#so i can buy iap

[hallofharmony]

man i want to commission a skyblr artist but they're all iap which i cant do

[splatanastamprr]

Been thinking about this a while so as the Shattering Spirits are being rolled back soon here are my thoughts on the Sky Economy. a VERY long post.

Event Spacing (1)

I joined right after Season of Prophecy ended, Season of Dreams was to start in about 3~ weeks? not sure since it was a long while ago.

Later seasons I notice rather than getting up to a month of season downtime, we now get as little as less than a week to break between seasons. Season gaps became slim. Hardly time for off season daily candle quests that make racking up normal candles easier.

On top of this, “Days Of —“ Events became more and more prominent, being mashed on top of Travelling spirits and new off season cosmetics that cost white candles. There’s no room to breathe, its almost a punishment to players who’ve taken breaks from the game after burning out from having to candle run consistently just for new items. Cosmetics that they miss out on get price hikes from their original value in reruns with the new ticket system. It’s a cycle of fomo and it’s what’s killing the playerbase in the first place.

The lack of spacing seems pretentious in a way, since nearly with every update, a new game breaking bug is rolled out, makes it feel ironic since season down gaps have been cut for seemingly no reason.

Ticketing (2)

A while ago TGC added the ticket system denoting inflation in the sky economy, it was made to remedy the fact people can’t keep affording everything with candles.

Yes it did help somewhat, as the tickets are very easy to collect, but with 3 new ftp cosmetics that are bought with these tickets and some things costing up to a weeks worth of tickets it’s easy to have to skip these items because some people just don’t want to do more daily searching on top of the already daily quests from the questgiver.

Returning items not only are insanely expensive but additionally do not equate the energy spent grinding in their original release (The Days of Sunlight towels from last year have no right being that expensive whatsoever.)

Candles (3)

Early 2021, around March the Daily Light “Chevron” was rolled out as a way to farm light without feeling the pressure to grind insanely hard daily (since very many people were asking for a way to get candles more leisurely, since candle running was very time consuming)

It became redundant as the prices for candle items was driven up very far. Not to be so “back in my day” but genuinely the need to candle run extensively in the way we do now wasn’t as big as it is now.

This is funny. Because now I see people asking for the same thing. A faster, less grindy way to candle run.

the first in game event I participated in was the first Days of Bloom, the cherry blossom cape was 70 candles (which to me was VERY expensive at the time). The following year’s wisteria cape cost 105, then the next tulip cape cost 110. The first price driveup was already kind of nuts to me (is the cape really worth a 35 candle mark up to the first one?) It’s hard to even prepare with the aforementioned small event gaps, it’s punishing to newer players and players who’ve skipped events out of burnout without any time to prepare for candles unless you pay real money to get candles quickly.

Assuming an average person clears their chevrons daily (15-17 candles) and heart trades with their friends (-3 for every person traded with) it’s hard to afford everything that comes your way. Travelling spirit prices are near doubling what they used to, items now costing over 100 candles with the inclusion of the batshit expensive nesting shop it really burns people out knowing you can’t afford everything you want in a game you already grind daily in. It’s demanding.

IAP items (4)

Do I even have to talk about this. The Sunlight Chunky sandals cost more than you can buy actual sandals. Why are in game cosmetics costing up to $25 USD. Huh. I could buy a whole meal for that.

Cute little items cost only a dollar before but now they’re like $3 and its kind of bonkers to me. I have to pay $3 whole dollars for a tiny jellyfish on my shoulder. is this not crazy. im not crazy right? dont wanna get deep into this but jesus my wallet

So why do I care so much? (5)

Sky is a game I hold near and dear to my heart. But I notice people including myself have stopped playing for the same, very painful reason. The fact that Sky is very buggy with little to no compensation to players as well as the Economy being so. So very bad. as well as the shithole that was shattering (the hype for that season was so crazy because yay lore!!! no actually Fuck you crab stunlock 100000)

I know people will be “Well you don’t HAVE to buy — item”, but the game’s userbase is driven completely on grinding for new cosmetics. The active playerbase is driven on just candlerunning. The lore is interesting but there’s hardly anything in game to go off of, there’s little to no curiosity for what the game is and it’s story because it gets more and more arbitrary as TGC refuses to talk about it in game. (Jenova Chen saying that games are not an effective storytelling format really pisses me off sorry)

