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Posted: Sat, 02/10/2021 06:54 (3 Years ago)

Kynik, still watching from amongst the crowd with the others. Her observed the careful dexterity of the wielded blade and applauded on cue. Though he'd practically grown up among the estate's knight quarters, he knew he himself was not quite yet at such a level. He could most certainly try to achieve that in the future, but that would come with more practice and experience.

When the archer took her turn, he wasn't surprised at the results but still just as impressed. Each arrow neatly stuck in its perfect place, his hands politely clapped with the rest of the crowd and stopped shortly before it had died down.

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Posted: Sun, 26/09/2021 21:43 (3 Years ago)

Ugh it's been incredibly boring.

I've been in the mood to draw but I can't draw because I'm still stuck in bed.
While I could just have my husband go get my graphics tablet from the PC and just plug it into the laptop, the tablet itself is too large to use comfortably in bed and it'd just be about the same if I set it up for more 'comfortable' use because that requires me to sit and I kinda of just, can't put a lot of pressure on my lower back right now.

Given this is the second time in a couple months where I've been stuck in bed like this over a back injury I think I might need to invest back into a smaller graphics tab that I can use with the laptop.
The additional thing is that the reason why I keep hurting myself is because I have a lot of physical limitations and I keep pushing myself past them trying to do things and either hurt myself or make current injuries so much worse.

My husband keeps telling me to just ask for help but the problem is, when I do, nobody is willing to help when I need the help. I'm not going to sit around for 6 hours waiting for one thing to be done(Esp when the only reason why they remembered was because I asked again 6 hours later...) when I can just strain myself a little and get in done in 10 seconds.
I keep telling him this but he never seems to listen.

It's difficult because up until 4 years ago, I could do just about anything with ease, which is why I'm just used to doing things and not asking for help.
Like if the Trash has been full for the last 4 days. I keep being told not to take it out myself because it might be too heavy. It keeps being full, it doesn't get taken to the curb and then we end up with flies. I ended up taking it out because the smell had gotten so bad that *I* could smell that distinctive scent that happens when you've got maggots. Low and behold, yes, there were maggots. Had to take the bin outside and spray it down with the hose cause they broke through the bag.

Or the 6 gal / 22 L water jug for the dog bowl hasn't been refilled. Not allowed to refill that myself because it's 50lbs/22.6kg I have to manipulate midair because there isn't a good way to flip the waterjug without spilling it. But here I am, squatting and refilling a separate bowl with 3 times daily with water because the jug was empty for 8 days and they shouldn't go a day without water. I kept asking and asking and asking and it still never got refilled.
So I finally did it myself and I'm the one that gets scolded because what do you know? I hurt myself trying to fix it.
Maybe if you'd help me when I ask and not a week later when you discover me in the middle of the task myself I wouldn't be hurting myself trying to give proper care to the animals.

Figures, this round of pain all started because I fell trying to get out of my chair because of a stress induced muscle spazm in my legs.

Going to just... go do the dishes or something because everything is behind on maintenance and I'm usually the one who does it all because asking for help certainly doesn't get any of it done.

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Posted: Sun, 26/09/2021 19:35 (3 Years ago)

"Likewise, Klaus." Kynik's face lit up in a cheerful grin, taking the offered hand for shaking. He looked up to the announcement of the King and stiffened, attention fully swinging towards the actual meeting at hand. He fell to a knee, his bow bringing his head low until the position was dismissed by those it meant respect towards.

When they were allowed to rise, his attention would focus on the words which would be said by those who governed the country.

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Posted: Sat, 25/09/2021 21:32 (3 Years ago)

"I'd say you're right. It's probably a pretty rare opportunity to see him for those who work outside the court." The young man gave a subtle wave back at another student who'd initiated before continuing on their way. "Likely even more rare for people who work all the way out here at the edge of things."

Personally, Kynik had never met this man before, the man they called King, so it wouldn't be a lie to say he was intrigued. He glanced back at the taller student, whose voice had answered the question he'd thrown out in the open. "While I have seen you around, I do believe we have not been properly introduced. I'm Kynik Kuffer, but I go by Kynik."

