Can't say I've been well, sick as heeeck! Just stopping by again and I don't know what I want first, both are so lovely. And amg, the yearlies. That is endless drool, for sure.

Just donate to Tris for a bunch of runes and get them all, Rainy? It's only 450 runes ($45USD) for a full set of yearlies. :P
And I hope you get well soon, Rainy! <3

What does "dust - mould" mean? Also I don't have Fashion Police, but otherwise I am ok.

And I think buying up all the yearlies is quite a task and I work. I can't imagine having to pay for that and not having a job!


@ Sadrain - sorry to hear you were sick that is such a drag. I hope you are getting better. I was really sick with bronchitis in Dec. I even skipped coming here and all my sites and called in sick to work too! I hope you are feeling a lot better!

Ahahaha. Of course, we don't have enough for all bills and food a month and I would go ahead and donate. >.> It might be a small sum for you, but it's my internet & telephone bill (even a bit above it) that we barely manage to squeeze out (and didn't manage even, that's why I had no net until new month money came).

I would maybe donate once in a while to Trisphee if it wasn't one pose per item thing and one yearly didn't cost 5 dollars, which is more than what I can afford to spend for food per one day.

Thanks, Uma, I am slowly getting a bit better. How are you now?

@Rainy: o_o Damn, then you best be spending your money on real life stuff only.

@Uma: By "dust - mould", I mean the pale dirt yellow colour in the dust colour set. :3

Try this challenge instead. c:
Colours: Silver, natural brown, dust - mould
Items: Saloon Style, Love Letter, Kiyo Extension (any colour you wish that's not restricted)
Specific poses: Radiant Seductress hair, Sovereign Knight mask
Restrictions: No purple, no red, no black.

Exactly. So, so much for yearlies or monthlies from donated runes for me. *sigh* Just got to scrape aurum and be happy if I get one of each monthly. If Mizeria wouldn't have been epicest of epic darlings, I wouldn't even have last yearlies.

I'm sure things will get better one day, even if that one day may be a long time from now. :)

No love letter either. Sorry!!!!!! Other wise I like the challenge, except for the mask part, I don't like covering up my face, can you make that the headband or any other part? o_O I have a thing about covering up the face of my avatar.


I am much better Sadrain, had to go on steroids and antibiotics, not sure if I am repeating myself, if I am sorry about that, but anyhow, much better! Yay!

I guess it doesn't help to choose these challenges based on my inventory. XD

Here, try this challenge instead. c:
Colours: Silver, natural brown, dust - mould
Items: Saloon Style, Box of Despair, Box of Hope,, Kiyo Extension (any colour you wish that's not restricted)
Specific poses: Radiant Seductress hair, Hunter of the Wicked head piece (your choice with or without fur; same goes with color just nothing restricted)
Restrictions: No purple, no red, no black.

Ari's challenges seem pretty crazy at first. Tons of things with only some of the right colors get piled onto my avatar when I try them. But eventually they come together. I get really good at combing through my inventory to find the right stuff.

They're meant to be...tricky and interesting, that's why they're challenges. Otherwise they'd be too easy. :P

It's a fascinating process. That Box of Despair, that is Pandora's Box? I have that, but the items are black and you said no black. I don't have the Box of Hope though, sorry. I have more DI's though, mostly pretty ones. :)

Damn, I wasn't thinking there. D:

Here, try this challenge instead. c:
Colours: Silver, natural brown, dust - mould
Items: Saloon Style, Magnificent Faire, Kiyo Extension (any colour you wish that's not restricted)
Specific poses: Radiant Seductress hair, Hunter of the Wicked head piece (your choice with or without fur; same goes with color just nothing restricted)
Restrictions: No purple, no red, no black.

Hunter of the Wicked? Oy, I don't think I have that. Magnificent Faire, I have that but dang it doesn't match natural brown and silver and mould, haha! As for mould I have one thing that has mould. See that is why this does not work for me. But I am still game. Just find me something like I was fine with the yearlies I have them all why did you switch to Hunter of the Wicked, that must be old but I don't have many of the old items. Sorry!

Edit: I am working on this avi so please do find me a Hunter of the Wicked substitute, this is a lot of fun. XD

They're so tricky, some are impossible! :s-ninja: Restricting colors usually works out fine because most items have 3 recolors, but it forced me to use the blue pose of Victor, for example, and the pandora box was a pretty funny oversight. :s-tongue:

Uma, I believe Hunter of the Wicked is one of the current yearlies.

Yeah, like Lucid said, Hunter of the Wicked is a current yearly and you said you've got them all, so you should have it. :3

If I used the nickname for the item while it was still being pixeled/recoloured, you'd be confused as heck to figure out what I'm talking about. :P

Oh right right, skipped right over it. Ok working working. Mould...very interesting color. *grins* And Natural Brown, ok I take it that includes shades of natural brown so I am good with that. Wow, this is making me sweat. I love it!

Yeah, usually when I name a colour set, I mean any shade in it. The only exception to this is dust since it comes in six variances so I state a specific shade I want to see. :3

Mm, good luck with it, Uma. I'm sure you'll do fabulously with it. And I can't wait to see it. :D

Uma-chan~ what are those red things right at the ear area you wearing? o3o

@Lauv: They're the Celtic earring adornments that are from the Guardian of the Fallen yearly. :3

It's that Celtic thing and some earring too to add a drop more of red below it.

