Friday, March 31, 2017

Speedart Preview

  This is just going to be a really short post today.  I may update it later and add more, but for now I just have one thing to show you.  I finished my art for my art trade with my buddy, JinxedEmotions!  Here it is:


  I like how it turned out!  This is the first time I've drawn a lynx =)  (Except I think about a year ago, when they came out, I followed to how-to-draw tutorial in the Lynx minibook.... but this is the first time I've drawn a lynx and had it turn out good XD)
  Be on the lookout for the speedart video of me drawing this, coming tomorrow!

  I'm also working on a special project!  It's still a work-in-progress, but it'll be ready for you to see soon ;)  

  Remember to enter my rare Purple Long Spiked Collar giveaway by either sending me, crazcatlover, a Jam-A-Gram in Animal Jam that says 'Wow' (dunno why I chose 'Wow' as the word, but that's just so I can tell which Jam-A-Grams are giveaway entries XD), or simply commenting your AJ username below!  Winners will be chosen on April 6th!

  Today is your last chance to enter my Art Contest!  I will be accepting entries until 12 PM United States Eastern Standard Time today, so make sure your entry is finished and e-mailed to me by then!



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And of course, keep drawing and have a pawsome day!


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Thursday, March 30, 2017

RARE LONG SPIKE GIVEAWAY + Animal Jam Art Gallery Episode 23

  EEEEEEEEEEEEK THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 300 SUBSCRIBERS ON YOUTUBE!  Thank you SO SO much!!  In celebration, I'll be giving away a PURPLE RARE LONG SPIKED COLLAR!  To enter this giveaway, all you have to do is send me, Crazcatlover, a Jam-A-Gram in Animal Jam saying, 'Wow', or comment your username down below!  (If you're wondering why send me a Jam-A-Gram saying 'Wow', I just chose that because it is a default Jam-a-gram text that Non-Members can use because I want everyone to be able to enter, whether or not they can comment on my blog or if they are member or not.)
  The winner will be chosen on April 6th, 2017, in the next episode of Animal Jam Art Gallery!

  Anyways, today is Thursday, and Thursday is Animal Jam Art Gallery day!  Here is the twenty-third episode of Animal Jam Art Gallery =D


  Huge thank you to anjulfire, apoløgize, buneary89, floofyart, giraffegamer13, girlygamer55567, glit13, icem00n, jammer001371, kittycorgi, lucy8228, mrkrispy, sketchingwolf, sunnybunnypet, turtleberry55, winky15, and xxaquatoxx for letting me feature their amazing art in this video!

  And congrats to today's Amazing Artist giveaway winners, winky15, apoløgize, and sunnybunnypet!

  I would love to feature your art in a future episode!  If you want your art in an upcoming episode of Animal Jam Art Gallery, just put the masterpiece(s) you want featured in your den in Animal Jam in an easy to see spot, leave your den unlocked, and send me a Jam-A-Gram or leave a comment either right here on this post, or on my Jammer Wall saying that you want your art to be featured in an episode of Animal Jam Art Gallery :)

  (The giveaway is over and the winner has been chosen)



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  I moderate comments before they appear on the website; CLICK HERE to view the comment rules!  I love reading all your awesome comments ;)

And of course, keep drawing and have a pawsome day!


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Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Animal Jam Speedart for Sarahkey8 + The Kindness Movement

  Heyo, Jammers!  It's time for another speedart video!  For this video, I drew Sarahkey8's otter as a human.  Hope you like it, Sarah!


  And of course, the art itself:


  And I'd also like to tell you about The Kindness Movement!  I discovered this movement today and I think it's really cool.  I always do my best to be kind, in real life and on the internet.

    Kindness is a special thing.  One tiny bit of kindness can be immeasurable help when you're surrounded by negativity.  One simple, kind word can make someone's day. 

  Negativity is something that can be spread easily, but so is positivity.  Every day, I do my best to be positive and kind in Jamaa (and in real life).  Whether it's simply chatting with buddies and being positive around them, sending a kind Jam-A-Gram to someone, welcoming a New Jammer to Jamaa and offering to show them around, or giving a random gift to someone, there are all sorts of easy ways to be kind that most of us already do without noticing.

  I wanted to find a kindness movement in the Animal Jam community to support, and I wasn't disappointed.  I found The Kindness Movement, started by EtherealComet from The Animal Jam Soul and Star.  

  See my Kindness Movement page for more information!

  Let me know what you think of the Kindness Movement in the comments down below, and if you'll support it on your own Animal Jam blog, if you have one.

