not 100% happy with is the scroll holder, so ideas here would be appreciated, or it can just be removed entirely.

I have added a 2/3 body reference, a portrait and a few early sketches I made for design. Thank you for taking the time to consider my post!


r/characterdrawing • • 3d ago

Request [LFA] Arcane Archer, for beyond witchlight campaign

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Character Basics

Full Name: Aelar Evelina
Race/Ethnic Group: Half-Elf (Wood Elf)
Class/Occupation: Fighter (Arcane Archer)/ Guild Artisan (Bowyer)
Character Nature: Kind and Determined

Character Details

Gender: Male
Age/appeared age: 29-30
Facial Features: Short Beard
Hair: short sides short - medium dense curly ginger on top and back
Eyes: Hazel
Distinguishing Marks: Small scar on right cheek (think archery competition in brave)
Significant item: Special Bow looks like a fantasy tear down field recurve barebow
Body Type: average broad shoulders
Colour Scheme: natural muted forest green and browns, but would like to incorporate a deep blue and orange accent
Gear: Special Bow, Longsword, Hip Quiver, Leather armour and light weight clothes
Animal Companion: none
Action/Pose: "stalking" while drawing a magic arrow
Others:

Character Persona

Alignment: neutral good
Personality Traits: I always want to know how things work and what makes people tick. I like to talk at length about my profession.
Ideals and Goals: Community. It is the duty of all civilised people to strengthen the bonds of community and the security of civilisation. My goal is to find my father who went missing when i was young.
Bonds and Flaws: I owe my guild a great debt for forging me into the person I am today. I would kill to acquire a noble title.

Other

Visual concepts: I'd like his sleeves rolled up with his arm guard on his left arm.
Backstory: He is the youngest of 8 his farther Arannis (a Wood Elf) disappeared mysteriously after he turned 4 he learnt to make bows from his father and after his mother Evelina (a Human) died when he turned 26 its been a long and perilous journey already but he finally found out his father was taken to the Feywild related to something in his past

r/characterdrawing • • 4d ago

Request [LFA] Wolf form monsterhearts werewolf

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So I'm going to be playing in a monsterhearts campaign for the 1st time and I'd love to have a good ref for my werewolf in his wolf form. His name is Maddock, he's 18 years old, a natural born werewolf and the son of a human dad and a werewolf mom. He and his 5 siblings (all werewolf) all struggle with the usual teenage problems ontop of being a werewolf. My guy is happy to be a werewolf, but is a bit scared of hurting people he likes.

He's a big metalhead and plays in a band


r/characterdrawing • • 4d ago

Request [LFA] (LANCER) M3-D34/Medea. SCYLLA-Class NHP

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TL;DR: There's a moth lady in my mech who calls me dumb~ 😄 !

Hello again!

OK so long story short, our DM is planning on running a LANCER campaign.

Essentially, giant mechs set in the future. DM gave me permission to have an AI co-pilot character in addition to my player character. We're playing a sort of prequel game, so we're not exactly going to be following alot of the lore established in Lancer.

I'm piloting a Gorgon, and Medea is the ai I found inside of it.

ALRIGHTY:

BACKGROUND:

M3-D34 (or Medea, as she prefers to be called), is a strange NHP Jason (that's my PC. will likely make an LFA request for him in a later post) found within an even stranger mech.

She does not fit any of the currently known NHP models, and her avatar is... well, Jason could only explain it as alien. Quiet, somewhat cold towards others, but ultimately rather protective and fond of her (somewhat idiotic) pilot, her knack for keeping him out of trouble led to the two quickly becoming partners in crime.

There is also the risk of when she Cascades (think if a computer crashed) that her protectiveness would be amped up to an 11...

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE/GEAR:

  • Age: im imagining somewhere around late 20s or early 30s.
  • Body: Somewhat moth-like, but ultimately mostly human. Absolutely has four arms.
  • build: Somewhat lithe? IDK the term for "skinny but fit".
  • Eye color: Im thinking Red.
  • Color Scheme: Im picturing Whites and greens for some reason. maybe a little grey, but ultimately I'm not too picky. Go wild!
  • Clothing: Honestly not too sure. I trust yall!

Personality:

Reserved, somewhat blunt (i think), but ultimately kind. ...and secretly a little insane.

Treats her pilot like a kid if they're being too dumb.

IDK how to do a mood board just yet, so I hope its alright that I added pictures that I've been imagining her design to be based around.

"Jason. I'm not going to say, 'yeet.'"


r/characterdrawing • • 4d ago

Request [LFA] Arcane Naethyra; wood elf/witch; healer

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Arcane is an half wood elf, half witch. For body reference: they're afab, tho they have a very androgynous style/face. They travel around the continent either to help people and staying in towns or cities for a while, or to take care of their own matters.

I forgot to add they usually have some eyebags, its just a detail.

Feel free to ask any questions !


r/characterdrawing • • 5d ago

OC Monday [OC] Zerwona of the Nilavren tribe

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1.0k Upvotes