Design Prompts

The Theme: Create a winter themed character for someone else using info provided in this form! Once you finish your design, submit it to us using this submission form!

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For Tikeriz

Your name: Eden

Name of the person that your design is for: Tikeriz

Your reasoning behind the design (optional): I apologise for the tardiness and I've been really picky about the design too! You said you didn't mind a humanoid character so I made one. He is based on the red wold. He also has a backstory but you can tinker it if you like. I designed him to be a shaman/witchdoctor-like character. He wanders and travels all over the place to capture spirits and to gain more knowledge about the supernatural. He's like a character from a rpg game? His right eye is a glass eye as he uses it to collect spirits and souls on his journeys. He also can turn into any kinds of animals to his advantage. I hope you like it Tikeriz!! 

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This design is for Cheesycrocs!

I really hope you like him, but let me preface this by saying if you don't like him, tell me!  I can make changes or even make you one you like more, I just thought he was kind of cute.

Ok so he's a gibbon with lemur like markings because you mentioned liking both of them.  He also is meant to be a shepherd so he has a herd of sheep that he tends to!  I didn't include them in the drawing because I've been really busy, but the cute part is that he'd pretty small compared to sheep.  I thought it was a cute idea and you also said you liked sheep!

I'm sorry that I didn't follow your prompts though.  I tried really hard to figure out how to mix in serene, but between gators and gibbons I couldn't think of them being mysterious or anything.  Though I do picture him out with his sheep in the early foggy mornings and that seems pretty serene to me.  Also sorry for adding accessories, but they're not necessary or anything!

Anyways, I hope you like him and if you want ANY changes, just let me know.  I also have the original SAI and PSD files if you would like them.  Thanks for participating!!

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Your name: Alkarinque

Name of the person that your design is for: Cactuscarcass

Your reasoning behind the design (optional):   Um okay so you mentioned a lot of things that I am a BIG FAN of (sea things! deer things!) but I wasn't entirely sure how to combine them and most of my initial ideas were, um, various animals with tentacles coming out of parts? Ultimately I ended up going with a elk type thing and decided to try and ocean-theme it--there's the initial sketch then my attempt to make it fat and dwarfy which, uh, didn't work at all. |D He has nautilus horns annd the mane/tail are meant to be vaguely tentacles (they could light up? when in contact with water?) Thenn colors, and I was aiming for arctic blues with aurora shades in the top two then mountain colors/ice in the bottom two. And the saddle thing is meant to look like a manta ray, hence the impractical and odd-looking pompoms which can probably be removed if you want. xD Yeah! I have the .psds and all if you'd like to play with it also. Happy belated holidays, I hope you enjoy the design!

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For Raddish B)

Your name: Em (SamElliotsmustache)

Person that your design is for: Raddish

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How was the SS for everyone?

Now in other news, since the event is pretty much over, I'd like to get some feedback on it!  If anyone wants to submit their opinion about it, what I can change, what you liked, what was stupid, etc, please do so!  I'd love to try and do this again next year or even try another season.  I want to make it better for everyone if that's possible.

Feel free to submit anon or whatever, I probably won't publish it unless I think everyone should see it.  I also won't publish it if you ask me not to.

Thanks to all of you guys who participated!  This was really fun and it seems like most everyone enjoyed themselves.  I'm so happy to have been able to host this!

Thanks guys : >

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Those of you waiting for a design,

There are only 5 people that haven't submitted their designs.  I won't publish their names, but I will list the people who are still waiting:

laraloopy cactuscarcass raddishh cheesycrocs tikeriz I have spoken to all of your Secret Santas, and 3 of them do expect to submit a design.  If they don't submit by tomorrow, (unless they give me a specific reason not to) we'll be counting them as a drop-out and finding people to cover the designs.  If you're on this list, I will try my hardest to get you all a design by this weekend.  I'm SO SORRY that you guys have to wait through this extra time!  I tried my best to make sure everyone got their designs nice and early, but it didn't work out perfectly.

Thanks for being so patient you guys ;A;

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Your name: itsoldboldandbrash (or megdraws)

Name of the person that your design is for: Magicpawed

Your reasoning behind the design (optional): SORRY THIS IS SO LATE, I missed the first warning message and forgot to send this in, insert awful excuses here. 

I was thinking about a female bear who couldn't find shelter to hibernate one winter, so she slept outside. As the air got cooler and the snow began to fall, she died in her sleep (tragic!), but was resurrected to become a spirit bear! The blues on her back are meant to show fallen snow, sort of a reminder as to how she became a spirit in the first place. She's calm and gentle and watches over her small forest.

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The design:  

Designed by Dad-butts for Windveil! 

I am so, so, so sorry for submitting so late! Especially to Windveil, who must have been wondering what was up! If you can think of any way you'd want me to make up for being tardy, please let me know!

For this design I really wanted to try and get as many of the animals you had mentioned in your design guide as possible. You mentioned liking bulky bodies, and after searching through your dA (lovely art, by the way! The colors are all so lovely and soft!!) I had a feel for the sort of designs you were partial too. My biggest goal was to be able to create something that was creative and fun enough for you to enjoy drawing it yourself!