  Also, look at this fabulous banner my buddy, AJkraft, made for me!  (The art is an art contest entry by the incredibly talented Fuzzyberryclaws1)  Thanks, Kraft =D



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  I moderate comments before they appear on the website; CLICK HERE to view the comment rules!  I love reading all your awesome comments ;)

And of course, keep drawing and have a pawsome day!


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Sunday, March 26, 2017

Speedart Saturday- Gummyfummy6 + Writing Contest

  Heyo, Jammers.  I've been a lazy, lazy kitty and didn't put Speedart Saturday here on my blog on, well, Saturday.  It's not that much effort to just make a tiny little post with my video and art but nooooo, lazy me thought to myself, "Eh, I'll post it after I finish watching this YouTube video...." but noooo, lazy me just had to watch YouTube videos until lazy me had to get off of the computer.  I'm sorry.  Here's the video.


  And here's the art itself:


  Also, my buddy Graciepopstar91 is hosting a short story writing contest on her blog, The Animal Jam Friendship Community!  


  I'm not going to be entering because, 1) I'm more of an artist than a writer; 2) I need to write The Time-Freeze if I write anything; and 3) I kinda provided part of the prize so it'd be weird if I entered. 
  So if you're a writer, click here for Gracie's post about the contest so you can see how to enter!  

  And if you are planning on entering but you're stuck on what to write, try using these Animal Jam Story Cards that I came up with and see if they can help =)

  (Also I gave up on captioning my videos because the YouTube captioning system is glitchy and destroyed hours of my hard captioning work..... soooo.... yeah.....)

  Aaaaand that's all for today's post.  Byeeeeee!



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And of course, keep drawing and have a pawsome day!


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Thursday, March 23, 2017

Animal Jam Art Gallery Episode 22 + Video Captions

  Yes, it is time for Animal Jam Art Gallery!  I really love to put together Animal Jam Art Gallery episodes.  It's a lot of fun to look for masterpieces and artists to feature, and it really makes me happy to be able to share these Jammers' masterpieces 😄  So, here is this week's episode!



  Huge thank you to 2fangs, AnnaBellle, An anonymous artist, Flamedragonx, Floofyart, Hoppy7000, Karalee, Kittygracey101, Lulu5620, nifkit, pinkypon4, shadow5220, Spiraluniverse, and wo1918 for letting me feature their amazing art in this video!

  And congrats to today's Amazing Artist giveaway winners, spiraluniverse, nifkit, and Floofyart!

  I would love to feature your art in a future episode!  If you want your art in an upcoming episode of Animal Jam Art Gallery, just put the masterpiece(s) you want featured in your den in Animal Jam in an easy to see spot, leave your den unlocked, and send me a Jam-A-Gram or leave a comment either right here on this post, or on my Jammer Wall saying that you want your art to be featured in an episode of Animal Jam Art Gallery :)


  By the way, here's the finished art of Gummyfummy6's Animal Jam Play Wild bunny!



  In other news, I am working on providing subtitles/closed captioning for my videos!  My channel is rather small, so I don't know if these captions will even be used by anyone, but I want my content to be enjoyable by as many people as possible.  YouTube's automatic captions definitely aren't the most reliable, so I want to provide accurate captions on my videos for those who might need or want them.  I don't know if I'll caption all of my old videos, but I hope to provide accurate captions for at least some; and if the captions are actually used, I'll caption all of my future videos.

  So yeah, that's my random project XD  Let me know what you think of this episode of Animal Jam Art Gallery, if you think I should caption my future videos, and also check out my Art Contest page!  The contest is open until March 31st :)




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  I moderate comments before they appear on the website; CLICK HERE to view the comment rules!  I love reading all your awesome comments ;)

And of course, keep drawing and have a pawsome day!


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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Speedart Preview + A Masterpiece

  Sorry for not posting very often lately; I honestly have just not felt like posting and didn't want to post something boring so... I posted nothing.  I've been feeling rather tired lately.  I decided that today, I'll at least try to be more energetic.  Sooooo, this post isn't going to be HYPER HYPER ENERGY YAAAAAY or anything (most of my posts actually aren't, actually....  I really need to work on that because I'm normally a HYPER HYPER ENERGY YAAAAAAY kinda person, haha) but at least I'm posting.

