Requested by @wi11owbird! I was just gonna have him enjoying a nice cup of hot cocoa because why not, but then as soon as I started coloring I realized this palette is pretty much just the trans flag. So. Hell yeah
Hey crew, just wanted to give a little context on a bug before reset; we are well aware that the Traveling Spirit isn't showing up in Aviary--no, Timid Bookworm isn't agoraphobic (although that would be pretty on-brand. ) The simple truth is that there is a LOT going on in Aviary; we are pushing the bounds of how many spirits we can have 'loaded into memory' in a single area, and ironically that led to the Traveling Spirit being "pushed out of the queue," so to speak. As Sky continues to evolve as a very-cross-platform game, we have been leaning more and more on fancy "recycling systems" which allow us to juggle game resources in busy areas. This lets our designers pour lots of content in a single area while still allowing the game to perform well on lower-end hardware. Unfortunately we managed to hit a maximum memory limit for spirits in Aviary juuust as we pushed the last patch, and the poor Traveling Spirit was sacrificed by the game engine to ensure the game didn't crash. 🔥We fixed the spirit prioritization issue as soon as we found the bug, but it was a smidge too late for the patch cutoff time. 😔
We thank you for your sacrifice, Timid Bookworm 🙏 Don't worry, you can still find the Traveling Spirit safe and sound in Home, where the game engine hasn't hit the same limit. You can find the meditation circle to Home near Aviary's entrance. ✌
(Also I find it funny that we have a bug with Timid Bookworm… wait, are worms 'bugs'? I'm an engineer, not an entomologist… 😌 help)
Chibi was stuck behind this curtain, had the mental image of them reaching their little chibi hands underneath the curtain trying to reach through like a cat does underneath a closed door
OK! I finally got this done to show and say I am open!
For those who are interested in this I have 2 means of reaching me for this. Just keep in mind both ways have a limited of have about 6 slots each, but I'm only pacing myself to do 6 each month for if both sites slots are filled I will message you guys in saying if you are next month's batch or not. I'm doing this so I don't overwhelm myself and I don't think folks here don't use the 2nd option since its more in tune to vtubers.
I can’t believe I never shared this here! This is a drawing I did as an entry in a contest back in August of last year. I didn’t win, but I still had fun making it!!
This was also done mostly in a moving vehicle too, as I was on vacation with my family when I made it, so that’s a fun bit of trivia!
So your ask may have prompted me to finally draw this idea I've had floating around in my head for a long time. And I may have gone a bit over the top with it for, yknow, a palette challenge, but I had a vision dammit
I imagine Storm (aka Alef etc etc) to be, well, pretty much just a skykid. But being the first one to fall, ever, they would have had the eyes of all the realms on them awaiting the fulfillment of the prophecy from so long ago. And part of that prophecy, according to the cave murals and the one in Eden, is that they would die and be reborn so that their light could save the world. So this child, this little kid who fell from the stars, had a massive amount of pressure on them from the beginning, held up on a pedestal as the savior they were predetermined to be.
I sometimes imagine what it would be like to make that first ascent. What was going through their mind as the kingdom – their kingdom – knelt before them? Did they fear death, or long to return to the Light? Did they believe they could save the world, or know that the task would be impossible alone?
I mean, they were so young. (I'm really happy with how the face turned out so have a close up)
And with that, the requests are finished!! Thank you so much to everyone who submitted, I had a lot of fun with this challenge!