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Posted: Sat, 25/09/2021 05:11 (3 Years ago)

Kynik was still fidgeting with the small blue stones when something moved in, blocking out a nearby lightsource. He glanced up, first assuming one of the teachers but was greeted with the form of one of his much taller classmates. It was a welcome distraction.

He looked away, noting the stream of students wandering in. "Seems like it'll be quite the meeting. Wonder if the whole staff will show up, not just the teachers." He said this out loud, not really directing at anyone but simply an invitation to those in his nearby radius to join in conversation if they wanted.

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Posted: Fri, 24/09/2021 19:09 (3 Years ago)

Kynik had made his way to the hall, having first crossed around the lake towards the main building. Not much to his entrance, he slipped inside quietly nodding towards those who'd greeted him at the door before taking a spot to stand near the edge of the hall.

The male stood straight at his full height of 6'2", glancing around the hall at the various people attending. He made mental notes, where some of those he'd met with before had taken to talking to one another, pausing to rub the subtly decorated cufflinks.

His sword, usually carried at his waist even during class as just a sheath whenever the weapon had been discouraged, was missing, having been left behind in his room. He couldn't help but feel a little anxious, yet only showed a calm collected expression, eyes the only window to his deeper thinking.

The fidget with his cuffs continued, thumb gently rubbing around the rounded cobalt stud on his left wrist.

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Posted: Thu, 23/09/2021 02:41 (3 Years ago)

Kynik had paused to check the cuffs of his outer jacket, noting a 1cm difference in where it should have fallen on the wrist. It seemed that since the last time he had worn it, he must have grown some. He scrunched up a shoulder, mimicking the proper length of arm. Surely, it was still passable even without scrunching but he'd make a mental note to get it retailored later... and to find someone capable of such.

This suit, had been specifically brought for any formal events that may occur with the Academy on his father's recommendation. The last thing that had been expected though was for the King himself to show up. It wasn't particularly fancy, but would it be more suitable than the Academy's uniform? He had pondered the question and made his decision after he'd glanced the hall.

The young man had been on his way out of the knight's dorms when he saw Tien, still dripping with water, running towards the building he'd just exited. He turned back, opening the door wide so the other student could continue his quest for new clothes without obstacle. "I didn't take you for the type to bathe with your clothes on." He snickered, clearly teasing in a friendly manner.

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Posted: Wed, 15/09/2021 20:31 (3 Years ago)

Soooo I uh...
I may have messed up a little.

So one of the things I like to do is, as long as I take my pain medication, I'll sit at the computer with my backbrace so I can work on things no matter how much pain I was originally in.
This is something I commonly do because I'm used to being in pain due to chronic health problems and I just really like to get stuff done.

A little over 2ish weeks ago I fell after my right leg shut itself off due to stress. I thought I was fine, I just popped a kink I thought I had and went back to working on stuff the next day.

It turns out that I have a herniated disc near where the spinal column comes off my pelvic bone and me just taking my meds and doing my thing *anyways* how actually led to making it a lot lot worse... To the point where taking my meds isn't enough to comfortably sit at the PC.
My husband won't let me work on stuff e^e

But I have comms to finish and a whole list of stuff I want to draw...

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Posted: Fri, 10/09/2021 22:13 (3 Years ago)

Oh boy, so friend went home after roughly a week. We were certainly busy and unfortunately as a person who gets tired around other people when I've finally been left alone, I will admit I've just been exhausted the last few days.

It really also doesn't help that it decided to thunderstorm for a while because the rain really gets my spine tingling in a not so fun way. It's sunny out today but it still feels like a sleepy day after last night's D&D session.

I guess I never mentioned it here specifically but I also got a new job recently-ish.

I used to run a Roleplay forum with a friend of mine with tons of Lore and Mechanics like a fully fledged out Magic system that I contributed heavily to. It was run similar to a tabletop game like D&D where RPers would create threads based around specific times and Storytellers, a form of forum mod, would grade the thread to give the character bonus stats based on what they did in the threads themselves. They could also act as a Thread DM and lead the players through situations they wouldn't be able to normally introduce on their own.