This was actually supposed to be a dragon, but I left out the wings because there weren't any that I could draw that would look alright. If you want to add or subtract anything from this design, feel free to! I hope your holidays were spent well and school's not too hard to get back to! (Bonus designs!) 

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For Paexie!

(In case the images don't work: 1 and 2)

Your name: Tikeriz

Name of the person that your design is for: Paexie

Your reasoning behind the design (optional): Firstly, I'm sorry this took so long! This design was a real challenge. I had a hard time incorporating that Christmas feel you wanted to this type of animal, and decided that it was best to limit the holiday theme to accesories. The creature itself is a combination of the Varanus and the hood of a cobra, with some dragon-ish features. The color palette is inspired in the coral charm peony! This creature can stand on two legs and walk around like that with no problem, but I imagine it moves around better on 4 legs~ Lastly, I made an alternate color scheme that I personally like more, but it looked terrible with the Christmas coat xD Feel free to use the one you like best! PD: It was an honor to design a char for you! I hope you like it! ; v ;♥ 

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Your name: Laraloopy

Name of the person that your design is for: Nidhod

Your reasoning behind the design: GOSH I had such a hard time thinking of something that could combine a lot of what you'd like?? I wanted to do something with tradition and warmth, but the "tradition" aspect of the design kindof got lost along the way, hahah. I knew I wanted to do ANTLERS and something with a bear, but I also really wanted to add leopard spots without everything looking too busy... So uhh BEAR/ELK/FAUN I SUPPOSE.

I also did a bunch of brainstorming sketches as well as different palettes!

HOPE YOU LIKE IT!! :D

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Ok guys, if you're still waiting for your design, read this stuff.

So we're still waiting on 8 people to submit.  I've talked with 5/8 of those guys and they all said that their design would be in sometime this week/weekend.  The remaining 3 haven't gotten back to me yet.  If they haven't replied by this weekend, I'm just going to count them as drop-outs and will then have to go about covering the designs somehow.

Basically, keep an eye out for the last handful of designs to be uploaded!  Sorry that some of you are still waiting, but I promise everyone will get their design eventually.  Let me know if there's any problems or anything.

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Your name:

Peanutbummer (Knaide)

Name of the person that your design is for:

totus-vigilo-oculus

Your reasoning behind the design (optional):

I tried to combine various features my SS wanted without creating a weird jamble of creatures that just looked odd. I did several versions but ultimately chose this guy here. :'> Also I know Christmas day was one of the suggestions, but the night workd out better for the string of lights, which I added for the rainbow pallet! and I used natural orange-browns for the furs also to suit the other pallet preferences! I hope you like it! :'> 

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submitton for generalpanic!

made for: generalpanic!

from: gothfoxx

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Typical Pikachu

Your name: Mo-pies

Name of the person that your design is for: Typical Pikachu

Your reasoning behind the design (optional): Aaah, i hope you like him. ;A; I was torn between drawing the large/gentle type and the tiny/lithe character you wanted, so i actually designed two characters for you. Haha, i just couldn't finish both by the deadline. XD So if you want to see his massive muskox companion, just message me. haha

You said you like Inuit culture, so i checked out some native animals of that area, and dall sheep seemed perfect for you! They're adorable and nimble and fioepagkoe;jqogp;ej just look at them. So he's a dall-sheep lamb (he has hooves, but they're hidden beneath his booties). His design's pretty simple, but i wanted to leave room for you to accessorize if you wanted. Like i imagine he'd carve bone beads for himself (like the left design) or carry a satchel. Anyways, neither design is really solid. More like samples? Please feel free to play around with his colors and design!

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Design for: Karissasucksduck

Designed by: Milkydayy

About this design: Whether they're twins or different forms of the same character it's up to you! However first let me apologize for how late this is and I hope you like it and hope it was worth the wait! What really inspired me about your prompt was the keywords lifebringer and traveler!

A little behind story on the design, the one on the left is meant to be sort of a lifebringer to animals, he's the one in charge of carrying the souls of the animals to be born to their respective parents, the one on the right is supposed to be the opposite, someone who'd carry the souls of dead animals to the afterlife! I really hope you like it! It was really out of my comfort zone but I gave it my all! ;u;

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Design for MO-PIES!!

Your name: moonspots

Name of the person that your design is for: Mo-pies

Your reasoning behind the design (optional): Ahhh, I really hope you like him! I know his markings are a bit simple but I just love love loved that cow image you posted and anything after just wasn't as fitting :o

Here are the transparent images + an alternate color, woo!

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For Teaonatrain From TypicalPikachu

Your name: TypicalPikachu

Name of the person that your design is for: Teaonatrain

Your reasoning behind the design (optional): I think I would have panicked if your character sheet hadn't been so nice and open and thoughtful.  THANK YOU.

The scarf and coloring is kind of inspired by the people of Tibet. MERRY CHRISTMAS. <3