  Sooo, I didn't manage to get a speedart video done yesterday because, as mentioned previously, I've been really tired, and when I'm tired, I just don't feel inspired to draw anything.  I can try to force myself to draw something, but it never turns out as I want it to and it's just not the best I can offer, so when I'm really tired, I just have to wait until I'm more energetic to draw.  I managed to get the sketch of Gummyfummy6's Animal Jam Play Wild bunny done today, so you just might get a speedart video on Friday (no promises though... it'll probably just be one on Saturday, but I'll try!).  Here's the preview:


    I'll be working on the digital part of that drawing once I'm finished with this week's episode of Animal Jam Art Gallery.  I also drew a masterpiece recently for Nymphaeaalba!


  Not my best masterpiece...  I had some much better sketches I did while I was planning this that I drew on paper, but I can't seem to find them at the moment.  When I do, I'll share share them with you.  I like how the masterpiece turned out, though.

  I'll try to post more often!  By the way, the next chapter of The Time-Freeze is now up on my 'The Time-Freeze (AJ Fanfiction)' page!  I really need to continue writing this story more... Whenever I feel creative I usually draw instead of write...  Anyways, that's all for today's post!  Be sure to tell me what you think of Chapter Three of The Time-Freeze, and also check out my Art Contest page!  The contest is open until March 31st :)


 If you want to order art by me, click here!

  I moderate comments before they appear on the website; CLICK HERE to view the comment rules!  I love reading all your awesome comments ;)

And of course, keep drawing and have a pawsome day!


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Monday, March 20, 2017

Speedart Saturday- Animal Jam Speedpaint for Meeplove

   I'm so sorry for forgetting to post this to my blog!  I posted it on YouTube on Saturday but I've been soooo tired for the last few days... which is either the cause or effect of me doing nothing but watch Gravity Falls fan comic dubs and music videos for the last few days...  Anyways, here's the speedart, hope you enjoy!


  Here's the art itself:


  And if you're also an artist, check out my Art Contest page to learn more about the art contest I'm hosting!  It ends on March 31st, so if you're reading this before then, feel free to enter!
  And now, I'm going to go back to watching Gravity Falls fan comic dubs.


 If you want to order art by me, click here!

  I moderate comments before they appear on the website; CLICK HERE to view the comment rules!  I love reading all your awesome comments ;)

And of course, keep drawing and have a pawsome day!


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Friday, March 17, 2017

Speedart Preview + Art for Gfox0

  Heyo, Jammers!  Today I've got some art to share with you!  First off, here's the art I did for Meeplove's speedart video (the video will be coming on Saturday!)


  Eeeek I love how this turned out!  I really love drawing Animal Jam animals as humans x) 

  Also, here's a drawing I did for my buddy Gfox0, of her OC's (Original Characters), Amelia and Spring!


  I'm too tired to write anything, so this is just an art post.  But hey, a picture is worth a thousand words, right?  That's just a metaphor?  Ok... 

  (By the way, if you're also an artist, check out my Art Contest page for more information about the art contest I'm hosting!  You can win some pretty good prizes!)





 If you want to order art by me, click here!

  I moderate comments before they appear on the website; CLICK HERE to view the comment rules!  I love reading all your awesome comments ;)

And of course, keep drawing and have a pawsome day!


Watch all my videos at Crazcatlover AJ on YouTube!

Thursday, March 16, 2017

Animal jam Art Gallery Episode 21 + Cougars in Animal Jam!

  Heyo, Jammers!  It's Thursday, so you know what that means!  ANIMAL JAM ART GALLERY!!!



  Huge thank you to 2fangs, bishop990, e3257, fierymeow, jhana, lpsomg3, meganfurryfun37, nevergrowup1, Queensketchy, sevear, shadowwolfs37, sugarella, Supershi111, and Tinkaglitch41 for letting me feature their amazing art in this video!

  And congrats to today's Amazing Artist giveaway winners, tinkaglitch41, sevear, and nevergrowup1!

  I would love to feature your art in a future episode!  If you want your art in an upcoming episode of Animal Jam Art Gallery, just put the masterpiece(s) you want featured in your den in Animal Jam in an easy to see spot, leave your den unlocked, and send me a Jam-A-Gram or leave a comment either right here on this post, or on my Jammer Wall saying that you want your art to be featured in an episode of Animal Jam Art Gallery :)


  Aaaand also, Animal Jam updated today!


 I know I don't do update videos or update posts because, well, EVERYONE does that...  But I decided to do a little post about the adorable new COUGARS!

  When I first saw cougars, I thought, "Wow, these are just tall, muscular lynxes..."  But I bought one anyway XD


  I of course had to name my cougar 'Enchanted Talllynx,' because like I said... they look like tall lynxes XD

  I can't tell if they look really tough, or really cute!


