#Nimmo

[adobe-outdesign]

So just to recap yesterday on Neopets a new plot started which included an entire land going grey and Skarl turning into the definition of a sopping wet meow meow. there was originally a bunch of dialogue on the hub page that was broken and had characters talking to themselves which was then removed less than an hour after it went live. the hub page has the end prize shop visible already, except the prize shop has a bunch of very valuable old items in it so naturally there are a bunch of 1%ers fighting about it on the boards and complaining about how they can't lord items over other players anymore. and to top it all off TNT just dropped this thing on us with no warning

[jarfieid]

[grinnoire]

[nettleneopian]

Neopets TCG sketches vs finished card art

[petpet-lab-ray]

[miravariable]

THE TOWER & THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE

[womenlovingwocky]

my dashboard...

[parachim]

I said 'maraquan nimmo cool crab' and my partner started laughing so i had to draw it

[ninebaalart]

Illusen and Nimmo

some people just do not know how to mind their own business

[cupilart]

Had intended on finishing this piece while their respective days were running the prior month. Obviously kept putting it aside until now-ish.

The Quiggle's expression was an artifact of the Nimmo being a crab in an earlier draft/sketch. But now they're just offput by how close this Nimmo is, said frog means well.

[rando-posts]

[adobe-outdesign]

The new darigan styles are so good! I was never a fan of darigan lutari, but the styled one? incredible. in your opinion, what darigan pets got the biggest glow-ups from the new styles?

(For purposes of this ask, I am talking ONLY about the Daunting Darigan pet styles that were the most improved over the default art, not just the Darigan styles, Daunting or otherwise, that I like the most in general. Also the Varwolf is excluded for obvious reasons.)

TNT did a really good job with the Daunting styles this time around. Sometimes they've either seemingly had trouble nailing the standard "old" Neopets art style (Halloween) or have just reused pre-existing art assets (Ghost, Baby Plushie, etc.). While there are weaker styles in this batch, the majority of them look really good, with far more getting the art style correct and a lot of really good and dynamic poses in this batch.

My only issue is that I think TNT sometimes feels the need to hold too close the original design's anatomy—the point of the old art is that the anatomy could be changed drastically to fit the color (Darigan Aisha, Eyrie), and here it feels like they insisted on taking the customizable anatomy and posing it with only one or two exceptions. It's not a huge deal, but something I think they should keep in mind as a option going forward.

Favorite Style Glow-Ups:

Chia: This is the design that I think improves the most over the original. First, the lineart and shading looks great, and the pose is good and feels properly Chia-ish. However, they also made a huge amount of improvements to the original design itself.

First, they got weird of the weird flat expression of the original in favor of something more mischievous, and gave it much bigger fangs. The wings are more proportionate, the claws are MASSIVELY improved and actually fit the foot now, and even the horns are both bigger and properly connected to the head. I also appreciate that they made the arm match the curve of the wing on the right side.

Gnorbu: First off, this pose is amazing. And secondly, once again, he art style is on point and there are a few changes to the original design, which I never liked and always thought felt half-assed. The mouth now has some visible sharp teeth, the side marking is now rough and jagged instead of just being the default, the claws are bigger and now fit the feet properly, the ears are smaller and more pointed/fluffy, and it has a dark underbelly. Basically, in addition to the great pose and expression, it went from being a regular Gnorbu with some Darigan features tacked on to a proper Darigan Gnorbu.

Lutari: The standard Darigan Lutari is another design that I don't think is good, and while I still don't like the style's design that much, it is a massive improvement. I love the dynamic pose that feels like it invokes the original pre-conversion Lutari art a bit. More importantly, there are once again a bunch of design changes that improve what's there: the pupils are now reptilian and yellow instead of just having a sliver of yellow around them, the fangs are larger, the claws are now noticeably sharper, the wings are bigger, the claws on said wings are bigger, and it actually looks fluffy now. Great stuff.

BONUS: The Dargian Nimmo technically isn't as much of a glow-up, as the original design wasn't terrible and the styled artwork suffers from slightly inconstant light and some too-light shading. However, I still like this one a lot, mostly because it goes back to what I said earlier about the anatomy—while not a giant change, the style has given it digitigrade feet, and it's a bit lankier and bonier than a normal Nimmo is. It also makes some design improvements as well, like making the wings bigger and head horns much bigger.

(Also, the prismatic options are appreciated here, as I never thought the original had a good palette. The cobalt version looks particularly good.)

[nudesfornp]

i just don't like him

[mutantmorphingpotions]

THE NOISE I MADE WAS UNGODLY AND UPSETTED ALL THE ANIMALS WITHIN MY LOCALIZED AREA

[nettleneopian]

Even more lost old desert card sketch previews

[nikopets]

a frog and a prince