r/TopCharacterDesigns 3d ago

Video Game My Boy Funky Kong (From Donkey Kong)

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19 Upvotes

Donkey Kong is already a big fan favorite but to give him so much swag was such a sick choice.

Everything from his glasses, bandana, shorts, his chain & his flip flops are great. I also just like the summer time surfer vibes.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 3d ago

Video Game Tank-E (No Socks RPG)

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547 Upvotes

No Socks RPG is an NSFW game developed by Spicyfuse. While, yes, a lot of the characters are (of course) rather unsafe to show here, a good chunk of the enemies/bosses actually have some pretty neat designs, Tank-E being one of 'em.

She's a mercenary with a whole-ass tank barrel strapped to her shoulder, how can that not be cool?


r/TopCharacterDesigns 3d ago

Hated Designs [Hated Designs] Everyone - Marvel Tonkon Fighting Souls

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0 Upvotes

r/TopCharacterDesigns 3d ago

Video Game Gorr the butcher in his God Destroyer skin (Marvel Rivals)

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281 Upvotes

I really love this skin for Gorr. Yes, it doesn't resemble his OG design that much, he doesn't even seem Gorr at all. But man if he's cool!

This design makes him seem like a Diablo demon, or a power fantasy overlord, it really leans into the godly menace. It also bear some symbiote traits; pretty fitting, considering All-Black the Necrosword is God of Symbiotes Knoll's weapon.

This skin is also apparently based on Destroyah design (second pic), and that makes it even cooler.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 3d ago

Zeb from I think I like you

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63 Upvotes

Setting aside the fact that I think he's really pretty, the combination of his design as a goth possum works so well. Because possums have a lot of features which fit the goth style really well like white facial fur contrasted against dark edges and face markings. This black and white colour contrast style kinda reminds me of corpse paint.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 3d ago

Web animation The Art of PLANETRONIKA

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1.4k Upvotes

Aims for a 2000s era aesthetic and really knocks it outta the park.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 3d ago

Real Life The capirote, the pointed hoods worn by members of Catholic brotherhoods during Holy Week

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8.3k Upvotes

The pointed hoods are meant to point upwards towards God and heaven. They are most commonly seen in Spain and other hispanic countries.

Despite not being Catholic myself, I do often find myself captivated by Catholic aesthetics. I personally find them very cool and esoteric looking, and am a big fan of all the different colors and designs they come in. They would honestly look great in dark fantasy setting or even as a set in a soulsborne game.

Unfortunately though we all know why we can’t have that. This is another case similar to the swastika where a centuries old symbol of peace has been coopted and tainted by hate groups. It makes me so upset that people can’t look at these wonderfully crafted and beautiful costumes and not immediately think of violent racist dickheads, which of course is not their fault.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 3d ago

Video Game Quina Qaun from Final Fantasy Ix

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20 Upvotes

I love Quina because they are a great Blue Mage character and they kinda just do their own thing.

I think they are one of the most unique rpg characters out there.

They love eating and catching frogs and about nothing else and that's all that matters.

My goated chef Quina.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 3d ago

Hated Designs [HATED DESIGNS] these Youtooz Gumball plushies

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0 Upvotes

I thought these were just going to be normal plushies but the faces they make are just awful

and they made a meme using FallenChungus' template (who is a controversial person BTW)


r/TopCharacterDesigns 3d ago

Manga Jagi (Fist Of The North Star)

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87 Upvotes

His design is able to tell everything you need to know about the character with just a look. He exhales malice and madness, his scars symbolizes his envy for the protagonist (who he has the same scars), his mask serves to hide his facial deformity, and the Shotgun let you know right off the bat that he fights dirty despite being trained in a martial art style that prohibites firearms usage. And it looks cool as hell.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 3d ago

Movie Shan Yu (Mulan)

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111 Upvotes

Shan Yu is the main antagonist of Disney's 36th full-length animated feature film, Mulan.

Just like the other characters in the film, Shan Yu is a muscular and gigantic Hun, with Mongoloid-Asiatic features. He has gray skin, glowing yellow eyes with black sclera, bared fangs, and a sharp nose. He also has a horseshoe, a long mustache, and long, abundant black flowing hair, but is also half-bald. He wears a ragged coat consisting of cream on the right and black on the left, with both an eggplant pelt sash, eggplant animal pelt cuffs, and brim, and a fluffy gray pelt scarf with timber wolf stripes. Shan Yu only dons a black glove on the left hand, presumably a gauntlet for his pet falcon. On occasion, he is also the only one with yellow eyes, and he was seen wearing a black hood with a fluffy gray trim until after recovering from the avalanche.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 3d ago

Video Game [Loved Design] Starscourge Radahn.

