For general avatars and such, I lean towards woodblock-like illustrations and, as you can see here right now, mangacaps. On the other hand, I will sometimes use my own art, which can be very similar to what I first mentioned but I also use some of my painted works. Now, to get into what my art looks like would be a whole different can of artistic worms, so I won't go into detail here. And then there's the classic animal pictures, especially of cats or of cute little rats.

For character images, I lean towards long-haired characters of any gender who are sometimes sturdy in appearance, and I love..I mean I love giving characters pointed ears, be them elf-like ears, more realistic pointed ears, or animal ears. I also like giving characters detailed horns, despite how painful they can be to consistently get right. Armour and fancy robes. I like giving characters visible face scars and such as well, partly because I also have some facial scarring but also because they always tell a bit of a story on their own. There was a period of time where I kept making characters with eye-patches as well.

I have an overall fondness for limited colour palettes that make certain features pop (eyes as an easy example here). I like both neutral colours and vibrant colours, though regardless I tend to go towards more sombre and tense expressions for any faces.