20+ Liminal Character Designs For Inspiration

Are you looking to draw or write liminal characters for your stories or video games but need some inspiration? Then you’re in the right place!

I love designing liminal characters in my free time. In this post, I have compiled all the liminal characters I created and their descriptions as a source of inspiration for others. Check them out below!

p.s. try the liminal character generator here if you want to create your own!

if you are completely new to liminal characters or want a detailed walkthrough through creating your own liminal character, check out this post: Creating Liminal Characters: Tips, Types, and Inspiration for Writers

1. Maria the Elephant Tween

Name: Maria

Age: 12 (tween)

Subgenre: Dreamcore

Backstory:  Maria is almost a teen and she wants to be more independent and go to parties and have a late curfew like all of her friends do. She begins to rebel against her and gets piercings, all while maintaining her sweet expression for people outside of her family that think she is the perfect child. 

Maria still owns the elephant plush she had as a baby as it reminds her of the love she had for her childhood years. Although she wishes she could stay young forever, another part of her yearns to grow up and experience her teenage years all too quickly. 

The more she rebels, the more she finds herself embodying her elephant plush. 

2. Eyeball Mushroom

Subgenre: Weirdcore

Just a common character in most dreamcore/weirdcore liminal games. I decided to draw the eyes under the mushroom, as if theres secrets to be told through the surveillance.

3. The Bride

Name: Ariana

Age: 107

Subgenre: Weirdcore

Backstory: She deceives. She looks perfectly beautiful on the outside, but her soul is rotten and moral-less. She manipulates men with her flirty charm to get them to marry her, only to steal their souls.

One day, a man she manipulates has fallen in love, just like everyone else. But, he learns of her true colors and chooses to stick around. What does this mean, for Ariana the Bride?

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