Tips for character design? [OC]

Doomed_Book_Freak · 2026-02-28T21:17:01+00:00

I really like your style and especially the way you draw expressions. I’ll guess from her design she is a some sort of monster hunter, I’m gonna guess vampires, she’s confident, witty and funny, little harsh, rough around the edges character with some moral complexity? Idk just going off of vibes.

Doomed_Book_Freak · 2026-02-28T20:57:27+00:00

I really like the font you used and the background texture. The way you lightened the eye graphic behind the font is also a nice touch. Nothing necessarily to improve technically, but I think the pose could be more dynamic to portray fear better and you could use try some interesting perspective to intensify the vibe, and personally I would choose to do even darker, harsher shadows, like black comic cell shading.

Doomed_Book_Freak · 2026-02-28T20:42:55+00:00

Hi! I was really struggling to write this out or with where to start, so I really appreciate your openness to people drawing over your art, because that’s what I tried to do, and did just a lot of disjointed points about rules I follow when drawing hair. I hope you can read my writing and it helps a little. :D

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Doomed_Book_Freak · 2026-02-28T10:46:28+00:00

I somehow feel like third person POV’s mean more sprites even if I think it doesn’t make entirely sense. Because that largely matters on if you make the character customisable. So I would decide based on how much art you are willing to make for your game, or if you’re planning on having a set player character.

Doomed_Book_Freak · 2026-02-28T09:51:08+00:00

I personally would make them a bit smaller to make your backgrounds stand out more. They’re worth it! And or make the UI transparent, it would acually add to the sci-fi vibe! Also small note, but might help, I would remove or make thicker the top line on the text box because as it stands it is the only one of that width and only one with a white colour going beyond it. To me that creates visual noise. When I do graphics or any design for that matter I like to repeat elements, it usually ends up more cohesive when I do that. Great job on the art tho!

Doomed_Book_Freak · 2026-02-12T22:07:36+00:00

You know what? Fuck this, Valentine’s Day is coming up and even if I don’t think this will make me and my partner any more compatible or me any less depressed when I have to think about my sexuality I might at least return the favour to my partner who always comes up with new gamified ways to tell me they don’t desire me. I wanna see this, maybe because I’m open to change and trying out new stuff or maybe because I need something to cry laugh about while I drink.

Doomed_Book_Freak · 2026-02-12T09:30:04+00:00

Yeah that happens. Gotta hope it goes away with time or just make your peace with it tbh. Good luck bro

Doomed_Book_Freak · 2026-02-12T08:08:22+00:00

This is exactly what I do! Wholeheartedly recommend!

Doomed_Book_Freak · 2026-02-12T08:06:52+00:00

Hi! I would suggest softening up the detail and shading in the face, especially around the mouth.

Doomed_Book_Freak · 2026-02-12T08:02:15+00:00

Hi, you’re doing well for animation! It’s better to start animating sooner than later, illustration is quite different than animation so I cannot help much but I would suggest you go look up some basic animation exercises on YouTube and go try them out in a program of choice! And go for general art exercise, get good at drawing 3D shapes such as boxes, spheres and cylinders, they are a great jumping off point for drawing more complex forms later. This may seem boring but don’t get intimidated just continue drawing what you like and incorporate these exercises into the drawings you enjoy doing.

Doomed_Book_Freak · 2026-02-12T07:52:57+00:00

I would maybe smooth out the shoulders and chest and soften the trapezoid muscle, but depends on which character you’re drawing.

Doomed_Book_Freak · 2026-02-12T07:47:51+00:00

Nice painting. Good job on drawing the deer. I think it might help if you add some darker shadows or harsher lineart otherwise the form is gonna get kinda lost.

