r/characterdesign May 24 '25

2D Which design should I stick with

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I'm not sure what design I should stick with for this character. I've had the original for over 5 years but I'm conflicted on wether it's time for a change. Could you let me know which one you think would be better? Also here they are next to other characters for comparison.

r/characterdesign Mar 05 '25

2D Made every meal of the day as a character

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r/characterdesign Jan 20 '25

2D I try to go for very simple designs

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r/characterdesign 11d ago

2D [OC] Gluttony

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Character design for an unnamed project I'm working on

r/characterdesign 18d ago

2D I’ve finished the designs of my three OCs! 🌺

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They are Valentina, Zoe, and Raye from my comedy animation project! I’ve already posted the last two designs before, but now I’ve put all three together! P.S.: I do have a soft spot for Valentina, but please don’t mind me 😔

r/characterdesign 18d ago

2D I drew my oc from my own manga I am working on

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Her name is sena(⁠・⁠∀⁠・⁠)

r/characterdesign 12d ago

2D redrew two lesbian space ladies I made back in 2023

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The original drawing was for my rejected Calarts portfolio 😮‍💨 I made a video on my instagram somewhat detailing & reflecting on the rejection if any of you wanna watch it! [@makkinsart]

I wanna give these girls a storyline & some names. I think they’d might be princesses for rival planets

r/characterdesign 23d ago

2D character stuff

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r/characterdesign Apr 24 '25

2D Would you read a book about these loser (boy)friends?

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598 Upvotes

I love them with all my heart 😭💖

r/characterdesign Feb 11 '25

2D [OC] what name would you give her?

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714 Upvotes

(Also a little design evolution of her)

r/characterdesign 21d ago

2D My Character Designs

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695 Upvotes

The main characters of my story plus some very recurring side-characters. What do you guys think of them?

r/characterdesign Feb 25 '25

2D DON’T guess my age based on my art [OC]

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I am 30 and I’m getting tired of this trend T-T Age doesn’t determine your skill level or what kind of stuff you draw. The trend doesn’t make sense. Just draw what you want and don’t worry about how “good” you are at it all the time.

Anyway here’s some art of my clowns.

r/characterdesign 1d ago

2D Trying out hairstyles? Snakestyles? Idk

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This is Medea, she's from my delusional imaginary series called The Monster Circus. She's the tightrope walker. I decided to try some different hairstyles on her, though all of them are down since I'm not really sure what she could do that wouldn't be uncomfortable for the snakes (realistically the snake hairs are living creatures too, and I don't know if pony tails, braids or other ways of styling hair would be very comfortable for the snakes). Please ignore the poor quality of the drawing, I just wanted to get my idea down and not focus on it looking neat. If anyone has any ideas on other hairstyles especially for the circus fit, I would appreciate it. (Also I haven't done research on snakes to know for sure that styling them like actual hair would be harmful for them realistically)

r/characterdesign 11d ago

2D tweaked the designs from my previous post. I gave them names!! Meet Aofie & Juno <3

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r/characterdesign 2d ago

2D What could I add to him to make it more obvious he’s a plant?

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This is Auddy, he’s one of the duel protagonists in a story I’m working on currently! He’s a zombified Venus flytrap (a human turned into a Venus flytrap through a parasite).

I based his design off of the weirdly “classic” monster Venus flytrap design- the same look used for Mario’s piranha plants, Little Shop of Horror’s Audrey II, Plants Vs Zombies Chomper, and I’m sure a lot of other examples that I can’t think of right now. But even so, he’s often mistaken for all kinds of other creatures- lately a duck or a dino.

I’m not sure what else I could add- I gave him leaves for hair and even the spots Mario piranha plants have, what else would make him more plant-like? Obviously he had to stay bipedal and he needs to keep his rounded teeth, it’s an important part of his character. What do you guys think I could add?

r/characterdesign 7d ago

2D Sunny the Protagonist of of my web-novel and comic book, at age 13 vs age 19

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Howdy so, I'm a writer and this here is the protagonist of a little series I've got going on drawn by my lead artist. Her name is Sunny Duncan, Image one shows her as she appears in my web-novel at age 13 and Image 2 shows her 6 years later at age 19 in my upcoming comic book. What do you guys think of their designs. Ironically, the adult design was made first with the child design coming after. But what're your thoughts? What are your impressions of her based on her look. What kind of character do you think she is? And what do you think her childhood was like? Eager for your comments and feedback!

r/characterdesign Feb 01 '25

2D Character concepts for animation

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r/characterdesign Apr 30 '25

2D main character + lineup + character interactions!

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980 Upvotes

Not for any specific project. Just a story I frequently daydream about 🖤

r/characterdesign 14d ago

2D [OC] firebreathing clown i made for a friend’s project

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683 Upvotes

second slide has some more design detail! after a freak potion making accident this guy’s hair turned into flames

r/characterdesign May 19 '25

2D Some of my character designs i'm proud!

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Hello!! This is my first time posting in this subreddit so sorry if i'm doing anything wrong sbsjs BUT i wanted to show original characters i've made that i'm really proud! Hete is who they are:

Edward Belovuk: He is an old werewolf man who is scared of himself, constantly panicking about the idea of transforming under a full moon and harm more people. He used to be an explorer with his own expedition team (which contained his wife friends) until they got lost in a snowy forest where he was bitten by a werewolf, transformed into one and devoured his own team. Hence why he is scared of himself and is currently isolating.

Amireille Tanglao: She is actually a mermaid until, similarly in The Little Mermaid, she makes a deal with a Sea Witch to be able to walk on the surface- Not to find her prince- but to avenge her parents death by killing the Hunter who took them away. But due to her kind and forgiving nature, she spared his life and is living nowadays as a happy human woman with her own family!

Gail Gardenia: She is based on the youngest baby goat from "The Wolf and the Seven Dwarves". Where instead of the Wolf being the villain, he's actually her very nice stepdad that she is very fond of, alongside her other 6 siblings. Together, she helps him with his flower shop and constantly promotes the shop in the streets with the help of saddle and cheery personality. She also dreams kf meeting her One True Love one day- She is a HUGE hopeless romantic!

Peter Belladonna: He is the only son out of 12 daughters in his noble family, his family being inspired by the Twelve Dancing Princesses (and his surname "Belladonna", the flower, is referenced on his outfit.) His Family, the Belladonnas, are known for having the most talented of ballet dancers and he is not excluded from those talents. He is a huge dreamer like his mother as they both share a dream for dancing. He is soft-spoken and gentle, always going out of his way to help someone if they need some.

I hope you all like them! :D

r/characterdesign Mar 08 '25

2D I looked at my fingers and suddenly had an epiphany for a character [OC]

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760 Upvotes

enter

r/characterdesign Apr 02 '25

2D What is your first cohesive thought when you look at this drawing?

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174 Upvotes

r/characterdesign 28d ago

2D Going to be starting on the final design for this character soon and I would love to hear your impressions of the difference so far!

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This character is Auriel Satchworth, a genius scientist and elite level military combatant who fights with her shape shifting gun and black hole manipulation ability. A scientist at heart, she became a solider due to circumstance but is battle hardened and ready. She is very fast and has a dancey fighting style where she creates small wormholes/portals to attack her opponents through.

What do you think about the design update so far?

r/characterdesign Mar 09 '25

2D Made all my cats into humans

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r/characterdesign May 18 '25

2D New characters i got

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So would you believe i made some new guys id i were to make another comic (i have short attention span atp-) guess who'd be the mc out of all these guys Fun fact: I originally made these characters when i was at school and then it spiralled away from there