  But man, these things definitely look tough when they wear spiked collars!  I decided to make a compilation of various lynx outfits =)


  Everything looks awesome on these animals!  Kudos to the animation team!  Seriously... the animations on these things are SOOO CUTE!  I had to make a cougar cuteness compilation, too.


  The cuteness.... THE CUTENESS!!!!!  I would totally print this out and hang it on my wall XD

  Also, if you have free chat (or 'safe chat', as AJ calls it), you might have panicked when you noticed this:


  I panicked for a moment there, too.  But don't worry, your free chat isn't gone!  Just go into settings and turn off Predict Chat.  Your chat should return to its free self (though it does tend to glitch after sending Jam-A-Grams.  If this happens to you, just refresh.)



  How do you feel about the cougars?  Be sure to let me know in the comments down below =D



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And of course, keep drawing and have a pawsome day!


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Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Animal Jam Speedart- Art Trade with Purplestarclub + The Time-Freeze + ART CONTEST!

  Heyo, Jammers!  Here's the speedpaint video for my art trade with Purplestarclub =D


 And here's the art itself:


  And here's Purplestarclub's part of our trade =D


  EEEEK IT'S SO CUTE!!!!  I love her art style =D  Keep on drawing, Purple ;)

  
  I just realized it's been over a week since I posted the first chapter of The Time-Freeze!  I just posted Chapter Two, so CLICK HERE to read that =D

  And in other news, I am hosting another art contest!  The one I hosted in December was a lot of fun, so I decided, why not host another?  It'll be open until March 31st, and there will be 5 winners who will each receive awesome prizes!

  1st place- Rare red long spiked collar plus a custom speedpaint video of the winner's animal!
  2nd place- Rare pink long spiked set plus a custom speedpaint video of the winner's animal!
  3rd place- Rare pink long spiked collar!
  4th place- Rare yellow long spiked collar!
  5th place- Rare purple short spiked collar!
  
  Click here for more information and to learn how to enter =D



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  I moderate comments before they appear on the website; CLICK HERE to view the comment rules!  I love reading all your awesome comments ;)

And of course, keep drawing and have a pawsome day!


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Monday, March 13, 2017

Speedart Preview + Nymphaeaalba

  EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK OK I AM HAPPY.

:clears throat:  I'll tell you why in a second.  First off, here's my drawing for Purplestarclub, for our art trade!


  I really like how it turned out ^.^  I should be posting the speed-art video of it tomorrow ;)

  Also, here's my unfinished sketch for Meeplove!



  ANYWAYS, while drawing art DOES make me happy, what has me REALLY-REALLY-REALLY happy is, today I met Nymphaeaalba!!!  I didn't ask for an autograph or anything, but she sent me this jam-a-gram:


  EEK!  HOLY JELLYBEANS! *screams excitedly into a pillow*  

  Nymph is SO NICE :O  This itself pretty much made my day x)  I gifted her one of my masterpieces :P  And uh...

  

  O.O So that's why I'm happy.  I'm going to go and draw her some fan art now XDDDD




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And of course, keep drawing and have a pawsome day!


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Sunday, March 12, 2017

Speedart Sunday- Art Trade with Sheepcorn + Incredible Lucky Clover Prize

  Hey, Jammers.  I didn't manage to finish editing Speedart Saturday yesterday so yeah.  Speedart Sunday strikes again!   I'm too tired for a proper post so just enjoy the video and art today.


 Here's the art itself:


  And here's Sheepcorn's art:

IT'S SO KAWAII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  And um... look what I got from Lucky Clovers.


  I'm going to be hosting an art contest soon o.o  This will be the prize o.o  Or I will trade it for multiple long collars for more prizes.  I dunno.  But yeah.  Art contest.  Woohoo!



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  I moderate comments before they appear on the website; CLICK HERE to view the comment rules!  I love reading all your awesome comments ;)

And of course, keep drawing and have a pawsome day!


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Friday, March 10, 2017

Speedart Preview + Art Improvement

  Heyo, Jammers!  I just finished the art for Speedart Saturday!  This week, I drew Sheepcorn's pig as a human for the art trade I'm doing with her!


  It was really fun to draw this!  Drawing the characters from Swirlshine's Jamaasian Middle story has definitely helped improve my people-drawing skills x)

  Speaking of improvements in art... I found my old folder of art from a while ago, and I decided I'd share some of the old art I found.  A lot of people have told me that they think they will never be an artist.  That their art will never get better.  But that's not true.  ANYONE can be an artist if they just try hard and practice.


