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[babith]

Yeah I sort of figured it was based on a tokay gecko. I just don’t think that’s something a krawk color should be based on. You got Techos right there. And I do also think Pastel as a color shouldn’t get super complicated with markings and stuff or based on animals.

And then yeah the art itself isn’t great. The blue isn’t right. The lineart is bad, and honestly it looks more like a lava lamp then a pastel color.

Here’s. My take on what I would have liked for a pastel krawk. The removable spots are an interesting idea but I really feel like Pastel needs to not have anything crazy or any random markings on it. It should just be a nice base color we can use.

[babith]

Here’s. My take on what I would have liked for a pastel krawk. The removable spots are an interesting idea but I really feel like Pastel needs to not have anything crazy or any random markings on it. It should just be a nice base color we can use.

[babith]

Wow, I….. I don’t care for this. Someone mentioned it might could be based on the tokay gecko. I feel there’s better ways to do that. But also why base a krawk after that? You have a Techo to base off of Gecko breeds.

You could have done some like cute light green maybe?

But even if you like the base color, which is pretty, I don’t like how undefined the outline is. Makes the facial features hard to see. The eye color is pretty but it pops out way too much. And the hair/spines being the same color as the body is just lazy.

It’s still not as bad as the pastel Ruki but this isn’t great. They really did Krawks dirty this year.

2/10 for me

[babith]

okay so let me explain. so Neopets.com is run by Netdragon who has a CEO who is an AI and they recently deleted the accounts of Adam and Donna, the literal creators of neopets.com and long story short, the newbie chat on neopets.com has been the general discussion board for like 2 decades despite it being called 'the newbie chat' but one day I refresh the page and they have gentrified our home and it's called 'new to neopets' now and I'm like wat and TNT makes a post announcing there is now an official general chat which people (not me) have been asking for for years and a lot of people are so happy it's back and begin posting away on it but then a day later TNT makes up a brand new rule with no warning that we cannot dare talk about anything not directly neopets.com related on any of the boards anymore including non-neopian food and clothing (if you mention hats they MUST be hats that exist on neopets.com or ur account could literally die. this is an actual example given by a staff member in an email) and they began freezing and silencing people who had posted non neopets related things on a board called 'general discussion' which they never announced or explained the rules for whatsoever, and people only found out the rules because users began posting the warnings they received which actually explained the rules to them and people literally had to email staff to get the rules figured out and then post screenshots for everyone else to see because of course TNT couldn't do that for us themselves and then finally TNT makes an announcement that says no non-neopets talk is allowed on the general chat but then they they start freezing and warning people on the newbie chat too for posts that were made days before the rules changed and this is all because neopets wants to be 100% child friendly now except they are selling neopets.com wine glasses as merch and have held multiple events at bars you obviously have to be 21+ to go to and are encouraging players to go on Reddit, and they made a sorry mommy sorry meme tik tok of their neopets faerie characters on their official neopets.com tik tok oh and also the april fools day joke this year was about this child character from the early 2000s Nick Neopia who used to be this totally radical skater guy but is now a full grown thinly veiled Q-anon-esque conspiracy theorist who ranted about 'the globalist' which is an antisemitic dogwhistle and lets not forget the plot about staff members being brutally murdered either idc if it was years ago and so people are getting frozen and their pets obliterated for asking other players simple questions and yet there has been a board about BDSM up for literal hours while TNT is actively taking down other posts ALSO this was all after both the huge NFT and massive data leak scandals. does this make sense so far? are you following??

[babith]

I love this. It looks so good!

Something a little different, because I was bored. I did this totally for fun, and ended up liking the result so I thought I'd share.

Ixis are one of my favorite neopets, but they had a pretty rough transition into customization, using a body drawn with the more solidified neopets art style of the time (2007), but a head based off the original pet art from 2002 when the art style wasn't quite what we think of as the "neopets style" today. That mixed with the thicker outlines of post-customization art, the Ixi ended up looking a bit.... squashed?

I've always loved the way Claire Hummel drew ixis, and that art is usually what I think of when I think of an ixi character, so I decided to reference that look and try my hand at an edit of the official base ixi.

Asides from redrawing the head, I also fixed some little details that were bothering me a bit. The big one being the tangent between the tail and the cheek. The rest was just refining some lines and shadows.

Anyway, I hope y'all think this is cool! <3

I will ask that you not be rude to the original art. Just doesn't feel right, especially as I don't know what the working conditions were like for the artists at the time the official one was made. Thanks!

[babith]

Maybe you guys can help. I have exhausted my list of friends and somehow it’s tied between the the yellow and blue Varwolf for my boy.

