I always use the same base peep, but add details and attributes to make other peeps with it. I then save all those peeps in one Illustrator file to use them whenever they're needed.
The result looks like this:
https://twitter.com/tapakapa/status/1262685846571974656/photo/1
Tapakapa
2021-02-02 15:36:19 +0000 UTC
Just out of curiousity, do you use a to ol or is every tapa handcrafted? Artistically I never passed MS Paint.