Nalewi
Forest weaver- Weaves glowing moss thread into sashes
- Learned every pattern at the clan loom
- Afraid of heights, so no ikran yet
Free Avatar Na'vi OC generator
Na'vi OC Maker & Creator
This free Na'vi OC creator lets you make your own Na'vi character from James Cameron's Avatar without drawing a line. Pick a clan, a role and a bonded creature, choose stripe and glow colors, and get your OC dressed in their clan's handmade clothing.
- No drawing skills needed
- 10 free credits on sign-up
- No watermarks
- Clan: Metkayina reef
- Bond: a skimwing
- Role: shell carver
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Ideas
Na'vi OC ideas to start from
Six female and male Na'vi OC ideas, at least one from every clan. Load one into the Na'vi OC maker, then change the stripes, the glow or the bond until the character feels like yours.
Tirawn
Ikran hunter- Climbed for his ikran at fifteen
- Talks to it more than to people
- Still misses his first shot every hunt
Kalewa
Reef diver- Earned his skimwing last spring
- A new arm tattoo for every deep hunt
- Hates every minute on dry land
Ayrani
Plains rider- Raised among the direhorse herds
- Rides without a saddle or reins
- Counts the herd before she sleeps
Ruktan
Ash People- Grew up among the Ash People
- Keeps a living seed hidden in his pouch
- Still listens for Eywa at night
Lawanu
Wind Trader- Steers the lead windray
- Trades stories at every village
- Can smell a storm a day away
Know the rules
Na'vi clans, bonds and roles, explained
The clan decides how your Na'vi looks, dresses and lives, and the bond decides how they move through Pandora. Pick one of each and the rest of the character falls into place.
- first Avatar film released
- 2009
- first Avatar film released
- worldwide gross of the first film
- $2.9B
- worldwide gross of the first film
- about how tall an adult Na'vi stands
- 10 ft
- about how tall an adult Na'vi stands
- fingers on each Na'vi hand (avatars have 5)
- 4
- fingers on each Na'vi hand (avatars have 5)
Sources: Pandora (Avatar) (Wikipedia); Avatar (2009 film) (Wikipedia); Avatar: Fire and Ash (Wikipedia)
Omatikaya, the forest clan
Jake Sully's adopted clan in the first film, from the rainforest around the Tree of Souls. They lived inside Hometree, a giant tree they call Kelutral, until the RDA brought it down, and other clans know them as master weavers. Young hunters climb the Hallelujah Mountains in a rite called Iknimaya to bond an ikran.
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Metkayina, the reef clan
The ocean clan that takes in the Sully family in The Way of Water. Metkayina have turquoise skin with rippled stripes, fin-like strakes on their forearms and wide paddle tails for swimming. They ride ilu, bond a skimwing as a rite of passage, and each one has a tulkun spirit brother or sister. Their tattoos record the story of a life.
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Olangi, the horse clan
In the first film the horse clan of the plains rides into the final battle on direhorses, which the Na'vi call pa'li. Their leader Akwey answers Jake's call as Toruk Makto. A plains OC lives on the move, following the herds across open grassland, and rides better than most Na'vi walk.
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Mangkwan, the Ash People
The volcano clan of Avatar: Fire and Ash. An eruption burned their Hometree a generation ago, and they turned away from Eywa toward fire. Led by Varang, they wear grey and white ash with red and black paint and raid other clans from the air. An Ash OC who still quietly listens for Eywa makes a strong story.
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Tlalim, the Wind Traders
Nomadic merchants also introduced in Fire and Ash, inspired by camel caravans on the old spice routes. Their airships float under jellyfish-like medusoids and are pulled by windrays, which a navigator steers through the bond. They carry goods and news between clans, stay out of wars and send outriders on ikran to guard the convoy.
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Tsaheylu, the bond
Every Na'vi has a queue, a long braid with a neural link at its tip called the kuru. Joining it to a creature's queue makes tsaheylu, a bond that lets them share senses and steer without reins. A direhorse will carry many riders, but an ikran bonds with only one Na'vi in its life, so pick your OC's creature with care.
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Tsahik and olo'eyktan
Most clans are led by two people: the olo'eyktan, who leads the hunt and the defense of the clan, and the tsahik, the spiritual leader who interprets the will of Eywa. Among the Omatikaya the two are usually mates. A tsahik trains a successor for years, so a young OC with spiritual gifts fits best as a tsahik in training.
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Names and markings
Name your Na'vi, pick their markings
Na'vi names are a single word, built from the sounds of the language linguist Paul Frommer created for the films. Mix a name from two syllables, then pick the markings your Na'vi is known for. Every click goes straight onto your OC in the generator.
Na'vi name mixer
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Marking ideas
Pick the glow, paint or tattoos your Na'vi is known for.