  This is the oldest drawing I found in the folder.  It's from September, 2014.  Back then, I had just began taking art seriously- drawing things instead of just doodling or coloring in coloring pages.  I was pretty horrible at drawing people then, so I just drew girls with insanely long hair and long dresses, and I typically drew them from behind so that I wouldn't have to draw the face.  I hid the hands whenever possible because I couldn't draw hands at ALL.
  Basically, I just hid everything that was complicated, so it was pretty impossible for me to improve my skills at drawing these difficult things.  I didn't think I would ever be good at art.

  Moving on to January 2016, I had gotten a book on how to draw manga-style girls.  I loved that book and I drew manga characters ALL. THE. TIME.  I wasn't very good at it yet, though.  For this drawing, I was trying to draw a manga Cinderella for my aunt.  I didn't even look at a reference picture of Cinderella XD  
  I had a hard time drawing faces still, especially small faces.  So um... yeah, the eyes don't match at all XD  But at least I was trying, and practicing.  

  Moving on to April, 2016, I was getting a bit better at drawing clothing and had started trying to draw action poses.  Note the 'trying'...  Getting poses and proportions right is still something I struggle with.  And, let's just ignore those hands... :shudders:  
  But I think there's still improvement from the manga Cinderella.

  This is from sometime in spring, 2016.  I was getting a bit better at drawing manga faces then, though I often got the proportions wrong, and I still had a hard time getting the eyes to look right.  I was trying hard, at least.  I was definitely better at portraits than full-body drawings.  During this time, I was mostly drawing portraits, so that's probably why.

  Moving on to May, 2016, my constant practice was definitely starting to pay off.  I remember spending hours drawing this mermaid drawing.  It's actually pretty good, except for the arm and hand...  I still needed to work on proportions, but I was definitely improving.

  And in August, 2016, I was working mostly digitally.  I was starting to figure out some digital techniques from my weekly Animal Jam speed-art videos.  I actually really like this drawing.  I was getting better at drawing faces, though the mouth is pretty skewed in this drawing XD  

  And then compare my old art to this drawing for Sheepcorn that I drew today.  With the years of practice and constant drawings, I've managed to reach this level of art.  One difference between this drawing and my old art is that I use reference photographs now.  I used to think that using reference photographs were cheating, but it really isn't.  And there are still things I want to improve in my art.  And if I keep practicing, eventually I will improve.
  If you love art, keep drawing.  Don't let anyone tell you you can never be an artist- especially not yourself.  If you feel like your current art isn't good, compare it to a drawing you did a year ago.  You'll notice that you ARE improving.  And as long as you keep on practicing, you'll keep on improving.  
  This applies to anything- sports, music, gymnastics...  If you believe in yourself and practice, you can become great at anything. 




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And of course, keep drawing and have a pawsome day!


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Thursday, March 9, 2017

Animal Jam Art Gallery Episode 20 + Swirlshine from JM

  Hallo, Jammers!  It's time for another episode of Animal Jam Art Gallery!


  There are so many incredible artists in Jamaa, aren't there?  Huge thank you to AlienFluff, Anjulfire, AnnaBellle, Dragongirlashfur, foxsinger39, Fuzzyaj55, holoroomrose, Karalee, meganfurryfun37, Missmarshmellowmouth, rawrcookies, snowstorm40, sunny09661, Toska20, and Violetkit for letting me feature their amazing art in this video!

  And congrats to today's Amazing Artist giveaway winners, missmarshmellowmouth, foxsinger39, and Dragongirlashfur!

  I would love to feature your art in a future episode!  If you want your art in an upcoming episode of Animal Jam Art Gallery, just put the masterpiece(s) you want featured in your den in Animal Jam in an easy to see spot, leave your den unlocked, and send me a Jam-A-Gram or leave a comment either right here on this post, or on my Jammer Wall saying that you want your art to be featured in an episode of Animal Jam Art Gallery :)

 And of course, I've been drawing the characters from Swirlshine's Jamaasian Middle story.  Today, I drew Swirlshine herself!

 
  I really enjoy drawing the characters from this story, and it's really fun to be able to make these jammers happy :)  Plus, the practice really is helpful.    If you also read this story or you have a character in the story, fill out the form on my Jamaasian Middle Fan Art page for your character or any character(s) I haven't got the description of yet, and I'll draw them!

 
 
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  I moderate comments before they appear on the website; CLICK HERE to view the comment rules!  I love reading all your awesome comments ;)

And of course, keep drawing and have a pawsome day!