Well, my friend lives in a country where he was required to join the military after a certain age so he made me the Chief Admin and ended up disappearing.
A Decade later this man manages to track me down because he'd started a Game Company some time ago and his projects had gotten big enough that he needed an English Writer. He apparently went through quite the effort to get ahold of the right accounts and passwords just to send me an email. xD

So yeah color me impressed, a friend I thought had potentially died (Although he nearly did), remembered me a whole decade after we lost contact and came looking for me because he had a job offer. o/
So yeah, I accepted.
He's the lead Writer and we do have a Japanese writer as well but basically my job is to:
- Create Quest Outlines
- Describe pictures for cutscenes so the Artists can draw them
- Write up the scene itself after the Artist gets back with the finished pictures
- Write Game Dialogue/Other Interactions

For now he's having me do the Quest outlines for a Quest Line that we're working on as well as the Scenes/Descriptions. We do these little sessions where we go back and forth and then I just organize/improvise things into an outline that he can use to write the interaction stuff from.
It's been really fun.

Recently it turned up that for a certain type of Cutscene that will basically be the same but with different NPCs doing similar things, the Artist requested we get the Scenes Described ahead of the time even though there's other Cutscenes/quest writing that should come first so we're looking at getting that on the expressway.
We assigned to do two of them for the week, managed them both in the same day despite being distracted with friend stuff for most of the previous days.

The Fact is, I enjoy the work a lot, my Boss is really chill (& I've technically worked with him before) and I get to use my skills in writing, something I had not considered before.
The bonus is, I'm not really having to rely on my Freelancing Artist's income as heavily so I can begin saving a bit more than I have and not have to push my art so much. I can finally just do it as a hobby and a side instead of my main front.

I know I specialize in pixels, specifically pixel animation which is really isn't that popular. But I have to do about 15-25 of them as cash commissions a month in order to pay my bills. Less if someone commissions for Digital Artwork as the base price for that starts at $30, but I know my quality isn't exactly the best, though it has improved and my style is rather generic for professional in the field so I know I'm better sticking with a Pixel Focus.

But, I technically only need 25 working hours a month(Or 10 assigned projects) with this job to handle my bills so... Yeah!
It certainly pays well enough and the games have quite the following already so I know I'll have this job for a while. I'm excited to see as my work gets released into the complete game~

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Posted: Thu, 09/09/2021 04:47 (3 Years ago)

@Rice

@~Tox~

@An_Apple

@shimmeringsuicune01

@Shishigumi

@Pickle-Flavor-Painter & fetts
This week ended up busier than normal due to rain pain, a friend visiting and getting an extra early assignment from work so I apologize going off my original estimate.
These are the only two left on my list from this site coupled with 2 chao & 1 giftbox from offsite.

I'll open back up after I post these last 2 orders from here.

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Animela OFFLINE Forum Posts: 50	Posted: Wed, 01/09/2021 08:00 (3 Years ago)
	Progression Update~! - Pre-Animation Base Check Let me know if anything needs changed before I start animating them. @Rice @~Tox~ @shimmeringsuicune01 I haven't finished the base for Fetts' scratch yet because it's 4 in the morning but I'll finish it and send the update in private after I get some sleep. [Read more]

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Posted: Sun, 29/08/2021 22:45 (3 Years ago)

@ChikoritaMining
I wasn't sure whether or not to remove the box's flat ribbon so I turned it into an overlay and removed it so you have versions for both.

@cinnamondogeo

@~Tox~
I am okay with this trade~

@An_Apple, shimmeringsuicune01, fetts, FlameMaster & Shishigumi
I will accept these.

This puts me at a total of 9 orders+ Animation
4 Giftbox
4 Scratch
1 Chao

Closing Slots I will currently be closing 'slots' as when paired with offsite orders I am up to 15 and want to worm my way down the list before I start adding more to it.

Planned Order of Operations:
This will take a total of 3-7 days depending on irl busy stuff as well as sitting availability.

1. Work on Chao Orders from offsite since they've been standing the longest.
- I will work on FlameMaster's Chao during this batch since doing them all at once will be more efficient.

2. I'll make all the bases for the scratch sprites and either post them or send them to individuals for approval, depending on whether or not I'd be double posting.

