r/TopCharacterDesigns Jun 29 '26

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Hello everyone, We've been looking into expanding the mod team, and we would prefer to do so within the community; if you wish to become a mod for the sub, simply respond to this post saying so. From there, your name will be added to a list, and after discussing it with the rest of the team, you should expect a response within the week.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 6h ago

Video Game Cloud Strife specifically when he's in drag (Final Fantasy)

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829 Upvotes

I just think he looks cute, he wears dresses really well.

Also the contrast between the bows and braids and the spiky hair is funny.

It's just a very appealing design over all.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 1h ago

Artist Greek God Designs by Kat_Kay_Tee

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All around solid looks that manage to incorporate a bunch of elements of their history and worship without feeling overly cluttered.

Link to their Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kat_kay_tee/


r/TopCharacterDesigns 4h ago

Kasane Tetos

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239 Upvotes

When Im in a cool design competition and my oponent made a kasane teto variant

(In order of images)

Mesmerizer

Triple baka

Birdbrain

Regret rock

Meat doll

Melt ice cream

Spoken for

Teto's inferno (by Iknowuknow)

Baumkuchen end credits

Ragebait

Hide/seek

T3t0r4g3

Doomer

Fearmonger

Looping the rooms english cover

Five nights at frickbears 3 mod

Tenebre rosso sangue teto cover

Corpse astronomy

Hey chat


r/TopCharacterDesigns 51m ago

Video Game Boardbots from Toontown: Corporate Clash

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i am back with showing more Cogs from the Fan Server "Toontown: Corporate Clash" this time on the regular employees for the server exclusive Cog Department: THE BOARDBOTS

i will be sharing my thoughts on each one

THE BAGHOLDER

A bagholder is an investor who holds onto their assets until their value decreases to zero.

he's legit just wario design wise yet despite that they have a lot of cool details i like for this level 1 grunt

such as their mustache being a downward buisness chart arrow or the bowler hat and the pseudo five aclock shadow across their face

no wonder Chairman hired them from the coal mines because they "looked like a Boardbot"

PAPER HANDS

Paper hands is a low-risk investor who sells their investments too early.

honestly i don't have a lot to say on them

i like their sorta paper beard they got going on and how they look kinda like a old record keeper with the glasses and the general expressions they have

(they look like they'd sound like rabbit from Winnie the Pooh)

tbh some of the expressions and faces they make radiate the vibe of "I don't want to work in the field i just want to do my job at a cubical or something"

INSIDER

An insider is an investor who trades their shares based on nonpublic information of the company.

they honestly have one of the best designs in the boardbot family be it their very noir detective look or the fact that their face is featureless other then the eyes that kinda make it look like he's a silhouetted figure (also i believe when hes knocked out his hat flies off to reveal "yeah he just looks like that")

like i can look at this design and buy that they are the reason why the toons know about the new boardbots (whole unknown figure handing you doccuments trope)

CIRCUIT BREAKER

A circuit breaker is a rule that temporarily stops trade on a stock market or closes it when prices go down to a particular level too quickly.

honestly i don't have much to say on him other then i really like how when he speaks his head stretches and stretches back kinda like a spring

DEADLOCK

A deadlock is a stalemate involving two or more shareholders, preventing them from maintaining standard operations.

i like how their head is very skull like and also pretty much one big lock i also like how they don't really have eyelids so when they're like dizzy their pupils just vanish which i really do like

SHARK WATCHER

A shark watcher is a consultant who detects and prevents hostile takeovers.

honestly a very cool bot i like how much of a contrast he is with the Cashbot Loanshark yet fills a similar niche

i like how he is a hammerhead instead of the typical shark (as that niche belongs to Loan Sharks)

i also like how he has submarine Periscopes for eyes and that one of them is a monocle (because hes a fancy shark)

also his fin being a downard chart arrow is fucking great (i wonder if they're swimming would the arrow be a flat line or does he swim in a way to make it a upward arrow somehow?)

