#Christmas zafara

[seagiri]

i'm busy again so take this doodle booyah

[faerielupe]

CHRISTIAN ZAFARA (christmas zafaras are the best zaffies)

[ponyartistbrainiac]

when i was a kid the concept of someone adopting/making a pet to paint them christmas only to abandon them after christmas made me so sad (I have a best friend bori named HollyJolly on my old account that i loved) i needed a warm up doodle so i drew this (dont worry it doesn't bother me so much anymore)

[wynns-wonderful-pixel-paradise]

I can be yuor angle or your devil

[plaquerat]

merry christmas to me. unconverted a coupla pets

[brainiacsartvault]

I also drew my bitchy ass zafara i have on modernneopets named Divine Comedy

[secretcherimaybe]

Daydreamer

[necronomi-kun]

[fountainstrangerart]

The Neopets Instagram account showed off the Mystical Rosette Dress, and I doodled my Christmas Zafara, Zophaira in it during naptime at work.

[catboyfever]

I'm just missing my tail accessory but my zafara is looking sooo sick

[daxe]

[royalboyixi]

Made a little speed draw for this piece! I am quite fond of this pic, looking back. ^^

More quick messy Christmas neopet!

I did plan Zafara first but I was really struggling to get back to drawing, so Mynci ended up working more, I came back to them and it's not perfect but I'm enjoying it anyway.

Rolling around making a snow angel, stretching its tired wings, and rubbing in the snow like my dog does, cuz I thought it'd be cute.

[faerielupe]

🌧⛓🖤🧷GLOOMY🧷🖤⛓🌧 Christmas Faerie zafara ^^

[ponyartistbrainiac]

A doodle of two of my neopets

A Christmas Zafara named Themis

A Stealthy Gelert named Themis (I base all my pets on final fantasy xiv)

I drew this while listening to epic the musical (again)

Which btw I listened to epic the musical all the way through 4 times while painting trixie cosplaying as furina the past few days x3

[adobe-outdesign]

have you reviewed the Christmas paintbrush colour?

(This is the only Neopet review in the inbox right now, so send requests if you have them.)

Christmas is kind of a weird concept for a colour, mostly because of its name—after all, the existence of "Christmas" on Neopets implies that there's a Neo-Jesus that died for your sins. The actual Christmas equivalent of Christmas on Neopets is called the Day of Giving (taking place during the Month of Celebrating, i.e., December). Obviously "Day of Giving" is too much of a mouthful for a paintbrush colour, but they could've gone for something like "festive" or "holiday" instead. This would also accommodate other religions, as not all Christmas pets are Christmas-exclusive (the Christmas Pteri is a European robin—which is associated with Christmas over there, but is also just, like, a normal bird).

Anyway, in terms of the actual colour, there's not a whole lot of visual consistency. However, there is a lot of thematic consistency, and enough repeated colors and elements that it still comes across as cohesive. Common colors are white, green, red, gold, and sometimes brown (for reindeer-based pets), and common elements include candy cane striping, holly, bows, Santa outfits, scarves, and more. When good, it's a surprisingly really nice colour with a lot of customization potential. When bad, it's...well, pretty terrible (there were a lot of contenders for the Least Favorite Species winner here).

In terms of customization, Christmas pets generally fared well because there's nothing there that inherently doesn't work well with the pre-made pet templates, and they got a major benefit in the form of being able to remove their accesories to allow for more base colour options. However, I have noticed TNT got a bit sloppy when converting these guys, and you'll notice things like eye colors randomly changing after conversion for no reason.

Favorite Species:

Peophin: Peophins are an inherently beautiful species of pet, and the Christmas Peophin is unsurprisingly one of the most beautiful Christmas pets out there. The dark green base is very classy and contrasts beautifully with the cream-color accents, including some extra fluff around the hooves reminiscent of a shire horse. The big red bow provides a focal point and a nice additional pop of color, and is accented by holly berries both by the ear and the face plate. As a bonus, the clothes are optional.

My only nitpicks are that the lines around the hoof fluff are colored, but the lines around the mane are not. Also, I wish the holly berry was wearable, as it's the only Christmas-specific element left on the base. Still, a very nice colour overall.

Zafara: The only Christmas pet to be religion-based instead of aesthetic-based, the Christmas Zafara is super simple but very pretty. The white body and gold accents are very pretty, and the inclusion of wings and a halo look surprisingly natural. Both are also unexpectedly wearable items, resulting in a base that's like a mix of a yellow and white Zafara. My only nitpick is that, once again, the lines keep switching between being black and being colored. Also, the nose would've been better black. Otherwise, this one's very pretty.

Gnorbu: Both the Gnorbu and Bori are great Christmas pets with white bases and red and green accents, but I had to give this spot to the Gnorbu just because I think the design's extra cohesive—white base with no markings except for the dark-green spots, which go along with the eye, ears, and mane, which has some Christmas tree-esq decorations. I do wish the bow and lights were removable, as it's a lot more limited customization-wise than most pets, but it's still very pretty.

Vandagyre: One of the few good Vandagyre colours, the Christmas Vandagyre has two great designs—the main design has an outfit that's vaguely Santa Claus-esq, but a bit more detailed and sophisticated with elements like a walking staff and a gold undershirt, while the base has black markings reminiscent of a snowy owl (though TNT have stated it's a actually a gyr falcon, the Vandagyre's namesake). Good stuff all around.

Least Favorite Species:

Usul: There were a lot of strong contenders for this spot (pets like the Meerca, Moehog, and Lutari were up there, for example), but I have to give it to the Christmas Usul for having no effort put into it whatsoever. The base is literally just a yellow Usul with a slightly darker bow for no reason, and the only festive elements are a badly-drawn elf had a pair of tacky ears. Couldn't this have been, like, a white body with a big red present bow and striped mane or something? Or at least a full-body outfit, if they wanted to go the elf route that badly? Bah, humbug.

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