Design Preferences

Posted 6 months, 20 days ago by Frogcroaks

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I am quite picky, and the stuff I like can be pretty repetitive.
I may take a while to reply, because I'm not super active on toyhouse. No hard feelings if your offer isn't on the table anymore.
You can also offer characters for customs, here's some of my design examples. Apologies for the barebone site lol but a lot of my recent designs are owned by friends who have them private. If you need extra examples of anything specific just lmk

cory
junijwi
Zayozaze (non-cs)
My own (sometimes LOL)
Fumi-LEX
Any artists not mentioned. I don't keep track of adopt designers that much nowadays, so don't be afraid to offer
VHSDRUID
katzen

Yellow/gold is my favorite color ever, and I love to see it combined with pretty much anything (greens, blues, reds, pinks etc), but my favorite combos are probably yellow/blue and yellow/green.
I like designs that are mostly white/black with touches of color too, especially if it's golden. BUT I’m not a fan of monochrome designs that aren’t natural colors (so like just greens, just blues etc).
I like natural and vibrant tones, but the latter needs to be a more “mild” vibrancy, and not eyestrain levels. I’m less interested in pastel, but I don’t hate it.
I’m not a big fan of purple, I’m ok with it as an accent/complimentary (especially with yellow), but not as a main color. I also do prefer greens as an accent, but I think designs with mainly green can work too (though I like yellow-greens and blue-greens more LOL)

Simple is better. I tend to prefer markings I can easily replicate. I don’t mind a bit of complexity if it's easy to simplify, or if the complex pattern can be broken down into various simple patterns.
I REALLY like gradients. They can make a design look more complex while being super easy to draw for me. Both blended and flat gradients rule.
I like stripes, with a preference for natural stripes over the more zigzag/straight ones (but those are also cool), and I prefer swooping large ones over a bunch of tiny stripes across the body.
Some more miscellaneous ones: I like facemasks, when the upper half is a different color than the lower half, eye mascara/shadow, sock markings (from just tip to the entire part). Contrast, making each part of the design look readable goes a long way with me over complex and detailed designs.
Spots are a bit more hit and miss to me. I enjoy freckles and natural splotches, but spotted markings (think cheetah and leopards) are a pass due to how annoying they are to draw LOL.
Unnatural markings are case by case basis, but as long as it fits the overall theme, I like them (like cloudy markings on a sky design, stars on a space design). I like when they feel a bit more natural but it's nbd.
I don’t like shapes like squares and straight up drawings on it (like those designs with palm trees and treasure map lines) unless it's a tattoo.

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