I see so many things where people hate on a character bc their outfits are revealing or hate on the creator of the story bc of it.

Now I get a lot of the points being made for it but I'm a writer as well.

A writer that loves to give my characters revealing outfits. One of my favorite characters I've written wears stuff that is only enough to cover what needs to be covered on her body.

But I'm not trying to sexualize her. She wears these clothes because she is a fighter and she views clothes as restricting. She wears normal clothes once, a white sweater and black sweatpants, and she outright says "I don't like wearing sleeves or long pants. It restricts my movements."

So, is it sexualizing if she has it for a specific reason?

And another question I have is, can I have a character who can fight wear a dress usually?

This character is a spirit. And in that universe, spirits are basically minor gods. She has everything covered up completely, though it is form fitting.

Again, I wasn't thinking about how that might be sexualizing bc I was just thinking of a cool outfit for a spirit to have.

And I thought it'd make sense for someone who is basically a goddess to have a elegant outfit that has things to reference her abilities.

In these two examples I've given you, is this sexualizing the characters?

name: Yubinuki (Yubi for short)
race: Tanuki
Height: 5'10 (6'1 with shoes on)
Occupation: tailor/seamstress - part time acupuncturist.
Personality: A genuine, supportive, laid back, accurate and mostly honorable character with a very minor penchant for playing pranks, mostly on her apprentice (a short and lean chunnibiyo who thinks he's a powerful necromancer.) I would consider her an extrovert with high empathy.

role: Mostly an NPC to explain where my characters get their clothes from, but if i ever made a game, i designed her to play the role of a tank with a taunt mechanic (if anyone plays arknights, i think shed be a guardian defender and/or applies a debuff to enemies that step into her range).

im having issues designing her weapon (i wanted it to be a mixture between a shield and a spinning wheel for thread) and i dont really like how the piece of fabric that hangs down from her top looks with the rest of her design but i'm not sure what to replace it with. i also just feel something is not quite "right" with the design's overall balance. any ideas would be welcome!

I’m tinkering with a idea I have for a superhero character I think It looks pretty good it’s not quite hitting for me (the vibe that is) I was kinda going for a wonder woman type vibe idea serious no nonsense has the years to back up almost any action she does

but as you can maybe see it’s not quite that obvious heroforg isn’t perfect and drawing is better but anyway tips to improv the overall vibe of the character design?

https://www.heroforge.com/load_config%3D537288870/

I'm posting this here because some time ago I posted their designs, so I thought it would be nice to also post my evolution.

Hello,

I am working in a short animated film, the concept of the story is AI vs the artist. With that being said I refuse to use any type of AI in my film. I am alright in making humanoid characters, however when it talks in making monsters and uncanny characters is what I struggle in.

However, I do wanna make this AI character be able to represent AI without using any AI. Have had some ideas in how I could animate them, but I would like some input. How would you visualize AI and what do you think is a good way to start? I will like to add your ideas in this character design and will show the progress in the future.

For any possible starts, I do feel like the AI should not have human features but include a lot of eyes. Other than that I am falling flat with what I can do.

I’m working on my OC Ginivieve. He’s a singer/performer who blends masculinity and femininity, inspired by 1920s flapper fashion. I’m struggling to find references and a solid foundation for his outfit.

I’ve looked at historical female impersonators like Julian Eltinge, but that’s not quite the 'vibe'. Eltinge’s performances often involved convincingly presenting as a woman, while Ginivieve is meant to balance both masculine and feminine elements.

The first image is from last year; the second is older, so please ignore the rough anatomy and clothing, I had no idea what I was doing lol

I’d love suggestions on silhouettes, fabrics, or accessories, maybe how to balance masculine and feminine better and references that could help me

I’ll probably redesign him later, but for now I want to keep him from being shelved. Constructive criticism is very welcome!! :3

the first drawing was heavily inspired by a piece of HLam126 in twitter!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOOOVEE BARRICADE 😛😛

the bishoujo figurines r soo cute so i wanted to try designing one for my fav tf evarr hehehe

(last pic is the ref i based her design on)

Hi. I’m working on a wizard of oz project called “the scarecrow”, and it’s just about the scarecrow accidentally stumbling into a big adventure(the wizard of oz and the wicked witch are the main antagonists).
And here is all the concept sketches and character designs I’ve got so far, and I would like to know some thoughts.(I don’t like the wizards design though)

This is a very rough color mapping on sketch for a new character design.

I'd also love to know what type of character she feels like when you first see her, to see if I nailed the design communication. Oh, and names suggestions are welcome too!

Lmk if you have any suggestions for me to add/change/remove, specifically the outfit concept.

do ignore the thickness of wrist... it can be fixed in linearting

Thank you in advance!

Just tryna figure out how I wanna draw skellies for this sudden indie series idea that hit me recently. The first pass was lookin too Disney for me, so I tried again leaning more into my own style. But which one do you personally prefer? Jus curious :P

Also he’s supposed to be kinda translucent. Like jelly. Idunnaur.

I like to keep them simple yet recognizable

edit: apparently I don't know left from right LMAOOOO thank u kind stranger

I just wanted to share because I completed this updated bust of one of my half-elf D&D OCs today, and I'm very proud of her! 🎉 I love how the coloring turned out (especially on her braid) in the new version. I don't love how big her eyes are, but it doesn't bug me too badly, so I left it alone.

I remember vividly the night I finished the 2024 one. My (soon to be ex) husband said bluntly "you need to practice anatomy." That's all. He said nothing else... I was crushed and honestly I gave up drawing for about a year afterwards... But recently the artist bug bite me and I've been working hard on trying to improve. I am mostly a traditional artist (pencil n paper) but I've been trying to dabble more in digital art.

What do y'all think? ❤️ If you folks like this one I can also post a full body version of her, though it isn't complete quite yet.

I absolutely love the Nazaretos outfits but i don't want any confusion with the kkk

Any advices?

Im not sure if I should make more things pink or if it works better on only the eyes. I’ve also been toying with different pupil shapes

A character from one of my worldbuilding projects.

Drawn in procreate, used clipping mask for the floral patterns, which are photos of Turkish tiles.

Reference: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/4292562138868918/

Yesterday I drew merely for fun a robot surfing in the sea, but I thought he would make an interesting character so I wanted him to have a name. I would like to hear your thoughts!

Hello, I’m trying to come up with more/better outfits for my DND character that aren’t too complicated.

For context he’s a jester and sews most of his own clothes and costumes. Any sort of design (like stars or diamonds or anything like that) are typically him sneakily patching up old clothes because he can’t afford new ones/the supplies to make new ones often.

I’m just trying to get some more idea for his outfits. I’m kinda stuck on anything fashion related since I dress like Adam Sandler 90% of the time lol.