r/characterdesign 10h ago

2D Pianola’s current and first design!

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629 Upvotes

Silly piano evil thing


r/characterdesign 6h ago

Critique Designing a goddess! (FEEDBACK NEEDED)

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67 Upvotes

I'm struggling with Corona's design (slides 1-3). It's frustrating, since Aria (slide 5), her counterpart and lover, was so easy in comparison...

Any crit and help would be greatly appreciated! Slide 1 is her current design, and I most likely intend to keep her face covered with a cartoony star. I just can't seem to nail this "divine galaxy mother" feeling... My favorite piece I've ever done with her is from 2023 (last slide) - she's not the figure, but rather the yellow eye silhouette and everything else.

But onto some details!

Corona is the mother of the World. She may seem docile, but she's quite posessive and usually gets away with her intrusions on her child's privacy by claiming she's helping. She can morph into a nebula to disguise herself.

She's meant to be a capricorn/amaltea inspired divine creature, one that nurtures but isn't quite in touch with anything. She holds great power, but doesn't listen. Her ultimate sins are apathy and enabling. Her eyes are either closed or covered, because she gave them away to her children (referencing how you can lose your vision during pregnancy). Once you learn how much she sacrificed for her loved ones it's hard to feel bad for her, but when she continuously refuses to listen to her children and their actual needs, well... she becomes an immovable object.

I want her to be a towering, divine presence - seeming kind and gentle, but also removed, distant.

I included a general moodboard on slide 6. I rarely make ones this big, so it only goes to show how frustrated I get with Corona...

Once again, crit is appreciated! You can lay it on me, art school taught me to take it. I just need to get through this roadblock AGHHHHH


r/characterdesign 6h ago

What do you guys think?

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49 Upvotes

r/characterdesign 3h ago

For Hire Some Mlp adoptables!!

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23 Upvotes

Some additional details in case anyone is interested.

1- Each design costs $15; payment is via PayPal only.

2- All designs come with Earth pony, unicorn, Pegasus, and alicorn versions. These will be sent along with the original design image.

3- If you are interested, you can contact me via Discord (itkittio), Instagram (ittkitto), or TikTok (random_kitto).


r/characterdesign 10h ago

2D Sketch

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78 Upvotes

Idk it's kinda awkward compared to when it was in my head


r/characterdesign 12h ago

2D Give me your thoughts and feedback about this design

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102 Upvotes

What is working well and What can be improved here? And what would be a good color for her pupils?

Also, if the faces in the two drawings looks a bit different it's because they were drawn in different times.


r/characterdesign 8h ago

2D [OC] Beliam

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31 Upvotes

New character from Runavia!

Beliam, the old Wind rune holder! He is a bit cocky, don’t let yourself get fooled by his style and elegance, with his rapier he can pierce through you in a second. Yeah he is a male and he slaysss.


r/characterdesign 1d ago

2D [OC] priestguys based off songs i like

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466 Upvotes

that being Charlie's Inferno by That Handsome Devil and Chop Suey by System of a Down... !

i hope their personalities come across by just looking at them ! :-)


r/characterdesign 6h ago

2D bone warden

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15 Upvotes

r/characterdesign 6h ago

2D Old Fashioned Cocktail Character

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15 Upvotes

He is a bar owner, a handyman, and is based on the Old Fashioned cocktail.

His design went through many iterations over the course of my project. His most important design features is his silhouette and mustache. I wanted his figure to be reminiscent of the old fashioned style of cocktail glasses - short and wide. His mustache is comically large and represents the orange twist that typically garnishes an Old Fashioned.


r/characterdesign 5h ago

2D Fruit Puppets

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8 Upvotes

Designs for goofy fruit puppet character things from a dimenson full of sentient puppets


r/characterdesign 17h ago

2D Character portrait I did

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71 Upvotes

r/characterdesign 12h ago

2D [OC] Drew my Roblox avatar!

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24 Upvotes

My friends have been telling me to draw her for da longest so auhmmm yeah .. just posting this here cus why not


r/characterdesign 2h ago

Question [OC] How would you interpret this character and do you have any feedback?

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3 Upvotes

r/characterdesign 1m ago

2D i’d like feedback on these

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are redesigns allowed here?
my designs are in the 1st image


r/characterdesign 1d ago

2D [OC] Major character from my novella, Dame Iris

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238 Upvotes

Art by raitvisualworks.

Dame Iris, leader of the Ring of Fire bandits. Operates within Califia, an island nation home to the legendary amazons. Her prowess in fire magic, along with her rather imposing 210 cm stature, makes her quite intimidating to most.

She is a major character in my first completed novella.


r/characterdesign 20h ago

Been playing around with a penguin theme design for this guy

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68 Upvotes

r/characterdesign 1h ago

2D My Y/N design

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One fact I forgot is that their art style can change but it's always in a sketch phase.


r/characterdesign 11h ago

Question since the general consensus for the last batch of designs was that it seemed too much like lingerie instead of a casual outfit (which is a fair assessment in retrospect 😭), I opted for something more 60s! Which one looks best?

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12 Upvotes

r/characterdesign 4h ago

2D paper dude for a game im making

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3 Upvotes

without the title would you be able to figure it out?

i was a bit concerned it wasn't clear enough design wise


r/characterdesign 1d ago

2D Decided to add some changes to the redraw of my OC. Do they look better?

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134 Upvotes

I poorly explained the pose change in my last post. I changed the pose to be more stiff to resemble a salute more as those poses arent typically dynamic.

Removed some curves on the redraw + drew the fur round so it can be easier for me to draw her (as I'm slow at drawing). Plus, the antennae are more similar to the original drawing now.


r/characterdesign 1d ago

2D [OC] Redraw of my OC that blew up on here. I don't know which one I prefer...

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345 Upvotes

I don't know if the new one is an improvement. There are some aspects I prefer in the new version. Also, I purposely made the pose more stiff to seem serious. Oh well, what do you all think?


r/characterdesign 1d ago

1 month difference 🥩(old design on second slide)

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98 Upvotes

Posted my girl Meat one month ago when I was first getting into character design and wanted to redesign her!! Feeling much much better with this design :]


r/characterdesign 9h ago

Im kinda new to this Character design thing. So give your thoughts here

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5 Upvotes

r/characterdesign 4h ago

2D Unsure of what to name this guy.

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2 Upvotes

He can conjure anything from within his Gifthead, as long as it fits inside of it. But be sure to never look inside of his head, when he retrieves something from it, as whatever’s where his head should be, is far from human. And whatever it is, it does not like being observed.

He loves giving gifts to those who deserve them, and seems to rarely get it wrong.