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Haven't finished brainstorming for everyone, but I do have some theme songs lined up for relevant characters.

In no particular order..

Aaron: Bitter Choco Decoration - Syudou Aphmau: Fireflies - Owl City Katelyn: Butch 4 Butch - Rio Romeo Nana (Kawaiichan): Temmie Village - Toby Fox (Gomenne Gomenne - Kikuo) Teony: The Pi Song - AsapSCIENCE Garroth: DeathBead - Powfu Zane: Pumped Up Kicks - Foster The People Vylad: In My Mind - Amanda Palmer Laurence: Camel by Camel, Mix Vocal - Sandy Marton Gene: Ignorance - Paramore (?) Sasha: That's What You Get - Paramore Zenix: Dogsong - Toby Fox Ivy: Candy Store - Heathers The Musical Lily: Candy Store - Heathers The Musical Alex: Candy Store - Heathers The Musical

These might change in the future as I'm drafting section 1. Also keep in mind, theme songs are planned to change to better reflect the character for a particular section and/or part.

Anyway, I'm gonna disappear for a few to get the last skins done as well as the last of the brainstorming done. So I will be back.. Whenever I finish all of that and finally get to the drawing stage.

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it’s good that you’re recognizing which characters are whitewashed and fixing it :)

I mean.. yeah? I don’t see why someone would make a big fuss over keeping the lighter skin tones.

To me it looks wrong to have them that white anyway.

Idk whether that’s nostalgia speaking or my character designer brain going apeshit, either way their skin tones are getting fixed. For my own peace of mind if nothing else.

Aside from skin tones, I might tweak other colour choices when I draw them. For now, I might just take a break from skins and designs and try to get the creative juices flowing so I can brainstorm and flesh everything out.

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On the topic of whitewashing, I feel like it's important to note I've made skins for 26 characters so far. Most of which have more than one outfit in PDH alone.

On top of that, because I'm not used to applying myself this much to a single project, I've been more drained recently. I also haven't been showing any of these skins to people outside of Tumblr that know Mystreet and its characters. If at all.

Though it's not an excuse, it's definitely an explanation as to why so many characters ended up with lighter skin than intended. I am just one person doing all of this.

Aren't I glad this website isn't the cesspool others are. Had I chosen another website to showcase the skins I've made, I think my head would be on a pike by now.

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i’m sorry but vylad still looks a little whitewashed :/

Ah, yeah, I see that now that I look at a it and a ref side by side. I’ll get around to fixing that when I draw them.

For now, I just want to focus on finishing the skins that’re still pending.

I might double check every character’s skin tone to make sure there aren’t more I’ve done this to when I get to that drawing stage, now that I think about it.

But, again, rest assured, I’ll make sure his skin tone isn’t so light when I get around to it. ^^

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Their skin tones are fixed!

Mostly! I just realised Michi's neck is still whitewashed. But that's an easy fix.

Anyway! I'll get around to the teachers, parents, OCs, and misc characters tomorrow. I'm gonna get some sleep for now.

I can't thank the person who took the time out of their day to list all of these characters. I did not realise how many I whitewashed.

I think I had a mini-heart attack when I realised how white I made Lucinda.

I digress. I'm gonna quickly fix Michi's neck, and then I'll be off to bed.

If you notice anything else off about the skins, feel free to tell me.

Until my next post. —Typewriter

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skins are very cute but was not expecting to see a white michi and a white vylad lol

pfft, yeah. I'm fixing their's and others skin tones right now. I knew I accidentally whitewashed Gene and Laurence, but I didn't realise I'd whitewashed others until the last ask pointed them out.

I, again, thank the person that took the time to list them. I don't think I would've noticed otherwise.

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Now that the skins are all done, I can move onto talking about the project proper.

Aside from skins, and the arch nemesis (pixels), I have divided everything into sections and made myself a to-do list. Which you can view here if you so desire.

As for story ideas, I won't divulge much, just that I'm looking at three characters I'm planning to bump up to be protagonists with Aphmau.

The direction I'm planning to take the story in and the message I want to convey through the story isn't suited to a story with a single protagonist.

On a slightly different note, for the story I'm planning, I don't want Aphmau to be codependent on someone full-time, much less infantilised.

That left me with two options that first spring to mind, write Aarmau to be a completely different relationship, or just don't have Aarmau as a thing at all. I chose the latter.

For those upset at this notion, I very much welcome you and anyone else inspired by this project to write your own reimagining. I've been here since the start of Diaries, and I would love to see the passion in this fandom to reignite into the blaze it once seemed to be.

I, unfortunately, wasn't apart of the fandom outside of watching Mystreet and Diaries. And that's all I'll divulge for the moment.

If you have any questions, suggestions, or something you think I should know, don't hesitate to drop them in my askbox.

-Typewriter

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Multiple skin redesigns seem very much whitewashed for some reason

Namely; Laurance, Zenix, Gene, VYLAD!! (He is VERY whitewashed), Lucinda and Michi(also VERY whitewashed),

It could be an honest mistake, I just wanted to point it out

Don't worry! I plan to make their skins darker, their skin colours ended up much lighter than I expected them to look.

I think I was much more concerned with the contrast and making sure things didn't blend together where they weren't supposed to. These skins are mainly for visualisation and I plan to draw their designs out in a bit more detail once I've got everyone done, so that'll probably be where you'll see their skin tones fixed.

