/r/characterdrawing

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A place to draw characters for each other, and check out cool character art. This sub focuses on requests for D&D or other TTRPG characters, and the artists who draw them.

This subreddit is for fans of role playing games to submit request to get their characters drawn and for artists who want to draw characters from ttrpgs. This is purely pro bono work, meaning it is done voluntarily out of good will. Please read the rules before posting, they can be found below the sidebar picture.


CHARACTERDRAWING DISCORD


Important Notice:

If your account is less than a day old your post will get caught in the spam filter and require moderator approval. You can attempt to repost in a day or message the moderators.


For a complete listing of all of the posting rules and a small FAQ visit this post.


POSTING RULES

Read before posting!


1) All posts must have the appropriate title tag

  • [LFA] stands for Looking For Artist - use this if you want an artist to draw your character for free
  • [RF] stands for Request Filled - this is for artwork that comes from an [LFA] post made in r/characterdrawing
  • [META] is for discussions relating to the subreddit; use sparingly

2) No graphic or sexualized content

  • Depictions of explicit themes such as gore or sexual acts are not allowed
  • Artistic nudity is allowed but must be labeled NSFW after the post is made
  • Moderators have the final word on what is allowable based on their interpretations

3) No unrequested solicitation for payment

  • Do not ask for money in [LFA]s
  • Do not ask for money for additional services (e.g. to color in an [RF])
  • Do not post rates or price sheets anywhere
  • Direct messaging other users to circumvent this rule will result in a ban if reported
  • Artists may link to their portfolios and social media on their [RF] posts

4) No blatant advertising

  • Titles must focus on the character(s) within the artwork and contain no advertising
  • Do not advertise products or services (e.g. Etsy store products, YCH)
  • You may provide links to your personal websites that mention commissions in your [RF] posts
  • You may respond to people asking if you do commissions, but direct them to DMs for further discussion
  • Moderators have the final word on what is allowable based on their interpretations

5) No unrequested or unproductive critique

  • Do not critique an artwork unless the original poster specifically asks for it
  • Critique must be constructive (i.e., be helpful and not a jerk)
  • All members are expected to be civil and treat each other with respect.

6) No DALL-E, Midjourney, Hero Forge, Artbreeder, or similar [OC] submissions

  • AI or Hero Forge screenshots (or from similar image-generation services like Artbreeder and DALL-E) are not allowed as [RF] submissions
  • Generated screenshots are just fine in [LFA]s or [COM]s to supplement character descriptions

7) [LFA]s are limited to one post per seven days per character concept or set of characters

  • Multiple [LFA]s per seven days for different characters or groups of characters are allowed

8) Create a link or tag the original poster if you submit an [RF]

  • Posts that do not link to or from the original [LFA] post or tag its original requestor will be removed
  • Do not subvert the [LFA] - [RF] system by making a fraudulent [RF] post

9) No OC. All image posts must be a request [LFA] or fulfill a request [RF]

Posts of non-requested characters are not allowed.

  • Feel free to include your other work, gallery/price sheet links, and social media links in the comments of your other posts.
  • An image compilation of your other work and the services you offer WITHOUT PRICES may be posted as the last image in a gallery post, if you wish. This is to ensure the focus stays on the art, and discourage low-effort posts for advertising purposes.

This subreddit now supports spoiler tags! The syntax is: [Your text here](/spoiler).


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/r/ImaginaryMonsters

/r/ImaginaryLandscapes

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/r/characterdrawing

286,635 Subscribers

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[LFA] a man throwing a dragon

Ok this one is a bit silly but here me out.

I'm running a Dragonlance DnD campaign with my friend. We're all francophone, and one meme we frequently do is making puns with the campaign's name. Because in french, "Lance" is either a spear or the verb "to throw" so we often say things like "who's ready to throw some dragons?" Or "I can't wait to play ThrownDragon.

So I'm looking for an artist who hopefully catch my drift, to make the derpiest image I could show my players for the meme: a man throwing a dragon like it's some kind of ball or something.

