Hey space babies!! My hiatus is ending very soon and I'm just about ready to draw more of everyone's favorite space age bachelor man, so I figured a new pinned post was in order.
A lot of you know me as @icepoptroll and I started this blog last year because I love every version of Ricky Potts and I'm on a mission to draw all the Rickies. I also love capturing likenesses in drawings. Ricky as a character is a great vehicle for celebrating diversity and body positivity and he just makes a lot of people feel seen. Here's how it works:
1. When my ask box opens, send me an ask requesting any Ricky-centric drawing you would like me to make. You can ask for something more general like "Scott Redmond Ricky" or something specific like "Alex Wyse Ricky wearing xyz outfit." If you'd like to be surprised, you can say "any Ricky" and I'll pick one out of the hundreds that are out there. I can also make that a Savannah if you would like. I also do custom Ricky/Savannah designs, but you will need to give me some form of reference picture for those. Reference pictures are always highly appreciated, especially for obscure Rickies, or Rickies from double or triple cast productions. Feel free to use the art I make you as lockscreens, wallpapers, etc, just please credit me if it's something public like a header or pfp.
2. Yes, I will draw Ricky with other characters (including OCs) and I will draw ships, but bear in mind the more complex the request, the longer it will take me to make it, as I don't make use of AI at all, my digital art is all made manually. Previously I fulfilled requests in the order they were received, but as requests became more complex I had to start drawing simpler ones first and saving the more time-consuming ones for last. There is a limit of no more than four characters per drawing-- I will not draw the entire choir at one time. Going forward, I will be giving first priority to less complex requests (meaning, those simply asking for just a Ricky without many specifics). Please, make sure your requests FOCUS on Ricky, not just feature him in order to qualify. Ricky and most of the other characters are canonically minors, as are many of my followers, so all requests MUST be SFW.
3. I generally don't say no to requests, as long as I judge them to have been sent in good faith. One of my biggest priorities here is honoring Ricky as a disabled character. If a request makes me uncomfortable, in the sense that it seems to be malicious in some way, I will not do it. Please remember that I'm drawing the likenesses of real people here; I am mutuals and even friends with a lot of the actors who have portrayed Ricky and they see the art I make of them. That being said, please keep your reqs respectful of that. If a batch ends and you didn't get yours, it's possible I didn't feel comfortable doing it, or Tumblr got glitchy and ate the ask. If you don't see yours, DM me, and we can look into it.
4. I understand why some people use the anon feature, but I highly recommend sending asks OFF anon. This way I can reach out to you if I need further information, or to ask you to pick something else on the rare off-chance I can't fulfill the request you originally made. Please friends, keep it to one request per person per batch unless I call for seconds. DO NOT use the anon feature to make multiple requests; it's usually pretty apparent to me when several anons all came from one person.
5. Once a batch gets big I close my ask box so I can work on them without them piling up. When I reopen, I will make an announcement post. If you come to my page and don't see a button to submit an ask, that means I closed asks on purpose and will reopen again at a later time. Please don't try to send your request in a DM or to my askbox on main: I will end up telling you to please ask for it again when my inbox reopens. To keep from missing the boat, I recommend turning on post notifications for this blog. That way, when I announce that I have reopened, you'll be the first to know!
6. This is new, but I've been thinking a lot of how I would like to run this blog going forward in a way that accommodates quantity AND quality. With this, just know that some of the art you receive may be simple, less-is-more sketches, and some might be more finished drawings. This comes down to what I think will look best in the end and what I personally feel I can do with a prompt. At this point I have fulfilled over 400 Rick-quests and I do this 100% for free, so it's important that I keep myself from burning out. Whatever the case, everyone will get something nice.
7. Most importantly, use good judgment. Let's all act in accordance with the one commandment in the Bachelor Man Bible: 'Don't be a dick.'
If you've made it to this point I really appreciate you reading my guidelines!! Looking forward to drawing my boy Ricky again. Live long and prosper, may the force be with you, and happy Rickening to all you cool cats 😎😸
