Wishlist/preferences list
※ Obviously this list isn't concrete, there's bound to be things unlisted here that I like/dislike
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Bolded = really love & always seeking, * = currently seeking
※ Original code by @avicode, I just chopped off most of the colours so it's easier for me to list + read
If you're considering on tailoring your offering - I tend to story all my characters, so I usually buy to fit them into universes or make new ones. It's very rare that I purchase on the grounds of "it sits in my gallery because it looks cool" since it's harder to come up with single-character-only stories for me but of course like with everything else I make exceptions time to time :-P In other words: I'm less likely to buy a character for the sake of having a design from that specific person.
DESIGNERS
FYI they're not autoaccepts, but they have consistently produced designs where I'm like, oh, I'd like that! So take this as a thematic guideline but I just love their work regardless
Huge fan of designs by
※ Coffins (mech designs especially)
※ Nochenails/Pascalcode
※ Al1enp1c
※ Pkio/Pkiomon
※ Lysandrecafe
※ TomYummArt/Tomayummart
※ Mito02O
Others:
※ Lizardotaku
※ Eddysgroda
※ Mantispire
CS + species
I'm not super active in CS communities anymore due to the paywall aspect & general loss of interest, though some designs I really like for the fact that they're CS, if that makes any sense. Others I'd likely disregard the lore or void it if the lore is central.
Please do not offer slots unless otherwise specified.
※ Mignyans
※ Dainties
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※ Humanoids/humans
※ "Human" but not quite
※ Pocket monster creatures (think Digimon)
※ Kemonomimis or has animal ears/other parts (i.e. taurs)
THEMES
※ High fantasy (especially stuff looking like it's out of Rune Factory or Genshin Impact)
※ Low fantasy (basically they're just in modern clothes)
※ Mecha, androids, robots, cyborgs
※ Mecha/cyborg paired with angelic, holy or religious themes*
※ Pocket monster/monster tamer
※ Fall from grace/forsaken by god, lost to time, etc
※ Young person bequeathed with/desiring unfathomable power due to (blank)
ASPECTS
※ Detailed design but limited palette
※ Shag/mullet hairstyles
※ Evil and irresistibly sexy (lol)
※ Morally inept/gray/corrupt
※ 90s/early 2000s nu metal or chic fashion*
※ Sexy women who will kill you
※ Men who are pathetic and hopeless
※ Gap moe/personality and appearance do not match (women only)
※ Unrealistic amount of piercings that looks more horrifying than ugly
※ Horns (no gradients)
※ Interesting hairstyles!
※ Harajuku, particularly bosozoku, ouji lolita, visual kei, angura kei, dolly kei,punk & gothic lolita, and kogal.
picky
I have nothing against them! But it's rare that I would consider designs with such aspects
Generally picky:
※ NSFW/lewd designs. Autodecline on race fetishisation (e.g. exotic dancer type stuff) or male gaze boobs-that-defy-gravity anime designs.
※ Sweet lolita, decora kei, pop kei, "kawaii" fashion. Any fashion that has a huge amount of hairclips or Sanrio-reminiscent. You get the idea
※ Cottagecore/garden/farmer-themed, unless it's mixed in with fantasy and very visible in the design (like Rune Factory, for example)
※ Astral, star, galaxy, constellation themed
※ Nun/priest-themed designs. They are cool but I don't know where to put them </3
※ Gradient horns
※ Characters with yellow as main color/accent of design
※ Facial hair. Just never drew them
※ Techwear/e-boy/streetwear/hypebeast
※ Neon colors
※ Flowers, unless they're exotic-looking? Like spider lillies
※ Y2k fashion with neon colors. I love y2k! Just prefer the chic/"nu metal girlfriend" style
※ Emo/scene and adjacent
And in extremely rare exceptions:
※ Characters with goo/slime
※ Characters with tentacles
※ "Moe anime" designs
※ Big teeth/tusks (unless feral/creature)
※ Decora kei. articularly the 100 hairclips on hair designs, just not my thing)
※ Heart garters. For some reason very specifically heart garters.
※ Tongue is huge, colored, or important to the design somehow
※ Merfolk (general fish parts is fine, it's just the tail aspect)
※ Unnatural skin colors
※ Norse mythology-inspired
※ Very specific Germanic folklore creatures like dwarves, orcs, trolls. The rest are fine, especially more feminine beings like nymphs or pixies
do not offer
No thanks, just not for me:
※ Pastel goth and "nu goth"
※ Cutesy serial killers/yanderes who "look sweet and unassuming but (insert mortality-related crime here)"
※ Cyclops/single-eyed, multiple eyes (the Mignyan CS is an exception)
※ Traumacore, menhera
※ Food/object-ear or food/object-based CS
※ Self-harm scars of any form
※ Military outfits, fantasy or IRL
※ Objectheads (robots/cyborg are fine)
※ Mouth body horror
Autoreject on personal moral:
※ Anything with bigoted/harmful message, aspect or representation
※ Designs referred to as shota, loli; or if the designer mentions consuming related content regardless of reason. No exceptions
※ Designs referred to as trap, femboy; and/or the designer using the word while being TME. Other than the latter there are no exceptions
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On another note, I prefer that you do not offer characters with scars from gender affirming surgery or designs whose transgender identity or sexual preference is "baked-in". Even if original artist TOS allows it, I would prefer not to change them.
I very much prefer that I receive a design without and add such aspects in a redesign, myself. Shaping the character's identity in its entireity is something I prefer to do and I do not want to disrespect the original designer's wishes. Please don't misinterpret this as me disliking such designs! All my characters have various identities - I simply prefer to home designs in manner where I can decide their identities personally, as well as not disrespect designer TOS as there's nothing wrong with setting that rule.
Of course, exceptions are always made, as sometimes the design's identity aligns with the story/identity that I might come up with them :-)
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