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Even more lost old desert card sketch previews

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THE ENTIRE AMERICAN TEAM FOR NEOPETS WAS LAID OFF!?

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quick shoutout to the Neopet V2 plot for having one of the most insane solutions I've ever seen. it includes fun steps like "check the source code" and "run subroutine JavaScript"

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I just found this sitting in my drafts. Seeing as how I haven’t had access to Neopets code since Sept 2014, it has to be at least that old. Actually, it was probably written during the RE revamp earlier that year. In other words, it’s very late but I’m posting it anyway so nyah. Let’s call it a #TBT.

I found these comments in the old Random Events code. Sometimes you just have to take matters into your own hands.

Pardon the language but if you’re a Neopian, I think you’ll agree that it was warranted.

// Invisible Pet - randomly turn invisible!! Added 08.13.2003 by snarkie per Adam // Rewritten 2007-04-22 by mrinsane for pet customisation update // 2012-06-25 by snarkie: Removed completely because FUCK THIS RE that’s why.

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i mean I GUESS

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Kyriis

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last usukicon was fucking wild I don't even remember what happened

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Valentine Gelert (Neopets Classic)

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Harvestfest Aisha from NPC

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Oh gosh, if you're taking questions I have like, a bajillion. The neopets "style" has been pretty loose over the years but... What sort of guidelines did you have to follow? Were there any hard "no"s? Was there a style guide or bible? In terms of design, what were you most proud of? Anything that was rejected that was disappointing to not see come to fruition?? Pardon my excitement!

From my recollection there was no official style guide, which I'm sure is pretty apparent from the art on the site—we'd run things by our art director Anthony/Tigercatcher for feedback, or by Adam or Donna to get their stamp of approval, but otherwise it was relatively lawless. It is fun to be able to look back at the old art and immediately tell who drew it, though!

A couple memorable anecdotes:

There was this brief phase in the early years where we had anthropomorphized neopets, but we hadn't really standardized how we drew them. They eventually got fingers and fully rendered eyes BUT I do love this transitional period where I just drew a bunch of sexy aishas with nub hands and dot eyes:

At one point there was a moratorium on giving the anthropomorphic characters helix piercings. It had become a kneejerk instinct to just toss a couple hoops onto a character's ear as you were designing them and it got: wildly out of hand

the worst notes were the ones we'd get on the Neopets Magazine covers, hands down. We could have so much fun with the on-site art, but anything public-facing like merch and the magazine were under way more levels of impenetrable scrutiny. The feedback was always to make the smiles BIGGER and B I G G E R

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Cerpulls, re-imagined! for fun, trying to capture that neo style.

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Im not saying that NQ's Mastermind and Darkest Faerie are connected but they seem to be rocking the same/similar outfit and colorscheme and only further proves that the two games are connected-

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Anyway Lilac Lilac Lilac. I drew these a year ago. I should redo it.

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jk im going to also talk about Lilac Island

Lilac Island was once a place that existed in the earliest stages of Neopets, postured as a pet-created island by a lupe named Zairiu the Swift for Princess Lilac... this is WAY BACK when Terror mountain was called Winter World

What little we know about Lilac Island is hidden in user-made Neopian Times Articles.

Even Snow Wars was originally associated with Princess Lilac!

A lot of (possible) features planned for Lilac Island were eventually merged into Happy Valley or other locations, like ice skating, snow wars, and a coffee shop ect ect.

Snarkie was asked about Lilac Island

Here is our Beautiful Princess! Thankfully, the saints at Jellyneo were able to preserve and share old Neopedia articles.

Princess Lilac rules over Lilac Island, a small island off the coast of Terror Mountain. She lived in a great crystal palace. She has been taught some magic by the Faeries.

ANYWAY Lilac island is weird, obscure, and another piece of Neopian Lore lost to time and progress.

Dont get me started on Lilac Island-

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Dont get me started on Lilac Island-

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me pointing to conspiracy map: please hear me out-