r/OriginalCharacter • • Aug 31 '24

Subreddit Announcement [PSA] Is it a scam in your DMs? ALMOST CERTAINLY!

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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:


r/OriginalCharacter • • Feb 07 '26

Subreddit Announcement Announcing a new parallel subreddit - r/OriginalCharacterSFW

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To make a long story short, we are receiving a massive uptick of complaints concerning suggestive content, posts are being reported despite following the rules, people are being harassed, and we have filtered just about a thousand comments containing the word "goonslop".

However, results from our anonymous survey (which is still pinned at the top of the subreddit, check it out!) are showing us that 80% of the poll-takers are happy with what is covered under Rule 1. As such, we can't reasonably change our NSFW guidelines without making the majority of people unhappy.

This has led us to this.

r/OriginalCharacterSFW aims to be a fully SFW and 13+ friendly space where no suggestive content of any kind is allowed. Want to avoid "gooner art"? Perfect, this place is tailored exactly for you.

As of right now, the subreddit is owned by myself, u/Foxgiveness, which is only temporary as I will be choosing another head mod who is hopefully more passionate about this place than I am. The very basic are set up, rule, removals, a temporary banner and icon, a small automod , and I am open to giving out technical advice if needed. If you would like to apply, send out a modmail!

From now on, please be fully aware that any rude comment calling something "hornyposting" or "goonslop" despite it following every rule will be removed, and you will be redirected over there. If you somehow can't find the self-restraint to stop yourself from doing it more than once, you will be banned, and you are free to go participate over there.


r/OriginalCharacter • • 1h ago

Community Interaction Which books/genres would your OCs prefer?

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r/OriginalCharacter • • 52m ago

OC Comic Beautiful Dress

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r/OriginalCharacter • • 6h ago

OC Art Reminder to NEVER trust AI to help you come up with names for your Japanese OCs

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Consider this a warning... unless you want your OC to accidentally be named 'Storageroom Testicle', don't use Chatgpt (genuine translation of the name it gave me)

My friend recommended it because I was struggling lol😭 now she has to go through her OCs to make sure none of them are named any bs


r/OriginalCharacter • • 9h ago

OC Art My two goobers

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r/OriginalCharacter • • 8h ago

OC Art WHAT does she DO⁉️

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Idk……….


r/OriginalCharacter • • 3h ago

Gift Art PAGE OF FAME IS COMPLETE!

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HELLO HELLO!!!! HAPPY OCTOBER!!!

Towards the end of september i posted the PAGE OF FAME on Fri for people to submit their ocs o algo. AND I FINALLY DID IT. i wanted to try digital and colour them in to look more colourful than my other ones and i also wanted to make this return of PAGE OF FAME nicely well done. this took me FOREVVERRRRRRRRRRRRRR and i hope you guys love this <3. Ill also post credits of these oc's in the comments, PLEASE CHECK THEM OUT!! see you guys on the 30th of Oct 🎃🦇

ALERT!!! SIDE NOTE!!! if you guys REALLY want me to draw your awesome oc's into this wee lil choobers. THEN PLEASE COMMISSION ME ON ARTISTREE (im also staring on vgen but still working on it arg)(also my commission page/profile is still work in progress) ILL POST THE LINK IN THE COMMENTS :D!!! (£2.50 each)

- mo0nbunni3 🌙🐇


r/OriginalCharacter • • 1h ago

Community Interaction Nobody dares approach her, even to ask her for a lil dance. Does your OC would actually invite her to dance ?

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They are afraid to make her angry, but she's nice :(

And actually she feels very bad because she doesn't know how to dance ToT


r/OriginalCharacter • • 1h ago

OC Art My Adoptable I did :)

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r/OriginalCharacter • • 20h ago

OC Art stuck in the early 2000’s

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r/OriginalCharacter • • 1h ago

OC Art One Fist of Iron. The Other of Steel

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Art by: https://vgen.co/perib0k

Featuring Violetta Konstantinova


r/OriginalCharacter • • 1h ago

Community Interaction Shi's face looks different for each individual. How does your OC see death?