The cycle of fomo that is essentially required to keep the playerbase going just makes me feel like this game is made on popsicle sticks and prayers (thanks aspen for this line). I can’t find myself to love sky in the same way I used to as a moth.

anyways this is really messy. Sorry. but like damn this is kind of a sad thing to me. made this post because a rant on yt got misogynistic in the middle out of nowhere so i wanted to give my own take minus the misogyny

[fake-sky-news]

Hello, friends! 💫

Our last post didn’t seem to be all that popular with the Sky community. We wanted to take the time to clarify why these changes are being made.

You see, we don’t feel like we’ve been milking the Sky community enough. I mean, sure, most of the good stuff is IAP, but getting skykids to spend large amounts of candles for dumb reasons felt like untapped potential to us. It’s an added motivator for players to buy candle packs, which brings in more cash so I can get another latte (I’ve had twelve today with all the candle pack purchases this is bringing in).

So with that in mind, we hope you enjoy Sky Rent, and the added realism it brings! 💫

See you in the skies!

[ejsuperstar]

WASTELAND FOR THE WIN! MY TORNAMENT OF TRIUMPH COMMS ARE OPEN!

If I could get that golden wreath I would die I need it so bad

Digital Painting Examples:

Payment is accepted via SKY Cotl IAPs (and Steam Games/Giftcards)!

NOTES

I will draw non sky kids/any oc!

I wont drawing NSFW or excessive gore.

I wont draw real people.

I will draw blood and injuries though, just nothing excessive.

I will draw multiple skids/ocs in one image BUT it will cost 50% more. (IE- Triumph Violin turns into Triumph Violin + Sparrow pack. If a suitable cosmetic IAP cant be found for the 50% pricing increase, candle packs can be used instead.)

I will need references of anything you want me to draw.

I will be posting commission artwork to my online pages as examples of commission work I have done.

Discord will be needed to send the final image in order to avoid tumblr image compression.

You have permission to repost commissioned artwork, as long as it is properly credited.

SKY IAP PROCESS

Send me a dm mentioning the commission you want.

Send me a sky friend code (I will unlock fistbump for us)

During the 3 days sky needs to allow you to buy me IAPs, I will work on the sketch, but no further.

After I receive payment I will continue work on the commission.

Once the commission is done I will send it to you.

Throughout the whole process I will be giving updates and requesting feedback.

HEART PROCESS

Send me a dm saying you want a heart commission

Send me a sky friend code (I'll unlock gifting for us)

Send me any necessary refs

After each heart I finish and send an individual stage of the process

Once the Chibi is done I will send it and you keep sending the remaining hearts.

STEAM PROCESS

Send me a dm mentioning the commission you want.

I will work on the sketch but no further.

After I receive payment I will continue work on the commission.

Once the commission is done I will send it to you.

Throughout the whole process I will be giving updates and requesting feedback.

[pebblemae]

there is something to be said for candle run burnout for sure, like it now takes so many candles to get things that you want, as well as the pricing for paid items of course. The entire thing just makes me wonder if sky: cotl should follow in the footsteps of animal crossing: pocket camp and just make a paid game with no in-app purchases. I think the team are trying to tackle the CR burnout tho with different mechanics such as revamping daily quests (personally i don't like the revamp as it is now, but it's clearly in its early stages!). There's just...a lot going on and it would be better in my opinion if there was no IAP at all, especially because I've seen players be weird in the past about it, like trying to justify paid items by talking about veteran status (idk how veteran status correlates with being able to pay for IAP). Overall I think there needs to be a revamp of sky as a whole.

Again, this got long. I have thoughts.

Yeah, IAP is a really tricky topic. On one hand, it's kinda how free games make money, so I personally get not cutting it out completely. On the other, it really seems like ALL the good cosmetics are IAP.