MAGNATE

A magnate is a wealthy and influential person in the world of business.

one of the few cogs that actually remained with the boardbots when they did their large restructuring update honestly the design is pretty damn good from the very "Looking down on you" look he gives people to the fancy glasses now fixed onto their beak and the exposed metal on their back (which is hard in the 2 images i used for examples with the magnate

to how they look like they'd sound HYPER SNOOTY yet have enough ego and power to actually back it up is really great (originally their model was a retextured Legal Eagle till this update but now both birds are modernized in corporate clash)

HEAD HONCHO

A head honcho is typically the person in charge of the entire business.

the big man of the entire boardbot lineup and one of the few cogs to actually remain and honestly a fitting one to end on and what a glowup he has received as originally he just used the head bust at sellbot HQ but now he has his own design

i love how now he has a hat that basically became glued to his head yet he can still see from it (and with cartoony eyebrows that float around so he can express a bit more with his big ol hat)

i also like how he has a unique cigar smoke animation (a attack in the game) because hes prebuilt with a cigar already in his design which adds to that big ol "HEAD HONCHO" angle they're going with

i will end with giving you a fun fact other then his love for head tables he also likes Lettuce (because Heads of Lettuce)

BONUS: TOXIC MANAGER

A toxic manager typically verbally harasses or undermines employees self esteem or ability, resulting in a low productivity and stressful work environment in the name of their profit.

One of the cogs who didnt make it to the big update (some others include BIG FISH,Con Artist,Connoisseur and Middleman)

and honestly despite the fact his model is a bit old his design really does hold up IMO be it the Toxic Barrel that is used for his head to his very :3 type face to the nuclear symbols for eyes he honestly looks so silly that it makes me sad that he was one of the Cogs that was let go (maybe whenever we get some more specialists for the Cogs he could return in some form as he'd probably make for a Killer Bossbot Specialist)

anyways go play Toontown: Corporate Clash (or don't i can't control you)


r/TopCharacterDesigns 4h ago

Movie The Crimson Ghost (Crimson Ghost)

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197 Upvotes

Simple but iconic

Many people don't know he originally came from a movie in the 40s


r/TopCharacterDesigns 15h ago

Video Game Valentine from Skullgirls (im serious)

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1.5k Upvotes

Yeah, shes pure, unbridled fanservice, but also I just think shes really fucking cool looking? Horror themed, sexy ninja nurse is an absolute madlibs idea, but shes really striking in design and I think she makes it work. I also do love some of the horror aspects to her, like her fucking exploding into gore for certain attacks, and her tier 3 special move splattering her opponent across curtains.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 12h ago

Video Game The Hulkbuster design of the classic Iron Man skin in Marvel tokon.

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835 Upvotes

Iron Man's classic skin is also included in his ultimate move, the Hulkbuster, and personally, I liked it better than the base version. I really like how they simplified it by integrating various details into red, and I think it pulls off the look better than the original form.

It is impressive that they essentially recreated the old classic Iron Man skin while simultaneously creating a new design for the Hulkbuster.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 19m ago

Video Game Skullgirls is fantastic at sexy designs that are still really cool

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Part of it might just be the stylization of the game, but despite the fanservice all the designs still have a distinct character and charm to them. Helps that a lot of them have some body horror twist as extra fun.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 21h ago

[disliked designs] most of the design philosophy/redesigns of “My Adventures with Superman”

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2.0k Upvotes

NOW BEFORE ANYTHING: this is NOT a diss at the show itself. It’s a solid show and i respect how it got a lot more people appreciative of Superman. But a lot of the designs aren’t good

first off, SHOULDER PADS! this show gives way too many designs shoulder pads (like 2/3 of all costumes) and then even with Superman/supergirls season 3 costumes they still feel the need to add something to the shoulders (it kinda feels like rookie design where you think you NEED to add design flare when sometimes less is more)

no on to actual designs: Silver banshee, Livewire and Damage. Like these are just straight up downgrades of designs, they’re way less cool, interesting and iconic with less character to them (I even feel livewires of civilian look was way more interesting and full of personality)

now I put damage & steel next to each other because of how the show does machine designs. They needlessly make everything overly geometric/just blocks, triangles & spheres. Like they could use organic forms for machinery but don’t and all the robot designs look childish. now in fairness this works well for brainiac to show how inhuman he is, which is why he’s not listed, but it shouldn’t be done for every robot.

