#Aphidclan-clangen

[leohnoz]

Leaders 2 + Edits

MORE leaders (or adjacent) from clangen blogs i follow! First post here

TW for flashing/flickering in the video, blood, and eyestrain for close-ups. Those close-ups, credit @'s, timestamps and extras below.

0:00 - Splinterstar, 0:38 - Amberstar/feather, 2:57 - Honeystar

@songclangen

1:02 - Cinnamonstar

@silkclan

1:37 - Ashpaw/sight

@ashpaw-is-alone

2:01 - Rapidstar

@horizonclansfate

2:30 - Dancingstar, 2:39 - Partridgestar

@silverclangen

3:25 - Poppypaw

@lostclanwc

3:41 - Kestrelstar

@echoes-in-echoclan

4:08 - Froststar, 4:35 - Branchstar II, 5:14 - Brindlestar

@through-frost-and-flames

5:38 - Fallenstar

@poppyclangen

6:16 - Pearlstar

@aphidclan-clangen

7:05 - Shadestar

@tidalclan

7:29 - Flyquiver/star

@clanoflotus-clangen

7:54 - Pythonback

@rise-of-littleclan

8:16 - Brownleaf

@the-path-of-dreamers

9:02 - Leapstar

@nectarclan

9:48 - Messing with backgrounds

Notes:

-forgot to save the image without my watermark on all the cats... so had to go back and redo it all

-redrew Twistedeyes because of the 3d effect on her, and redo Fogstars/Foamstars fade effects

-generally fixing little mistakes from the first batch

-had to go back thru Songclangen because HONEYSTAR

-lots of forgetting to resize these cats

-forgot to record for a few

-went back and fixed Leapstars face, didn't like it

-messed around with placements a lot

Edits:

@fallenclan, @whispering-clan, @juniper-clan, @we-are-dogclan, @bitterclan

[nightleaf001]

Okay but with the newest update, the moment Gravel steps foot into AphidClan territory she turns blue.... her true form.

aphidclan cats in the mini maker picrew!!! clangen sprites used instead of sparkle designs!!!

pearlstar

firebeetle

blisswhistle

goldshine

stormwhisper

shadebreak

icesheep

sparkspeckle

gravel

lilacpaw

YIPPEE!!!!!!!! ( @aphidclan-clangen )

[janadog]

Clangen kitties!

Eggdapple from @fringeclan-rebirth

Thornshde from @rise-of-thornclan

Pearlstar from @aphidclan-clangen

Sunstar from @skuaclan

Ringstar from @circus-clangen

Vanillabright from @moons-of-dewclan

[aphidclan-clangen]

Hi! Happy 2025 :D

You've done an amazing job this past year, Iridis! AphidClan is one of the only clangens I can follow without getting lost or bored within a few updates (including one of my own I tried to start lol); your designs are instantly recognizable and eye-catching, the darker lore is balanced out with enough cute, light moments that it never feels overwhelming or overcomplicated, you express such a wide range of emotions and dynamics so well! Plus the diversity in your character base and your care towards representing a variety of identities, just makes me so happy to see. Everything about this comic is so uniquely creative, it's honestly incredibly impressive.

Obviously nothing against other clangens– just that yours has something special I've been unable to find elsewhere :]

Thank you for everything you've done this year, and I hope the next goes well for you 💞

AWWWW man thank you so much <33 This is so sweet and honestly relieving to hear lol, I often feel like I don’t really know what I’m doing with Aphidclan. Like it’s a constant hazy state of cluelessness that I’ve just grown used to. Im not very aware of like… what my work reads as to others? Man I dunno if you guys even know what’s going on lmao. So it’s really nice to hear an outside perspective and realize that’s probably just a me thing. And that it’s impressive??? Damn, man, thank you lol

I’ve never quite done anything like Aphidclan before. It started at a time in my life when I was…technically my gender exploration journey started months earlier than this, but it was kinda started at the cusp of my own gender identity exploration,,explosion. The first thing I wanted to explore was being xenogender (other folk go from “cisgender —> maybe I’m non-binary or trans…” in their journey like normal people but nah man. before anything else occurred to me I went from “im cisgender” to “maybe I’m a neon rainbow insect with neopronouns actually :)�� lmao) and that coincided really well with the rise of the clangen trend, so I figured I’d use some brand new OCs to explore gender identity in a…safe way? In a safe little pocket where it was all,,,nonconsequential and only tangential to my own identity. And I ended up exploring transgender and non-binary identities as well very frequently, which was mostly helped by the game giving me cats with assigned genders/sexes and me squinting at them and going “…nah. that’s a unicorncore trans man if I ever seen one” and reversing it, and then transing half the cast lmao.

