drawing headmate requests!

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welcome to the headmate art factory!

examples of what this blog can be used for:

a loose ref or avatar for an existing headmate with a known appearance

the same for headmates without a pre-defined appearance

finding a similar but new appearance for fictives/factives/etc who want to source-separate

inspiration for created headmates or developing fragments

you can request with as much or as little info as you like, but here are some examples of things you might want to include:

species

gender, presentation

aesthetics, outfit preferences, color palette

interests and likes

notable features

overall "vibes"

a picrew or other image to use as a loose reference

important notes:

all art originally posted to this blog is free for any noncommercial use and editing with credit, by anyone (not just the original requester), unless otherwise stated. blog username is sufficient for credit.

requests will be drawn in whatever style and to whatever level of detail we have energy for. it'll be a bit of a grab bag but generally they'll be digital, flat colored, with sketchy or clean lineart.

art is provided as-is. we may be willing to make very minor adjustments but we will not do the same level of back and forth as we do with commissions, so if you want specific things make sure to include them in your request!

we often get ideas for names, genders, and assorted traits as we draw. let us know if you would like us to include these extras in our post!

about us:

this blog is managed by catbird of the flock (main/system blog @the-flock-is-here)

we frankly don't make enough fun casual art and i love filling art requests, so i thought this would be a nice way to push us to do a little more!

usual software is procreate for ipad, just default brushes.

commissions are also open, we don't have a nice sheet at the moment but can provide rates and examples in dms.

#not a req is the tag for all things fitting that definition. chatting is cool and welcome. :3

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I’m sorry if this is out of line, but are y’all still planning on keeping this blog open? No pressure and take as long as y’all need to get back into things <3

yes! we finished a new system map so we've been really blurry and finding a lot of new fragments lately, but we'll definitely be back. activity will probably always be a lil spotty bc that's how things go with us but we have no plans to abandon the blog :3

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alright, would a link to a pin with a picture of a bug/person with bug features in it be okay? that way you can choose when/if to click it?

yeah that'd work, ty!!

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hey, i've got a couple little questions for you, for one thing would you accept a request for a canon compliant fictive, but they're from a live action source and want to see themself drawn not live action cause we usually picure ourselfs in a more drawing-ish way rather than realistic? also, you& said bugs freak you out, specifically would pictures of moths freak you out/be not okay to send? in that same vein, would pictures of moth people/people woth moth features (wongs, antennae, ect.), drawn/cartoony not photos/photorealistic, be okay?

For the first - it is possible that we may turn down requests for canon-compliant fictives, but there's relatively few things that come to mind that would potentially bother us! So feel free to send in the request.

Second, we'd appreciate not being sent images of any bugs directly in the inbox, but links or species names so we can look them up are both ok and none of the features bother us to draw. A lot of us are biology nerds who still like bugs despite the phobia, and we have a degree in scientific illustration so we have actually spent quite a lot of time drawing bugs! We just would much rather have control over when we see them by not having photos directly in the ask.

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hhhh we wanna send in a request for a headmate, but our brain's being suuuper cagey about it on the basis of who they're a fictive of, combined with the fact that the fanbase (which we've recently decided to become a collaborator in) has abandoned/intentionally buried the character (even under different names) following his creator being banned from any further collaboration and removed from the project, and the fictive in question has been made to feel like the only thing stopping us from getting treated with similar hostility is the fact that, to quote him, "They haven't found out that I exist in our system yet. Once they do, our system won't be allowed to participate anymore, and it will have been my fault."

That sounds really difficult. We're absolutely willing to take requests for any sort of fictive/factive rework, because while there's plenty of sources we might dislike - some strongly! - those are also probably the folks who could benefit most from this sort of thing. We're more than happy to disable reblogs and/or anonymize things to any level including just posting the art as "a fill for an anonymous request" with no further detail.

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@oddest-specimen gonna space out your requests as the inspiration strikes

the first is silhouette/haze! kinda charmed by the idea of being perpetually backlit.

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Giving a lot of detail to hopefully give you a good base, but I'm not super picky about the final product, I hope it's not intimidating! ^-^. My headmate wanted to see what other people would come up with if I gave other people the same drawing prompt they gave me. So this is mostly for fun

A deathrocker teen

But with fiery red hair

Light eyes that are greenish-grey

and one of those half-face gas masks? (Preferably with tubing)

Preferred color palette for the outfit is monochrome blacks and greys, with silver metal. But if you need some color that isn't greyscale, orange/white is my suggestion!

Feel free to look up more refs or take liberties if you have a sudden burst of creativity, these are just our favorites! ^-^

If you come up with any of the extra stuff you mentioned in your pinned, feel free to share, but no expectations if nothing comes to mind. I'm curious if any of it will line up with the headmate.

additional impressions:

- in the genderfuck/maverique family

- likes a fair variety of music genres but it has to be "interesting" which excludes most popular or low-energy music

- when the black nail polish chips they often fill it in with sharpie (not recommending anyone do this irl)

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HI HI HI!!! There was a blog before y’all who had a similar idea but they shut down before our second ask was answered 😔😔😔 sooooo ill just ask it again

We’ve got a fragment (maybe or maybe we just can’t communicate with it) that we know nothing about except:

Values appearing strong to others, even to the point of being unwilling to sleep if others could see

The color red

heat? Fire? Something.

Yet again emphasis on the “must appear strong even to my own detriment”

Probably male/masc

Feel free to go wild lmao. If he comes around again before y’all post I’ll update, but this is probably all we’re gonna know

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH IN ADVANCE !!!

-Dean

hopefully this works! the symbolism of the cropped ears/docked tail was way too good to pass up

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We were working on a moodboard and placed a secretary bird fighting a snake on it, then realized that ophidiophobia/snakephobia was a common fear. Would it be alright if we sent a photo that contained a snake, but it wasn’t the main focus?

yep, we aren't bothered by snakes so feel free!

for anyone else worried about common phobias bugs are the only thing we are bothered by photos of, but we do appreciate reminders of possible things we might need to tag for.

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hello 🥺

so uh.... we've have four new headmates in the same month.......

would you perhaps be willing to draw something else for us 💔💔 /nf

yeah multiple requests are ok, just might take a bit to get to! we'll close requests or institute a limit if needed but at the moment they've slowed down a little so we're just gonna keep chipping away at em :3

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Are you okay with looking at bug photos? We have someone who has wings and aers patterns sort of reminds of us two species of butterflies. We wouldn’t send photos of the butterflies in the ask since we wouldn’t want to accidentally scare anyone scrolling by, but we could just type the butterflies’ species and common names in case you’d like to look at them as a reference?

Yes! We do actually have a bug phobia but we're ok with photos of butterflies, so thank you for asking!

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Hello! Would you be comfortable with factive redesign or drawing requests? This is a really cool concept, thank you for goin’ through with making it!

for sure, especially if it's a redesign! can't believe we missed that on the intro post, actually, we'll add it now :3

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WOAHHH this is so cool!!! my headmate lyalson [pictured below] is interested :-)

the rings around his mouth are no longer part of his design and preferred not to be included. other than that, go wild! he asks that his sclera [white around the eyes] be tinged red/bloodshot :-)

exhibiting that signature plural style variation already 👍

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hi hi hi!!

our little doesnt really have a faceclaim and we need one >< hes an bunny/angel/doll thing plastic, not fabric. he has little angel wings and white bunny ears :3 he dresses cozy and cute and yyyyeah hehe also he likes pastels most

lose picrew ref: (we do like this outfit but you can change it up a lil. also pls include his mask tysm for looking!!)

had to resist the urge to spend ages making it Perfect...the doll joints were super fun to draw!