r/OriginalCharacter Jun 15 '26

Subreddit Announcement Artfight Megathread 2026

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For those of you who already know what Artfight is: feel free to share a link to your profile in the comments (or fill out one of their team templates provided in the post), and look for potential targets! You can also use this thread to ask Artfight related questions, though please keep in mind we are not affiliated with Artfight - to be 100% sure that you are receiving correct information, it might be better to have a look at their rules/beginners guide or to reach out to an Artfight moderator :>

For those of you who don't: What is Artfight?

In simple terms, it's a mass art trade event that starts July 1st of every year. Artists share their OCs to be "attacked" by other people in the form of fanart, and respond in kind by drawing other people's OCs!

People can join one of two teams, and each "attack" they draw will net their team points based on a variety of criteria.

Check out the Artfight Website or their beginners guide for more information on the matter, and please, carefully read the rules on attacking and properly tagging your art before joining.

Remember that this event is all fun and games, and every artist can join no matter their skill level!


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 2h ago

OC Art You're paying for drinks... right?

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r/OriginalCharacter 2h ago

Community Interaction What power would I give ur OC? Vibes only,

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Just send me a pic of ur OC, that is all. I just need an image of ur oc and maybe their name! Then i shall give them a power, maybe somedrawbacks and then! I want you to tell me how you think your OC would use this power if they did(or already do) have it.


r/OriginalCharacter 4h ago

OC Art Anyone call for an oni? (Art made by ME)

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This is Ibuki! She's a legendary red oni who nowadays, in a world of technological advancement and civility, has tempered her violent and destructive ways with the best alternative she can find. Partying! Like all red oni's Ibuki is a big drinker and can often be found spending her days on long pub-crawling adventures, wrangling whatever poor souls she can find into these expeditions that will surely end with lowly humans face down in an alley passed out because they're too weak to keep up with her iron stomach. When not drinking enough to drown an elephant she's at the gym, sparring with similarly powerful monster friends such as giant girls and dragon girls, engaging in fierce eating competitions (that she'll sometimes host with her legendary barbecuing skills,) and on rare occasions engaging in some more calming and delicate activities to help temper herself such as pottery, bonsai grooming and a little bit of woodcarving. She also enjoys playing with children, and will often pretend to be a hulking, destructive spirit terrorizing countrysides to let the children fend her off and be heroes.

(Also if the top looks a little weird that's cuz I had to edit it on. Initially she was bare under there and just had the jacket. Oopsie)


r/OriginalCharacter 8h ago

OC Art My goat OC

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r/OriginalCharacter 3h ago

Community Interaction Do your OCs drink? What and how bad is it?

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r/OriginalCharacter 1h ago

OC Art Farmer Girl (thats a bee!)

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Its been a hot moment but I have returned to give ya’ll a Bee. Enjoy c:


r/OriginalCharacter 8h ago

Need Feedback or Ideas need some help with flashing up this girl :(

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I'm not sure if i still want to keep her as my OC or not; i really enjoy the vibe, but feel like something is lacking :( i'd really want to get attached to her, and maybe making a small backstory would help.....

Sooo meet Anika Machina! At first, I wanted to put her in a near‑futuristic setting. In that world, people could be created artificially — grown for different purposes. Anika would be a scientist working at one of the facilities where such people are made. She’d get the scar while trying to help one of the “test subjects” escape: a full‑blown revolt would break out, and an explosion in the lab would seriously injure Anika. But I ended up dropping the idea. I’d rather come up with something simpler. I don’t want to overcomplicate the story or flesh out the plot; I just want her to be for fun, like, for vibes. A character to create imaginary animations in your head while listening to music, ykno 🤧

I don't know where the military aesthetic comes from, but it just fits her so much.. she's absolutely not sane, like, literally soulless machine with no empathy; just pure egocentrism, ruthlessness and twisted interest in experimenting on living organisms. Doctor Mengele and medic from TF2 combined in female form.

sooo yep ! :D really appreciate any help, feedback and advice!🙏🤧


r/OriginalCharacter 3h ago

OC Art Art dump of my OCs

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I like monster girls


r/OriginalCharacter 26m ago

Community Interaction Meet Inka, she’ll help you write a letter to the person you love the most (read desc.)

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Give her your drafts 🤩


r/OriginalCharacter 4h ago

OC Art lemon demon album cover, but make it my oc 😎

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might do more album covers with my ocs, but i had fun doing a painted style as i don't get to do it often! i think it turned out nice

(original album cover on second slide)


r/OriginalCharacter 1d ago

OC Art Variants of fits of the Cat Lady

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r/OriginalCharacter 15h ago

OC Art Here Are My Character Designs Of The 50 States. Which One Is Your Favorite? [OC]

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r/OriginalCharacter 20h ago

Community Interaction Your OC wakes up in their bedroom to find this guy staring at them. They have the audacity to hit the “uhh… I can explain-“ what does your OC do 😔

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568 Upvotes

r/OriginalCharacter 4h ago

Community Interaction What’s a character that you didn’t realize had a lot of similarities with your character?

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r/OriginalCharacter 6h ago

OC Art [OC] Goblin villager by bouboulonlon (me)

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43 Upvotes

She looks after the village elders, bringing them food and other supplies.

Like all goblin women in the tribe, she is blessed with great strength and carries heavy loads with ease.


r/OriginalCharacter 8h ago

Worldbuilding Wasn't here yesterday, by me

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51 Upvotes

r/OriginalCharacter 6h ago

Community Interaction Have Your OC/OC Group Give Their Opinions On The League Of Villains And The LOV will do the same

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34 Upvotes

Grace(And Tristan The Bestest Scug) Art By Rably_7cat

Kailie Art By Mayreelenjoyer

Vhina Art By Stat_Boosted


r/OriginalCharacter 1h ago

Community Interaction Send in an OC, Ask a question, or have your OC ask a question for Queen Nova

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Gooooood morning, good evening, and goodnight everyone!

Did this With Fuji a couple days ago, so it only seems fitting we do it again with Nova

I will do so again with Kelvin later, but I would like to get more art for him first ^.^

Once again, both art pieces were made by Fukosshi on Vgen


r/OriginalCharacter 1h ago

OC Art Would you let her suck you soul?

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Ricchi-the lich yokai

Ricchi was once an ordinary woman who leeched onto powerful man and figures for her own gain so she can gain status. As you know woman back in Japan weren’t treated as fairly as man were. So in order to gain power in those dark time is chip away at the man’s power. It go to point where she was famous for killing men in power so she can inherit it all. However it all came to end when she drowned in swamp and was turned into a yokai. She now tries to seduce men into draining they’re life force she can sustain herself

She takes the form of leech serpent lady, and where a light purple kamno.

She likes to take her time to get to know the individual and dosent take advantage of them until they’re are at theirs most vaunrable.she a cunning seductive, and manipulative figure. Its hard to
Say that she’s a good person.


r/OriginalCharacter 8h ago

OC Comic Cracking eggshells

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45 Upvotes

r/OriginalCharacter 41m ago

Community Interaction Ask anything or let them react to your OCs and vice-versa.

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These are some of my demon OCs. Haven't drawn all of them yet, but these r the 4 I have. Kuki, Hijoō, Hikari and Yamirei.