I tried to explain it as best as I could, I have no reference image to show for this one and I'm very sorry but I hope the idea was clear enough hahaha

1 Comment
2024/02/29
04:55 UTC

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[LFA] Anadi Fate Witch (pf2e)

I would love art for my Anadi fate witch, Iri! Anadi are spiderfolk that can appear humanoid, so she usually uses the human form, but as her magic is developing her fighting style is about to change and have some spectral spider legs do some smacking while she does the magic! She's a weaver who sees and influences fate like lines of web between herself and her party. I love blues and purples for her and would love to see any interpretations! She does have a blue and black spider familiar, Bui, who I like to think of as one of those fuzzy jumping spiders that are relatively cute. :D Happy to answer any questions! HeroForge references included.

https://preview.redd.it/p8qcnipkaglc1.png?width=580&format=png&auto=webp&s=8e806e372da4c5fe77f1ef63891180ed4048cad3

https://www.heroforge.com/load_config%3D45856070/ HeroForge config!

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2024/02/29
04:21 UTC

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[RF] Scout rogue, a warden tech maiden with an anti-tank rifle for u/Corsair_Hellcat

3 Comments
2024/02/29
03:33 UTC

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[RF] Trinket the Goblin Rogue for u/cassivdy

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2024/02/29
02:26 UTC

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[RF] Catelyn, the Nine-Lived Heroine for u/Affectionate_Carry67

7 Comments
2024/02/29
00:18 UTC

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[LFA] Rakkigaru, My puppeteer master of terror and death for his enemies, and the source of light and life for his allies

Hello everyone. It's my first time posting here; I read the rules and guidelines first, so I hope I'm doing everything correctly. Anyway, my friends and I are playing the campaign and so far I'm having a great time. And I have finally managed to make an interesting character, we are currently chasing an undead commando as a hired job.

Since I'm having a lot of fun with this campaign and I also really like my character, I thought I'd do an LFA post. Below I will highlight some important points of the character and will have a few reference images of how I imagine my character. If you have questions about my character, feel free to comment. I will contact them as soon as I can. Thanks in advance!

#Character Information

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|Full name:|Rakkigaru Nekruman|

|Race:|Neko (he is actually a variant human but due to an error when he was revived he worked with a cat)|

|Classes/:|Warlock/Figther/Sorcerer (The Undead/Echo Knight/Divine Soul)|

|Character nature:|DnD 5e|

# Character details

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|Gender:|Male (Has a more feminine appearance)|

|Age|:|17|

|Facial features:|He does not have many well-defined facial features, the face appears soft|

|Normal Hair/Dread Form:|Dark brown that extends past the shoulders/Turns white|

|Normal Eyes/Dread Form:|Both eyes are golden brown or amber|

|Normal Skin/Dread Form:|A white color as shown in the clothing reference/A dark grayish color as shown in the dread form images|

|Significant object:|Necklace of health and His wind fan|

|Body Type:|Short (4'11")=(150 cm) and skinny (120 lbs)=(50-53 kg)|

|Color scheme:| I'm not good at this kind of thing so I leave it in the hands of the artist|

|Equipment:|Take reference from the items included in the image|

|Pet:|My Echo|

|Action/Stance:|Whatever you want it to be|

|Alignment:|Legal Neutral|

1 Comment
2024/02/28
23:08 UTC

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[RF] Drew Estille for u/Kormael

3 Comments
2024/02/28
23:03 UTC

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[LFA] The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter, a frankenstein style undead thief from a edwardian era dungeonpunk themed plane.

https://i.redd.it/uojm5eh7delc1.gif

The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter, otherwise known as just “Daughter” or Dee to her friends, is an undead human and illusion mage, specialising in shadow magic, telepathy and mental trickery, and dementia-casting. Reasonably friendly, albeit with a slightly haunted demeanour, Daughter is a woman created out of about thirty, give or take, young people killed by her “father,” the descendant of a lich warlord of ancient history, who fancied himself the successor. Her inserting herself into the daily life of the small town she was “born” on the outskirts of ended with her exiled on threat of death, and the villainous human mayor instating a humans only policy, backed up by deadly force. Running for her (un)life, Daughter eventually ended up in the nearby city of Coghaven, and has been working as a thief for the past few decades. She’s been living in an old abandoned clock tower, and her cover is maintaining it, something she eventually taught herself to do out of sheer unbridled boredom. Recently, however, she’s found herself blindsided and thrown into the machinations of various evil plots, as unwilling adventurers do when they come down with Player Character Syndrome.

