Alien Aisha Vending Machine

Neopets Sideblog for @taldigi. UN on Neo is Wazu3

[warlocklair]

this image is from a comment on youtube posted by voxalice [vox-ull] that looks to be the very first neopets map, very interesting!

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[taldigi]

Pop-up Cafe art done for Neopets Classic!

[taldigi]

last usukicon was fucking wild I don't even remember what happened

[taldigi]

HAPPY USUKICON 2025!!!!!!!!!!

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pride pins I did for this year's craft stall xoxo

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[nettleneopian]

Even more lost old desert card sketch previews

[adobe-outdesign]

quick shoutout to the Neopet V2 plot for having one of the most insane solutions I've ever seen. it includes fun steps like "check the source code" and "run subroutine JavaScript"

[snarkie]

I just found this sitting in my drafts. Seeing as how I haven’t had access to Neopets code since Sept 2014, it has to be at least that old. Actually, it was probably written during the RE revamp earlier that year. In other words, it’s very late but I’m posting it anyway so nyah. Let’s call it a #TBT.

I found these comments in the old Random Events code. Sometimes you just have to take matters into your own hands.

Pardon the language but if you’re a Neopian, I think you’ll agree that it was warranted.

// Invisible Pet - randomly turn invisible!! Added 08.13.2003 by snarkie per Adam // Rewritten 2007-04-22 by mrinsane for pet customisation update // 2012-06-25 by snarkie: Removed completely because FUCK THIS RE that’s why.

[taldigi]

i mean I GUESS

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Kyriis

[taldigi]

last usukicon was fucking wild I don't even remember what happened

[taldigi]

HAPPY USUKICON 2024!!!!!!!!!!



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Valentine Gelert (Neopets Classic)

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Harvestfest Aisha from NPC

[shoomlah]

Oh gosh, if you're taking questions I have like, a bajillion. The neopets "style" has been pretty loose over the years but... What sort of guidelines did you have to follow? Were there any hard "no"s? Was there a style guide or bible? In terms of design, what were you most proud of? Anything that was rejected that was disappointing to not see come to fruition?? Pardon my excitement!

From my recollection there was no official style guide, which I'm sure is pretty apparent from the art on the site—we'd run things by our art director Anthony/Tigercatcher for feedback, or by Adam or Donna to get their stamp of approval, but otherwise it was relatively lawless. It is fun to be able to look back at the old art and immediately tell who drew it, though!

A couple memorable anecdotes:

There was this brief phase in the early years where we had anthropomorphized neopets, but we hadn't really standardized how we drew them. They eventually got fingers and fully rendered eyes BUT I do love this transitional period where I just drew a bunch of sexy aishas with nub hands and dot eyes:

At one point there was a moratorium on giving the anthropomorphic characters helix piercings. It had become a kneejerk instinct to just toss a couple hoops onto a character's ear as you were designing them and it got: wildly out of hand

the worst notes were the ones we'd get on the Neopets Magazine covers, hands down. We could have so much fun with the on-site art, but anything public-facing like merch and the magazine were under way more levels of impenetrable scrutiny. The feedback was always to make the smiles BIGGER and B I G G E R

[taldigi]

oh my gosh, how amazing- that's the magazine cover in full we don't usually see below that- the illusen cake- the canolis... and ahhh, how fantastic-

Thank you for answering, the art of neopets in it's earlier years is so special to me and any chance to hear more about it is so wonderful.

and trust me, those sexy aishas were very important and we thank you for your service.

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Cerpulls, re-imagined! for fun, trying to capture that neo style.

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Im not saying that NQ's Mastermind and Darkest Faerie are connected but they seem to be rocking the same/similar outfit and colorscheme and only further proves that the two games are connected-