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I never really wrote up anything majorly concrete and some ask me frequently why my character looks different in almost every piece....and what exactly it is. So hopefully this journal helps clear things up.

So first things first. What is Follower?
Follower is my interpretation of a "biblically accurate angel " which, In a lot of my original drawings, it's mostly a generic hooded figure with no majorly distinguishing features at all. Void of nothing, some generic fluffy ears, and a goopy tail or tendrils for tails. Not exactly original but it was meant to be ambiguous. At least from 2017 - 2022 (roughly estimating.)

At some point I wanted to do some sort of big reveal, but also experiment with my character as I grew, as an artist. Since I have options based on interpretation, I still went for something fairly ambiguous up until late 2023. This is where I finally developed more of a regular look, and sort of semi-final design. Also dabbled in some alts like using a Vernid base thanks to  LiLaiRa (because I love Vernids)

By the end of 2024, I finally settled on using a bovid/bull/minotaur shape, as the core design based on one of the 4 heads of a cherubim angel. (human, ox, eagle, lion)

Hopefully this answers some questions.

Overall Follower is my interpretation of a angel, particularly a cherubim, and I believe it's fallen so it's sort of struggling to maintain its appearance a lot of the time.

I primarily depict Follower with feathers, usually something iridescent like Pigeon feathers. Sometimes I make it goopy because it's a fun texture I like to play with, and adds to the whole angelic corruption thing .

And as far as gender goes, I'm open to whatever but obviously for myself I choose non-binary as again, this is an it, a thing, a being. It doesn't follow any "regular" rules like here on earth or the moral realm.

This is what's fun for me, and what I like to do for my character, this is not a closed species - If you want to make your own angelic character, go for it. I don't plan on making any sort of open or closed species based on angels. So as far as I'm concerned, you can make your own angels and do whatever. Obviously I only ask that you don't just take my design and call it a day. You may take inspiration of course and reference it, but again please don't just steal it and copy/paste. That's just rude.

Lastly, this goes without saying but seriously, I don't consent to my art or my characters being used for any machine learning, training, or any artifical intelligence in any way shape or form. Period. This is non negotiable.