@Astralseed, a pioneer in DeviantArt's adoptables community and long-standing Community Volunteer, shares her knowledge around the history of creating and designing characters for sale and insights on how you can get started. Introducing @Astralseed A United Stated-based fantasy artist who works in both digital and traditional media, @Astralseed's artistic hallmarks include equines with flowing hair and an expressive, yet harmonic, use of color. Art has always been a constant in her life; though, it wasn't until her adult years when she began to take it more seriously and expanded her skills to find her own style. These days, most of her artistic endeavors involve ARPGs (art role-playing games), but she still enjoys painting her sighthounds and their friends in her downtime. What are adoptables? In their simplest form, adoptables are designs or characters people create with the intention of giving to another person – whether through sale, trade, gift, or any other means of