2 Comments
2024/02/28
21:50 UTC

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[LFA] Har, the Hair Genasi

2 Comments
2024/02/28
20:03 UTC

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[RF] Lettie for u/ShimmeringAegis

4 Comments
2024/02/28
19:54 UTC

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[LFA] Blue Dragonborn Bloodhunter Repost

I have a player who hasn’t played much DND before and I really want him to get into it.

22 year old male Blue Dragonborn

They have a GreatSword that they can infuse with lightning.

As a Bloodhunter they have a lycanthropy curse that allows for the player to become a hybrid with a Boar, but you don’t have to draw that because I don’t imagine that being easy to mix a Dragonborn with a boar.

The character also has a light crossbow, I think it would be neat if you could see the crossbow on the back of the character.

He chose Scale Mail as his armor type

If you can I think he would like to see his character look like Geralt the Witcher, because he really liked that show. But I understand that might be difficult because Geralt is a human and his character is a Dragonborn

0 Comments
2024/02/28
19:30 UTC

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[LFA] Kotoko, my wild quillback shisk, animal barbarian, and yes I was inspired by one sceenshots from the Elden Ring DLC.

0 Comments
2024/02/28
18:35 UTC

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[RF] Basil, Yuan ti archer

7 Comments
2024/02/28
18:32 UTC

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[RF] Hidden Talon, Gloom Stalker Ranger Owlin for u/ElPollo257

2 Comments
2024/02/28
15:03 UTC

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[LFA] Paladin of the Brightened One, Arilia Sarphi

1 Comment
2024/02/28
12:08 UTC

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[LFA] Hector - Rune Knight Highlander Fighter

1 Comment
2024/02/28
05:45 UTC

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[LFA] Tristan Harrah, Abjuration Wizard

1 Comment
2024/02/28
03:11 UTC

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[LFA] looking to design my Earth genasi warlock

This image is for reference for her body type/hairstyle.

Raised In a secluded community of earth genasi in caves surrounding a volcano, her life would change forever when one day the volcano became active once more, the curiosity got the better of her and she went tk investigate.

It was in her presence that the egg of a reborn phoenix would hatch, the mystical flames forging a pact between the two, transforming her body from jagged earthy tones to a smooth metallic feature, turning from earth to metal.

I'd love to pay an artist commission to make her come to life!

She won't have any jagged rock or metal sticking out of her, her skin would be copper with green freckles resembling rust, and her hair would be red like the fore of the Phoenix, shining like ruby in sunlight.

As for her outfit, she'd likely be wearing simplistic clothes as she wouldn't be wealthy

If you bare interested, please reach out!

One last note, my DM is concerned about the artstyle making her look too childish

1 Comment
2024/02/28
02:36 UTC

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[RF] Could someone draw my cloud genasi in some high femme fantasy clothes and with bigger/longer hair

3 Comments
2024/02/28
02:34 UTC

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[LFA] Razielle Katasai, the Chronurgist

3 Comments
2024/02/28
01:58 UTC

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[LFA] Owlin Masquerade Cleric

2 Comments
2024/02/28
01:10 UTC

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[LFA] Rhyse ‘The Fear’ Blackthorne

He’s a reborn tiefling gunslinger

Also you can’t see it super well but he’s missing his left eye

Thanks to anyone who may decide to draw him!

0 Comments
2024/02/28
00:46 UTC

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[RF] Lorn Mortimer, Hexblade Warlock for u/FabulousStreet6199

5 Comments
2024/02/28
00:33 UTC

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[LFA] Bertram Bellingrath - Half Orc Cleric of Ragathiel

Bertram is an orphan of half orc heritage. He found the teachings of Ragathiel (pathfinder Empyreal Lord, General of Vengeance, Angel) at an early age, and joined the Church as soon as he could. He's relatively recently discovered a talent for divine power, after several years of honing his more militaristic duties. He is large, even for a half orc. Green skin, protruding canines from his lower jaw, and long hair he keeps pulled back most of the time.

He carries a bastard sword, and a shield emblazoned with a red sword atop one red wing. His armor of choice is a chain shirt with leather leggings. He is not angry, but he should look determined/resolute.

Thank you!

0 Comments
2024/02/27
23:05 UTC

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[LFA] Iwa Howagard, Human Monk and Casino Bouncer

1 Comment
2024/02/27
17:17 UTC

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[LFA] Husk, a soldier of fortune that specializes in demonic threats. (She/her)

0 Comments
2024/02/27
17:13 UTC

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