Thank you so much for pointing out the ones I didn't immediately notice straight off the bat!

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Part 11/11

Nicole.

Minor changes that aren't very noteworthy.

Michi.

Also minor changes that aren't noteworthy.

Cadenza.

Nothing noteworthy. I might tweak her hair colour to be orange fading into red rather than yellow fading into orange.

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Part 10/11

Misc Werewolves

Fenrir.

I gave him bangs and rolled up his sleeves.

Sven.

Didn't change anything.

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Part 9/11

Rylan.

The untidy uniform.

Once again, not much was changed outside of the obligatory colour changes. Overlay was definitely my friend for his sophomore casual, though.

Balto.

Outside of making him deathly pale and making him look younger, I didn't change much. I might give him the untidy uniform though, it fits his character well enough.

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Part 8/11

Ivy's posse

Ivy.

not much changed and unform is unifom.

Lily.

I gave her a choker...

..that's it.

Alex.

..I didn't do much again.

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Part 7/11

Teony.

I changed her plaid pants to striped pants and I spruced up her sophomore casual look.

...obligatory colour changes too.

Lucinda.

..you know what I'm gonna say.

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Part 6/11

I.. I don't think I need to say it. It speaks for itself.

Vylad. Also planned to be a more prevalent character.

And, say it with me now; Not much changed.

Save for the piercings I gave him in his sophomore outfits (there's two, casual and uniform), I really didn't do much. He already had a pretty solid catalog of outfits.

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Part 5/11

Travis.

Misc: Outside of his hair not being greasy anymore, his sophomore base skin is much the same as what his freshman base is. One of the miscellaneous things in the story I plan to add is Travis struggling with his hygiene in part 1 of section 1. (More on the section thing later.)

Formal: I changed his waistcoat to a tail coat. That's it aside from the obligatory colour changes. I might make everything for is formal pallet darker when I draw all of this out.

Sophomore casual: Like the majority of S1's main cast, Travis takes a back seat in S2. I think, if memory serves, he's delegated to comedy scenes in both S1 and S2 after he serves his role as the "teacher of how to act in high school" for Aph in the early episodes of S1. That's besides the point, though. Since I plan to make him a more prevalent character in part 2 of section 1, I made him a sophomore casual outfit. Which is really simple, honestly. Just a black jacket over a forest green shirt, worn jeans, and the same shoes as his freshman casual.

Dante.

Take a wild guess at what I'm gonna say.

You guessed it; Obligatory colour changes. ...And some weathered jeans. :3

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Part 4/11

The Shadow Knight gang.

Gene.

Overall: Didn't change much again. Didn't tint his hair any colour, kept his eyes blue, but I did make his skin lighter than intended. I have two nickels now. Why do I keep doing this.

Casual: I kept everything mostly the same, just added a jacket, made his jeans darker, and ripped 'em. Everything else is the same, just in my style.

Uniform: Unform. gud. glad we got that out of the way.

Work: I made his flannel shirt a bit more vibrant, gave him a hot topic uniform shirt, and gave him a nametag (name card?). As for his jeans (heh. "genes"), I weathered them a bit to show how much he's worn them.

I may or may not give him a bigger role in the story outside of being an antagonist in pdh and a charity case in Lover's Lane.

Sasha.

Overall: Didn't change much outside of the obligatory colour changes.

Casual: We don't see much of Sasha's casual outfit in PDH, we only see it once when Gene and the Shadow Knight gang are introduced in episode 5. But from what we see of it, I've mostly kept it the same. It looks fine for what it is and what purpose it serves.

Uniform: Unform. v gud. glads we've got that outta way.

Bake Sale: Bake sale maid outfit. but violet.

Zenix.

Overall: Obligatory colour changes. gud? good.

Casual: Again, we don't see much of Zenix's casual outfit. We don't see much of Zenix period. But, again, from what we see of this outfit, it's stayed the same for the most part.. Outside of the obligatory colour changes.

Uniform: Do I have to say it again?

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Part 3/11

Katelyn.

Overall: Again, didn't change anything. I did realise that she kind of looks like Hatsune Miku while making her skins, though. I wonder if Jess took inspiration from Miku's design if she made Katelyn's skin? It does look like Jess and co were past the point of using Minecraft Comes Alive skins by the time Katelyn showed up in Diaries. That's just speculation on my part, though.

Uniform: unifom. v gud. glad we got that out of the way.

Pajamas: Didn't change much.

Casual: Didn't change much save for the shorts and shoes.

Prom: I ended up making the dress from scratch. I do not like that dress she wore. I laced it up in the back and gave her a slit in the front of her dress, mainly because of the inspiration I found on google.

Jeffory.

Aside from doing his bangs a bit weird, I didn't change much if anything.

Kawaii-chan! Okay that pj choice is gonna take some explaining. I PROMISE there is an explanation for that choice outside of giving Aph's sleepover seen more visual variety.

Uniform: unform. v gud. glad we got that out of the way.

Pajamas: OKAY. EXPLANATION. Due to certain.. ideas I have for the directory of the story.. That's (probably gonna be) the only type of PJs Nana is allowed to wear. I'm not gonna go into anymore detail, but I think anyone with half a brain can figure out what direction I'm planning to take the story in.

Bake Sale: Aphmau's bake sale outfit but pink.

Casual: Again, didn't change much. Made the skirt longer and covered up her shoulders...

Plus the obligatory colour changes.