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Wednesday, March 8, 2017

More info on the Masterpiece Malfunction

  About a week ago, I made a blog post about a Masterpiece malfunction that my buddy brought to my attention.  Click here to view that post!  Basically, my buddy told me that they couldn't load any of their old saved Masterpiece files from before a few months ago, and when I checked for myself, I discovered I could no longer load any of my saved Masterpiece files from before February.

  I have been e-mailing AJHQ about the matter, and I decided I would share the information I have learned about this glitch with you.  Sentences surrounded by quotation marks ( ' ) are copied from AJHQ's messages to me.

  It started when Animal Jam updated last Thursday, on March 2nd.  They 'changed the way [their] system handles AJ Studio files for Masterpieces'.  I understand why this was necessary; some Jammers, for example, Artymis, had been unable to save their masterpieces.  I'm guessing that this is the problem that AJHQ was trying to fix with this change to the files.

  'Unfortunately, this may also mean that old Masterpieces created and saved before this update on 3/2/2017 may not work.'  What?!  Well, yeah, that sure is unfortunate.  You would think that AJHQ would tell us Jammers before updating something as drastically as that?  Or at least mention it in the Jamaa Journal... or the Daily Explorer...

  I created many masterpieces in the past that I would like to be able to give copies of to give to my buddies.  But now, this is no longer possible.  While I appreciate AJHQ keeping it up-to-date, and I understand some Jammers did have issues before with the old Masterpiece files, the new files are having issues, too.  The majority of my buddies are also unable to load the old masterpieces that they created.  

  'We understand your frustration concerning being unable to upload old Masterpiece files to the AJ Art Studio. This new way will create a better experience for players when creating their art but we know it can be difficult losing the old saves of pieces you did before. As our way of thanking you for your understanding and feedback, we are happy to award your account with 2 diamonds as a one-time customer service gesture.
The next time you enter Jamaa, you will have access to the 2 diamonds awarded which you can use to purchase all of your favorite items in the different shops throughout Jamaa! We hope that these diamonds help you feel a little bit better.'

  I don't know if I even received these diamonds.  I think I did the math wrong, or they gave me the diamonds before I even received this e-mail, I don't know.  But this message made me realize that they were not planning on fixing this problem.  I don't know how to feel about that.  

  Honestly, I am still somewhat frustrated to no longer have access to these old masterpiece files to make copies of my old masterpieces, and improve on the old art.  While I am grateful for the diamonds, I still wish that AJHQ would instead find some way to fix this problem.  I understand why they needed to make some changes to the masterpiece system, but it's still kind of sad to think about all of the art that has been lost. 

    At this point, I accept that I will likely never be able to have access to these old Masterpiece files.  I still have screenshots of all of the Masterpieces I have drawn, and I still have the copies that I kept for my den.  It is somewhat frustrating to no longer be able to make copies of these Masterpieces to give to my buddies and trade.  But at least I can continue to make new art, and at least there IS a save and load option.  Before they added that, it was too hard to spend a lot of effort on one masterpiece that may or may not be approved.

  I will continue to draw new Masterpieces, and eventually this incident will just be a minor frustration of the past.  But I still feel like this is a frustration that could have been avoided.


  Well, here's Jamaasian Middle drawing.  This time I drew Ja!




  As always, if you also read this story or you have a character in the story, fill out the form on my Jamaasian Middle Fan Art page for your character or any character(s) I haven't got the description of yet, and I'll draw them!

  How do you feel about the old Masterpiece files being lost?  Did this happen to you?  Be sure to let me know in the comments!



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And of course, keep drawing and have a pawsome day!


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Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Animal Jam Speedart for Meganfurryfun37 + Flora from JM

  Hey, Jammers!  Sorry that today's post is pretty late, I wanted to get Meganfurryfun37's (aka AJkraft) speedpaint video finished and posted before I did today's post and I didn't manage to finish that until now XD  So, here it is:



And of course, here's the art itself:

  And here's Meganfurryfun37's drawing of my polar bear:


  Eeeeeek I love it so much <3


 In other news, I've been drawing the Bloggers from Swirlshine's Jamaasian Middle story.  Today I drew Flora!


  As always, if you also read this story or you have a character in the story, fill out the form on my Jamaasian Middle Fan Art page for your character or any character(s) I haven't got the description of yet, and I'll draw them!



 If you want to order art by me, click here!

  I moderate comments before they appear on the website; CLICK HERE to view the comment rules!  I love reading all your awesome comments ;)

And of course, keep drawing and have a pawsome day!


