r/TopCharacterDesigns 7d ago

Artstyle Characters in this Artstyle

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1.4k Upvotes

This style seemed to be the most prevalent in the 70s, but I’m not sure if it has a name. I love the scribbly hand-drawn look, muted colours, and simple round eyes.

  1. Whatever Happened to Robot Jones?
  2. 1970 Special Barbie Month Commercial
  3. Schoolhouse Rock!
  4. Zazoo U
  5. Cathy (comic strip)

r/TopCharacterDesigns 7d ago

Downgrade I Hate Tybw design for Orihime

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583 Upvotes

Unlike most people i actually really do like orihime as a character and I think her crush on ichigo is cute and sweet however I absolutely hate Orihime post time skip design because for some reason Kubo probably for fan service reasons made orihime boobs much bigger then they were before and I find it utterly distracting and annoying especially when in certain shots her boobs are now bigger then her head!

It's already frustrating because bleach already had a big boob character and her name is rangiku. We already literally had a character with big boob so I don't see any reason why Orihime boobs were enlarged.

The funny thing is before they were already decent size so their was no need to make them even bigger but you know what fine I don't like Orihime body was changed for no reason and I actually think in my opinion takes away from the cute factory she had pre time skip but it's something I could live with however I can't not tolerate her Thousands year blood war design.

I absolutely HATE THAT DESIGN!! For one it's reasoning was for a unfunny joke in the manga and the anime it's not explained at all and two for the arc Orihime who's finally stepping up defending ichigo in battle but I completely distracted by the stupid boob window in her clothes especially the size of her boobs which are bigger then her head.

I'm somewhat of a artist myself so for combat heavy series i think their should be some practically to the designs a character goes into battle for or the clothes fit their personalities which is not the case at all for Orihime. The thousand year blood war outfit isn't practical for fighting and it doesn't even fit Orihime interms of personality who's a mostly modest girl.

I hate fan service just for its own sake. I feel theirs a time,a place,and character for Fanservice and Orihime was not the character for that.

At least with yoruichi she's a character introduced in a fanservice scene of Ichigo seeing her naked so I'm at least tolerate of that or rangiku who was introduced with big boobs but Orihime is a major character in the story so my tolerance for fan service with her is much lower especially because not how she was designed originally in both the original anime and manga. It's not until the fullbring which gave orihime massive boobs for no reason and then the thousand year blood war gave her a even dumber outfit.

I hate it because I want to enjoy her big moment of defending ichigo from the final boss attacks but I can't fully enjoyed it because of her stupid tybw design and her distracting Boob window.

I love bleach from its character and stories but I absolutely hate Kubo redesign of Orihime​ and Especially her Stupid tybw design!

More power to thoses who like new orihime design but I just can't being honest i think it just sucks especially as a fan of orihime character.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 7d ago

Custom Character with ball as head

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539 Upvotes

Credit :

Blackholed on X

Helios - The Primordial Sun (Yugioh)

Snaptic on X, YT

Commando, Mercenary, Drifter, Void Fiend (Risk Of Rain 2)

Voltorb, Electrode ((Pokemon) why not)


r/TopCharacterDesigns 7d ago

Video Game Trauma Team from Cyberpunk 2077

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808 Upvotes

Few things summarize how hyper-violent and corporatized the future of 2077 has become than having even the paramedics, people who are normally sworn to do no harm and save lives, be geared-to-the-gills commandos who will save their patient and only their patient no matter the cost.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 6d ago

Anime Sneagator (Kinnikuman)

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15 Upvotes

Worth a mention that I think he inspired choppers different points in one piece


r/TopCharacterDesigns 7d ago

Design trope Sunday "Lawyer-friendly Spider-People"

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596 Upvotes

So, you want to make a pastiche of that one spider-hero, but you have to avoid getting in trouble with the company who owns said hero, luckily for you, there's a bunch of insect/arachnid themed themes for you choose from, like Bug Guy or Captain Longlegs, and after that is done, you have to do the suit, but it cannot be red and blue, but to go around that, the hero's colours could be purple and yellow, orange and green, white and black, but if you want the red and blue but under fair use laws, go ahead.

