Just a reminder that my comms are in fact open and I could really use some right now! Moving and starting my life independently is expensive lol

Working on races and characters some more!

https://www.twitch.tv/violyte

I'm opening up a few commission slots to get some spare money for a trip to visit my bf of 6 years (Ravioko)'s family on the east coast.

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/15.....che=1614044071

I am only accepting single character, no background commissions. Must be sketch, inked, or colored--no shading. Please send me a note if interested!

I will be opening commissions for a couple of months. As of this announcement, 5 slots are opening!

Prices and Info

No one's bid yet and the auction was supposed to have ended already. Come on, any takers?

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/24006129/

Saving up funds for a trip with my bf to visit his family. Deadline for payment is 2 weeks instead of the usual 4 this time, and these commissions will be done faster than usual!

I'll also be doing some YCHs and maybe adoptables.

Prices + Info: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/15628076/

I think Ravioko managed to fix my laptop somehow. Idk if it's completely better but it was able to start up okay so hopefully we're good.

I regret to inform you that, despite having just gotten this same issue with my laptop fixed about 2 months ago or so, it's broken again. "No Boot Device." Won't start up.

As you can imagine, that makes my life difficult, especially in regards to art. So, I'm very, VERY sorry, but it looks like your commissions will be late. I don't know how soon I can fix this because I only have about $160 and this costs more than that to fix (unless by some miracle I have coverage). However, both because I now desperately need the money, and because the lateness is through no fault of my own, I don't think I'll be giving the 20% refund I normally would.

I sincerely apologize. If any of you want to cancel and get a full refund, I don't blame you.

New Prices + Info: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/15628076/

I currently have 4 open slots and kinda need the money. Willing to let anyone take multiple slots this time.

https://www.patreon.com/VibrantEchoes

Well, my Patreon has been rather dead for some time now, but I figure since I'm getting back into taking commissions, I should give it an update. There are new, updated tier rewards and donation goals, and I've decided I will start posting some exclusive content there again (most likely extras related to the comics I've made). Everyone who donates at all gets access to that content, but here's a look at the bonuses given to those who donate $5 or more per month:

C Tier - $5
-7.5% discount on all commissions, YCHs, and sdoptables! May be used in conjunction with other discounts.

B Tier - $10
-15% discount on all commissions, YCHs, and adoptables! May be used in conjunction with other discounts.

A Tier - $20
-30% discount on all commissions, YCHs, and adoptables! May be used in conjunction with other discounts.
-First dibs on free request streams.

S Tier - $30
-30% discount on all commissions, YCHs, and adoptables! May be used in conjunction with other discounts.
-First dibs on free request streams.
-One free, single character, flat color request, without background.

SS Tier - $50
-30% discount on all commissions, YCHs, and adoptables! May be used in conjunction with other discounts.
-First dibs on free request streams.
-One free, one or two character, hard shaded request, with or without simple background.

And here's a look at my collective donation goals:

$100 per month
I will begin hosting one free request art stream per month! Patrons' requests will take priority over others, although the stream will be accessible to anyone.

$200 per month
One comic page will be released every other week or more.

$300 per month
I will begin hosting two free request art streams per month! Patrons' requests will take priority over others, although the stream will be accessible to anyone.

https://youtu.be/QJEZarSLRbU

Give this remix of "Fireflies" a listen if you have the time. An acquaintance of mine made it, and I like the style a lot more than the original.

If anyone has one they're willing to trade please let me know. Been SOS chaining for days with no luck.

So on top of 2 other Wings of Fire designs I have on Redbubble and TeePublic right now (links below), I had the idea to make an individual one for every tribe with a silhouette of a dragon from that tribe (similar to the second design linked below) and text that reads “I'm a ___ ___Wing.” An example would be something like “I'm a lazy RainWing” or “I'm a lying NightWing.” Thought it was a funny little idea that's also a way for people to kind of have a sense of “team ___,” so to speak.

The issue is coming up with what they should all say. I don't know exactly what would be best for each tribe, but here's what I have in mind so far, and feel totally free to send in suggestions!

“I'm a lazy RainWing”

“I'm a grumpy SkyWing”

“I'm a dumb/stupid MudWing”

“I'm a lying NightWing”

“I'm a shifty SandWing”

“I'm a pompous IceWing”

“I'm a bossy SeaWing”



Other WoF shirts/merch for sale:
https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/5.....-wings-of-fire
http://www.redbubble.com/people/vib.....-wings-of-fire

https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/5.....of-fire-tribes
http://www.redbubble.com/people/vib.....of-fire-tribes

To help pay for a friend to visit me I am opening up 4 commission slots of any kind. The only special rule is that clients must be able to pay within 3 days of commission being agreed upon. The sooner we get that ticket, the better. The price will only go up if we wait long.

