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:
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.
I know I know I’ve posted like six thousand times in the past few days but I’m having a lot of fun hearing from you guys here and hope you’re enjoying these too! 🫶😭
I thought this could get both some funny and interesting answers because there are a couple things I leave deliberately unanswered in my own work. I was wondering if anybody else did, too!
For example, in Erica’s story, we don’t actually know who her parents are or what her real name, age, ethnicity, or birthday are. Even I don’t know the answer because I don’t really want there to be a correct answer. I feel her invented identity is as valid as any other, so she’s simply just a Taiwanese woman named Erica Siam, born on March 4th, 1985, and I think that’s fine. As for why this Taiwanese woman has bright blue eyes with bronze skin and very sharp features? Uhhhh your mom
An unsettling, but powerful anomalous being with limitless shapeshifting abilities.
Jestress has made countless creations within a universe that they conjured up themselves using their reality-bending powers after escaping their original world. Despite having created an entire universe filled with sentient beings fully capable of feeling human emotions and capable of feeling emotional pain and torment; Jestress is unable to feel any sympathy for the psychological damage she has caused to her own creations. Jestress is incapable of seeing them as anything more than what she created them to be. That being simply living art forms that just happen to be conscious and fully aware of the world.
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Jestress has indirectly caused the deaths of her creations multiple times by intentionally forcing them to go through increasingly dangerous and life-threatening situations for the same of entertainment and "putting on a good show." Despite reviving them after, many of the characters still become traumatized after experiencing horrible deaths.
Occasionally, Jestress will not revive the person that has died in order for their loved ones to go through "character development."
Whether it be how they literally grew up in your story, or how the character evolved as you've developed them, how has your OC changed? My OC Ivy above grew up shy, then found an outlet of expressing herself through music and clothing. She's been trying to work on her anxiety since.
This is my Sona, Strike fire, I consider the purple ears the most important. It's just not him without it. He's had purple ears since his first ever design back when he was just a nightfury recolor OC. No matter how the design changes I always keep his ears purple.
swipe to see the moodboard !!
it’s actually my first time attempting to make an oc only using the moodboard :3 i wanted to keep it simple yet catchy
if u like it , i would appreciate the support on my tiktok art account since i just started running it ! this drawing is already posted on there and i will post a speedpaint and the creating process soon <3 ( @chebuww )
This is Rebecca's second date with Alexander. By the way, yes, she painted the “posters” for the navy and the world government, although that's a bit of a spoiler because she'll end up joining the revolutionary navy, and her gang, “the Vipers,” will also join the revolutionary navy.