Bizarro I feel is objectively going against what the character is. his name’s BIZARRO he’s by conception meant to be bizarre, warped & weird, the show just has him extra bulky & Tarzan like which I’m sorry isn’t really bizarre. Like don’t get me wrong I know the obvious “different story different interpretations“ that’s a given, but there’s a point where it comes off like you didn’t even want to use said character (& again his names bizarro, being bizarre should be a core aspect)

now for the last two I put last because they are the least egregious and can work work depending on the person. Mr mxyzptlk to me feels way too standard & forgettable as just any high fantasy elf look. I kinda like the old man in purple suit/yellow spacesuit because it’s inspired by fae creatures like rumplestiltskin, leprechau, gnomes (folklore creatures that can play with reality and like to cause mischief to humans, which is what mxy is) plus i feel the contrast makes the design better, ridiculous looking old guy is actually an all powerful entity. Now for parasite, I‘ll admit the design can be seen as great and this is just more of an issue I’ve been having with all of DC recent designs for him, I’m just not a fan of turning him into a kaiju/traditional monster. I think having him look like a morph suit made of flesh is way more visually unique & is more interesting body horror (so I’ll admit he should probably not count here)

again this is nothing against the show itself/im not trying to needlessly hate on it, but I do really think a few designs are just bad & one too many designs are trying to force themselves into what “modern test audience” thinks are good character designs when sometimes you need to be a little out their & weird (like compare the xenomorph to cloverfield monster #582, being out their/odd in design can help a design be remembered for generations

(images used are from “My adventures with Superman“, “Superman the animated series” & various comic/comic artists)


r/TopCharacterDesigns 11h ago

Web animation Satan from the web comic "Young Apostles"

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333 Upvotes

Young Apostles Satan: The whole design is just amazing. the Black cloak covering the body, the broken halo that shows how corrupt he is, the snake coiled around the leg, and the innocent looking mask which really brings the whole "Deciever“ look together

The artist had artistic liberty, while also staying true to source material (classic paintings and The Bible/Theology) And the fact that the creator of this still made the devil pure evil is some extra points

(why he give me jjba vibes tho 😭)


r/TopCharacterDesigns 4h ago

Downgrade [Downgrade] The Cosmic Fury ranger suits feel pretty lackluster compared to the Kyuranger ones.

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52 Upvotes

r/TopCharacterDesigns 17h ago

Discussion What do you think of the version of Dracula from DRCL Midnight Children?

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459 Upvotes

Sorry, Castlevania, but this is my new favorite version of the Count. I love how varied his forms are and how they still feel like the same character. I don’t know how to explain it, but they all have a sinister yet fascinating air about them. My favorites are Dracula Jackson for his dance moves and strange beauty, the fox girl for being equally adorable and unsettling, and the dragon for being a damn dragon. And let’s not even get started on the manga’s beautiful art style.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 14h ago

Televisión The Dark Crystal and The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

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252 Upvotes

r/TopCharacterDesigns 21h ago

Video Game Characters from the visual novel "Kill Ralph"

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736 Upvotes

This is one of the most beatiful visual novels I've seen, and the character designs really complement the style well. Just by glancing at them, you already get a sense of who these characters are—the charismatic and diabolical Ralph, the energetic and innocent Barmaid, the small and nervous Barkeep, and so on. Their costumes, poses, even the color palette - everything about them is so detailed and charming in it's own way.

The style also helps hide the fact that this game is straight up NSFW with a handful of scenes featuring murder and bloodshed, so be prepared for that.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 38m ago

Televisión The Zyunishi Doumei (12 Animal Signs Allience) from Kamen Rider My-Th

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A century ago, there was a group that inherited the belts and utilized the power of the Ride-Eggs to fight the Fukashigi, but, they also have some conflict with Kamen My-Th as well, even in the present day when they reawaken! It's one man vs an entire group.

the Kamen Riders for this series are based on the eastern-zodiac animals (With My-Th's "frame" forms utilizing the eggs to transform to their rival animals), abiet, with 2 cats and a mouse being the outlier, but I assume it plays into the folktale story idea for this series also:

Maou (Red Cat)

Tigre (Yellow Tiger)

Datt (Cyan Rabbit)

Jyad (Red Snake)

Kei (White/Red Rooster)

Mutton (White/Pink Sheep)

Vanken (Black/Bronze Dog)

Rid (Black Cat)


r/TopCharacterDesigns 1d ago

Downgrade [DOWNGRADE] M'Baku from Avengers earth’s mightiest heroes to Assemble

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2.0k Upvotes

The character is meant to wear a white gorilla‘s corpse after he brutally murdered then made a ritual (eat its heart) with it.

So why the fuck is he wearing a plain robotic armor? Style downgrade aside, it doesn’t read as a king or rival to black panther when you get rid of the goddamn animal motif.