I mean, in Days of Sunlight, there are 7 IGC items (50 Tickets, 384C, and 30 H). and 11 IAP items ($200+ USD). What's worse is most people can't even afford all the IGC items so you end up getting 3-5 items out of the total 18. For a game that's a lot about cosmetic collection, that sucks for the average player!

I'm not personally bothered but the 20+ ticket values. If you're more or less collecting, you can get them fairly easily. You can miss almost half the days and still get the two items. (84 tickets over 14 days. 50 tickets for the two cosmetics. you can miss 5, almost 6 days and still have enough) I have more to say on Ticket Cosmetics, but I'll save that for later.

I wouldn't be as bothered by this insane IAP to IGC item split if they were affordable and if IGC items as a whole stood up to the design and demand of the IAP. Apparently, the earrings were GOING to be IGC but were last minute switched with the floaty. There are SO few earrings, so making them IAP really sucks. It feels like the umbrella problem now. (of the 7 umbrellas, only 2 are IGC as TS)

I would love to see the IAP disappear altogether too, but that's just not realistic. From a financial standpoint for the company, as well as just in general. People hate them, but people still buy them. If anything I could maybe see a price reduction in IAP but with that comes the fact that now those who paid the higher price were "scammed" and that could create legal problems.

I have no idea what TGC could do, but for starters, I'd ask to lower IGC item prices and make fewer IAP items. Whether that will happen or not, I'm not optimistic, unfortunately.

[thatskynews]

Hello! I hope this ask finds you both well.

So, I mostly wanted to ask, what is you two's opinion on sky making most items iap lately? There's been very few igc stuff since some seasons ago and it's been disheartening for a lot of players. I don't see tgc acknowledge this in any way (if they did, you can show me, i often get things wrong)

Anxy: Thanks, I hate it (*hides the money reserved for said items*)

But I agree. It was actually one of the complaints that I wrote in the survey. Sky is getting more and more expensive and it's not looking good in the long run. I only convinced myself that this is better, buying something that you will get with 100% certainty, than wasting my money over gacha with little probability (*also hides the money reserved for genshin's welkin*)

Ymir: I also hate it! I understand why they do it, but I... hate spending more money on games than I need to. The last time I bought anything from sky was the little prince pass I think, and even then I was barely getting by.

Sky's current model is off of probably a push from investors ngl? but also just sucks for most people since they are leaning into pushing for people to either candlerun burnout orrrrr buying the candles straight up. I've used up many candles over the years on friends! I was a social little guy when I was most into sky!!

honestly the price going up pattern has been fairly steady since prophecy(as much as I hate to say it :( ) and I doubt it shall go fix itself entirely anytime soon... but I do miss the ability to just get everything I need in the seasons with weeks to spare... and the inbetweens being fairly long (I think they used to be about.. nearly 3 weeks?). I'm hoping TGC changes things around- I remembered when the iap having only one item without any other rewards deal first occurred and how upset everyone got. I love sky, but I can not deny the fact it has negatively affected me multiple times because of this specifically :(

I typically do complain to tgc when given the chance though, because of these changes are the reason I didn't play sky for nearly a year straight... and why I still struggle to actively play as much as I did.

[proxiimitysky]

I've been heavily considering moving my account and starting over. This post will be very long so if you don't wanna read it that's fine (I'll add a tldr at the end)

I started this blog back when i loved sky and just wanted a specific place to talk about it. It took me YEARS to slowly realize that i don't have the same love for it like i used to. Ever since season of moomin was announced i thought of it as an opportunity to just take a break and only play the game if i genuinely want to, and not just for the purpose of getting candles. I wasn't really that excited for the season to begin with probably because i dont know anything about moomin and i know i can just learn about it through the season but ehh idk man. Just my personal opinion i already thought the first quest was super slow and tedious as hell

Also not to mention some big criticism within the community is how expensive things are in sky and i agree. I think they're right when they say iaps are getting more and more expensive (inflation amiright) and they keep locking the cooler items behind the pass. I know the pass (for 1 person) is generally pretty cheap for what you're getting but i just don't think it's fair for people who simply don't want to spend money. Majority of the good stuff this season is behind the pass and i know the purpose of this is to convince players to buy the pass but it's just. Man i would love to enjoy a season and buy cool clothes without having to pay real money for it AGAIN