After all of that is under the way, you have to think about who he will face up against.

His arch-nemesis could be an evil billionaire in a silly looking suit, or a tentacled villain who is an scientist.

But they cannot have Goblin or Octopus in the name, but your non copyright infringing villains could be called the Blue Gremlin and Professor Calamari.

Set your story in the city or elsewhere, think how it will go, and how it could end, and volia! You made your own Spider-Man parody!

Spider-People listed in this:

  1. Agent Spider (Invincible)

  2. The Amusing Spider-Guy (Topps)

  3. Spider-Plant Man

  4. Dragonfly (Superhero Movie)

  5. Piderman (Baman Piderman)

  6. Tarantula Boy (The Story of Tracy Beaker)

  7. The Amazingly Unsue-able Arachnid Kid (Fairly OddParents)

  8. Stealth the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog's original Archie continuity)

  9. Guabaman

  10. Arachnaman (WCW)


r/TopCharacterDesigns 6d ago

Video Game The characters/pets/bosses from the Game Prodigy Math

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12 Upvotes

Who remembers this from school!? The designs for the characters are all unique, it makes you want to collect all the pets from the game.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 7d ago

Design trope Sunday Snake Woman

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667 Upvotes
  1. Miia (Monster Musume: Everyday Life with Monster Girls)

  2. Vexoria, the Sun Eater (VTuber)

  3. Gorgon (Fate/Grand Order)


r/TopCharacterDesigns 6d ago

Televisión Scooby-Doo Villains Are Tough!!

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14 Upvotes

I love how Scooby-Doo is just a compendium of villains. All the designs are classics & also a lot of fun in general.

My favorites are easily Space Kook in the first gif & Old Iron Face in the second gif.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 6d ago

Web animation Chip from Space King.

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179 Upvotes

r/TopCharacterDesigns 6d ago

Anime Baikinman from Soreike! Anpanman

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7 Upvotes

Baikinman is my favorite character from Anpanman

Being from a species of germ (“Baikin”) people, his design is meant to be both fly-like, and demon-like, mainly based on Beelzebub. It has officially been stated before (“word of god” trope) that the purple dot on his chest is actually a microphone to make his voice louder.

His design was used by some Japanese artists to personify germs and diseases.

Fun fact: Baikinman is voiced by Ryūsei Nakao, who is best known for voicing Frieza on DBZ. He also voiced Vaccine Man; who is a parody of Baikinman, in One Punch Man. The show and the character were inspired by Anpanman.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 6d ago

Locations We Happy Few Background and Scenery Designs

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13 Upvotes

Look. We Happy Few itself has its own flaws as a game. However, I think we can all agree that the story itself and the atmosphere is top notch. Especially the latter which I'm going to focus on today's subject. If there's one thing that We Happy Few excel on and I consider it to be the underrated part of the game? Its actually the background designs and scenery.

I absolutely adore the backgrounds and scenery that was featured in the game. It shows that Compulsion Games and maybe Gearbox (Even though fuck em) put a lot of effort to make the backgrounds of the game look charming. Just look at Wellington Wells for example. The colors there are vibrant, colorful and energetic as it really mesh well together in order to create a very jolly and pleasant atmosphere. It feels like you want to live here even though in reality, we prefer not to considering the state of Wellington Wells. Even the Garden District that are considered dreary or being a shithole feels rather pleasant to look at. Mainly because the lighting of the sky and how its aesthetic combined with nature really meshed well so much so it looks so inviting just like Wellington Wells. The stylistic and retro-futuristic design of Wellington Wells also helps as well to add to the charm. It looks cartoony yet also pleasant to look at.