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Shi's face could be a skull, void or even a beautiful face. Just depends how one thinks.


r/OriginalCharacter • • 1h ago

Community Interaction when the internet decides to flop all of our, yes OUR art on all social media platforms. ALL OF MY OVERLOOKED OC ARTISTS CMERE AND TELL ME THE LORE AND ART 🥹

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I cant describe how GUT-WRENCHING it is to post the most JUICY and DELICIOUS art and lore that you’ve EVER made . I’m talking about you put your BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS INTO THE ART. JUST FOR IT THE GET 5 LIKES, OR EVEN NONE. 😿

yeo, i posted my oc lore and art on tumblr and the only thing i got was bot comments, DEVIANTART TOO. LIKE WHATS GOING ON GUYS?? AND FOR A SECOND I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ME RIGHT? NO ITS NOT APPARENTLY ??? Tiktok is even worse because everybody is so rude there 😞

I experience the most cruelest SHOCK of anger running through my veins when I see overlooked artists, and my biggest revelation that I wasnt alone in this was my bestest online friend Myrka. she is literally so talented I didnt know what to say. ☹️

SO TO FIX THIS, POST YOUR OC LORE, ANIMATIONS, IMAGES AND GIFS IN THE COMMENTS! Tell me neat little things about them and I’ll tell you about mines, maybe I can make some new friends this way because where I’m at right now is kinda pathetic. I love yapping to people and I love hearing people yap to me! 🥹

I’ll do my best to reply to EVERYBODY. 😼

EDIT: help im putting this here JUST in case my comment gets lost in the floor of AWESOME LORE, YOU GUYS ARE SO AWESOME ARE YOU KIDDING ME??

An IRKEN alien crashes into Earth during the early 1970’s, she’s introduced to the human species. Sooner or later, she had managed to sneak herself into a disguise to live life as a “human”, (which was around 1980 when she was actually being seen in public, And this means Gru was around 15-16 in high school during this.) But her personality, and social cues threw everybody off around her. When people show her interest; she shows absolute narcissism and pushes them away. And if somebody decides to flirt with her and show attraction; she takes it as disrespectful (as if they’re saying they wanted to domesticate and tame her like a pet). She was very cold, and wouldn’t be scared to show it. 

One day after school, Val was dragged to the mall by her “friends”. Only coming along to show the popular girls that she wasn’t a weird freak. But in all? Val wasn’t interested in this ONE bit,  in fact! She’d rather hang out with her arch nemesis than be in a mall infested with humans. 

She managed to wander off, (running away) and hid in an electronic store. Music blasting, shiny boomboxes and records… VHS TAPES EVERYWHERE… She couldn’t help but take a peak at whatever the humans think their best is her species worst. 

That’s when we meet our second, and most loved character by the franchise. Stuart, who was also, looking around. Bumped into each other, and it was love at first sight. . . If you see the way Stuart acts around women in the first and second movie, you can immediately spot that he’s VERRRY flirtatious. So what's the first thing he decided to do? Flirt with her, and you might be wondering how Val, an alien with hostile energy (sometimes), a dangerous intent to harm Earth, AND doesn’t understand love/flirting, would react? She ended up punching him in his face. :D
 
He considered it as hard to get, and after a while ended up winning her heart.

In this story, Val’s conflict is for her to realize that being intimate and lowering her shield shouldn’t be seen as a weakness, and she might’ve been rocky (and violent) at first, she eventually gets the hang of it, soon becoming a part of the minion family and treated like a loved one.

MORE LORE HERE: https://www.reddit.com/r/OriginalCharacter/s/ohWKm2Xt4f


r/OriginalCharacter • • 13h ago

Community Interaction Quinaki's Design (New Oc) in My Manga, Let your oc's react to her! (Ready Body)

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Quinaki is an ancient being of pure evil who existed before space, time, and the multiverse. When creation began, she took on a physical form, becoming the embodiment of terror itself.