And before you say "sky is a social game. No one is forcing to buy anything stop complaining", i know no one is forcing me to buy things, but it sure feels like it. I've already made an ENTIRE other blog about this complaint and you can probably go look for it but can you think of anything in sky that's fun without spending money? That doesn't include talking with friends (which BY THE WAY still costs money just to unlock chat if you didn't friend them with a qr like? Why tf do you need to SPEND MONEY just to talk to someone???) almost everything in the game needs money to be enjoyed. You can enjoy the story sure, but you can't express yourself in a way that doesn't require buying SOMETHING

Also why does sky have so many bugs all the time. There is not a single update where something wasn't fucked up in the making. I know sky isn't perfect and I'm nowhere near a game development professional but how do you even do that

Anyways.. i just want a tumblr blog to start over completely and gain an audience that isn't so restricted to one interest. I like art, and that's way more broad than just sky art only because i VERY VERY VERRYYY rarely draw sky art. I for some reason don't find it super enjoyable to draw skykids (unless I'm getting paid for it which is why the majority of my sky art are commissions lmao)

Just judging by the attention my blogs and art received on here, i assumed the algorithm was a lot better than other apps. I felt like maybe doing an oc blog too would be beneficial since its something i actually enjoy and WANT to talk about instead of just. Occasionally mentioning sky just to complain about it lmaoo

If you made it this far thanks for reading!! Also if you're here for the tldr: i don't love sky as much as i used to. This blog is very restricting and i wanna start over with an art acc in general

Btw i may still blog about sky on my new blog (if i do make it) but i would more likely just blog about games i like in general when i feel like it. Only talking about sky is just... Ehhhh..

[tgc-critical]

[Reddit] Sick and tired of the excessive IAP

Post below if you don't want to open Reddit.

With the upcoming moomin season coming up, we are yet again slapped on the faces with the excessive amounts of in app purchases.

I dont like to spoil myself by watching beta content but my tiktok feed showed me a video showing the iap cosmetics. And god is it ridiculous?! I swear they always put the best things behind a pay wall!! Im getting the season pass for the season but with even that isnt enough for the nicer and cute iap cosmetics.

People who cant buy it for reason or another are getting double screwed over AGAIN! Season of the Deer had to my memory one or two additional iaps wich seems to be the trend with collab seasons, moomin season will have it seems even more of them.

Im very copeful that the moomin season will bring back some of that child like wonder to the game, i just cant help being put off by these yet again in app purchases.

I hope beta players can give feedback to tgc but then again, when have they listened to beta about these things? At this point beta is just another platform for the game that just sees the up coming stuff early.

EDIT: Since a lot of people are probably purposefully misunderstanding me ill explain my view more and better.

I dont generally have nothing against IAP items because i know that they and season passes keep the game running.

I do support workers getting paid, shoker am i right?

I also know that the game is free and nobody forces my hand to buy stuff.

It should however be noted that over half of this game is about cosmetics and character customization. So its reasonable in my opinion that people are upset that the free stuff that comes with events is usually in the dusty back shadowy corner of the iaps that have clearly gotten all the love and care. Especially now that its starting to be the norm that there are more iaps than free stuff during events(not seasons).

[poppyseedmuffiin]

poppys amazing guide to free money for in app purchases (not clickbait)

long post ahead, sorry in advance. now idk if anyone else has talked about this at all, at least in the sky community. but with the amount of IAPs in sky (and seeing periodic posts of people offering services like commissions in exchange for season passes or exclusive IAP cosmetics) i feel like i just cant sit on this knowledge any longer if people turn out to not know about it. maybe almost everyone is aware of it and/or already using it or doesnt care and im a silly goose, but if this can save even just one person some money, or allow them to buy something they couldn't have afforded otherwise, then i'll be happy lol. it's certainly helped me and i'd like to share the love.

getting to the point: if you are on android/use google play (sorry everyone else idk if apple/the app store or other platforms have something similar, might be worth looking into or idk maybe this same app is on there too), then you can use this app called Google Opinion Rewards to get free google play credit.

this is going to feel like a cheesy fake youtube sponsorship or something but For Real this app gives you basically free money in response to answering surveys. i downloaded it a few years ago after one guy mentioned it in a video in passing, and as of now i have gotten from it almost $150 of google play credit.