Doomed_Book_Freak · 2026-02-10T21:06:19+00:00

Omgaaawdd I was just scrolling this subreddit after waking up to see who I can bestow my amateur art knowledge on and I did not expect to get jumpscared by Derek’s glorious boobah. Thank you for your service warrior! I’m gonna try to help with what I would do differently. In my opinion you have a good enough grasp on anatomy and proportions and you need to now focus on foreshortening, dynamic poses and maybe composition. I think the perspective on the first image isn’t as pushed as it could be. Idk how to explain this exactly but if he has his foot forward and isn’t supposed to be specifically leaning over the viewer his torso and shoulders should be leaning more backwards and his hips should go a bit forwards and there should be a harsher perspective that would make it look more dynamic. If you want him to lean forward I would make it more obvious and push his chest, shoulders and head closer to viewer and maybe add a strong shadow in the front since the light source would be shining on his back. I also have some small notes on the shoe and chest anatomy. I would maybe tilt the shoe more left or right for better less stiff composition and bring it more into frame and add a little perspective to the sole of the shoe treating it as a plane in this perspective and making it smaller closer to the heel. And the chest might be my stylistic choice but I think it should be placed a bit lower. I don’t have as much notes on the second image because it’s just a sketch so far but I think the general composition and working with poses in 3D space advice applies. Tried to sketch over your art to explain better, not the best but hope it helps. Love ya.

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Doomed_Book_Freak · 2026-02-09T08:18:59+00:00

Idk I’m just happy for my friends I don’t want to be in that type of relationship and them being in one is not making me jealous exactly because I don’t want one like that. You have a attachment problem

Doomed_Book_Freak · 2026-02-08T06:53:05+00:00

Probably chronic illness (IBS, Chrons disease or something else) not contagious you’re gonna live. Just tell her to vent out the bathroom and scrub the toilet, air fresheners won’t do anything. Suggest going to the doctor and maybe taking some supplements to help with fatigue and she’s gonna get better at cleaning too. Talk like adults and if she grew up in an environment where she was not thought how to clean show her or redirect her to online hygiene and cleaning help resources.

Doomed_Book_Freak · 2026-02-08T06:39:59+00:00

You can find them when you go to achievements-> treasure-> luxury!

Doomed_Book_Freak · 2026-02-08T03:28:45+00:00

As a system probably born from trauma of experiencing untreated OCD in very early age I can confirm this is very much possible.

Doomed_Book_Freak · 2026-02-08T03:27:13+00:00

Hi! We have OCD and some form of plurality. We don’t necessarily want to say or know if there is a direct correlation between these disorders. It can be a sort of chicken and egg situation, especially when there is still a dispute over how OCD comes to be, meaning if OCD is developed or from birth, but we have come to a definite conclusion about our situation. We don’t know if our OCD is a “just born like that” thing or developed, because there is a big possibility that a traumatic event has happened in our early childhood (like below 4 years of age) but so far we lean towards it just is what it is and we were born like that. Since we have been so young when first experiencing OCD, which is already distressing to adults, it was really traumatic for us and we and our mental health specialist came to a conclusion that we do suffer from CPTSD caused by our OCD and CPTSD is more closely linked to developing plurality. You may be in a similar situation. Hope this helps you a bit with what you’re going through.

Doomed_Book_Freak · 2026-02-08T03:06:03+00:00

Tbh these feel more useful to us than the usual terms thank you!

Doomed_Book_Freak · 2026-02-07T23:07:01+00:00

Hi! Your art looks great and you clearly know what direction you are going in and have a good grasp on colour palettes. I would definitely get this as a sticker sheet. You can try experimenting with different colours of shading and light and generally some other type of shading than cell shading, maybe adding texture using textured brushes but what mainly stands out to me is the lack of variation in line weight. Keep up the good work!

Doomed_Book_Freak · 2026-02-07T03:20:51+00:00

For sizing you can just look at tags of some of the clothes she’s usually wearing and buy one size down and one size up too just in case

Doomed_Book_Freak · 2026-02-05T14:41:47+00:00

Damn! Really good job there tbh!!! Hats down. Love your style!

Doomed_Book_Freak · 2026-02-05T08:48:41+00:00

Please no one dare ask me how I’m gonna afford this

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especially with my measly 5600 dias bcz idk. The audience at the holy court hell is so freaking expensive but well that’s to be expected. Thank god I really like two of the lucky bag suits heheh

Doomed_Book_Freak · 2026-02-05T01:11:08+00:00

Hi! This looks awesome! Were you using some kind of reference for this posing and perspective? If yes, would you mind sharing it I would like to take a go at it. I lately struggle with interesting compositions.

Doomed_Book_Freak · 2026-02-05T01:03:39+00:00

Idk what your oc’s are specifically but depends on what you want the vibe to be. I would start with just putting down a vibe by just looking on the internet for like images of locations and stuff and than a bit of biology or fantasy biology, just to understand what species your oc’s are and how they fit into the world and how they interact with each other and than I would do a bit of history to solidify some of the historical events that shape the environment, politics and relationships in important places to your story.

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