Oooh, so pretty~
I shall save teh runes I got to get some yearlies.

Yes, yes you should. The new yearlies are gloriously amazing. >w<

I need more of them myself, but alas my runes are beginning to run out and I need to save some for February DIs. @_@

Magnificent Faire is killing me.

Edit: I can do it, I did it, but it's not me and it does not look good.

Just keep playing with options. Just takes some time. I knew Magnificent Faire would be a bit of a dissonant flavour, but with a bit of work, I'm sure you'll figure something out that's you. :3

Ok ok you are right, hahahaha! I'm just grumpin'. lmao. I'll actually be done soon.


Edit, ok all done, what do you think? *strikes a pose*

Very nice, alas, you're missing any one of the Radiant Seductress hairs. ;) I never included in the challenge to use just the Radiant Seductress, but specifically any hair pose. So I believe some editing is still in due order. :P

Nevertheless, it looks great so far as is. :3

Wups, ok I fixed that. Hey you are sharp I must say! You must have such excellent internal visual skills. What do you do again may I ask? You write, yes? But professionally?

Edit: Did you notice the bit of gold in my lip?

Yeah, I'm quite detail-oriented and ensuring that things are comme il faut (as it should be). Though, that probably has more to do with traits acquired from learning disability than real life occupation. Which I have none, by the way. D: I so need to work on finding a part-time job this summer. @_@

And yes, I saw! I was just a bit perturbed by the lack of Radiant Seductress hair to point it out. XD

That gold in the lip, now that was serendipity. @_@ Boy the lack of that hair sure threw you? I just tossed it on an all was good. I had it on before anyhow and you know when you are shuffling stuff? It just got shuffled off, lol.

I wish you the best for a job! Wow jobs are so hard. And doing what you like is hard. And actually, making good money is hard, or well, I should say it takes time. It does not just fall off the tree, in general.

Eh, it's easy for me to notice those little details most of the time. But when even the little things aren't comme il faut (as it should be), I can be thrown off. D: A character trait I've got to work on shuffling out of my system. @_@

Yeah, it's ridic hard to find jobs. :( I don't care what I'd have to do, I'd do almost anything for a frickin job at this rate. >w>

Uma, I think your avatar turned out gorgeous!

I know, right? My challenges always help people bring out the best of their avatar-making skills cause it really causes them to put some thought into their avatars. :D

.....So when can I give you a new one, Lucid? >_>;;

Wow, thank you Lucid, and thank you Arikana for putting out such a good challenge. I must say, I had my doubts, haha! But in the end, it all pulled together. I am sure there are many ways to do this avatar but I really like this one. I'll wear it for a bit I think.

And speaking of challenges, we need a really nifty one for the 2nd post on the front page. The rainbow has been there for a while. Any ideas? I am open for suggestions.

Uhh, you can give me a new challenge now I guess. I have the time to work on it and I don't feel like my current one flows as well as it should.

@Uma: Bwahaha, at your signature line and how you've called this an 'Original Arikana Challenge'. I like that. <3 And I like your avatar too, so feel free to not change it for a while. :P

Man, I really need to finish typing up my buttload of avatar challenge contests! Gonna be so awesome once I finally launch it! >w<

Uh, I could place one of my 'Ari challenges' in the second post for ya? :P Though I'm thinking of including a theme in my usual challenge set up. >_> Y'know, for the extra challenge. :P

@Lucid: Okie dokes. :)
Here's one, comin' right up! c:
Colours: Special blue, rose, blonde.
Items: Victorian Vestments, Birthday Fireworks, any one (1) Zephyr item of your choice.
Specific poses: Celestial Regent 'sun' pose, Reign of the Jackal headdress thing,
Restrictions: No black, no white (accents are fine), no pink, no violet colour set, no lilac colour set.

Special Ocean or Special Air? (If you're going to show off that you know the names of the dust colors, you gotta know the names of the special ones too. ;P ) I assume by no pink, you don't want pink-pink but rose-pink is okay? How much white is considered an accent and how much is too much?

Ari, this is what I was thinking about as a challenge for the 2nd post but was not sure how to word it, tell me what you think. Take one color and do a monochome avatar using hues from that one color (like blonde goes from lightest yellow to darkest gold) and then add ONE item only for a contrasting accent color. So for example, you could have an avi wearing all whites and could add a black umbrella. Get it? Does that sound boring though? Is it too limited? Would people even be able to do it? I am not sure. So many items here come with 2 colors so I am not sure monochromes are easy to make.


Oooh Lucid, that sounds like a good challenge. I can't wait to see what you come up with!

@Lucid: Fine, be that way. And I mean special water, though if you wanted the added challenge of doing special air as well... :P
Yeah, no bright pink. Softer shades are fine.
Like a touch of white, not an glaringly obvious amount of white on an item.

@Uma: That sounds really good, Uma. :) I can't wait to see what people do with it. :D

There are a lot of good commons that come in only one color. I think it's absolutely doable and it sounds really fun to try.

Ari's challenge is pretty awesome except for that butt-ugly headdress. I'm leaving it out because it's horrible. I think I have the rest of it though. Just adding finishing touches! I totally did the extra challenge of doing special Air because I hate special Ocean. It's overused. :P