“poppy, this sounds super sus”, you might be thinking, shaking your head. “answering surveys?? isnt this a scam to collect your personal data??” and fair enough! yeah probably the data is being sold (though on the page they claim to not share it with 3rd parties), im not super internet wise or savvy but idk it seems like everything is selling your data nowadays. and to get the most amount of surveys you can, you have to have certain things turned on in your google account.

it might ask you about a place you've been recently, or if you've been looking up something lately, or if you remember watching a certain video on youtube, or whatever. sometimes it's very accurate and specific with the targeted surveys, and sometimes it's totally fucking random. to me its not any creepier than getting an ad for like. wendys after only talking about it out loud with my phone within earshot, and most of them are pretty innocuous anyway, at least in my opinion. idk. u dont have to use this. im just putting it out there for those who might want to give it a whirl.

Before i go into the nitty gritty rambly details (on the google doc below), here’s the reassurance: this is real. Yes, the reward for each survey is less than a dollar, but it adds up. Sometimes there are a whole bunch at once and that can bring in a good haul. Since downloading the app, i’ve answered 730 surveys, and from that earned $142.11 (as of writing this right now) in total rewards/credit.

That’s not nothing! I’ve been able to buy sky IAPs with nothing but credit that i’ve earned from answering these surveys. The longest of these surveys literally take a max of like 20 seconds, and u can go right to them from the notification on your phone. It takes 0 effort essentially and for me it is worth it to see that receipt for $0 in my inbox. I have a compulsive spending habit and use it rly often so in my case mostly it just acts as a discount, subtracting from the price however much is in my balance, but still! That’s better than paying full price! Free money is free money! You can also choose whether or not to use it when making a purchase, and stop answering questions and giving them the data at any time. You can choose what to share with them really easily from the settings in the app, so if you want to turn off just location or something, you can just go to “survey eligibility”, select what you want to change, and manage it as you like. The only thing you have to have is your age, since it won’t send surveys to users with no age on their account. And you can use the credit on other apps too, since it’s google play credit! I just mostly use it for buying sky IAPs. you can save up to buy a season pass! 

If you’re like me (maybe not. Im kind of pathetic. Someone pls validate me), you’ve tried whatever you can to not pay for microtransactions. Yeah there’s stuff like mistplay and those annoying ass “tasks for coins” esque things within an app that have you sign up for online magazines or download other apps and get to level 3 of PigFarmVille or whatever to earn credit or money, but those never got me anywhere and this is the most effective, legitimate thing i’ve ever used for this purpose. It takes time and patience, but before you know it you’ll have $5 kicking around in your balance and you can buy the cute oreo headband or pair of shoes or whatever tgc has in the shop this time. It legitimately feels like i’m cheating, sometimes, or that it’s too good to be true, but i’ve used this for three years now and it’s never let me down. And no i’m not sponsored, just a broke bitch that stumbled across this. They should give me something for this free promotion tho lmaoo

below I have both the sharing link to download the app if anyone wants to and a link to a google doc with my personal tips for this app on it since this post is way too long already and i dont want to waste more of peoples time, but anyway thanks for reading if you did, and if you try it out and it ends up helping lmk! c: and also maybe reblog to spread around if you think others would find this helpful. I almost never do posts like this especially bc im very unsure of myself and tend to think im wrong but sometimes i get stuff right and this feels like something i got right. Hope it helps you too. 

Get paid for answering short surveys. Download Google Opinion Rewards now: https://googleopinionrewards.page.link/share

[skycotl-before-and-after]

You can get six popsicle tickets a day during Days of Sunlight. If you’ve grabbed all of them so far, you’ll need ten more days of collecting all six to get all three beach towel capes.

EDIT: I got my stuff mixed up! You’re gonna need all ten days of collecting to get all the beach towel capes! However, as with the last ticket event, you can buy several tickets at the shop with ascended candles if you find yourself short.

