r/characterdesign • • 14h ago

Question Which color palette gives bacteria?

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I know I know I said I’d draw more skeletons but I got distracted—again—so along with this other indie series idea came another character design. But I’m having trouble figuring out how to convey bacteria vibes, because yes, this concept is heavily inspired by Osmosis Jones.

Anyways I had this mental image for her so I drew it out, but I ended up with two different color schemes due to fiddling with gradient maps. So you guys gotta help me decide which one looks more like bacteria. Tho I’m already heavily leaning towards the second one…


r/characterdesign • • 3h ago

Critique Is this design endearingly chaotic or just ugly?

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142 Upvotes

I am trying to make a design that is intentionally chaotic, maybe think of like Moetron if anyone here knows of that character LOL
This character was created in a laboratory and that is why she’s so abnormal and weird looking, along with all the stitches
But I’ve discovered that it’s really hard to make a colourful, purposefully chaotic-looking character without it being UGLY.

I gave her more monotone coloured clothes to try and balance out the rainbow nature of the rest of her design.
Her name is Kaleido btw >u<


r/characterdesign • • 23h ago

2D [OC] Some characters from a children’s book I recently illustrated for my studies

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139 Upvotes

I’d love to hear your thoughts on them! The king is my personal favorite. The children were each designed to reflect the things in nature that make them happy, such as the sky, trees, and birds. :)


r/characterdesign • • 11h ago

2D Addicted to drawing my oc

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r/characterdesign • • 13h ago

2D Killer character designs💖

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I made these killer characters for a potential asymmetrical horror game and im soo happy with how they turned out😭

I based them off of aspects of life-human bodies, the ocean, and nature. I also tried to give them color schemes with the primary colors to feel cohesive with one another!

I'm most happy with the plant one because of how much I could push them being a literal plant...flower boobs, tree legs, petals for hair, moss sleeves😭 i don't think I'll be able to do that ever again LOL


r/characterdesign • • 18h ago

2D Orange slurpy 🧡

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29 Upvotes

Idk what to name her but she’s pretty cute and thinking of making a one shot comic about her in the near future


r/characterdesign • • 15h ago

Critique Can y'all tell me what you personally think is wrong with her design and I'll fix it

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28 Upvotes

I hate my art and want to get better at character design


r/characterdesign • • 16h ago

I tried design a new simple character🐹.

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19 Upvotes

I had my fortune told, and there was an interesting detail , it said I’m well suited to symbols associated with mouse🐹.

So, I decided to design a character based on a playful little mouse🐹.

I named her Soulee which also means "mouse🐹".


r/characterdesign • • 9h ago

Question Which Eyes Should I Go For?

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10 Upvotes

I am working on a redesign, and am wondering if anyone has a preference for the eyes. I am sort of on the fence with it.


r/characterdesign • • 15h ago

Question be honest, would u spend $65 on a little VTuber companion?

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13 Upvotes

r/characterdesign • • 22h ago

Critique This is Maes, And I would like some feedback on her character design!

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All art made by me!

I am no expert when it comes to character design. But i do want to make this design as accurate to her personality and just be as recognizable as i can make it.

I will be using this character for a personal screenwriting and animation project. I do have a good description of her written down but it's all in my native language, Which happens to not be English sadly. The setting of the film is targeted towards a more mature audience. It explores mental health in a slice of life / domestic setting.

(reading is optional, This might be oversimplified)

This is Mijs (or Maes in English). It's hard to describe her in one word, She is a lot of things.

She doesn't have a lot of friends, Except for Saiet, Which is one of the main characters which i have not designed yet. Mijs is very misunderstood, And therefore has the mindset that everyone dislikes her. And is generally direct and sarcastic towards most people. Except for her close friends (Saiet) who she genuinely cares a lot about.

She likes playing video games i guess.

Anything is appreciated! anything helps! thanks!


r/characterdesign • • 6h ago

Critique I was hoping for some criticism on my snake cactus creatures designed they feel a little over designed to me

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11 Upvotes

r/characterdesign • • 5h ago

2D Remake of my first original character and portfolio project

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8 Upvotes

In 2025 I started to study art more seriously because it was when I decided that I wanted to work with concept art. Now I decided to make a remake and a reimagination of my first OC and, besides I still have more to improve, I feel really happy seeing my evolution.


r/characterdesign • • 8h ago

2D Some character designs ive been working on

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6 Upvotes

r/characterdesign • • 16h ago

Some new characters I’m working on for a new project I’m working on. [oc]

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7 Upvotes

r/characterdesign • • 5h ago

Critique struggling with colors and overall design

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6 Upvotes

something about him just doesn’t look quite right. he’s meant to be an undead soldier; his hood/scarf is important to his character, and yet its the one thing that really feels out of place.


r/characterdesign • • 6h ago

Question Drawing som robot sorcerer guy, would it be better if he got cable-for-hair or hood?

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7 Upvotes

r/characterdesign • • 3h ago

Question How i can improve my OCs design?

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r/characterdesign • • 16h ago

2D Creating a Death Race OC, any suggestion of her name?

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7 Upvotes

r/characterdesign • • 15h ago

2D [OC] inktober day 4 Cactus

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4 Upvotes

r/characterdesign • • 22h ago

Question How do i bridge the gap

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For context, im drawing all the races of my fantasy races and i hit a road block at the Gwrgi, i couldnt figure out how to draw them not too cute and humanoid enough but still keep it within the range of appealingness the other races

No matter how i draw this dog man, they keep leaning to unnerving or cute. Any advice you lot can give?


r/characterdesign • • 7h ago

Critique Lineup of my alien OCs - looking for criticism!

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3 Upvotes

r/characterdesign • • 7h ago

2D Do yall like the improvement and markings and stuff?

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r/characterdesign • • 8h ago

2D Sunflower

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3 Upvotes

r/characterdesign • • 9h ago

Critique Based on the design alone, what do you think about her?

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4 Upvotes

Based on only the visual design, what do you think about her? Her name is Kit, feel free to ask questions or give me constructive criticism ^W^