3. While waiting for ^ I'll work on a Digital Order from offsite.
4. Make some progress on an outstanding longterm animation project.
5. Swap back and forth between Giftboxs and Finishing Scratch Animations for approved bases.

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Posted: Sat, 28/08/2021 20:36 (3 Years ago)

\o/
So this last week has certainly been busy. I've been spending a lot of time cleaning because I had a friend who was coming up to visit from Florida.
Well now they're here.
Unfortunately yesterday was kind of hectic. Their flight got delayed.. then they flew all the way here just to end up turning around because they couldn't land?
So then they were scheduled to get on a flight at 8:40 BUT the lady gave them the wrong information and turns out they were scheduled for 2pm... 24 hours after their original flight.

My husband and I didn't want to leave them at the airport overnight because it already sucked that they'd been there all day to begin with so my Husband drove down to the other airport (4-5 hour drive) to pick them up.
Honestly, a 5am arrival was a heck lot better than spending the night in the airport and leaving at 2pm.

The cherry on top is their plane would have arrived around *now*... However there is a lightning storm going on and their flight probably would have been delayed majorly again. So yeah, that's no good.
Driving was much faster than which would have ended up being.

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Posted: Sat, 28/08/2021 19:58 (3 Years ago)

Progression Update!

@BabyEevee22
How's this?

@Purpleeda
Hiro's picture didn't have a tail so I wasn't sure if they had a curly or a wafty based on the face.
Lemme know if you want a tail added and just send an example of their tail if so or maybe describe it?

@KY4TR4
Simple Bounce animation

@_Zeta_

Also I didn't expect you to order before I finished animating them lol but accepted.

@ChikoritaMining & cinnamondogeo
You guys are up next.
I'm still working on stuff today so let's see if I can't get those finished by tonight haha.

@Rice
I do take Art trades, I would just need to know what your art style is for something you feel would cost roughly the same before making an informed decision.
The 100 Nuggets does sound good though. So lemme know which what you want to go?

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Animela OFFLINE Forum Posts: 50	Posted: Fri, 27/08/2021 03:47 (3 Years ago)
	Oh yeah sorry~ I wanted to get that fix done as soon as possible so I forgot to reply to you. Everyone up until this point has been accepted. There are currently 6 orders total. 1 Chao, 2 Gift Boxes and 3 Scratch Sprites. I'll be getting to them as soon as I can. [Read more]

Animela OFFLINE Forum Posts: 50	Posted: Thu, 26/08/2021 00:05 (3 Years ago)
	Oh whoops, I misread that, I'll go fix that. Edit: Delivered through Palpad [Read more]

Animela OFFLINE Forum Posts: 50	Posted: Wed, 25/08/2021 19:48 (3 Years ago)
	Hey Guys~ Wow I did not expect this many people so quickly. @grainnotbread Is this okay? @Electris How's this? @BabyEevee22, Purpleeda & KY4TR4 I'll get started on these after I finish some chores~ [Read more]

Animela OFFLINE Forum Posts: 50	Posted: Wed, 25/08/2021 04:26 (3 Years ago)
	@grainnitbread & Electris Both Accepted. I'll get these done tomorrow after I've gotten some sleep~ [Read more]

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Posted: Tue, 24/08/2021 22:26 (3 Years ago)

Hi there! I'm Animela and I specialize in Pixel Animation
Admittedly, I don't know how to judge game item values here so for now I'm running a "Pay What you want" in order to judge price stuff for the future. This will change later when I am able to figure this out.
Please don't undervalue me for my honesty, I will reject blatantly bad offers.
I will mark my usual USD prices to give an idea what I usually sell them for

Closing while I work on orders

Rules

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1. Please don't Rush me.
2. I retain the rights to Deny or Work on orders at my digression.
3. Please Have a character reference available.
Any art, sprites and even MS paint mockups of the character can be used as a reference.
4. Do not use my examples without permission.

Some General Notes

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🖊️ Do not worry about complicated characters.
Due to the small nature of sprites in general, almost all characters end up somewhat simplified.
Just know that complicated patterns may disappear after they get small enough but I will still try my best to hint at them.

🖊️ As long as its got a ref, I can probably sprite it.
Humans, Ponies, Pokemon galore! Robots, Animals, Items and more!