Guide
How to make a Na'vi OC
A strong Na'vi OC comes down to five decisions. This Na'vi OC creator handles the drawing; these are worth making first.
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Start with the clan
The clan sets almost everything else: skin tone, body shape, clothing and home. Forest Na'vi are blue with darker stripes, Metkayina are turquoise with strakes and paddle tails, and the Ash People wear grey ash and red paint. Pick one and design inside it.
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Choose a bond that fits the home
A forest hunter climbs for an ikran, a reef kid earns a skimwing, a plains rider has a pa'li, and a Wind Trader navigator steers a windray. The creature tells fans where your OC grew up before they read a word.
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Give the markings a meaning
Stripes, glowing dots and paint are the Na'vi version of a signature look. Metkayina tattoos record a life, with the densest arm tattoos on deep-sea hunters, so let your OC's marks say something: a rite they passed, a song they keep, a raid they survived.
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Dress them for their clan
Every outfit on this site is a full outfit: a woven top and skirt or wrap for the forest, seagrass and shells for the reef, sailcloth for the Wind Traders, dark scorched wraps for the Ash People. Add one handmade detail, like a beaded songcord or a feather mantle, rather than copying a canon outfit.
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Pick a name, a role and a problem
Na'vi names are one word, sometimes with an apostrophe for a short catch in the voice. Give your OC a role in the clan, like hunter, weaver or tsahik in training, and one problem to face: the RDA, a Mangkwan raid, or a bond that will not take.
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FAQ
Na'vi OC maker FAQ
Yes. A free account comes with credits, enough for several characters, and every image costs the same small number of credits after that. No card is needed to sign up.
A Na'vi maker on Picrew or a dress-up site lets you stack parts one artist drew, so every result shares the same pose and pieces. This Na'vi OC creator is an AI generator that draws a new picture from your choices, so the clan, the stripes, the glow and the bonded creature come out as your own. Think of it as a Na'vi character creator, or a Na'vi avatar generator, that does the drawing for you.
Na'vi is the official spelling. The apostrophe marks a glottal stop, a quick catch in the voice between Na and vi. Many fans type Navi or Na vi instead, so a Navi OC maker, a Na vi avatar maker and a Na'vi OC maker all mean the same thing here.
In the films an avatar is a Na'vi body grown from mixed human and Na'vi DNA and driven by a human through a mind link, as Jake Sully's was. Avatars look almost the same, but they have five fingers on each hand where a born Na'vi has four. To make an avatar OC, add avatar body with five fingers to Extra details and give the human driver a backstory.
The Clan picker covers the five clans seen in the films: the Omatikaya forest clan, the Metkayina reef clan, the Olangi horse clan of the plains from the first film, and the Mangkwan Ash People and Tlalim Wind Traders from Avatar: Fire and Ash. Games and comics add more, such as the Aranahe, Sarentu and Tawkami. Name one in Extra details, or invent a clan of your own.
Pick one in Bonded creature: an ikran (mountain banshee), a pa'li (direhorse), an ilu or a tsurak (skimwing) from the reef, a windray from the Wind Trader airships, or a tulkun spirit sibling. An ikran bonds with only one Na'vi in its life, which makes it a good anchor for a hunter's story.
Give them one gift, one weakness and a fight they could lose. The common trap is stacking every rare thing at once: Toruk Makto, a tsahik's child, a special link to Eywa and a famous parent. Only five Na'vi rode toruk before Jake Sully, so a new Toruk Makto needs a very good reason. A hunter whose ikran is hurt, or a weaver who is afraid of heights, is easier to root for.
This site is made for fans of all ages, so every clan option dresses your Na'vi in a full outfit: a woven top and skirt or wrap for the forest, seagrass and shells for the reef, a tunic and leggings for the plains, sailcloth for the Wind Traders and dark wraps for the Ash People. Describe beads, feathers, armor or a cape in Extra details to make it your own.
Yes. The Background picker has a glowing rainforest at night, the floating Hallelujah Mountains, the Tree of Souls, a Metkayina reef village and the Mangkwan Ash Village. Keep Plain for a clean profile picture or reference sheet.
Full body is the default output, so your Na'vi comes out head to tail with the whole outfit in view. Set Output to Ref sheet for front, side and back views with palette swatches, which shows the stripe pattern, the tail and the queue braid from every angle.
Pick Semi-realistic for a painted look closer to the films, or 3D for a smooth render like a game character. Keep Anime for a stylized fan art look, or pick Chibi for a cute version that works as a sticker or icon.
Posting your OC in fandom spaces, as a profile picture or in roleplay is what it is made for. Avatar and the Na'vi belong to James Cameron's Lightstorm Entertainment and Disney's 20th Century Studios, so check their fan art rules before selling merchandise.
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