#I think we'll have a good time >:3

[marblerose-rue]

new lioden king except ive had him for a couple weeks :-)

[hawnks]

Logging out for a while, love you miss you <3

[pushing500]

I find it fun and also slightly concerning that Mechi's name means "he who hunts eagles" and Kwahu's name means "eagle". I mean, at least the outcome was clone sickness instead of a murderous clone or else that naming convention would have been proven true.

I also find it very fun that their matchy-matchy names have murder-y implications, lol.

I do hope that Mechi never has to live up to his name, though, because I quite enjoy the Jones boys' twin dynamic, and I would be very sad if anything happened to either of them.

[a-s-levynn]

Tiny Token 3rd set

[spaghett-onaplate]

depression is really weird actually wdym i spent 2.5 years of my life in bed

[sysig]

A lot of early concept stuff was expression/pose brainstorming - there’s the classic six Webkinz emotions (which, I learned have been largely pared down to just four after a point! Since they got rid of Dr. Quack’s role, there’s no more “sick” expression and most ‘Kinz’ tired and sad expressions are the same! >:0 What’s the point of having an easily editable puppet with the spaghetti code intact that you have to put an image there AnyWay and not make a slightly different expression!! H’f) as well as the main Sakura poses - so if I’m already making up expressions, why no go a little further! :D

One of the expressions I definitely needed up top was Mischievous - working with a cat, that’s the only logical conclusion really. I think it’s funny that she swerves the compliment only to pay it right back as well lol

The ticklish expression is one I’m still going back and forth on! I’m half tempted to have it be somewhere between happy and angry - maybe a mood gradient, starting out just positive and slowly moving into “Hey stop! >:0″ if it’s too many times in a row? It’s a thought haha

Similarly so, messing with her ears - bothering your pets is a very important element of socialization (lol)

As seen above, I’d reallyyy like to figure a way to have a dual-visual mood system - both the ‘Kinz body language/expression/emotion and a more exact stat bar. I’m still chewing on this idea a bit, no pun intended lol. That and click-and-drag with an actual image you can drag around your screen, hm and hm! Much to think about. Her face here turned out cute and funny haha, helped me push the expression more comedic

Much better :) Webkinz already has some well-known food dialogue, my favourite is probably “Mmm to the mmmax!” haha

Each low-mood would have their own emotion tied to it, but what about somewhere in the middle? I like the idea of the ‘Kinz getting bored if they’re left alone for too long! And little paw taps, showing off her embroidered paw pad haha ♪

[good-beans]

Do you love the color of the Mahiru?

To complete my set with Yuno and Fuuta 👍 Huge thanks to @waivyjellyfish for sharing your character color reference, it was a godsend for this lol ✨️

[jrueships]

im going into my new work tomorrow, first time ever😐

[bigshoeswamp]

Hunter the gardener!

[memento-morri-writes]

I've been thinking a lot about how Rook's reunion with his former mentor, Zara, is going to go, and since I can't predict what the DM is going to have her do or say, I can only dwell on what I know is going to happen. Which happens to include taking off the illusion ring that's been hiding his injuries from her. So have a snippet of the description I have planned for that moment:

tw for description of (mostly healed) injuries

He hesitates, twisting a ring on his finger. Looking at it more closely, she can tell it’s very finely crafted, and must have been very expensive. A large emerald is set into the band. Rook sighs, and pulls the ring off his finger in one quick motion.  Immediately she’s struck by the difference in his appearance as the illusion melts away. He looks awful. His warm, healthy skin fades to a dull and sickly grey. There’s huge bags under his deeply sunken eyes, and his cheeks are hollowed, as though they have been carved out by an overeager sculptor. He looks like he’s recently risen from the grave.  While he was thin before, now she can see his ribs under the skin, and his collarbones are exaggeratedly pronounce. Thin white lines left by dozens upon dozens of recently healed cuts are scattered across his body. On top of that, faded bruises cover most of his visible skin, a mottled mosaic of purple and yellow. They’re clearly days, maybe weeks old, and she can only begin to imagine what they must have looked like when fresh. Bandages are barely visible under his shirt, wrapping around his back, hinting at even more injuries.

