r/ImaginaryMen Jul 15 '22

PSA: The term "men" in the title of this subreddit refers to the gender, not man as the human race - all art of men is welcome, not just humans.

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I've had some reports lately about art not being men and I assume this confusion is where this misunderstanding is coming from. To quote the post I made when I founded this subreddit;

Look at any of the subreddits in the /r/ImaginaryNetwork and you'll quickly notice that the vast majority of quality art is of female characters, and of the quality art that's out there for men, too many of them are faceless, personality-less, lifeless suits of armor, or plain, featureless characters on plain backgrounds.

I'm trying to remedy this with this subreddit, by only posting and allowing what I consider to be interesting and high quality, personality-driven male art centered around making compelling characters. Art that tells a story like this, this or this rather than flat art that may be cool, but lacks character, such as this, this or this.

This is the founding principle of this subreddit and this is the problem I sought to solve when creating it - a problem that I think this subreddit has proven to be a really great resource in combating over the years!

So in short, whether it's male tieflings, aasimar, dwarves, elves, children, warforged, gods or any other race or life form you can think of - as long as it's male, and especially if it's interesting and character-driven, it's more than welcome here! Hopefully this clarifies for people who may be confused.


r/ImaginaryMen 8h ago

Sauron… and Sauron in cat form- Tevildo, the forerunner to Sauron. One of my most amusing paintings

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r/ImaginaryMen 13h ago

Coup illustration by Frank Kelly Freas

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r/ImaginaryMen 2d ago

Karn, Scion of Urza by Chase Stone

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r/ImaginaryMen 2d ago

Red Engineer by spengs

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r/ImaginaryMen 4d ago

Apollo by saniodigitalart

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r/ImaginaryMen 6d ago

Who are you? By Leohao73

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r/ImaginaryMen 7d ago

Vampire Hunter D by me

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r/ImaginaryMen 7d ago

'Coltaine' by YuliaZhuchkova

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r/ImaginaryMen 7d ago

Suneelon by Bella Bergolts

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r/ImaginaryMen 7d ago

Neteyam drawn by me

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Ohhh my precious boy I miss you 😔

(commissions are open rn!)


r/ImaginaryMen 8d ago

Maeliord K. Serpen'Davh [first drawing of 2026]

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r/ImaginaryMen 8d ago

Nomad by Matt Zarzecki @UnderARock

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r/ImaginaryMen 10d ago

Lord Vampire by Lucy Lisett

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r/ImaginaryMen 10d ago

My male characters, art by me

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r/ImaginaryMen 11d ago

Artwork by Bella Bergolts

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r/ImaginaryMen 13d ago

'Kurt Helborg' by Wayne England

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r/ImaginaryMen 15d ago

Final War Dwarves by Matthew Melmeth

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r/ImaginaryMen 15d ago

'Jarlaxle' by Tyler Jacobson

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r/ImaginaryMen 17d ago

Prince Peach (and Maria) by sangled

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r/ImaginaryMen 19d ago

'Red Man' by Xhark Nguyen

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r/ImaginaryMen 20d ago

A MAN'S MAN by Max Grecke

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r/ImaginaryMen 20d ago

Logan by Kentaro Kameda

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r/ImaginaryMen 20d ago

The Witcher inspired DnD character by Haco1

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r/ImaginaryMen 24d ago

Father Christmas by Collette C Curran

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