You’ll find four floating around, usually very easy to see. There seems to be one always on the first baby jellyfish in the jellyfish parade that floats around. Others appear on a column at the bridge, one in a hole of the hollow tree around Grandma’s table, one near the IAP item seller, one on a ladder above the message center, etc. One sometimes appears on the tall tree with the water slide, which you can grab by flying up.

You get two for participating in activities that appear above these cushions. They’re handy because they disappear when you collect them, which you can use to tell if you’ve done your quests for the day. I usually just jump off one of the three or four high dives, it’s fastest and easiest. You can also play tag with the scout, jam with the musicians, find the baby jellies trapped in the hidden cave.

Also, baby jelly companion! I’m not actually sure why it shows up. 😅

And another excellent music session by a player whose memories I followed. They tend to leave one right here, so if you’re interested, check it out while you’re getting easy candles from Grandma.

[by-proxy]

open Sky: COTL commissions!!!

fyi, these sketches up there are not what the commissions will look like! they will look like the examples below! thought i should clarify, sorry if that is confusing <:[

SLOTS (0/1):

- cinnamoroll pop-up cafe plushie $14.99usd (NA)

- cinnamoroll pop-up cafe bowtie and cloud cape $14.99usd (open)

what i can do:

- skykids (obviously lol)

- furrys

- humans

- mostly everything lol, ask first if you’re unsure ^^

what i won’t do:

- NSFW 🚫 unless you ask nicely ;) (JK JK JK)

more info below ^^ ⬇️⬇️⬇️

how it works:

- dm me here on tumblr if you are interested in a commission (we can also chat on discord if that is better for you)

- give me a description of what you want drawn, please include photos of your skykid and if you have any reference photos then those would also be a great help ^^. I will need to know the pose, facial expression, setting, mood, style etc.

- i will get started on the sketch which i will send to you once i have finished it. you provide any feedback/changes you want done and ill edit and send the improved sketches accordingly.

- when you are happy with the sketches i will start on completing the drawing, and once I’ve done that i will let you know.

- i will friend you on sky through sky codes and i will buy up to the gift slot on the friendship tree, then you gift me either one of the IAPs im requesting.

- after i have been gifted it i will send you the finished commission and you can be on your way! ^^🎉

some important stuff:

IAP must be given before i send you the finished piece. this is in order to prevent myself from getting scammed.

this is my first time doing commissions so please be a bit patient if i fumble a bit and feel free to give me feedback/constructive criticism ^^

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anyways have a good day you all, and thank you so much fraberry stroobcake for the advice on my last post ^^ I tried replying to your comment but it wouldn’t send <:,[

[angrybatgaming]

Probably gonna take a break from Sky

Hey, ya'll. I still have Sky pics to upload, but I just wanted to let those who friended me on this game know that I MAY or MAY NOT go on a hiatus in the future. (At least until the next TS, if it's someone I've wanted, or until the next season or event.) The Alice in Wonderland stuff has me feeling kind of

I mean...the tea cup bath tub is cute, but I mostly just want the bunny ears hair...which is, UNFORTUNATELY, 150 FUCKING CANDLES. So I might have to buy the IAP that will allow me to return to the area to aquire it later. Feels like a real dick move, TGC. Ngl. I hate it. Very much. Also...just...not...super into Alice in Wonderland. Loved the og Disney one, but hate it otherwise.

So I may be taking a break soon. At least until the next TS or that TS group, or until the next season starts. But this is just a thought. I MAY or MAY NOT go through with it. If my cockatiels can go a few weeks without Sky, then I probably will disappear for a while.

Also I have a bunch of games I want to play or finish. Just bought Content Warning, and still need to finish the Fear & Hunger games. So my hands are kinda full at the moment. I have art ideas to do, too...

I MIGHT pop on long enough to get the tea cup bath, but that's it. I'm seriously considering this.

[sunnycluster]

❗ Limited discounted commissions❗

Opening 1-3 commission slots

Preferably Sky kids as that is what this is for but open to other subjects!