See my price list and other rules here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/15628076/

I really hate to do this and I sincerely apologize, but all of my drive to continue this comic has completely vanished a long time ago and it's just not coming back. I really don't like to cancel my projects like this, but I just don't think I can finish this one. I'm really sorry.

To make up for this in some small way, Breaking the Seal will no longer be Patreon early access. Pages will be uploaded publicly as soon as they're finished.

I've mentioned before that I'm working on a fan-made Kirby game in RPG Maker and may need some assistance here and there. I'm bringing that up again.

I'm not too great with pixels, but there are a couple things I want to put in the game that don't have existing sprites (or at least not any good ones). Magolor, for example, only has one official sprite that's 8-bit style and too small to use. I'm wanting the game to mostly be done in the style of Super Star Ultra if I can help it. There are a few places in the game where I'll need custom tiles as well.

On top of sprites and tiles, I'm willing to take any help I can get with the project overall! Remixers and anyone who can design dungeons and puzzles would especially be useful, too. The writing and creative thinking for the game is pretty much covered at this point, so help with that is unnecessary. I have a couple friends who can use RPGMaker MV, so putting the game files together isn't a real issue either, although more help with that is welcome too. It's mostly just assets like music and images I need help with.

So, this is a bit of a personal issue but hopefully someone can give me some advice. I sometimes find it fun to act out a character I happen to like around friends. Basically to me it's just like doing an impression for a little while. I've told my boyfriend this and he doesn't understand how anyone can find it enjoyable, because he views it less as doing an impression and more as completely 100% pretending to be someone else. So in his eyes, when I ask him to do it (which I have STOPPED by the way since I know he hates it), what I'm really asking is for him to be someone he's not for a while. I've tried explaining to him that it doesn't need to be taken that seriously, and that he can find a middle ground of acting like both himself and the character, but since in his eyes the point is to completely be someone else, he can't accept that.

Can anyone help me think of a way to try to explain it to him better? I have no plans to continue attempting to role play with him, especially not during sexual activities, but I would at least like to try and get him to understand that I don't want him to be someone he's not. So far to me it seems like he's in the state of mind of “I want to understand this thing you like but I refuse to make any real attempt to accept what you're telling me in your efforts to get me to understand it.”

I do like it a lot for the most part, but one major aspect of the controls keeps giving me a lot of trouble and I'm basically being told it's my fault and it isn't that complicated. Let me try and explain, and tell me if you're experiencing trouble with it as well or could see how I would. For reference, platformers I'm familiar with include Yoshi, Kirby, Jak and Daxter, Sly Cooper, Spyro, Darksiders I and II, and some 2D Mario. I have only played through the normal mode of Shovel Knight once, just today.

Plague Knight has essentially 3 jumps. A very short jump, another very short midair jump, and a charge attack that also serves as a third jump. By holding the button normally used for attacks, you can charge up a much larger, faster jump. I'm going to refer to this as the charge-jump, since it's required to use as a jump but not as an attack, and try to explain it a simply as I can.

If I use the charge-jump on the ground and then jump in the air I get a different result than if I jump, charge jump, then jump again. If I use the charge-jump while standing still it launches me straight upward, higher and faster than the normal jumps. If I use the charge jump while moving forward, it sends me flying forward, even HIGHER and FASTER. At that point I cannot control where I go by just steering myself, I have to use an attack to change my momentum. The speed, momentum and height of the charge jump are entirely different than the normal jumps, and both versions of it are different from one another as well. I can also throw bombs with the attack button to stay in the air a little longer, but this also resets/changes my momentum. Not to mention the normal jumps are ALREADY different from what I'm accustomed to. Oh and I can't attack normally while I have the charge-jump ready unless I reconfigure the controls in some weird way that will probably take me even longer to get used to (I changed B to attack and A to jump because that's embedded in my brain as the way it should be, as it is for many others). Until now I have never in my life played a game that included a jump like this unless it was optional. Charge attacks I am used to, but not one that has to be used to jump this way so often. Even in games I've played with a triple jump it was easier to control because all 3 jumps were very similar and none of them required charging or denied the use of an attack or sent you flying super quickly. It's basically the only way to get around since the normal jumps are so tiny. There is no way around it.

