*Hopes that my mind is twisting Coda's words to mean worse than I am currently thinking they mean*

You finally have a computer? No more having to watch Netflix off your phone? Or trying to bribe people to come to your house with a labtop in exchange for food?

Probably you are -- all I meant is that I sent Toho a message on the 1st when I saw we didn't have any new items to tell him that we need a proper announcement to say we don't have June monthlies. (Because earlier in this thread we had agreed that an announcement every month is important even if it's not good news.) He said he would, and then he forgot to. That's all.

Roger. The bad thing about having a mind prone to negativity - you assume the most negative first.

Here here, I've fixed it all. Behold, a new item that will make everything okay for everyone until we get this little speedbump ground back down into the dust.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...pssedw6wfd.png

There. Now everything is better.

... actually if you back off the black to a dark brown, I could just about ship that item as-is.

I'd pay for those fancy pixels!

xD I want that item!

Wait. Is that's Trisphee's secret? Brown? Augh I finally know the secret and it is brown!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psvj5thtdy.png

I present IOU2: IOU HARDER. Now in Brown. For Coda. Because I have nothing better to do.

Actually, part of the secret is "never use solid black". Use a darker version of the color you're outlining. Look at the base for an example.

...Isn't that a general computer graphics technique? The alternative being "layer a see-through shadow over the picture" or "start with blacks and greys, then change them after you get the shading correct"?

It's a general art technique; it isn't restricted to just computer graphics. It's also a style decision, not a hard-and-fast rule -- certain art styles look fine with bold black outlines, and may for example vary the thickness instead of the color (art nouveau style takes this to the extreme).

It's particularly popular with computer pixel graphics because you can't get a line any thinner than one pixel, but a less-dark color gives the illusion of a thinner line, but that illusion isn't the only reason to use it.

Ohhhh. That...makes a lot of sense. I'll be honest, very rarely do I art. Most of my attempts are considered crimes against humanity and each piece I have made lowers the cultural advancement of humanity by a tiny fraction. If you're a fan of Pratchett, I am the Rincewind of art.

But, you know, there is fun in lack of skill. And now I know the secret of brown.

Now all we need is a backstory!

May and June's donation items have disappeared! For more information, check out what *Sebastian has to say about the situation.
For now, he seems to have obtained some extra Lord of Fools and Guardian of the Tides ware at *Archaic Antiquities along with the Aquamarine Anka Egg.


Sebastian:
You hear rustling within as you come closer to the shop with a few annoyed grunts. Sebastian glances up from the pile of boxes as he hears the doorbell ring at your arrival. "Hello! I'm so sorry but something has happened to our May and June's shipment! I don't know if I have misplaced them or they have yet to arrive." He frowned. "But in my frantic search for these new items, I have discovered that I have some extras of the Lord of Fools, Guardian of the Tides and a few more of these Aquamarine Anka Eggs!"

Sebastian sighs in relief then smiles, "At least you guys weren't without anything completely."




* Link to the post.

I tried to get his personality right, lol

He means more like this?
http://i.imgur.com/S3pKO66.png

Ooooooh snap, that version rocks!

Aye, that's it! Good job mate! That's the ticket! ...or IOU, I suppose.

*Steals Squirrel*

Hehehehe...

Thank you? xD

That is, indeed, EXACTLY what I meant. That looks good. :D

Can we have it, Coda?

Can you take the background and the base off to make life easier on me? If so, and if you're OK with the relevant legalese (you assign copyright to Trisphee, mostly meaning "can't take it back" and "we're allowed to make money off of it"), then sure. If you're okay with the legalese and can't take off the base, it may take a couple days for me to edit it out myself.

Boop.
http://i.imgur.com/yJkaBVw.png

don't forget to make sure it works on both avatar bases, girls have wider hips so the pixels might cut into the legs on the females =)

Ooh, good catch, I forgot about that. (I would have noticed when I went to package the item up for deployment.)

So Trisphee is selling a IOU as a Monthly item? xDD

Go recolor it then? :P

Yep, gotta have everything in Illu blue.

Ooo Black and Red ouo Gally is mentioning DK's favorite color combo! <3

it should be in ALL the colors! =o

Don't I get a say in this?

Everything needs to be flavor flav colored.

http://i.imgur.com/M4IqNQL.png
http://i.imgur.com/PrAhPwV.png

How about adding more to it? X]
We'll come up with our own donation item! lol

I tried my hand at a Post-It-Note IOU, haha

Why an apple?