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Monday, March 6, 2017

Speedart Preview of Meganfurryfun37's Snow Leopard + Lostfairy from JM

  Heyo, Jammers!  Today I'm mostly just going to share some of my art with you, because I honestly have no idea what to write about XD
  So, I drew the sketch of Meganfurryfun37's (aka AJkraft) snow leopard for our art trade, and I'll be coloring that in digitally today!  I decided I'd share the sketch with you =3


  Yeahhh, not the most exciting pose.... I'm still working on drawing poses better.  I can draw wolves in different poses pretty well, but I still need to improve on drawing other animals and people in different poses.  Drawing the characters/Bloggers from Swirlshine's Jamaasian Middle story has definitely been helpful with the drawing-people-in-different-poses part, though!  I usually try hard not to draw full-body pictures of people, or hands for that matter, but I've been doing that for each of the JM characters, and I'm pretty glad I am!  I definitely need the practice, and I can already tell that I'm improving.

  Speaking of drawing Jamaasian Middle characters, here's today's JM drawing!  This time I drew Lostfairy =)


 I may draw a few more characters today; if I do, I'll update this post ;)  As always, if you also read this story or you have a character in the story, fill out the form on my Jamaasian Middle Fan Art page for your character or any character(s) I haven't got the description of yet, and I'll draw them!


 If you want to order art by me, click here!

  I moderate comments before they appear on the website; CLICK HERE to view the comment rules!  I love reading all your awesome comments ;)

And of course, keep drawing and have a pawsome day!


Watch all my videos at Crazcatlover AJ on YouTube!

Sunday, March 5, 2017

Animal Jam Fanfiction + Story Cards + Even more JM fanart!

  Heyo Jammers!  I've got some cool stuff to share with you today, so here we go!

  I decided to post my Animal Jam fanfiction story, The Time-Freeze, here on my blog!  I've wanted to do this in the past, but I never did because I was worried that I wasn't going to finish the story.  I only have about 6 chapters so far, but I hope that you guys will inspire me to keep writing this story, so yesterday I posted the first chapter on my new page, The Time-Freeze (AJ Fanfiction)!  I'll also be posting each chapter in regular posts as I release them, so that you'll know whenever I have a new chapter out.

  So of course, here's Chapter One!

Chapter One- The Phantom-Archaeologist!

  Fuzzy Bravegem checked her map one last time.  Her eyes sparkled with excitement.  "The location of the legendary Phantom Temple should be somewhere near here!" she said in hushed enthusiasm.  She eagerly searched the horizon for something resembling an ancient temple, but all she could see was the vast, swampy forest, along with a few mosquitoes.  One buzzed near her ear, and she pawed at it in an attempt to swipe it away.  It evaded her paw, buzzing out of reach.  Fuzzy huffed in annoyance, then continued to scan the forest around her.  The mosquito buzzed back, and Fuzzy turned to face the insect, growing quite irritated.  She swatted at it again.  The mosquito flew around her head, and Fuzzy continued attempting to swat it.  She chased the mosquito through the trees, running around in a crazed dance, paws flailing, as she tried to swipe at it.  She greatly regretted not bringing bug spray.
But suddenly, Fuzzy tripped over a rock!  "Oomph!" she exclaimed.   She stood up and shook the dirt off of her fur, then looked at the rock that had tripped her.  It was absolutely humongous!  Fuzzy examined it a bit closer, and then she gasped.  The rock was in the shape of... a PHANTOM!  There were more phantom-shaped rocks laying all around her.  That mosquito had just aided her in the most amazing discovery of the century- she, Fuzzy Bravegem, had found the Phantom Temple!!!!
  Fuzzy grabbed her shovel out of her huge backpack, and immediately began uncovering the buried temple.  Suddenly, her shovel hit something that made a horrible shattering noise.  Fuzzy gasped.  What have I hit?? she wonders, worrying that she had damaged a priceless artifact in her excitement.  But it was far worse than that, she realized, as a dark fog filled the air- a fog darker than the deepest dark she had ever seen.  Fuzzy took a step back.  "W-what?" she whispered in fear, as the dark fog slowly took shape.... the shape of a PHANTOM!!!!
  "Oh.  My.  Mira," murmured Fuzzy, her eyes wide with fear.  A real, live PHANTOM! Released by HER!  She didn't know whether to be amazed- or very, very scared.  The phantom stretched and yawned- a big, long yawn.  It hovered in the air in front of Fuzzy.
"Oh, my!" it said as it stretched out its tentacles, its voice deep and sounding almost... distorted. "Pardon me, ma'am, but what year is it?" it inquired.  Fuzzy stuttered for about a minute before she was able to stammer out an answer.
  "Er, umm, 2017," she managed to say at last.  The phantom's eye widened and it stopped stretching.
  "My, my! I have been trapped in that dreadful prison for quite some time!" it exclaimed.  Fuzzy continued to stare at it in awe.
  "Who exactly ARE you?" she asked it.  The phantom laughed- its distorted laughter giving Fuzzy a deep chill that ran down her spine.