Which do you like better?

[babith]

I decided to do another set of colors. I call this one Vintage.

It’s based on like that rustic rehab, distressed furniture aesthetic vibe. It’s like a juxtaposition to Pastel. Where it’s the same paint Brush but each pet has different colors. Only instead of pastel it’s dull ass old looking colors lol. Some of the outlines look janky - but I am proud of the Varwolf. Then again I had to completely reoutline it and everything so it did take the longest. The fun part is I now have a Varwolf I can easily edit.

[babith]

My excuse for when I don’t want to get up I the morning. Can’t do anything , no gender.

thought you all should know that neopets is currently experiencing a sitewide bug that prevents anyone from doing nearly anything on the site because it says that none of us have gender

[babith]

Fern - a nice muted dark green

Olive - I feel the name of the color is pretty self explanatory

Antique - a more vague color , sort of akin to pastel were the tones don’t have to all be the same on every species. But the same sort of feel of antique vibes. Be it the color of lace, old paper, etc.

[babith]

Question time.

You’re tasked with designing a new neopets color.

The catch is this is just a simple pallet swap color. No extra rendering or markings, no wearables. (Unless names into the pet design such as the ixi and aisha collars for example)

Think like the neopet color Orange, Purple, and Brown.

You can get really specific with the colors. It doesn’t have to just be purple.

For example I’d personally want like a green that isn’t so radioactively vibrant as the basic green.

Something swampy with maybe some brown accents? Idk. Call it Bog or Marsh.

Stuff like this:

What would you guys do? I’d love to see what just basic colors other people would like.

[babith]

I’ve been posting so much Varwolf stuff that I didn’t even think about posting the start of me figuring out my own design for one. So here he is lol. I still have stuff I want to refine. But this is what I’m working with for now.

They’re real and I’m so happy ;o; the child in me is screaming.

[babith]

I'm so pumped for the Varwolf, I was stricken with the inspiration bug

[babith]

I could be wrong but it seems like a shout out to Pixar’s animated short ‘Geri’s Game’. Made in 1997.

About an old man playing chess against himself and the winner win teeth lol.

Why would the elderly Chomby take his teeth out to play chess???

[babith]

Seeing as I’ve been posting on all the Varwolf stuff on here I figured I’d keep it up. Here’s the latest post about it on Jelly Neo:

Here’s hoping that when the species becomes live to the public in the summer they will be able to be transferred.

If not that’s going to really suck.

But this sort of oozes as a cash grab to entice people to get premium. Making it where people can’t trade for the PPerk. :/

‘Varwolves are from the Haunted Woods

Initially available via the Premium Species Change perk, but "Varwolves will be made available site-wide through a mini (non-time-limited!) event and questline in summer 2025"

If you're a Premium subscriber who already used their species change perk in the past year, it will be refreshed for you so you can immediately choose it to make a Varwolf when they release

Not available through the Lab Ray

Cannot be transferred or abandoned in the Pound (they will run away like Lutaris)

If you cancel Premium, you can keep your Varwolf even before they become widely available

Varwolves can be customised with all existing backgrounds, foregrounds, trinkets, etc., and TNT says they will "work on making existing wearables compatible with the Varwolf" meaning clothes that must be redrawn to fit a new body shape”

There’s a bit more info on the actual article if you want to check it out but the above stuff is the main points- in case you didn’t feel like clicking a link :3

[babith]

Aw yeaaah let’s gooo! Got this straight from Neopets FB page. Here’s what else they had to say on the post incase you guys don’t bother with FB or other social stuff lol:

“Did you.. see that? ..Hmm I swore something scurried past us-

📷 📸 Got it! It's real! A NEW face in Neopia!

Meet the reclusive Varwolf. 🐺

These reclusive new Neopets might have taken their time to venture out of their safe burrows and homes, but we're excited to announce that they'll be starting to look for their new homes soon!

In the meantime, Neopians will be able to coax one out later this month by using the Premium Subscription’s Pet Species Change perk, so why not check out what other features you’ll also get for subscribing?

If you’re willing to wait though, the Varwolf will be released site-wide at a later date during a special event.

Keep an eye out for more information, coming soon!”

[babith]

Varwolf is coming to neopets, how do u feel?

Legitimately WILD that this is how I'm finding out this information. Proud, I guess? Surprised?? Very flattered that 2/3 of my April Fools' jokes from twenty years ago have now been christened into full-blown pets. Holdin' out for a Lamort. 🤞🏼

This did make me wonder how I would draw a Varwolf nowadays while still sticking to the spirit of my original design, so here ya go:

[babith]

these lil guys are going to fulfill a 20 year long dream