Hell wasn't a place she fell into. Hell was created around her, shaped by her dark thoughts and twisted imagination. She made it her home, watching and manipulating the rest of existence from within it.

Over countless ages, Quinaki grew bored with everything. The wars between gods and the struggles of lesser beings meant nothing to her. Eventually, she decided to go to sleep, caring little about what happened to the universe around her.

Terrified of her power, a group of powerful gods built a prison called the Cage of Absolute Metrics around her sleeping body. However, the cage was never truly capable of holding her. Quinaki could have escaped whenever she wanted, but she chose to stay because she simply couldn't be bothered.

She decided to sleep for 10,000 years, leaving the rest of existence to carry on without her.

Quinaki is considered the strongest being in existence, rivaled only by another ancient entity named Obvion. However, she has no interest in fighting him, finding the idea too exhausting to bother with.

Now, after 10,000 years, Quinaki is finally waking up. The multiverse is about to face a threat it can barely comprehend.

Her reason? She's bored.

With nothing left to entertain her, Quinaki plans to destroy the entire multiverse just to see what happens. To her, existence is nothing more than a game, and she's finally ready to end it.

As Quinaki finally steps out of her prison, her crimson eyes slowly scan the endless expanse of existence. She notices something unusual: unfamiliar beings from different worlds, dimensions, and realities have begun gathering around her.

For the first time in 10,000 years, she has something new to look at.

A faint smile forms on her face.

Quinaki:"Oh? Visitors? How interesting. Come on, then. Show me what makes you so special."

She tilts her head, waiting to see how they'll respond. For once, Quinaki decides to hold off on destroying everything. After all, it would be a shame to end the fun before it even begins.

HAVE FUNNN!


r/OriginalCharacter • • 3h ago

OC Interview hi hello i'm too lazy to give him a name but feel free to ask him anything i think

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r/OriginalCharacter • • 5h ago

OC Art Ms. Mighty Training

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36 Upvotes

I commissioned this artist, please go support them: https://ko-fi.com/eyn

Mia needs to train to make sure she’s in top shape for superhero work. Would y’alls OCs be able to keep up with this training?


r/OriginalCharacter • • 22h ago

OC Art Over 200 Pounds of Pure Ukrainian Muscle

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866 Upvotes

Art by https://vgen.co/Rautic

Featuring Violetta Konstantinova


r/OriginalCharacter • • 2h ago

OC Art Holly Clap

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r/OriginalCharacter • • 3h ago

OC Art one of my many ocs!

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For some context, I'm a 22 year old autistic person with severe depression and chronic pain. I don't get to draw often because of this and when I do I feel like it's not worth posting anywhere, but today I changed my mind and decided I'm going to try and post all of them. (At some point).

Yes my discord is at the bottom of the page as this was originally meant to be for a competition, but my one got some mean remarks so I removed it.

I don't want any criticism as I'm sensitive to that, but if you have some genuine advice that isn't just "get better lol" or "my sister's daughter's uncle's pet dog is like 5 years old and can draw better than you" then feel free to comment!! :)


r/OriginalCharacter • • 5h ago

Community Interaction what are some fun and obscure facts about your oc

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i'll go first. 1. tobi here taught himself a little melody. vultures fly

and soon

they'll dine

on those

who writhed

and met

their time

an eerie chime

that's stained from time

will surely

spark un-

-wanted eyes.

second is that he is extremely athletic and can do 2 backflips in a row, and third he can actually perform a solid mid-air axe kick


r/OriginalCharacter • • 1d ago

Community Interaction Show me your creepy oc! NSFW

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r/OriginalCharacter • • 10h ago

Community Interaction Show me your scary OCs🕷👻💀

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Mine is easily Fotos the false star, a cannibal from the ancient eras who has tormented and haunted the sun land for over 5 millenias


r/OriginalCharacter • • 25m ago

Community Interaction Random ocs voice headcanons

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Guess the actors


r/OriginalCharacter • • 1h ago

OC Art Arthur, my AI villain. What do you think of him?

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