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this is a character design I created with the prompt "Part Timer" and they would be happy to join you in your stories and projects :]

If you're not sure what a "part timer" is, it is a person who works part time at a job. This character is supposed to convey a free-spirited, young part time employee that doesn't take their job seriously, but you should interpret them however you'd like.

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I lost the concepts for this when I started college, and it was intended to be a comic series for fun, but idea:

Mundane office worker lady who is pushing forty is cursed with the ability to transform into a magical girl after rescuing what she thought was a normal cat, but is actually a creature from a separate world who gave the powers to the wrong person because he is a goofball. Office worker has the ability to use magic to defeat monsters that are loyal to a great evil and also wear a silly, cutey cat-like costume.

Her slightly older silent, stoic manager, also a woman, is also secretly an magical girl who received her powers early on from a different creature, but oblivious that she's being used for evil, believing that she was chosen to make her way to become a god, nor that the office worker fights against them. This is (or was) about love, friendship, and women. Bonus: At some point it was called Nine Lives, Nine-to-Five. Use well 🫡

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I had a weird nap dream about playing some kind of math-based game with a slug the size of a cow who wore a crown, had a whiny, entitled attitude, and threw a fit when I won the game by being better at math than him. I feel like 'petulant slug king' could be an interesting premise for a children's book or something lol

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Character(s) idea:

Two sisters/siblings that both have the power to see the future. The edgier goth one of the two can only see good things, the softer preppier one can only see bad things.

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a plant fairy who works in the nursery :)

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misc ms paint character designs

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some old unsold adoptable designs, free to whoever wants to use them :)

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idea for a story:

two cats adventure together in a magical world like a fantasy one where everything is cat-adjacent instead of human-adjacent, so we get like cat-orcs and cat-demons and cat-celestials and stuff

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a bunch of older clown designs, all free to a good home!

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oh my word oh my word oh my word i have so many dead characters this is so genius

here’s a handful of guys!! the first two are meant to be sort of deities? they have control over a planet and can create and destroy the stuff on that planet at will basically. idk man i had fun designing them but they had no real direction character wise

the last two are a mad scientist type fella and a little fruit bat kid thing. again fun concepts but had 0 thoughts beyond the first doodle

ok that’s all thank you

first post, let's go!

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⭐🌈 PROMO POST 🌈⭐

hello! this a promo post for this brand new blog—the idea trading post!

we are a submission-based blog looking for original stories, characters, and ideas whose creators don't want them anymore or aren't going to use them themselves, BUT would like to give others the chance to use them or be inspired by them.

in other words, it's a space for giving away and picking up story ideas and characters / character designs, as well as collaborating with other artists & writers!

⭐ we are currently looking for submissions as well as members / mods to help run the blog. check out our pinned post & our about post to learn more! ⭐

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ABOUT THE IDEA TRADING POST

(it's a bit of a longer read, but hopefully it will clear up and confusion & provide all necessary information. thank you to everyone who takes the time to read it!)

what is the point of this blog?

this blog is meant as a collaborative, community-building project among artists, writers, and creatives. it is meant to offer new life to stories and characters whose creators can't or don't want to work on them themselves, but want to give a chance at being worked on by others. ultimately, this blog is for fun, collaboration, and celebrating each other's ideas & work.

how does credit work for submissions?

submitters may choose to identify themselves as the original creators of submitted stories or characters when sending them in, or they may submit anonymously. submissions will be made with the agreement that once they are sent in and posted, credit to the original creator will not be necessary, as the ideas will be available to anyone who wants to use them.

(NOTE: as with many public domain creative works, credit is still often appreciated by the original creators, but again on this blog it should not be expected and will not be required. in general it is a good practice to recognize others that contribute to a story / character / etc as collaborators, but this will be different in different circumstances, and will be up to the individuals who are participating in the blog to decide how to approach for themselves. in general, do your best to be kind and considerate to your fellow creatives with this in mind.)

what about ownership / intellectual property / etc?

this project is not meant to be concerned with ownership or intellectual property. the stories and characters submitted to the project would be open to anyone to use or adapt, making them more or less public domain stories and characters (though this is not an official designation; just a collective agreement). participation in the project means agreeing to the fact that, as a collaborative community endeavor, no single person would own the stories or characters once they've been submitted.

that said, what an artist or writer goes on to create with the ideas given here is still there own, as much as a piece of art using a public domain background would be—but keep in mind that anyone else can also use what's posted here as well, as two artists could both work with that same public domain background, to continue the metaphor.

how do I submit?

the best way to submit is via the submission function, where you can craft a post with as much information as you want (and images, if you so choose) to be reviewed by the organizers of the blog, and then posted. submissions may also be sent via the askbox.

what can I submit?

anything you like! story plots, general story ideas (long or short), world concepts, character descriptions, character designs, creative project ideas—the list goes on. send an ask if you're unsure if what you want to submit will fit here.

what is NOT allowed in submissions?

submissions containing hateful or discriminatory content will not be posted. mature themes and content are allowed, but will be marked and/or filtered accordingly. explicit sexual content will not be posted to the blog. feel free to send an ask if you are unsure if your submission would be acceptable for the blog.

what if I submit a story / character then change my mind and don't want anyone else to use it?

the organizers of the blog will try to be as sympathetic as possible to people who request to have stories / characters taken down, but once ideas are shared with the community, we can't prevent anyone from engaging with them, so be sure to think through the things you want to submit and only do so if you're sure about submitting. as a community, though, I hope we can be sensitive and compassionate in how we handle ideas and interact with one another, and so if such a situation does arise, we will all do our best to help each other out.

please send an ask with additional questions / if you need anything clarified!

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🌈 welcome to the idea trading post! this is a space for giving away and picking up story ideas and characters / character designs, as well as collaborating with other artists & writers! 🌈

here you can:

⭐ submit original story / project ideas that you no longer want / are not going to use so that others may use them / work on them / draw inspiration from them

⭐ submit original characters / character designs that you no longer want / are not going to use so that others may use them / work with them / draw inspiration from them

⭐ look through the submitted story ideas / characters and use, work with, and adapt them however you like (with respect and kindness to their original creators and others that participate in the blog)

⭐ please click here to read though the about page before submitting and/or participating, thanks! ⭐