I am Looking for these in game items and will be offering a full body and headshot respectfuly! (simplistic backgrounds only)

If you don't have sky but would like to snag some discounted art $27 for a full body $7 for a headshot (to account for tax/fees)

(these prices are heavily discounted from my normal $40 for a full body and $17 for a headshot)

Shares appreciated 💚

More info+ bonus opportunity under cut

IAP gifting process, we will add each other as friends, I will try and get your sketch done before the window to gift items opens, I can unlock up to the goft node but you unlocking at least one level appreciated once I receive the gift I will start on finishing your art!

Non IAP buying follow my regular tos

My TOS here

Comment or contact me through DMs if Interested!

I don't have any way I can get this pack currently because I don't have a PlayStation, so if you play/have sky on one I'm am doing the same offer as above!

Examples of my art

I mostly draw animals but am open to pretty much anything without a human face (sorry maskless skykids)

Thanks for taking the time to read this if you did!

[ejsuperstar]

DAYS OF MOONLIGHT AND SHATTERING??? ON THE SAME DAY??? AT THE SAME TIME??? TGC YOU DOG

MY COMMISSIONS ARE OPEN FOR BOTH!

Moonlight IAPs appreciated alongside candle packs so i can afford shattering cosmetics without spending a hundred more hours on sky!

Also people dont seem to realise, but I can also do payment via steam games, or for my chibis, hearts!

Digital Painting Examples:

Payment is accepted via SKY Cotl IAPs (and Steam Games/Giftcards)!

NOTES

I will draw non sky kids/any oc!

I wont drawing NSFW or excessive gore.

I wont draw real people.

I will draw blood and injuries though, just nothing excessive.

I will draw multiple skids/ocs in one image BUT it will cost 50% more. (IE- Triumph Violin turns into Triumph Violin + Sparrow pack. If a suitable cosmetic IAP cant be found for the 50% pricing increase, candle packs can be used instead.)

I will need references of anything you want me to draw.

I will be posting commission artwork to my online pages as examples of commission work I have done.

Discord will be needed to send the final image in order to avoid tumblr image compression.

You have permission to repost commissioned artwork, as long as it is properly credited.

SKY IAP PROCESS

Send me a dm mentioning the commission you want.

Send me a sky friend code (I will unlock fistbump for us)

During the 3 days sky needs to allow you to buy me IAPs, I will work on the sketch, but no further.

After I receive payment I will continue work on the commission.

Once the commission is done I will send it to you.

Throughout the whole process I will be giving updates and requesting feedback.

HEART PROCESS

Send me a dm saying you want a heart commission

Send me a sky friend code (I'll unlock gifting for us)

Send me any necessary refs

After each heart I finish and send an individual stage of the process

Once the Chibi is done I will send it and you keep sending the remaining hearts.

STEAM PROCESS

Send me a dm mentioning the commission you want.

I will work on the sketch but no further.

After I receive payment I will continue work on the commission.

Once the commission is done I will send it to you.

Throughout the whole process I will be giving updates and requesting feedback.

[wish-upon-the-universe]

Hello! Any games you've been playing recently? What'd you think about them?

Hi!!!!

I'm. A very video game heavy person. I've been playing Sky: Children of the Light on my switch, I watched my friend play The Sexy Brutale on PC, and me and a few other have been abusing a seed on Balatro lol

Sky is a very pretty game and I highly recommend anyone with a switch or a phone to play it!! Tho it has a lot of FOMO (fear of missing out) so it will prey on others via IAP (in app purcahses)...

The Sexy Brutale is another time loop game where you have to save everyone in a mansion-casino from being killed! The story is super complex and the twist at the end is incredible... the only but is that it can most certainly improve from a few QOL (quality of life) adjustments for movement, achievement tracking, and load zone transitions

And Balatro... really fun rouge-like deck builder!! We play on switch and I found a seed where you can get the DNA joker, Blueprint Joker, and a few others for a truely insane run... we've got a doc n everything detailing when certain Jokers appear to buy them, and one friend even got to ante 14 I believe? May have been higher. I love seeing number go up so fast.

I like to think my taste is pretty varied!!

