Character Bio Art and Font Repository

[Mordred 183]

Quite often do some of us find ourselves stumped when trying to find fitting character art or font for our profiles. For a bio that could be completed in a few hours, this can delay your post by an undetermined amount.

And that's bullshit.

 

So, here's a small repository of helpful links to websites where you can find near character art and fonts in your profile so it can be the best it can be.

Character Art

 

https://www.pinterest.com/ - A great deal of character art can be found here, and every photo you open brings up a list of related images which can either aid in your search, or leave you lost in a sea of potential character images for future bios. I'd recommend short, vague keywords as people tag photos in many categories, some not even making full sense. When searching for things with spaces, such as Blood Elf, it can be more useful to type it in as one word. Results vary.

https://www.artstation.com/ - My personal favorite site for finding character art, as it is home to artists ranging from professional to amateur and all work is free to use (obviously, it's cool to credit them but that's up to you.) When searching on this site, more full, descriptive terms come in handy more than vague ones. If you want a Night Elf, you type that in - as Elf will possibly net you results of art for Elves of varying games/genres. Some generic tags, like horror or creepy can still apply.

http://www.deviantart.com/ - Not a personal favorite for many reasons (and you'll see why if you search yourself), but still a valid candidate. On Deviantart, you can find character art of varying quality, and even a few ... awkward pieces that just don't belong, but regardless, you can type in just about anything vague or no, and be met with at least a page of results.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ImaginaryCharacters/ REEEE REDDIT, but this sub has a collection of images that is regularly posted on. Clever scrolling or usage of the search feature (being that it's reddit, you can be as liberal as you like with terms) can yield satisfying results. Some of it is OC, too.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ImaginaryMonsters/ - This sub is home to art specifically for monsters and the like. If what you are playing isn't human, you have a basis to search upon that is already populated with creatures, and not people. Once more, as it is reddit, you can be as liberal as you like with searches.

 

Fonts - many of these sites are alike, so summaries are brief. Despite this, some sites have fonts others do not.

http://www.dafont.com/ - Fontmeme has a rich collection of fonts in a simple layout. complete with search categories and a preview feature. What you see is essentially what you get.

https://fontmeme.com/text-generator/ - Fontmeme is a more ... colorful version of dafont, to a degree. It has filters for categories and pictures of examples before you begin typing out your text. I've come to see that outside the generator, not every font is free, so beware.

http://www.fontspace.com/ - Yet another self explanatory font searcher. 

http://www.1001fonts.com/ - Another one.

 

If you come across, or know of any more sites to add to this list, feel free to comment with or without a summary and it can be added to the OP.

[Sorkar 9]

Oh wow, these are some very nice links! I'm actually thinking about creating new characters based on some of the artwork I am discovering on a few of these.

[Vraul 53]

Shoot, and I felt bad for taking artwork from the internet and using it for my own character purposes.  I thought everybody else either was a grand artist or just knew somebody who made them a good many creations.  Phew. 

 

Also the fonts will come in handy for various reasons, thank you.

[Norshar 50]

I've already made much use of these links 

[Lakshmi 9]

Is there any sort of site for those fancy vector dividers some of us like to use?

 

Otherwise I use a few of these sites regularly.

[Highlander 56]

Good stuff mang.

[Romeo 320]

Amazing contribution! Thanks!

[Woldgrimm 0]

Got mine through Pintrest. Its probably the easiest one to use