🖊️ Pet Photos do count as a reference! I've immortalized plenty of pets through spriting~

🖊️ I've been spriting since 2006 and animating since 2008.

🖊️ The top banner was made by myself using my Chibi Style.
Sorry, but I am not offering chibis in the pixel stop.

Stuff I'm interested in

Pokedollars

Nuggets

Gems

- 🎨Art Trades🖌️

Order Form

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Type of Sprite:
Character(s):
Is it Animated?:
Extra Notes:
Offering:

-For Box Sprites, please put box/ribbon color/pattern in extra notes

Chao Sprites - $5
Chao sprites use the same spriting style as the Chao Garden minigame from early Sonic games.
I understand the style well enough so don't be afraid of weird body styles.

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ngl I have made over 630 of these.

I will note that sometimes people order these to use them as D&D Tokens in Roll20.
If you want them at a Roll20 compatible size, let me know.

Gift Boxes
Single - $10
Double - $15
+$5 if Animated

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Scratch Sprites - $15
$20-25 if Animated
These are just normal sprites made from scratch.

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Posted: Thu, 19/08/2021 06:19 (3 Years ago)

So, somebody got me rambling about these guys the other day which got me to redraw them for the first time in a long while. Had to go dig up my photobucket and a few old papers so I could 'redesign' based on their original versions.

So Britin (Left) is a Demon from my book series. He's part of the Pilaf subclass and is contracted to the main character's father.
He takes a much lesser role in the current series due to it starting much later in Animela's timeline. As the household servant contracted to the Incromentum, he ends up accidently becoming her babysitter of sorts.

But I actually forgot just how interesting the characters' backstory is.

Sikar (Right) according to the canon is Britin's Older brother. Sikar is part of the Bigot Subclass, despite the being brothers.
During an early part of their lives the Demons went to war with the Keykeepers and most of the Pilaf population was drafted.
Pilaf have this key feature that denotes them to their class and that is a sort of curse that they are born with. The curse forces them to follow orders if they're given in a specific way.
The one giving the order though has to be careful because Pilafs get pretty good at finding loopholes.

Due to this unique trait though, a Pilaf soldier group is usually pretty effective as long as their commander or "handler" knows what they're doing.

During the War, Britin ended up as one of the elite soldiers under Sikar's handle despite his hatred of fighting.
Sikar isn't exactly the kindest person so a lot of the orders he gives Britin were quite harsh and often escalated into "that might not be possible" territory that only got fulfilled due to finding a loophole out of it.

The two never really got along after that.

Personality wise, Britin's sort of got that permanent "tired" look to him. He tends to be calculating, often taking a long time to think things through so he can be a little slow to act. Pilaf tend to be more of a neutral side rather than evil like Bigots and Britin does swing upwards so you could call him a 'good' demon in a sense. He just wants to finish the laundry and go back to reading. He's been emotionally tired since the war. He can seem a little cold sometimes unintentionally due to lack of true expression but he's trying his best.

Sikar on the other hand is kind of... well he's not the same as his brother. He can be arrogant and big headed but he's confident and quick witted.
I don't remember too much about him because book wise, this character is only a mention during the part that was cut out when I moved up the start.

However, these characters both originally belonged to an RP I used to play in over 13 years ago.
There was this sort of "locked in a mansion" Rp that a friend of mine was doing. We couldn't leave the building, just explore it. I don't remember much about the RP itself but I think at the time I was playing Sikar, Britin, another character named Kokoro and Meadow(?).
...I don't know who they are now but my RP partner went by "Fire" and her character Flower was the queen of Keykeepers.
She ended up dating Kokoro but it was interesting the connect we made between Flower and Britin as being involved in the war and having seen each other sword to sword in the deep past.

I kind of wish I could have continued the Rp but at some point I went into foster care and just dropped off the face of the internet, then couldn't get back to the website because it was on her sister's forum and I couldn't remember the url.
I still think about her tbh, but the net is so wide and her name was so vague I don't think we'll ever cross paths again.

What I wouldn't give for the chance to say hello again to the person who inspired my writing for years after we parted. I think I will always wish to find this friend again.

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