Umin Prompts
You may complete these prompts to acquire kor ♦ to use in the umin shop for trait upgrades and MYO tickets.
Please submit to the #umin-prompts channel in the Discord server. You will need to provide a link to a public posting, whether on Deviantart, Toyhouse, Tumblr, Bluesky, Twitter, etc.
You may complete up to ten prompts in one month. There are not many prompts right now, but more may be added in the future. You are welcome to suggest new prompts in the #questions-suggestions-feedback channel of the server.
See also: Umin Species Info | Umin Shop Info
Notes:
If you do not currently own any umin, you may use someone else's umin and ignore the ownership requirements, or you can make an instance of the community trio to use as your own.
For art, you may depict your umin in their official design or their alt form. For those with shapeshifting magic, please only depict them in other shapeshifted forms if the prompt involves them using their magic, or otherwise ask Auspice.
For writing, you may write narrative prose, a synopsis/summary of events, or something with elements of both. For other types of writing, ask Auspice.
You can combine prompts (such as in a comic or long writing), so long as you independently meet requirements for each.
Permanent Prompts
You may complete each of these once a month. The reset is on the first of each month.
If you are using the same prompt with the same character, please depict something distinctly different from their previous entry/entries—whether in location, activity, or something else.
Interaction
Depict your umin interacting with one of your own umin.
Art requirements:
2 umin characters minimum, both owned by you
Fullbody if main/official design, partial body (~75% or more) if alt design
Colored and shaded
Environmental background (scenic background with some foreground/background elements; does not need to be detailed, but setting should be clear — forest, cave, asteroid belt, etc.)
Optional: a written blurb providing information about the interaction
Writing requirements:
1200 words minimum
Reward: 2 kor
Convergence
Depict your umin interacting with someone else's umin.
Art requirements:
2 umin characters minimum, one owned by you, one owned by someone else.
Fullbody if main/official design, partial body (~75% or more) if alt design
Colored and shaded
Environmental background (scenic background with some foreground/background elements; does not need to be detailed, but setting should be clear — forest, cave, asteroid belt, etc.)
Optional: a written blurb providing information about the interaction
Writing requirements:
1200 words minimum
Reward: 2 kor
Magic
Depict your umin using their magic.
As a reminder, here is lore on umin magic:
Umin have one type of magic for each distinct belly color (rare gradient bellies count as two colors) and colored marking color. Their magic can be anything one can imagine, but typically one "aspect," such as fire magic, light magic, gravitational magic, shapeshifting, etc. There is no relation to the color whatsoever.
Specific magic notes:
Shapeshifters can take any color, shape, and size (as opposed to regular umin, who have an alt form with a number of restrictions.
While time, space, and gravity are related, you may only have major power in one with minor influence in the other two without taking another magic "slot."
Art requirements:
1 umin using their magic
Fullbody if main/official design, partial body (~75% or more) if alt design
Colored and shaded
Environmental background (scenic background with some foreground/background elements; does not need to be detailed, but setting should be clear — forest, cave, asteroid belt, etc.)
A written blurb about the magic; minimum 20 words.
Writing requirements:
800 words minimum
Reward: 1 kor
Alternate
Depict your umin in their alt form.
For details on making an alt form, see Rules/ToS > Alt Forms in the species info.
Art requirements:
1 umin in their alt form
Fullbody
Colored and shaded
Environmental background (scenic background with some foreground/background elements; does not need to be detailed, but setting should be clear — forest, cave, asteroid belt, etc.)
Writing requirements:
800 words minimum
Reward: 1 kor
Encounters
Depict your umin interacting with a non-umin character.
Art requirements:
1 umin character, 1 non-umin character
Fullbody if main/official design, partial body (~75% or more) if alt design
The non-umin character should be fullbody if simple, can be halfbody for complex designs
Colored and shaded
Environmental background (scenic background with some foreground/background elements; does not need to be detailed, but setting should be clear — forest, cave, asteroid belt, etc.)
Optional: a written blurb providing information about the interaction
Writing requirements:
800 words minimum
Reward: 1 kor
Routine
What does your umin typically do? Depict your umin engaging in some activity (or non-activity) that they tend to do.
Art requirements:
1 umin character
Fullbody if main/official design, partial body (~75% or more) if alt design
Colored and shaded
Environmental background (scenic background with some foreground/background elements; does not need to be detailed, but setting should be clear — forest, cave, asteroid belt, etc.)
A written blurb about the situation; minimum 20 words.
Writing requirements:
800 words minimum
Reward: 1 kor
Anomalous Occurrences
Take your pick of any of the permanent prompts; the participating umin must have at least one anomalous trait.
Reward: original reward + 1 kor
The Shopkeep
Depict the umin NPC Ki'raki. You are welcome to take some liberties with their characterization.
Well, hello! How wonderful to meet you here. Perhaps it was fate? Or perhaps coincidence. Many call me the Shopkeep, and I can offer you much today...
Ki'raki is a generally whimsical individual, wandering the universes as they please. They watch the developments in the lives of other umin with the eyes of one reading a story, eager to know what happens next - though sometimes, they interfere as well. They generally have the best interests of others at heart when they do interfere, but most of the time, they are content to watch.
They prefer to speak telepathically, and their voice sounds different to all who hear it. They generally give off a welcoming aura, a presence that invites others to trust them and their whims.
Art requirements:
Ki'raki must be depicted
If they are alone: fullbody if main design, partial body (~75% or more) if alt design
If they are interacting with another umin, both can be: partial body (~75% or more) if main design, halfbody (50% or more) if alt design
Colored and shaded
Environmental background (scenic background with some foreground/background elements; does not need to be detailed, but setting should be clear — forest, cave, asteroid belt, etc.)
Optional: a written blurb providing information about the situation
Writing requirements:
800 words minimum
Reward: 3 kor