I was not transgender going into this comic. I am now coming out of our first year with Aphidclan as a transmasc nonbinary man <3

I never intended it to be a thing for representation points exactly? I was certainly surprised by the lack of xenogender and more complicated/unusual LGBTQ gender identities depicted in all media ever! I still don’t really understand why something like neopronouns aren’t more present? They’re the coolest shit ever. Like- we’ve broken down gender norms and gender roles so much that now gender is not just “feminine” and “masculine,” it’s anything and everything you could ever want it to be. It’s ultimate freedom. It’s not just what it means to be “man” or “woman,” it’s “but what if I was more than that? What if I felt like a bug? Or a rainbow? Or a cloud? Or a connection to nature and the ocean and the stars? What if I felt like I was part of the universe? Or a music genre, or a concept, or a candy bar, an animal, a fairy, a slice of fruit!” You could be anything you’ve ever dreamed of being and more.

And once you get used to the funky grammar of neopronouns, it’s not that polarizingly different from other identities at all, honestly. And plus, it’s really fkin fun lol.

Aphidclan’s helped me explore a lot throughout this year. There were often times where I was struggling with my own femininity as a trans man and I remembered Firebeetle and the support I’ve received for his character, and using “well, if it’s okay for firebeetle to wear dresses and flowers and feminine things, then it’s okay for me to do that too, and it doesn’t invalidate my identity at all” and it really helped. 2024 was a great year for me creatively and exploration-wise, and I’ll certainly never be the same. Thank you guys for all your support, it means a lot <3

[vividclangen]

and i present to you....

(zoom in for names)

HEAVILY inspired by @aphidclan-clangen !!!!! big shout out and thank you to them!!

[berrypatch-clangen]

@aphidclan-clangen I love this creepy irradiated spider boy, I’m his defense attorney. I don’t care what crimes he committed, he’s just a lil guy!!!

[barnclan]

finally finished this

decided to draw characters from two of my favorite clangen blogs for the last two.

first character is @moonlightsnow’s character Cliffhaze, who has a very cute design

second is @majachee’s Eggkit, a very silly little guy.

third is @softstuffs’s Tallsugar, who has a super pretty design

fourth is my own character Lavenderfreckle as requested by @bundlesofcrows

fifth is Redpaw from @seaclangen since I love anglerfish characters

sixth is Firebeetle from @aphidclan-clangen, this clangen blog is so cool and makes me want to turn all the BarnClan cats into rainbow cats.

[fymo-blogs]

Drawing of my favorite cats from my favorite Clangen blogs! Stormwhisper from @aphidclan-clangen , Snowfrost from @whispering-clan , Clownwish from @circus-clangen , and Bluecloud from @gray-thistleclan .

Speed paint under cut, flash warning!

[devilclan-clangen]

I've recently gotten really into dragon puppets so I made Blisswhistle and Goldshine from @aphidclan-clangen!

The bottom jaws are a little big and the dark blue on Bliss is a little too dark but oh well, I still think it came out great. (Ignore the fact that Bliss is only one sided, I didn't finish the other half yet)

[buriedinsand-clangen]

Moon 100.9

(First - Prev - Next)

[iforgorrt]

@aphidclan-clangen expression practice doodles

[equinoxclangen]

@aphidclan-clangen

Okay so I drew these guys a while ago but they were made to be hypothetical Lilacpaw siblings. I was just inspired to design some sparkle cats randomly- but now seems like a good time to post them.

[reservoirclan]

You don't know How long the struggle was for drawing the tail fluff.. [ @aphidclan-clangen ]

fanart for @aphidclan-clangen! My fingers hurt so bad 😭😭

[aphidclan-clangen]

[vespidclan]

IT’S FINALLY HERE!!!! I had tons of fun drawing other people’s kitties :D I really hope to do something like this again someday soon

@circus-clangen - Ringstar! This man has some of the best fashion style I’ve ever seen like holy

@owl-clan - Hollykit! Super interested to where this story is heading, I’ll be reading it!!

@aphidclan-clangen - Oleander! Clans named after bug names rise up 🗣️🗣️🗣️ I had so much fun with his colors cuz hehee pink (or porple?)

@fallenclan - Honeysong! I thought it was super sweet when she named herself after her dad ;v; she’s such a gal

@ashpaw-is-alone - Lavenderstar! You know I love those freaky cats

@mammoth-clangen - Bat! He’s such an adorable lil guy and he makes me happy… never stop being happy little dude

[tales-of-fieldclan]

Decided to do some warmups today while at work, and what better way than this!! Wanted to draw some of my favorites from other lovely clangen blogs! Fossilpaw from @darkest-before-dawnclan Songpaw from @loudclan-clangen Morb (who moment i saw her i fell in love lol) from @aphidclan-clangen Peakkit from @whispering-clan Jasmineflutter from @glitterclan And Flamefall from @fallenclan