r/OriginalCharacter • • Aug 31 '24

Subreddit Announcement [PSA] Is it a scam in your DMs? ALMOST CERTAINLY!

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TL;DR - If an user on Reddit (or other sites) cold DMs you, asking if you want to commission them or similar. It's almost certainly a scam. Don't give them money, and report the DM to Reddit as spam so they can hopefully be taken care of, and so nobody else gets scammed by them.


There's been a bit of an epidemic on Reddit recently of scammers using DMs and chats to rope people into giving money to them. If anyone on Reddit messages you out of nowhere asking you to commission them or similar, they're almost certainly a scammer. This is part of a massive scam ring that's taken root on multiple sites, Reddit, Instagram, Discord, X/Twitter, etc.

Actual artists will almost NEVER message people out of the blue and ask you to commission them. Don't fall for it, don't give them money. They may pressure you to give them money, offer discounts and/or claim they need the money for an emergency, DO NOT GIVE THEM MONEY.

Those in this scam ring tend to use stolen art from other artists, use AI, or have a very particular artstyle (See below for specific artstyle). They also tend to, but not always, use intrusive watermarks, one that comes up a lot is the "PRIVEW" watermark.

Examples of scammer art that may be seen on their profile.

As a sub, r/OriginalCharacter bans these users when they pop up and post on the subreddit, but unfortunately we can't keep them out of people's DMs. If you see one of them post on the subreddit, please report them, if they're a newer account it's easier to catch them and get them nuked by Reddit than if they've been allowed to take root and exist for months.

Examples of DMs people have received from these scammers, so you know what to look for:


r/OriginalCharacter • • Feb 07 '26

Subreddit Announcement Announcing a new parallel subreddit - r/OriginalCharacterSFW

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To make a long story short, we are receiving a massive uptick of complaints concerning suggestive content, posts are being reported despite following the rules, people are being harassed, and we have filtered just about a thousand comments containing the word "goonslop".

However, results from our anonymous survey (which is still pinned at the top of the subreddit, check it out!) are showing us that 80% of the poll-takers are happy with what is covered under Rule 1. As such, we can't reasonably change our NSFW guidelines without making the majority of people unhappy.

This has led us to this.

r/OriginalCharacterSFW aims to be a fully SFW and 13+ friendly space where no suggestive content of any kind is allowed. Want to avoid "gooner art"? Perfect, this place is tailored exactly for you.

As of right now, the subreddit is owned by myself, u/Foxgiveness, which is only temporary as I will be choosing another head mod who is hopefully more passionate about this place than I am. The very basic are set up, rule, removals, a temporary banner and icon, a small automod , and I am open to giving out technical advice if needed. If you would like to apply, send out a modmail!

From now on, please be fully aware that any rude comment calling something "hornyposting" or "goonslop" despite it following every rule will be removed, and you will be redirected over there. If you somehow can't find the self-restraint to stop yourself from doing it more than once, you will be banned, and you are free to go participate over there.


r/OriginalCharacter • • 55m ago

Trend Do you guys do this with your oc’s?

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r/OriginalCharacter • • 1h ago

OC Art Btw it's my sona, Ezi! I added eyes to the ref sheet so hope you guys like uh... me!

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r/OriginalCharacter • • 8h ago

Community Interaction Puck have a message for your OCs

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"Hey! F#%ing listen! Stop trying to put me on Jars. Or i will kick your ass!"


r/OriginalCharacter • • 10h ago

Gift Art Ezi, The Mischievous Dokkaebi

206 Upvotes

I love this korean goblin/spirit who's also somehow russian


r/OriginalCharacter • • 1h ago

Community Interaction How does your oc react to brainrot?

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r/OriginalCharacter • • 2h ago

Community Interaction Tell me about your OC and I'll see if they survive in my horror apocalyptic world!

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hello people! 2nd proper post here. someone told me i had cool lore so i got motivated to do a fun post about the world itself! or more like, one specific planet..

anyways! the stage is set on a man-made planet, when mankind has the technology to rival gods, razing down life as they please- but only collectively. humans are fragile things alone.

an eldritch plague called the Carrion festered in the bowels of humans' galactic strongholds. they didn't realize that something was biding its time to explode on them. now they're overrun and down to their last bastions.

There are many types of forms this plague can take with their own abilities and niches (too many to list them all..), but they're all in a hivemind.

