crystalpangolin
Crys ⭐ he/xe/ey
artist, writer, closed species enjoyer,
plural system
about me!
Crys, 25, he/him, xe/xem, and ey/em/eir pronouns! I'm a disabled, aroace queer man in a wonderful relationship :)I've been drawing since June of 2019, when I joined the furry community! I don't entirely consider myself a furry, but I love drawing anthro animals and spending time around people who do identify that way.My main sona is Cloud Nine, though I also use many other characters to represent myself!My other major hobbies include writing, playing games, and music. I love houseplants, stickers, languages, and singing. My special interests include venomous animals and AI ethics! (That is, the question "how do we approach technology like AI in an ethical way?")
Gallery!
I am only rarely open for commissions these days, but I do plenty of art for myself and it's always fun to show off :)
Personal Characters
I love to talk about my characters, and I have tons of them! You can find most information about my OCs on my Toyhouse!
Daitens
Daitens are a closed species by KingSmiggles!
I'm a moderator for the community, and I do tons of art and storywriting for all the characters I've collected over the years! Most of my art is probably Daiten art because they're so fun to draw <3
Edge of Elleron
The Edge of Elleron is an ARPG made by lyndwyrm!
It is a cyberpunk dystopia world set in the aftermath of a devastating nuclear war, in which only one city on the planet survived. The species that lives there is the Phuzomedes, and the ARPG is very lore-heavy, with plenty of events to build your characters in! I love it there.
Character designs
Designing is just fun! I feel like I've improved a lot over the years.
I lean toward fairly complex designs with vibrant colors!
faq!
If you have a question not listed here, feel free to shoot me a message on one of my socials!
Do you take commissions?
I currently only take commissions in the various Discord servers I'm in! I make temporary listings for specific types of comms, and when I'm no longer inspired for it I don't take it any longer! This is the solution I've discovered for managing my burnout, which otherwise gets really terrible trying to draw for money.Can I repost your art?
If I do art specifically for you and/or you are the owner of the character I drew, I would prefer that my art not be reposted, especially on social media I don't have. If you own the art, feel free to post it with direct credit, but otherwise please stick with interacting with my work directly!Can I use your art as an icon/banner/etc?
If you commissioned it or own the character in the image, feel free! Otherwise, please contact me and ask first. Images of my characters are personal to me and I would prefer them not be used as other peoples' icons, and the art I've been commissioned for belongs to the person who paid for it!
System Info!
Default Pronouns: he/him
Collective Sona: CrysNo host, no system roles! We don't like em. We're a system of ~12 people, give or take. We have a pretty good mix of people with wide and varied interests, and we all get along well! We consider ourselves a nondisordered system because to us, our system is not a disorder -- it's a benefit!Any time we use Pluralkit, we have our username (crystalpangolin) set as our system tag to make things as legible as possible, but we genuinely just forget to use it most of the time, if it's even available.We are extremely open about being a system in our offline life, but a lot more leery of it online. In our experience, people are a lot more decent when they're interacting with you face-to-face. We are very friendly, but there are a few boundaries we have to establish:
Boundaries:
Endogenic Systems
I am a traumagenic system who is also a committed supporter of endogenic systems. I am categorically against trying to claim someone else’s system experiences aren’t what they say they are; we know ourselves best, and it is never my place (or anyone's place) to try to tell someone else what they're experiencing.If this is going to be an issue for you, genuinely just block me. I've watched this same argument go on for ten years -- and I've also watched the science evolve to support the existence of systems that weren't caused by trauma. It hurts all of us to deny these things. The world is more mysterious and more beautiful than we know.Personal Information
While the people you're most likely to speak with are very friendly and happy to share about themselves, many of my system members are incredibly private people. If someone doesn't volunteer information here or in conversations with you, we ask that you don't try to dig further. Please don't make assumptions about who we are or what we're like.Fronting
We are terrible at indicating who's in front in our online communities. Sometimes we'll put it in our discord status, and sometimes we'll use emoji indicators, and very rarely we'll use Pluralkit to proxy, but we do genuinely just forget all the time. We encourage people to ask!
Percy
Pronouns: he/him, xe/xem, ey/em/eir
Sona: Cloud NineVery prolific writer and artist with a special passion for storytelling in all its forms. He is also the default mask we all put on, especially online! He is personable and friendly, and mostly just loves people. He isn't shy and is always ready to make new friends, especially if it involves making and talking about new characters.Interests: Art, writing, closed species, collaborative lore & storytelling. Especially passionate about Daitens and bright, colorful, joyful art. Special interests include venom & other toxins, artificial intelligence, fiber arts, Pokemon, Warframe, Sunless Skies, Disco Elysium, The Magnus Archives, The Penumbra Podcast (Juno Steel), Hadestown, and tarot.
Basically: he likes everything.
Ven
Pronouns: it/she/he/they -- just change it up sometimes!
Sona: VaingloryAmiable and high energy, with a lean toward the strange, the visceral, and the macabre. A huge fan of fictional violence and gore who wants to learn how to draw those things for itself. Prefers to work on fewer characters at a time, developing them and their stories more deeply before moving on to something else.Prefers the sketch stage of art, and isn't afraid to leave sketches half-finished.Interests: Art & writing, alone and with other people. Gore & violence, making characters work for their happy endings. The Old Guard (Netflix), The Sandman (also Netflix), Baldur's Gate 3, Cult of the Lamb, houseplants, and many of the things other system members like, too! Ven loves to love things, and shares its interests widely.
Bren
Pronouns: he/him
Sona: JupiterAnger holder, but in a really chill way. Sarcastic and kind of a bitch, but has a lot of compassion for the people around him and knows when to put his feelings aside for them. Allergic to vulnerability, hates sharing personal information, loves being able to joke around. Great taste in music.Always looking out for the rest of the system; it's especially important to him that we're all safe and happy, and he isn't afraid to go out of his way or burn bridges to make sure of it.Interests: Clothes & fashion, sculpture, music (emo, punk rock, pop punk, punk metal), fire. Likes D&D, but mostly only for the wizards.
Others!
An incomplete list:Orpheus
he/him
Music-minded and interested in all the mythology associated with his namesake! He's very sweet and kind.Tal
he/him
Extremely personable man from a fantasy world in which he is the steward of the world's winds. He loves nature and identifies with air, birds, and travel.Nicky
he/him
Responsible and level-headed, with an unexpected fondness for being extremely cozy. Considers himself hypervigilant and struggles to relax.Mo
he/him
Intensely private (and just sort of intense) person who does a lot of work behind the scenes. Despite his best efforts he almost always comes across cold or detached.Lwyd
he/himAn extraordinarily driven Task Completer who seems to be a compulsive cleaner. We aren't complaining. It's nice that someone around here feels strongly about keeping our spaces clean!