D&D and tabletop character art
Describe the ancestry, class, gear, and mood. DreamLayer returns a portrait. Attach that portrait as the reference and every later image, from a tavern scene to a token square, is the same character.
One character, three uses
Three images, three credits, made in order on 2026-09-08. The second and third attach the first as the reference. The prompts are shown exactly as used, shortened only where they repeat.
Describe the character once: ancestry, class, skin, horns, hair, coat, and the one item that identifies them.
Fantasy tabletop character portrait for a D&D campaign: a tiefling warlock, deep crimson skin, curved black horns, glowing violet eyes, short dark hair, a worn leather coat over a purple tunic, a silver chain pendant shaped like an eye. Waist-up, three-quarter view, painterly illustration, plain dark teal background.
Attach the approved portrait as the reference and describe the new moment. Face, horns, pendant, and coat carry forward.
Keep this exact same tiefling warlock character. Show them full body, standing in a dim candlelit tavern beside a wooden table, a faint violet spell glow in one hand. Same painterly style, same palette.
Ask for a centered head-and-shoulders crop on a flat background. Add the ring in your token tool of choice.
Keep this exact same character. Square head-and-shoulders portrait centered in the frame, suitable for a virtual tabletop token, plain flat solid dark teal background, no border, no text.
Portraits by class and ancestry
Same style words, same framing, different characters. Swap the ancestry, class, and signature items and keep the rest of the prompt to get a party that looks like it belongs in one campaign.
Braided beard with bronze rings, sun-embossed breastplate, warhammer over the shoulder.
Fantasy tabletop character portrait for a D&D campaign: a dwarf cleric, broad face, braided grey-red beard with bronze rings, a steel breastplate embossed with a sun symbol, a heavy fur-lined cloak, holding a warhammer over one shoulder. Waist-up, three-quarter view, painterly illustration, plain dark teal background.
Silver hair tied back, moss-green hooded cloak, longbow across the back.
Fantasy tabletop character portrait for a D&D campaign: a wood elf ranger, dark brown skin, long silver hair tied back, green eyes, leaf-shaped ear cuffs, a hooded moss-green cloak over leather armor, a longbow slung across the back. Waist-up, three-quarter view, painterly illustration, plain dark teal background.
Brass-gold scales, ornate plate with a white tabard, greatsword hilt at the shoulder.
Fantasy tabletop character portrait for a D&D campaign: a dragonborn paladin, brass-gold scales, small horns swept back, amber eyes, ornate plate armor with a white tabard and a silver holy symbol of a shield and star, a greatsword hilt visible at the shoulder. Waist-up, three-quarter view, painterly illustration, plain dark teal background.
Auburn curls, hooded half-cloak, a vest of small pouches, two daggers at the belt.
Fantasy tabletop character portrait for a D&D campaign: a halfling rogue, freckled face, tousled auburn curls, sharp grin, a dark hooded half-cloak over a fitted leather vest with many small pouches, two daggers at the belt, a lockpick behind one ear. Waist-up, three-quarter view, painterly illustration, plain dark teal background.
Monsters from a stat block
An owlbear from its stat-block description. The first pass read it as a bear; one follow-up turn with the image attached replaced the head. That review step is part of the workflow, not a failure of it.
Tokens
DreamLayer makes the image. The ring and the circle crop belong to the tool your table already uses.
What this page is not
Questions, answered
DreamLayer is currently in beta. If you hit an issue or need a workflow we do not cover yet, email mackenzie@dreamlayer.io. The same account works in the browser and through the API, CLI, and MCP server; pricing is on the pricing page and rights to your images are in the Terms. Making assets for a video game instead? See game asset creation. Need the same character from the front, side, and back? See character turnaround sheets.
A portrait or scene generated from your description of the character: ancestry, class, gear, expression, and art style. The result can then be attached as the reference for more images of the same character, which is what the three-step example on this page shows.
It carries the identity forward when you attach the approved portrait as the reference and describe the new scene. In the examples above the face, horns, hair, coat, and pendant held across the portrait, the tavern scene, and the token square. Small details such as buttons or the exact cut of a collar can still drift, so review each result and regenerate the ones that miss.
DreamLayer gives you the square, centered head-and-shoulders portrait on a flat background that token tools expect. It does not add the ring, crop to a circle, or export a VTT token format. Use Token Stamp or your VTT's token editor for that last step.
Yes. Under the Terms of Use, DreamLayer assigns the generated Outputs to you. You are responsible for making sure your use is lawful, for example when a character is based on someone else's protected design.
One credit per finished image, at US$0.17 per credit, with a minimum purchase of 59 credits. Credits do not expire, an unfinished request restores the reserved credit, and there is no subscription.
Yes. Attach a PNG, JPEG, or WebP as the reference and describe what should change and what should stay. The same flow covers a new outfit, a new scene, or a cleaner background.
No. DreamLayer makes images. D&D Beyond and similar tools handle character sheets and stat blocks; Hero Forge and TitanCraft make printable 3D minis. This page is about the art.
Name the style in the prompt. The examples here use a painterly illustration style with a plain dark background; ink and watercolor, comic, and pixel art also work. Keep the style words identical between images of the same character so the set matches.
Start with the portrait
One credit per finished image. Attach the result as the reference and the rest of the campaign looks like the same person.