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Guys im curious becus i love them all, but who did u pick as a LI for blades of light and shadow??

Tyril

Nia

Mal

Imtura

Valax

Aerin

No one

Voting ended onDec 17, 2024

[urdilfred]

Blades of Light and Shadow(Fanart)

[choiceshorrorfest]

Choices Horror Fest

This is it! With just over two weeks to go before our Horror Fest commences, we are delighted to reveal that we now have finalised our list of prompts for this year’s event.

That being said, we are happy to announce that the books/series’ that we have chosen to include this year are: Nightbound, The It Lives Series (inc. It Lives Within), Terror Fest and Bloodbound!

The event will be as follows…

Each week will be designated a book/series. This week will be made up of days for the LIs (among other characters and themes).

To go along with the these days, seven prompts relating to the events of these books, as well as things associated with them (such as legends and fictional beliefs) will accompany them. These will not be in order - you can use them for whichever character you wish to during that week.

One of the prompts (Descendent) has been included as a prompt for Terror Fest; although this is the case, we are happy for this prompt to be universal - they’re all descendants of someone, right?

Terror Fest is a book that still has chapters currently being released; though this book is being featured, please refrain from writing anything that contains spoilers (we’re looking at you, VIPs 👀)

Now that is out of the way, these are the dates:

Oct 1st to the 7th - Nightbound

1st - Nik

2nd - Vera

3rd - Cal

4th - Katherine

5th - Main Character

6th - The Graveyard Shift

7th - Villains/Side Characters

Prompts for Nightbound

Lineage/Family

Magic

Haunted

Wraith

Rivalry

Atonement

Malevolence

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Oct 8th to the 14th - The ‘It Lives’ series

8th - Lucas/Tom/Abel

9th - Ava/Danni/Jocelyn

10th - Andy/Imogen/Amalia

11th - Stacey/Parker/Lincoln

12th - Connor/Dan/Noah

13th - Main Characters

14th - Westchester/The Power

Prompts for It Lives

Possession

Revelation

Occult

Mistakes

Gift

Manipulation

Distrust

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Oct 15th to the 21st - Terror Fest

15th - Tyson

16th - Zaire

17th - Lucky

18th - Koda

19th - Main Character

20th -The Many Tales of Stabby Joe

21st - Sibling Rivalry

Prompts for Terror Fest

Descendant

Instinct

Suspect

Vulnerability

Unease

Faceless

Urban Legend

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Oct 22nd to the 28th - Bloodbound

22nd - Adrian

23rd - Kamilah

24th - Lily

25th - Jax

26th - The Bloodkeeper

27th - The First Vampire

28th - The Second Son

Prompts for Bloodbound

Bloodbath

Bitten

Undead

Stake

Revelation

Servitude

Parasite

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So, that’s 28 days covered.

But that’s not where this event ends…

From the 28th to the 31st, another book will come into play - one that was very much a fan favorite when it first aired in 2018.

THE ELEMENTALISTS!

29th - Love Interests

30th - MC

31st - Family Bonds

Prompts for the Elementalists:

Sibling Bonds

Betrayal

Dark Arts

Familiars

Sun and Moon

Power

Reflection

Thank you for taking an interest in this event; we hope that you will enjoy this event just as much as we have enjoyed planning it - it’s going to be so much fun!

Look out for the rules and guidelines - they’re very important!

Until then,

Amy (kinda-iconic) and Andrea (bloodboundismylife)

[bloodboundsiege]

it's kind of interesting working w pixelberry assets bc i use a combo of the old stuff (like 2017-2022) and the new stuff (2022 onwards) bc there's a particular uniqueness to a lot of the older sprites that I feel often the newer stuff rlly lacks. most sprites are objectively pretty good looking, but older ones tend to have more interesting faces/features, because a lot of them have some kind of distinct feature (i.e., blunt chins, sharp jawlines, soft jawlines, large foreheads, narrow faces, angular features, huge eyes).

