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[... Welcome ...]

Hello there, and welcome to my little idea for a Breedables shop. This will be a shop based on Cryptozoology and the animals studied as part of it.

I'm making this thread because... well, I need help. Which we'll get into later *cough*. For now, please see the posts below for more information!

Commissioning art for this shop here!

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[... Concept ...]

User Image "Hello there, and welcome to the Lab .... "


The shop will be a Research Lab run by Doctor Tyler Grante, who has a doctorate in biology. More of his story will be revealed when the shop itself opens up, but let's just say ... a very interesting experience led to his opening the Lab.

This shop will be heavily RP based, in which "owners" have Researcher characters who have signed on with the Lab to go and research a certain type of CryPtid. There will probably be more than one CryPtid per type allowed, but the rarer kinds will have set numbers most likely.
[... Stages & Certs ...]

The first few stages will not include a "pet" of any sort, but those will likely go by fairly quickly. Just be prepared for that!

[... The First Photo ...]
This will be a black and white photograph of the CryPtid, likely older and taken by some sort of amateur photographer. There will be several standard photos of the creature to choose from for this stage.

[... The Second Photo ...]
A more professional photo, this one is in color - probably taken by the Researcher him/herself, or by someone close to them. There will be several standard photos of the creature to choose from for this stage.

[... The Evidence ...]
This will be something from the animal itself - a feather, claw, bit of fur or hide, etc etc. For this stage, there will be two or three things to choose from and each will have set lineart to be colored.

[... The Manifestation ...]
What's this?! Somehow, collecting all of this evidence of the creature's existence has called it into being... Now you have this ghostly ... thing following you around o_o Basically, this is where the "magic" of Gaia comes in. Having collected things relating to the creature, those items and the Researcher's belief in their search has cause the creature itself to being to come into being. At this point, the creatures could still have some set lineart - but possibly a couple of different poses per critter? And some could be unique art for the rarer species.

[... The Reality ...]
Now the ghostly animal has become real! They can interact with the Researcher and the world around them. This stage will also be the same as the previous on art. Am also thinking that at this point, the Researcher and animal will have formed a bond of some sort, allowing them to communicate in some way (strength of bond will be up to the player).

[... The Attachment ...]
This would be the big, HEAVY RP required final stage. Basically, along with the animal, the owner will receive art of their Researcher interacting with the animal. DEFINITELY want all unique art here. Considering also having some trait of the animal "bleed over" to the Researcher. For example, if the animal was cat-based, the Researcher might gain cat ears or something. Unsure on that, opinions welcome!!

[... Cert Sample ...]
The certs would basically be a corkboard with a piece of paper listing information and then having the photos and item from the first three stages tacked onto it. In the later stages, the animal, etc would be posed in front of the corkboard. I've made a sample cert with the first three stages - though in actuality the photos would be different shots and not the same thing twice. ALSO, each cert would be somewhat customizable - in that owners could pick how the info and items are arranged on the corkboard :3
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[... What's Needed ...]

Mostly .... artists. I can't draw animals very well, and I would love for this to be really NICE art. I would love to have different people for different aspects as well, though for the first few stages, that would be one time only art.

The shop will probably start up with 5-10 of the more "popular" cryptid species, and then more will be added as time goes on, both through the Lab discovering things and through custom concepts and the like.

Here's a handy list of what all is needed!


Photo Artists -- People to draw the initial photos. Need to be able to contact later on for more species!

Item Artists -- Lineart only is needed here! I can template things myself so that's not an issue. This will be a one time only job since I'm fairly sure I can come up with a short list of items that could easily be edited slightly for different species of cryptids.

Animal Artists -- For the Manifestation and Reality stages. Also possibly for the final stage. These people would be full-time shop employees and get more benefits, etc.

Researcher Artists -- For the final stage. If possible, it would be easiest for these to be the same people as the Animal Artists, but it's totally fine if all you can draw is animals! You don't have to do both.
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