Easy, right? Not the least bit complicated or difficult to get used to doing on a regular basis. Nope. I shouldn't have to stop and think about it every time I do it, it should just come naturally after only a short time of playing. Entirely my fault for being shitty at the game on my first attempt. I have no right to criticize it even a little bit. My fault. All me. No one else could possibly be having this issue. Clearly I'M the problem. My frustration is not justified in the least.

So please tell me, fellow platform gamers: What am I doing wrong? In what way is this my fault as the player?

No one's bid on it yet and it ends in about an hour and a half!

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/17815999/

A while ago it came to my attention that I have several people with pledges to me on Patreon whose payments are either being declined or just never go through processing. As a result, they are getting paid content for free. Even though my Patreon page SAID I was getting over $130 a month, I've actually been getting around $60-75. I have just learned how to know exactly who's paying and who's not, and I've decided what I will do about this.

All the Patreon-exclusive content I have up now will remain as it is, but anything I add from now on will be hosted separately and links will be given out individually to those who are actually paying for the content. Anyone whose payments get declined will be removed from my patrons list (I have already removed the fake patrons I had). If your payment happens to get declined because of an honest mistake, you can contact me and let me know, but you're still not getting any links until you have a payment that actually goes through.

Just thought I'd let you guys know I'm not gonna put up with this kinda bull. :3

I doubt very many of you have seen any art of mine you really want to get on a T-shirt or anything like that, but if you have, now you can! I only have a few things up right now, but I'll be adding more, so if you've got some spare cash and like what I draw enough, come take a look!

http://www.redbubble.com/people/vibrantechoes

I started a Kirby RPG project alongside a friend of mine, and I've gotten several other acquaintances to help work on writing and music, but as it stands now, the only one on the team who actually knows how to use the program has no interest in the project and does not like working on it. He started it as a joke, but since he was building an actual game and putting sprites in and everything, I wasn't aware it was a joke at first and got really excited about making the game. Now we're in a situation where the person doing half or more of the work does not have any interest in what they are working on and doesn't enjoy it whatsoever. This makes progress not only unpleasant, but also really slow.

So, basically, I'm looking for a new team member (or even several) who know RPG Maker VX Ace at least decently well and would be willing to help me with programming, scripting, that kind of thing. As it is, the game is functioning in that we have a title screen, part of an opening cutscene, custom menus, a combat system, sprites for the party members and enemies, some conversation images, multiple party members, and even a working mechanic for an easter egg that would become available late in-game. The essential building blocks are all there, I just need someone who can help me start building. I have no idea how the program works or how to use it, all I've been able to do is write, provide artwork, music, help with visual design, that sort of thing.

Also note that anyone who would like to help in ways other than programming is welcome to do so as well. If you're interested, please drop me a note or PM and we can discuss details!

Soooo I've got an appointment set up to get a tattoo (I waited 6 months after I first wanted it to make sure I still wanted to get it, don't worry). It's about $200, and I currently have about $60 in spending money. I can still get it without making extra, but I would REALLY prefer to pay for it with commission/adoptable/YCH money. So. I have nearly a month to make $140. I will take as many commissions as I need to make that much, but please note the usual 4 week policy may be extended to 5 weeks due to a possible high volume of commissions. Patreon discounts will still apply. Remix commissions are not open.

Prices & Info: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/15628076/

Soooooo at 6,632 frames into this thing--about 4 and a half minutes--it's just recently hit me what exactly I've gotten into with this animation project (that is, the Kirby and Meta Knight NSFW one).

I will still be making the rest of the rough animation myself, but I would REALLY appreciate some help beyond that. Once I get into the final draft stages, I would LOVE if someone could help me smooth out the movement with frames in between what I already have. You will not have to draw or animate anything from scratch, you will be working off a sketched animation frame-by-frame. You won't even have to color it, I'll do that part myself. I just need help with the linework of tweening frames to lighten the load a little. And yes, this animation is being done in 2D frame-by-frame style.

So! If someone would be kind enough to lend me a hand with that in the future, I am willing to pay them for their work (I know firsthand how hard and time-consuming animation is). They will also be credited for their work unless they specify otherwise. If more than one of you is willing to help me out, all the better. I only ask that anyone who offers their help can give me some kind of sample of their past work so I can determine whether this is beyond their skill level. Specifically, anyone who can animate wings would be a HUGE help (and I may want you to help with the rough animation as well if that's the case).

And since it isn't fair otherwise, I've decided I will be paying the voice actors and programmer for their work as well. Hopefully you can be a little understanding of how long it might take me to earn the money, though. As another side note, anyone who works on this project can view the previews for free instead of pledging on Patreon.

Contact me for further details if you're interested.

My friend is open for cheap commissions and is in need of money!

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/6830623/