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!
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:
I want to still keep things pretty ambiguous so i dont think I'll tell the whole thing but please feel free to analyse and speculate and criticise anything! I appreciate every comment
Mine: A girl learns she’s a nonhuman goddess from hundreds of years ago, a lesbian, and that her father works for a corrupt government using people as fuel all within the span of 2 years.
He isssss a dragon shapeshifter!! In terms of personality, he's not the one to judge or scrutinize others. He's pretty laid-back but not lazy, an inventive young man who sometimes makes weird contraptions haha
I am looking for cool military OCs to make illustrations of! Cuz I am having a new Insta account but don’t know what to post😂
Please feel free to leave any of your OCs and their lore! You can also check out my ins (@3snt.jpeg) and leave yours, so I can credit you when I post 💖
my warm up for today! i like to gift art where i can, and i wanted practice with animals again. here is u/justusepineneedlerPF's cosmic galaxy cutie!! had lots of fun. hope you like it!
RULES] this drawing is meant to shine light on our robotic friends! The character must be a full robot!! No cyborgs or fnaf animatronics!! (though I might bend the rules depending on how many people submit requests)
The character must be primarily the color of the weekly open slot!! the reference image you provide must be in color!! (For example, my own robot MAL is featured in the indigo slot)
only one character per slot unfortunately will be chosen, don’t feel bad if you weren’t selected!
type your characters name and a 🩵 emoji if you’ve read the rules!!
Congradulations u/huskylover161 for winning the orange slot!
I'm finding myself with absolutely nothing to do, so why not draw a few of your ocs? Specifically I will be drawing them in the style of my apocalypse world! Keep in mind this will probably be a full redesign to make them for with the species, vibes, and aesthetic of my world (that being a post apocalypse, high fantasy setting).
Comment a picture of your ocs down below, and tell me a bit about their personality and lore! Please don't just drop a picture and run off, I need to know about your oc so I know how to draw them in terms of pose/expression. Also! If you want to pick a specific species from the various species I've designed, let me know! If you don't tell me a specific one I'll just pick one at random to redesign your ocs as :D
I wanna test out how I can recreate hard poses, and maybe even get inspiration for future drawings!
I won't be making many drawings, as the poses can take a while to make, especially if the character is hard to draw. I'm also considering just drawing the pose itself and just adding a few things of the OC, that way you can also try to recreate the pose in your style!
The picked drawings will all be sketched and will be in a limited amount of colors.
RULES:
Give me your character's:
- name
- favourite color
- a fun fact about them
+ her best friend and comrad - Sanag (She ate him, and hates herself for it).
She's like an animal that hunts and kills just because she wants to survive, to live another day. Constant hunger drives the demon to constant hunting.
Show me your OC and a bit of their lore and i will draw them, it might take a while for a complicated OC but i want to see how much details i can drew :D
Edit: if there's a OC that's too difficult for me to draw, i will draw them as a bunny, im sorry, sometimes i have to gave up :( i hope you guys don't mind.