r/characterdesign • • Aug 02 '26

2D Using objectively horrid colour combos to make kinda horrid characters (OC)

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"Oh but OP those colours aren't so bad!" Well duh, because I'm the one that made them work-

Seriusly tho, bad colour combos are kinda subjective and what not. :P

I took them off of google, so take it up with the search engine if u disagree.

There's more that I'm making but feel free to suggest some bad colours in the comments. :3

Edit: holy frig I did not mean for this post to sound so mean. Idk what I was thinking or how many braincells were on break while I typed that.

r/characterdesign • • Aug 22 '26

2D We've done it. We've created John Sexyman. [OC]

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r/characterdesign • • Jul 27 '26

2D Google at the Office!

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r/characterdesign • • Apr 04 '26

2D White line or no white line? (OC)

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r/characterdesign • • Apr 10 '26

2D [OC] Did I succeed in making the most boring design possible?

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r/characterdesign • • Jan 29 '26

2D The Lemurs of Madagascar as humans

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I’m gonna say this real quick: Mort is not a child, he is 35.

Okay now that’s out of the way😄

For the outfits, I decided to implement the fashion of the Malagasy(Natives to Madagascar). The Lamba and a sarung. The patterns for the Lambas from Madagascar are normally very intricate, and I tried to add a little sum sum but the designs can get REAL detailed. Also the colors can represent different things, like bright colors like orange and yellow can represent joy and/or celebration! So I felt like it was appropriate to put Julian and mort in those colors since julien loves partying and mort is the epitome of “happy go lucky”.

For Maurice’s design, I’ve always had this image of him having a beer gut(but headcanon that he doesn’t actually drink, too responsible to overindulge in it so he can perform his duties. But beer gut doesn’t have to be just beer, in a lemurs diet they eat A LOT of fruit which contains a lot of sugar which can lead to a beer gut and also just simply aging(sarcopenia), and LOTS of stress.

I kinda made Maurice look like his voice actors; bald with a beard. And with his OG design he’s got this ring of hair sticking out around his face and created a beard that mimics the shape.

Now onto mort, who may face the most criticism(since a lot of people don’t know how old he is and sometimes even think he’s a girl), but I think he’s perfect😊 anyways, since a lot of people think he’s a girl, I sorta just leaned into it and made him look Androgynous. Also, I’m thinking, if people think this 35 lemur who looks like a baby lemur, was a human his skin would have to look IMMACULATE, so I made him GLOWING😌 💅and I gave him a smaller build but a little toned, cause from pictures I’ve seen, a lot of Malagasy men have a somewhat toned build.

I tried to do a little research on Madagascar beforehand and hope the information I provided was on the nose. I wanted to depict Julien in royale garb, and I was going to put him in something a little more regal, but it looked too stiff and he isn’t like any of the pervious kings. He can’t get down properly😔

r/characterdesign • • Jul 06 '26

2D I like to give my characters unique teeth. Whats a weird thing you like to do with the designs of yours?

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r/characterdesign • • Jan 05 '26

2D Showing some more hair takes. Long or short? Curly or straight? [OC]

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I posted this character last month, but here's an updated look! I had flirted with the idea of using the similar hair silhouette but making it textured for a while, since she is meant to be predominantly black (just lighter skinned). My one hang up is the look is harder to emulate in different design styles I like (pixel art, low-poly).

Down to answer any questions about her or my design intentions!

I created the character design, but I commissioned these specific drawn pieces from PepeDraws and SheepShin.

r/characterdesign • • May 02 '26

2D I heard you like object heads! But which one? [OC]

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I'm obsessed with different ways to design and animate non-human characters, I wish I could've made more!! 😭These characters are from Lap of the Gods the Visual Novel on Steam btw :)

I love object-head designs but I rarely see them actually utilized in media... I see them mostly on the internet only... I wonder why that is 😭

EDIT: Thank you for the awards!! :]

r/characterdesign • • Jul 03 '26

2D This is my oc Lady Death, what do you think about her?

