Pride Icon YCHs 2024

We're running it back with the Pride Icon YCHs! Had a lot of fun doing these last year so I figured I'd bring them back!

Like last year, I have 3 options on offer:

A. Smoke: Let your inner pride bellow out in vibrant puffs of smoke that show your flag(s) colors. The smoke can come from either your character’s mouth or their nostrils. A single flag in this YCH will only feature 1 smoke plume on one side instead of 2.

B. Flag: This one features the classic mini pride flag(s)! They can either be held in your character’s mouth or be off to the side.

C. Face Paint: Wear your pride on your face for everyone to see. The flag(s) can either be painted smears or stickers.

The YCHs starts at 80 USD. Additional flags will be +10 USD, up to 3 total. Upfront payment via PayPal will be required, as I plan on turning these around within the first week of June. In the case of 3 flags, the 3rd one will be the background. The background in YCHs with 2 or less flags will be a toned down gradient of one of your selected flags.

Contact me over on Twitter DM, BlueSky DM, or by adding me on discord @ defiant_drills_biz to reserve a slot! I will endeavor to accept as many as I feasibly can, but I predict I will have to cap this at around 5 slots or so.

Important Info:

• I will NOT be allowing major edits to the pieces. You will receive one sketch to OK and I will finish it from there. Please make sure your reference material is in order and that you selected the correct flags.

• While I am allowing “any species,” ideally the character needs to have some semblance of a face. Example: If you want Smoke and your character doesn’t have a mouth or nostrils, I cannot adequately produce a piece for you.

• Because I want to turn around these icons as fast as possible for you to be able to use them for the vast majority of June, I will be relying heavily on the symmetry tool to produce these pieces. As a result, heavily asymmetrical characters will be subject to a complexity upcharge. I will let you know if I feel as though your character would be subject to this on a case-by-case basis. To avoid this, consider using a character that has a mostly, or completely, symmetrical design.

• I will NOT be doing IRL likenesses for these.

• These are ideally meant to be used as icons for your socials, and therefore are not meant to be highly detailed. Examples of what completed icons look like are provided in the image carousel.

• If I don’t recognize a flag and you cannot provide adequate information explaining it to me, I might not allow it just because I have had instances of people trying to sneak Really Not Good flags by me in the past. However, I'm always happy to learn about new stuff so don't be shy about asking!