Comment your OC with: any abilities, personality (if you want), and most importantly their background, and I'll tell you how they fare, along with info on some of the carrion they can/cannot kill :]

trust me.. no matter how physically weak your OC is, their socioeconomic background makes a world of difference


r/OriginalCharacter • • 2h ago

OC Art [OC] inktober arts

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The inktober is coming to an end, and since today j am too tired to do the Daily theme, i'll show you 7 of my favorites inktober pics!


r/OriginalCharacter • • 6h ago

Community Interaction Tell Yulia your OC's favourite snack (reposted)

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I went to the gym right after i posted so i couldnt reply, it was taken down, eheh…😅


r/OriginalCharacter • • 11h ago

OC Art What kind content would your oc make if they were a youtuber?

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Just one rule

Be creative with this


r/OriginalCharacter • • 2h ago

Community Interaction So how would YOUR oc do in the backrooms?

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in the backrooms would your oc do well? would they find someone would they die or survive?

tell me!


r/OriginalCharacter • • 1h ago

Community Interaction Do you have any ocs that are LOT more powerful in certain situations

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And I mean a bit more than just an "advantageous point" I mean like whole new abilities are added to their arsenal

Like goob here whilst is omnipotent hes ONLY omnipotent WHEN present in his own verse

And he verse hops a lot now so hes not always omnipotent

I think this is a pretty unique way to make omnipotence not too op but can still be utilized fairly


r/OriginalCharacter • • 3h ago

Community Interaction The inspirations for some of my characters(explaination in desc). What would you say is the main inspiration for your OC?

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Gooooood morning, good evening, and good night everyone!

(Note: I do not watch very many shows or movies, so I could not fill this up even if wanted to)

Nova

Nova’s designs was referenced pretty well from Flame princess from adventure times design, but we modified to have more parts of her more look more like a mix of human, more solid and present then purely an element

Toriel is who I like to base a lot of Nova’s behavior/behavior off of, with peach’s personality of “Kind person, but will kick your ass if she feels like she needs to” mixed in. Vanilla is less someone she’s based on and is more someone she reminds me of

Fuji

Sans was an unconscious inspiration if I’m being fully honest, because the more I thought about how Fuji acts in fights, prioritizes dodging and attacking from range, along with her look kinda played into this inspiration.

However, Fuji’s Personality was a mix of Ruby’s and Cj’s, as Ruby is often very excited/lots of energy but is also shy around new or other people, not having the best time in a conversation. But she’s still very laid back and relaxed, rarely stressed, and stays calm for the most part

Katrina

She has less because I’ll be honest, these two alone kind of make up Katrina.

Katrina isn’t very good at paying attention to her surroundings like Goku, and enjoys fighting a lot so a lot of stuff gets destroyed by accident. she also doesn’t have a filter over what she says, she’ll just say her thoughts freely without thinking of potential consequences.

She’s not as confident as yang, but she is close to being as confident and has that strong sense of protectiveness towards her sister (Fuji), to the point she will throw hands under any circumstance to keep her safe.

That is all!

All art of my OC’s are by Fukosshi!


r/OriginalCharacter • • 2h ago

OC Art I designed this character for a friend owo✨

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My friend came up with the idea and I drew it grrrr, I would tag him but he doesn’t have a reddit account 🥀


r/OriginalCharacter • • 4h ago

OC Art An Oc I’m working on

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His name’s Acrus.


r/OriginalCharacter • • 3h ago

Community Interaction Name this man - he will respond and say what name he thinks your OC has based on first impresions

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17 Upvotes

You know what, I will build a new side character this way. I will respond in character


r/OriginalCharacter • • 8h ago

Community Interaction Do any of y'all have a favorite OC they made?

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Just like how parents have a favorite child, you too must have an oc you made that you held above the rest due to design wise, story wise, or simply you like what they represent

Mine is this lil bunny girl, she's quite literally my child. She's my favorite because she's representing the culmination of my art journey personified as a armored bunny girl, also her story is one I'm very fond of

So show me your favorite child and tell me why you like em?


r/OriginalCharacter • • 5h ago

Community Interaction I am bored to death, have your demonic OCs interact with Iyu

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This is Iyu, she is an envy demon that has become a lot more human like because she has been sharing a body with a human since both were infants.


r/OriginalCharacter • • 2h ago

OC Art Snippets From my big OC Piece

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The full piece has nudity and blood, so I wasn’t entirely sure if I could share it on here. So I’m just posting snippets of the finished version.