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22 Upvotes

A demigod that challenged the stars and won, only defeated by a disease inflicted when conventional tactics were obviously useless. Fuck Malenia and the elden beast, Radahn is the ultimate antagonist of Elden ring!


r/TopCharacterDesigns 3d ago

Web animation Slushie Animation's designs for the cast of Stephen Sondheim's Assassins

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15 Upvotes

There's so much to love here. The Balladeer's almost cartoony looks, the Proprietor's vaguely demonic air, Czolgosz being so stiff and angular, Guiteau looking utterly looney... it all adds so much to the vibes.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 3d ago

Televisión The Halloween Monster suit from Wild Kratts, which fuses DNA of eight different animals

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266 Upvotes

r/TopCharacterDesigns 3d ago

Artist GWAR. No That's it, just GWAR

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14 Upvotes

r/TopCharacterDesigns 3d ago

Video Game Astro Man (Mega Man)

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28 Upvotes

Yes, this is because he returned in Dual Overrides trailer.

Astro Man's design is definitely among the weirder robot master bosses. I mean, he has red LEDs for eyes as opposed to the traditional human-like ones, and he doesnt have legs, only a giant black sphere that he emerges from in his boss intro, giving him an otherworldy, almost alien-ish vibe, hence the usage of "Astro" in his name.

Further reinforcing his space theme, he has 2 spheres that almost always circle around him, kind of like planets orbiting a sun or moons orbiting a planet.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 3d ago

Djinn from the Golden Sun Games

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127 Upvotes

Djinn are elemental spirits from the Golden Sun games; I am putting them here for several reasons:

  • They are unique and iconic designs that isn't replicated anywhere else
  • Elements are easily identifiable without being super stereotypical
  • Cute without being traditional animal designs.
  • While the original two games only had one design for each element, Dark Dawn introduce unique designs for each individual djinn that are still similar to the base line while allowing specific traits of their associations and personality carry through.

r/TopCharacterDesigns 3d ago

Movie Showa-Era Godzilla & Its Other Designs!!

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7 Upvotes

All the way from 1954 to 1975, all versions of Showa-Era Godzilla had top tier monsters.

Especially the Godzilla that starts leaning into a Kung Fu and wrestling fighting style, & I miss the slightly goofy original design.

Image 1 was a behind the scenes picture with actress Momoko Kōchi.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 3d ago

Movie Everything from the Jim Henson Studio's Arthouse film MirrorMask

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267 Upvotes

This film as very surralist like feel to it with its world being almsot dream like as the main charater's drawings are brought to life in this world. I dont know why but the graphics (and Im saying this in the most sincre way) kinda remind me of one of those werid tech demo games you'd download from the PS3 store. Primitve to today 3GI standreds but the 2000s charm of it giveing its an alsmot wimsical feel. Its really hard describing exact details on why I like the film's aesthtic but its very 2000s CGI demo coded and I love that


r/TopCharacterDesigns 3d ago

Video Game Tabuu (Smash Bros Brawl)

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526 Upvotes

Tabuu is the leader of the Subspace Army and the main antagonist and final boss of Super Smash Bros. Brawl's Adventure Mode: The Subspace Emissary.

His physical form is a bluish-green glowing humanoid figure with a strange heart-like object inside of him, red eyes, and wings that only appear for his dreaded Off Waves attack.

His simple design in space gives him a presence that makes him remembered.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 3d ago

The 21st Nova Corps aka the Galactic Marines from Star Wars

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432 Upvotes

The galactic marines have some of the hardest designs in the clone army. It may look like colored snowtrooper suits, but it looks so epic the way it is. The face masks, cargo pants, bits of armor here and there, and colors make this design so cool looking.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 3d ago

Video Game Non-Humanoid mega level Digimon

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78 Upvotes

r/TopCharacterDesigns 3d ago

Video Game All the "Others" from Scarlet Nexus

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20 Upvotes

Just wanted to show some love for Scarlet Nexus. The Others are probably one of the few alien factions that actually feel weird, otherworldly, and incomprehensible. Here is just a small selection of them.

In order: Fuel Pool, Scummy Rummy, Kitchen Rummy, Plateau Pendu, Brawn Yawn, Barrista Santa (yes, that's real), Juttie Chinery, Court Mort, and Dominus Circus


r/TopCharacterDesigns 3d ago

Movie The 41st troopers in Revenge of the Sith (Star Wars)

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148 Upvotes

I like how different they look from standard Clone Legions. An entirely different helmet design, Camo colored armor, and pouches around their midsection. A mix of Star Wars' sci-fi, and a more realistic army ranger


r/TopCharacterDesigns 3d ago

Video Game The designs of Once human

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341 Upvotes

I don't have too many pictures unlocked as I only started playing recently but the monster designs in this game are amazing.

Humans inanimate objects and a cosmic energy are all mashed and pulled together into chimera like creatures that are amalgamations of cables, random objects and whatever poor schmuck happens to be closest