[nozomijoestar]

Asuka is a tragic figure, a figure of mystery, a wild card, all because the only thing she wants in life is peace and quiet for herself and to feel in control- yet her secret heritage that may be hidden from her for her own protection and the reality that life is unpredictable and will go on with or without you keep ruining that delusion, that vision of how the world is meant to work to her, and she suffers regardless of what she wants, what she does, and how little she understands anything

She was born into a family preaching peace and balance and order while being a creature of violence, and puts a dozen mental locks and excuses over this truth to justify giving into her impulse for fighting by pretending she's justice when she does it

She keeps trying to build a place of safety but she's using sand and life is a wave that destroys, yet she stubbornly persists rather than give up, not drowned to the point of self centered suicidal loathing like Jin- there's contrast, where Jin is cloaked in death Asuka stubbornly clings to life and humanity as a normal person in a terrifying world

She's not a fucking narrative clone for Jun's own purpose, Asuka's purpose must be determined by Asuka herself

[melverie]

Aaaaaaahhhhhhhh today I've been constantly experiencing the urge to un-private today-in-the-devildom & start writing for it again

[essenceofarda]

I'm working on fleshing out the plot for my farawyn & eothiriel fancomic and it's,,, y'all,,, this is literally gonna take me like 20 years to finish 😱🤣🤔🫡

It's gonna be hella long 😳 The first chapter alone is gonna be over 25 pages long, and I already have 3-5 chapters planned for and that's not even close to the finish line lol let alone the halfway mark of the story (i mean, it's probably equal to a long-ish fic, but comics take so much more time to tell 🫠). Also I cannot wait for y'all to meet Lothiriel in just a few pages 🤩

Anyway, I'm thinking of MAYBE adding early access pages of this comic and a few others to a low cost tier on my patreon once it's relaunched/revamped bc I really want to be able to post at least one or two pages a month 🤔 tho i'm hoping to maybe post weekly on patreon, so it'd be early access AND faster update schedule, if I go this route. That way i don't feel guilty for spending hours a day/week working on these comics lolll

anyway, i'm having so much fun working on this story 🥰🤗

[keeps-ache]

okay i'm out of evil mode. peace love and a little bit of still-tired on planet earth lol 🧃

[mitamicah]

Stickers (or more specifically concerts) updates - plot twist!!

Let's start with the less surprising news:

I finally got mail from the first stickers company about the order. The stickers and keychains should go into production now (I got the mail yesterday). Meaning that if I allow myself to be optimistic for this thought experiement it means they'll send them monday making it so they arrive somewhere between thursday (for context friday is the latest day I will be able to get the package given I am travelling to my parents' house for the night *it's closer to the airport*) or the monday after (too late). In short, this is cutting it way shorter than I am confident with so I fear there's a pretty good chance they won't make it :'3

Now news about the second order: I also got a mail about those yesterday that they are on their way. I hope this means that maybe they'll arrive BEFORE the expected date (Wednesday) but that is yet to be seen. I'm somewhat confident these have a chance of arriving on time but I dare not hope too loudly.

Ending this update revealing the plot twist of the title. Thanks to @naniyo I now also have a ticket to the first Helsinki concert in a week (March 2 2024)!!! Ngl that was a pleasant surprise I hadn't seen coming :'D thank you so much for selling me the ticket and I am looking forward to meeting you there ^V^

For obvious reasons I won't be able to make stickers for this gig however :'D So I was thinking about maybe taking a blog of post it notes and a pen with me and offer little doodles for people in the queue? (if I arrive early given I have plans with Anniina @formulalakana and Niini @btw-it-also-travels-in-time about visiting Vantaa/the käbnb together) What do you think of that post it idea? is it too weird :'D?