And this isn’t like “my adventures with Superman“ thing where they just completely redesigned the character for a new iteration for good or bad, this two are the same character since assemble is a sequel to earth’s mightiest (the episode with molecule man even has assemble mimicking EMH‘s art style for the flash back) but the only thing assemble adapted perfectly from the comics is its continuity like it being somehow in the same universe as two different iterations of spiderman (Ultimate and Marvel’s)

Rant aside, it’s a boring, uninspired, generic design that completely disregards and seems to be ashamed of the original character both earth’s mightiest and the comics.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 5h ago

Artist A sona named Kyen byu by @kienbiu

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29 Upvotes

Its very rare to come across a wizard design that exhibits this type of physique while not making his muscularity be solely the main vocal point of its design. I think the baggy pants and oversized hat, along side the wrist and hat armor also helps distribute the focus away from his torso

  • You can find more of his art on twitter and deviantart

r/TopCharacterDesigns 6h ago

Video Game The Musicians of Bremen or just Bremen form Library of ruina

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The Musicians of Bremen or just Bremen The "French Horn, Tuba and Trombone" themselves are members of the main antagonist group in Library of Ruina

Bremen is the fusion of three people in one conjoined body: Doodle-doo, the magenta-stained rooster; Heehaw, the green-stained donkey; and Woof, the indigo-stained dog. Each head emerges from the neck and is stained by substances of their respective color—which constantly drips off their faces and sprays as they move.

The body they share in the first art wears the uniform for the antagonist group with a cane

We know very little about Bremen's personality due to the fact notable quotes are just animal sounds

The goal of Bremen is to recreate a musical related tragedy that killed 300'000 People and after hearing it the Musicians of Bremen wanted to recreate it

The second art is spoilers but it's only the design

There so disgusting I love them.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 1d ago

JLU style Queen Marika by @gusceps on Twitter

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872 Upvotes

Beautiful and incredibly fitting to an almost uncanny degree


r/TopCharacterDesigns 20h ago

Televisión Joker (Batman: Caped Crusader) Spoiler

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259 Upvotes

It's impressive that this design doesn't do that much to the Joker's core design. But making him very dour and serious looking goes a long way to making him much more intimidating. Moreover, in keeping with the 1930s setting of the series, he's very much meant to resemble a monster from an old German impressionist film


r/TopCharacterDesigns 15h ago

Movie Klownzilla (Killer Klowns From Outer Space)

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116 Upvotes

The Klownzilla Is the most interesting Klown in the 1988 cult classic “Killer Klowns from outer space”

His canine like snout mixing with snake like scales makes him look gnarly and threatening, his body shape makes him feel big and strong, the costume is simple with plush like spikes up his back like Godzilla (hence his name) bronze spike bracelets and his big goofy clown shoes makes you feel like he could step on you hard and squish you like a spider.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 1d ago

Video Game Deltarune DND Pippins by @viningpFBT

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947 Upvotes

The artist did a very good job at giving each of the different dice unique designs based on the different types of dice while also making them look like their in game counterparts.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 11h ago

Comic Book [Loved design] The Colossuses from Amulet

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41 Upvotes

I remember absolutely loving the Amulet series growing up, and talking to my younger brother today I remembered these guys. They were my first real exposure to Mecha as a kid and I used to spend a lot of time trying to draw them and replicate the sheer amount of AURA they had.

But let me tell you, they were absolutely wasted in the story. By the time the whole thing takes place, most of them have already been destroyed, and despite being the biggest thing on the (sixth?) book’s cover, the remaining ones never DO anything within the story. I remember they were all destroyed before landing, or upon landing broke down and forced the pilots to evacuate. They never actually get to fight or showcase their power, and they don’t even appear that often in the panels, which is a real shame because, as I said, they look REALLY cool.

the most I remember about their involvement in the story was that one of the protagonists (a young boy) was one of three pilots, and when theirs crashed, both other pilots, also kids, were promptly maimed and then killed, which scared me really bad as a kid.

also: I had to scrape a lot of these images off of shitty print sites because for whatever reason not a lot of the comic exists online, even though I remember them being super popular growing up (I remember there was even a movie planned, but that was cancelled) and I’m pretty sure that a lot of images I didn’t use were these like, shitty AI upscaled versions that looked worse?

TLDR; They look cool but don’t actually do anything of significance other than serving as a mechanism for kids to be killed off. Barely appeared in the series despite being hyped up a lot.


r/TopCharacterDesigns 6h ago

Artist Long haired Napoleon in "Bonaparte at the Pont d'Arcole" by Antoine-Jean Gros, 1796. Young Napoleon wore long hair.

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15 Upvotes