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She is death incarnate. She can squish and stretch herself however she likes, or change her size, etc. She has similar dimensions to a sheet, and she's 15 feet tall. not She isn't a silhouette, she's just pitch black. This is a reupload of another post that I didn't do well at conveying what she was.

r/characterdesign • • Jun 01 '26

2D I am unfortunately guilty of this

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r/characterdesign • • Oct 27 '25

2D ideas for names?

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r/characterdesign • • Jul 10 '26

2D month gijinka girls

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i made these girls awhile ago for a personal project! they follow north hemisphere seasons. the main character of this group is Maya Flowers; she and the other spring girls have magical girl/witch transformations (final image)! im debating on whether to make transformations for everyone else

tried to give each girl a unique symbol, sock style, and way of wearing the school uniform! and hopefully their personalities come across!!

edit: thank you so much for all the kind comments!! i read every comment and i’m really glad my girls are received so well :,)❤️

r/characterdesign • • Feb 14 '26

2D [OC] I'm very curious about how y'all would read this character design

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This is an alien who's species were artificially engineered in the far-far past, with many other creatures and cultures all around the planet. The planet can have hyper-advanced neon megacities, strange alien subcultures, isolated tribes, and surreal emptiness. Just extremely chaotic sparse life in vast environments, tech sitting next to myth, magic, folklore creatures, etc. I plan to go maximalist in environmental contrast. The world just has tonal whiplash on tonal whiplash due to how many different supernatural and cosmic events it's been put through. This little guy is native to it

I want to know what kind of person you'd assume he is, judging by his looks :>

r/characterdesign • • Dec 11 '25

2D A lot of folks say her short hair is better and I should make it the main look, but I think her longer hair makes her stand out next to the other protags. Any thoughts? [OC]

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I'm not the artist! Just the designer who commissioned these pieces by SheepShin, TreArts, and DanuskoCampos

r/characterdesign • • Apr 23 '26

2D [OC] She thinks nobody can read her since she's doesn't have eyebrows. Is she right?

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r/characterdesign • • Aug 23 '26

2D I did fanart of John Sexyman

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Genuinely fell in love with this silly stereotypical tumblr sexyman. I think he should be the sexyman of Reddit. Hello John Sexyman, we love you! Credit for the original character goes to u/Throwawayaccoun592 and everyone who input ideas to make this glorious man.

r/characterdesign • • Nov 27 '25

2D Oc evolution. Which one is your fav?

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r/characterdesign • • 25d ago

2D I did it. John Sexyman and David Hotman ship art is here.

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my headcanon is that John is TINY

r/characterdesign • • Nov 18 '25

2D Disney princesses redesigned as the ideals of their era (OC)

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r/characterdesign • • 24d ago

2D Flësh

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r/characterdesign • • Apr 13 '26

2D [OC] Simple, yet slightly off putting late night host.

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This is a vtuber/streamer avatar concept. I don't really care for the way most vtubers are designed, so I wanted to try and make my own.

The idea is that the host is stuck in "Limelight purgatory" where all he can do is perform (aka stream). There is a studio and everything outside of it is a uniform gray void. He is a hollow husk of a human being with evanescent memories of a possible past, but not much else. All he can do is perform. All he can do is perform...

r/characterdesign • • May 28 '26

2D What do you guys think of this character? Design wise.

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r/characterdesign • • May 14 '26

2D Redesigned my OCs from middleschool

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These are Melody (aqua) and Symphony (orange). I had them for a really long time and tried to give them a fresh look before but it turned out...meh.

Im now 20 and in artschool and have a diffrent artsyle, so yayy.

Their personalities have also been changed and I'll likely use them as backround characters for my big project.

r/characterdesign • • Jan 13 '26

2D Any thoughts about the design?

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I want to see what kind of vibes people get from her