these are things in isolation that might make it sound like i'm pointing out flaws in these sprites' design, but i'm not! part of what makes these characters appealing is the fact that they look unique, and there aren't really other sprites you can compare them to, even if on paper, they sound like they'd look notably similar to another sprite (i.e., they both have dark hair, stubble, light eyes, and a pale complexion), both of their individual faces are unique that it's pretty unlikely you'd get them confused.

i don't want this to sound like i'm saying New Era Pixelberry Is Inherently Bad, because there are obviously exceptions to this post-2022 (every iteration of cas and gabe looks pretty unique, even when compared to counterparts they could potentially resemble; supernatural, non-human characters are still unique--to PB's credit, with valex and kieran, it's not like they slapped pointy elf ears on a generic but attractive face). but it definitely feels like a lot of the time, there's a lot less thought put into how to make each li, or heavily featured npc, stand out in their own way. with a lot of the newer sprites, that really isn't there. with a lot of them, i feel face blind whenever i see them, because it's a lot harder for me to immediately distinguish where they're from.

anyways all of this is to say bring back interesting faces! i miss them.

[cadybear420]

No because you are so right! Sure you can argue that the older sprites are more unappealing but honestly they just have so much more variety and character. In books like HSS OG and ILITW there's just so much distinction and personality in each character's expression.

These for example are some of my favorites. Like how Andy's sprite looks genuinely shocked??? How Brian's smile just screams "dudebro fratboy douchebag"??? How Andy's and Lucas's angry faces are so distinct from each other??? Like, angry Lucas looks like "back the fuck off", angry Andy looks like "I'll fuckin kick your ass!!!" and that's what suits their characters

The new sprites aren't all unappealing, but a lot of them feel overly smoothened and same-facey. The surprised and angry expressions hardly look surprised and angry. And it just doesn't hit the same

[spacetravels]

seeing a meme and just being like. no yeah i know who this is for

[kald-dal-art]

Commission I did for @wordholic recently, thank you so much for commissioning me and this was a lot of fun to draw. A true blast from the past drawing ILITW fan art again 🫶

[rustyharveysbox]

Pov: it is 2016 and you are pressing the play button on what you thought was a 'fun summer holiday book' not knowing that this will change the entire trajectory of your mind, body and soul as you know it: 😄👉📱

[cadybear420]

PB designing swimsuits for male characters:

[cadybear420]

I could also add TDG m!MC premium swim suit here

[storyofmychoices]

We got this for Thomas Hunt:

[cadybear420]

I always thought that was meant to be an underwear sprite. But either way it is actually flattering

[oh-so-youre-a-nerd]

PB stop making the LI your God damn boss challenge level: impossible

[saibug1022]

Finally trying to give Cursed Heart more of a chance and I'm still not over this outfit

One of the best mmc outfits ever, Pixelberry please I am begging you to let mmc be pretty

[gutsfics]

in case youre wondering how my ilitw fixation is going

[oh-so-youre-a-nerd]

I had to dig this little doodle out of the depths of my iPad, because you're RIGHT

[payroo]

I'm in love with your ghost

yup still deep in noah/devon brainrot

[3rdstreetfrank-deactivated20240]

The BEST thing in the prechoices hss

[screw-u-vaanu]

[oh-so-youre-a-nerd]

It's your lucky day, Traitor

[nightprincekieran]

replaying the it lives series and honestly NOBODY is doing it like the artists for it lives in the woods were. like the character design is all so good and unique and EXPRESSIVE!!! every single character art sprite is just beautiful ...I miss getting quality like this

[the-unconquered-queen]

✦ . 　⁺ 　 . ✦ . 　⁺ 　 . ✦

Forever obsessed with how Mal and Tyril answer their doors pissed off, only to immediately turn soft when they realize it's MC

From 🤬 to 🥺 real quick

[trystanthorne]

my girl and her guys 💗

cas, mc, and gabe by @sizzleissues <33 they are so cute in your style i love this piece sm !! thank you once again <3