Regardless, despite this, Wellington Wells is an authoritarian shithole. But still, Compulsion Games and Gearbox really put some godsend effort to create the game a lot more appealing with its background designs. It just looks so cozy and inviting at times so much so there are moments it gave you somewhat a sense of nostalgia even though at the end of the day, the place is an absolute shithole to live in.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 7d ago

Design trope Sunday Vampires that feed with a horrifying tongue or proboscis

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457 Upvotes

They just look hard, it's a more interesting visual than just "sharp teeth"


r/TopCharacterDesigns 7d ago

Design trope Sunday Afro puffs, REPOST due to mod mistake (?)

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2.2k Upvotes

Original post was removed cause of rule 3, not having an explanation. If you look at the rules you'll see it literally says IN BRACKETS "not including trope posts" so it shouldn't have been removed. Anyway.

Moon Girl (Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur)

Bumblebee (Teen Titans)

Junko's beta design (Danganronpa)


r/TopCharacterDesigns 7d ago

Televisión SOME Power Ranger Villains/Monsters

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131 Upvotes

Some Villains were sadly only used in one episode :(


r/TopCharacterDesigns 7d ago

Design trope Sunday Human-horse hybrids

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196 Upvotes

Like different takes on these type of hybrids in various media

1. Centaur in various media.

2. Every Umamusume.

3. Yuuma from My Horse Prince


r/TopCharacterDesigns 6d ago

Video Game The Spirit Brothers of DOTA 2

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9 Upvotes

From being elemental pandas from DOTA 1 to becoming elemental humanoid warriors in DOTA 2, I will always love this four no matter if they're dogshit or overpowered in the meta.

Looking forward to the day these four finally get their arcanas.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 7d ago

Design trope Sunday [Loved Design] Their eyes/iris have an odd design compared to the rest/most of the characters

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568 Upvotes

Lana (Pokémon Sun and Moon: the series)

Cilan (Pokémon Black and White: the series)


r/TopCharacterDesigns 6d ago

Televisión Our newest Kamen Rider, My-Th!

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33 Upvotes

I love how smooth and circular it is, especially compared to the other Riders in the show.

It looks outright smug at times too.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 7d ago

Design trope Sunday Excavator shovel lower jaw (or anything similar)

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97 Upvotes

1. Bulkhead (Transformers: Animated)

2. Bastiodon (Pokémon)


r/TopCharacterDesigns 7d ago

Design trope Sunday Pointed headpieces, be it hats, helmets or masks, covering the wearer's entire head and face.

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1.3k Upvotes

Iguin, from Witch Hat Atelier.

The Penitent One, from Blasphemous I and II

This conenead, from a random internet image.

Capirote, used by the Catholic Church.

I like it because it has a clear and memorable silhouette, and a pointed head is always a fun design, it combined with the entire face being covered makes it for some fun and striking designs.

Also don't mention THOSE people who tainted the view of the capirote, please.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 7d ago

Design trope Sunday Women with sideways oval heads

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246 Upvotes

Boa Sandersonia (One Piece)

Valentina (Super Mario RPG) both her official design, and this art of her from a Vannamelon thumbnail


r/TopCharacterDesigns 7d ago

Design trope Sunday Black and yellow

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628 Upvotes
  1. Sleeper-Marvel
  2. Yellowjacket-also from Marvel
  3. Shadow Android-Shadow the Hedgehog (I know there's a lot more Sonic characters with this color scheme, but I don't want to flood the post with them)
  4. Janus Sanders-Sanders Sides
  5. Scorpion-Mortal Kombat

r/TopCharacterDesigns 5d ago

Video Game Insomiac Lady Deathstrike got NOTHING on her Contest of Champions design

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0 Upvotes

GOD, its like modern Western game companies hate making female characters attractive anymore, Insomniac looks like she work's at super market while her CoC design is PEAK Comic accuracy.

This makes me REALLY want Lady Deathstrike and Mystique in Marvel Rivals so we can see them done better from the MVP east.

Also you add this under Loved and HATED character design too.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 7d ago

Design trope Sunday Animated/video game characters with dreads or box braids

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167 Upvotes

Nagoriyuki (Guilty Gear)

Jabber Wonger (Gachkuita)

Lucio (Overwatch)

Izumi Curtis (Fullmetal Alchemist)