[tn4na]

16012023 from my laptop the fact that i type from my laptop means that i could probably also just open my journal. but i really do get to write more this way. i suppose prioritizing is not a bad thing. today, i saw my cousins for maybe? the last time this visit? it was very nice to see them. one of them, i only got to see today. but it was a very nice day. it was very nice to see them—made me happy. today has been quite long! woke up, took an hour to really fully wake up. i think i’m gonna wake up earlier for whatever time i have left here. but anyways, i had crises, in my head. cried. was worried about urop things (silly thing to be worried about, because i can stop, whenever i want). felt stressed about spending my dad’s money (he told me that’s silly as well, i’m blessed). felt like this spring, i might be doing too little, or too much. but really, i just have to go with the flow. i have a hard time doing just what i feel like. a lot of times i also shouldn’t do just what i feel like because sometimes that’s rotting in bed while it would really make me feel a lot better to get up and do something. talked to f about all the things i want to explore in the spring, and iap. i think my theme for 2023 is play. to approach things curious, wanting to learn more. really, i just want to try my best. a year of play is a year for process, because that’s where most of the play takes place. this iap, i’ll go to the rink, because i need to move my body, and i made a commitment. i’ll also go to the building 4 practice pianos. asked j for a recommendation for what i should learn next, and he recommended me the polonaise by chopin that people call adieu (op posthumous). i’m excited to learn it. it’s something i’ve heard before for sure, but it’s not like liebestraum, or clair de lune, or these other even more famous pieces. even though this one is famous as well. i think i have a better time learning things that not literally everyone around me knows. it takes a little pressure off, and i feel like i’ll be able to play around with it a lot and come up with an interpretation of it that feels good to me. of course, i don’t actually know how far i’ll go with it, but i’ll try my best. at least for iap. anyways, those are my two independent projects, though i may also ask r or j for help with piano. other independent projects might include knitting a balaclava, or drawing, or just listening to music and observing the world. observing the world is a forever ongoing independent project. as for non independent projects, maybe i’ll learn to paint. i think that would be quite fun. told f that i had been thinking about light, and maybe that i was also thinking about ceramics and painting. but that i’m really resistant to starting things on my own, especially when things require me to buy things. f offered his paints that he bought recently, and also to teach me. since i am not alone in this, i think it may actually go somewhere. that might be another big thing for iap. also, since my dad told me to worry less about money, if there are any art classes that require money, i’ll just spend it. i’m looking forward to these things! scared, in a way. but i’m always doing things that make me scared. maybe not really, but in general, i am able to do things that make me scared. i consider this a positive thing. tomorrow, i’m gonna wake up early so maybe i can go out to lunch with my family. in the afternoon, i have an interview for an internship at the film fest in armenia. i’m not really nervous, but i do wonder if they’ll really think i’m suited for the position. i’ll just write down here all the reasons i want to go:

(i get too distracted on my laptop but anyways) i want to do something different freshman summer, because in the future i’ll be doing more work things. i want to go somewhere to challenge myself in a field that is different than what i may work in in the future, because it will still be relevant to my life.

armenia: in a beautiful region of the world i don’t know much about.

i want to learn more about what makes people. what drives people. lightness and darkness, good and bad, what people think, what people feel. the people i know just in the us and thailand are so different already. and i’ve learned so much just from what’s around me. i think i could learn a lot by being in a region that i’m completely unfamiliar with. i specifically want to learn more about the arts in that area, and the types of things that connect to armenian people. while a lot about everyone is the same, culture matters. where you are matters. i just want to learn

i think that having this general understanding of people allows me to approach the world in a better way. i want to make a clearer picture of how i want to spend my days.

i’ve written for my school newspaper before, and i have an interest in the arts. i’m a hard worker! [examples] and i will be able to live up to the tasks they give me

i think i am setting myself to be very lonely, and i am setting myself up to have to make new friends. i wonder how. i do wonder why i want to put myself through more pain. i think it’s out of fear.

i’m gonna try my best not to think too hard about these things. it’s a year of play. but even being free feels so unnatural to me. it’s like that passage from 1q84—it’s so hard to learn to be anything else. like i would shatter if i relaxed. but it’s okay. i’m working on it. i realized, when i texted j (not all these letters are the same person please remember) that when i go back to boston, i probably won’t see as much of the sky. i’m gonna make an effort to keep looking up.