  "Your animal tongue would be quite unable to pronounce my name.  You may call me simply, the Phantom.  Now, I have a little, teeny-tiny question to ask you and if you answer it correctly, I just may let you go," it said.  Fuzzy knew she should have been scared- terrified; even more than terrified!, and she was, of course.  But the scientist in her was completely in awe of the fact that she was speaking to an actual PHANTOM that it blocked her screaming urge to run away, as far away as possible from this creature of darkness.
 "Of-of course!" she said.  This is an incredible opportunity to study a real, true, live phantom, she thought.
  The Phantom smiled- another chill ran down Fuzzy's spine.  She was already starting to regret ignoring that need to get away.  "Good girl.  Now, tell me, did the Alpha's plans to trap all the phantoms in a Dark Realm succeed?" it asked.  Fuzzy nodded.
 "Why, yes! I myself have visited the very portal they used to do it!  Of course, they moved the crystal that powered it to the Museum, but it's still QUITE a sight to behold!" she said, emitting a short, nervous laugh at the end.  A rather irritating trait of hers was to babble on and on whenever she grew nervous- and honestly, what sane being wouldn't be nervous when speaking to a phantom?
  The Phantom smiled that cruel, twisted smile once more, and Fuzzy gulped audibly.  "Thank you very much.  And now, you are going to take me to this portal, and this museum, so that I can free my brethren and we can invade Jamaa!!!" it cried.  Fuzzy gasped.  The amazement was gone- in its place was just that overwhelming fear.
"You're CRAZY!" she exclaimed, and she finally obeyed her primal instinct to RUN.  She tried to gallop away from the phantom, and suddenly, the phantom thought that perhaps, just perhaps, telling the archaeologist about its plans wasn't such a good idea.
  "Come back here!" it yelled at the arctic wolf, but Fuzzy didn't stop running through the trees.  The phantom roared, then attacked  her!!!

***

  Cliffhangers!  Hooray!  What do you think will happen to Fuzzy?  I think I'll post the next chapter next week...  But anyways, if you're writing an Animal Jam fanfiction yourself, you'll know that it can be pretty hard to figure out what happens next.  I invented a fun game that can help with that!

  It's called Animal Jam Story Cards.  What are Story Cards, you ask?  Well, it's a fun game that me and my sister, Cowie01, invented.  We would make cards and write random story inspirations on them, like, 'A character is betrayed' or 'A character finds a friend', then use them to create a story!  I decided to make my own, Animal Jam version, to help with writing The Time-Freeze, and thought I'd share them with you guys, too!

  If you're thinking about writing an Animal Jam fanfiction and don't know where to start, or perhaps you're already writing an AJ fanfiction but you're stuck and don't know what should happen next.  Just print out these cards, cut them out, shuffle them, and start your story =D  

  The cards are just there for inspiration; you can interpret them however you like.  For example, if you're writing a very serious AJ fanfic, and you get the 'a character gets scammed' card but it doesn't fit in with the story, be creative!  Maybe instead of being scammed of items, they get conned or tricked in another way.






  If you can think of some cool things for other AJ Story Cards, be sure to let me know in the comments down below!  I might make some more Story Cards and include your suggestions!  And also let me know if you use these cards to write your own AJ fanfiction; I'd love to read it!

  And of course, it's time for me to share with you today's fanart for Swirlshine's Jamaasian Middle story!  Sooo, you know how I said I was going to draw one blogger a day?  Well, yesterday, I couldn't help myself, and I drew 3 bloggers.  Hehe.... anyways, here they are!




  As always, if you also read this story or you have a character in the story, fill out the form on my Jamaasian Middle Fan Art page for your character or any character(s) I haven't got the description of yet, and I'll draw them!

  Thanks for reading this blog post!  What do you think of The Time-Freeze?  Will you use the Animal Jam Story Cards?  What Blogger should I draw next?  Let me know in the comments down below!



 If you want to order art by me, click here!

  I moderate comments before they appear on the website; CLICK HERE to view the comment rules!  I love reading all your awesome comments ;)

And of course, keep drawing and have a pawsome day!


Watch all my videos at Crazcatlover AJ on YouTube!