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Look at my gorgeous new cake badge.  I'm so happy!!!!

Thank you so so much to all the people who bought me a cake badge (and the people who bought me more than one, even though I said not to XD).  You're now all on the list for pictures and I'll get started this weekend   THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!!

Whoot, first new journal for 2019...at the end of February XD lol

So, as people might or might not know I'm actually a big fan of these cute little DA badges.  I love giving out Llamas and earning community badges where I can.  But one badge I've struggled with for a while is the Cake badge! 

For those who don't know the cake badge has to be given to a user using DA points, and is given in slices which build the cake up over time.  In my 16 years on this site I have only managed to get up to the Pac-Man cake level....and this year I'd love to blow the roof off and get the full cake completed before my birthday on Sunday!  I need 13 more slices to make that happen!  I could attempt to buy them for myself, for sure, but that's no fun and it feels a little like cheating your way to a full cake XD

What I figured might be fun is a little incentive in exchange for people buying me cake badges   Since they cost points it wouldn't be right just to beg people to buy them for me, and I love drawing things for people and giving back the happiness to others.

So here's the deal.  I'm opening 13 SUPER CHEAP COMMISSION SLOTS in exchange for cake badges!


That's right.  In exchange for ONE CAKE BADGE I will draw a character of your choice as a super simple, colour chibi.  Something like this:


A very simple little piece, but in colour of whatever character you'd like!

• ONE CAKE BADGE/SLOT PER USER - While getting bonus cake is nice PLEASE only send one piece!  I want the most number of spaces open for the most number of different people to get a drawing. PLEASE, one cake badge per person please! DO NOT SEND MORE THAN ONE CAKE SLICE, YOU WILL ONLY GET ONE SLOT.
• ONE CHARACTER PER USER - No couples or pairs or ships.  You get ONE drawing of ONE character.
• CAKE BADGES ONLY - I'm not interested in llamas or accessories
• YOU DO NOT NEED TO COMMENT ON THIS JOURNAL OR ASK TO ENTER - Just send the cake badge and you'll be added to the list   I'll then note you to find out what character you'd like me to draw!
• ALL CHARACTERS WELCOME - OC's or official characters, any fandom   Just, I'd prefer to stick to animated characters and not real life people/actors!
• REF IMAGE REQUIRED - You MUST have a ref image of your character for me to draw from. 
• CHECK MY GALLERY TO SEE WHAT KIND OF STUFF I DRAW - I'm happy to try drawing anything but you'll get the best end result if you send me characters/creations you think I can do a good job with

So here are the slots, I'll fill them in as I receive cake badges so if you see slots open check the cake badge in the top right to see if spaces are still available

I'll be using this list now to show how far each character is along.  I'll be posting the final chibis together in my gallery, but each buyer will get an individual picture of their chibi from Stash


If you don't know how to use DA points to buy cake badges, this club has all the info you need!

Whooooo boy, I've not posted a new journal since November of last year o_o  Welp.  lets fix that!

First off, thank you again to all the lovely folk who have adopted Rayman characters from me since Halloween.  After Christmas I wasn't expecting to give away many more, but now it appears we are down to the final three!  They still need good homes, and the money will still be sent directly to the Special Effect charity.  


So if you're interested in adopting please read the journal linked below!
Raylloween Adopt-a-Thon - OPEN! 5 of 14 availableHowdy do my marvellous darlings!  The Raylloween adoption drive is now OPEN and these characters are waiting for you to give them a new home
For everything you need to know about adoptables please read this journal!
PRICES
Remember, all money raised from these adoptions will be donated directly to the charity Special Effect .  The prices below are NOT negotiable.  They are the baseline price for these adoptables.  All purchases as well as additional donations are hugely appreciated.
Payments through paypal:
$15
£11
13euro
Payments with DA points
1500 points
How to adopt
Simply leave a comment on this journal with the name of the character you would like to adopt.  This is a FIR

Now to clear out some cobwebs, I was tagged by the very lovely to answer some questions so here we go :3


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• You must post all the rules.
  
• Answer 10 questions that you have been asked then create 10 more questions for the others that you have tagged to answer.
  
• Choose 10 people.
  
• Legitimately tag these people.
  

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1. Do you prefer small dogs or tall dogs?
Tall!  I love great big doggos

2, What's your favourite dog breed?
English bull terrier :3

3. Are you able to tell a certain dog by the sound of its barking?
I...don't think so? o0o

4. Do you prefer dogs with long hair or with short hair?
Long hair

5. Is there a dog breed you don't like at all?
Eeeh, I don't really like little dogs that snap and bark at everything...but that's not specific to any breed

6. What's your opinion about Beagles?
They are cute ^0^

7. Do you wish to finally get a question that isn't about dogs?
Nah i'm good, doggos are cute as heck

8. Do you also mlem back to strangers' dogs, when they do the mlem first, to show them that you don't mean any harm and in fact want to become their new friend so they don't get scared at you and sometimes actually approach you to get pet?
I rarely get the oppotunity to do this so no

9. Are you a dog person or a cat person?
Cat person

10. How hard was it for you to answer these questions?
Not at all, dogs are cuties ^0^

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So, now time to ask my own questions:

1. What was the last movie you saw and what did you think of it?
2. What was the first fandom you got seriously into?
3. Miffy the Rabbit or Hello Kitty?
4. Favourite flower?
5. If you could bring back one extinct animal species from anywhere in time what would you choose?
6. Have you ever owned a Lava Lamp?
7. Name one movie you really enjoy that everyone hates.
8. Octopus or Jellyfish?
9. What is your least favourite sound?
10. Do you have pierced ears and if so what earings are you wearing right now?

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I taaaaaaaag:


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Howdy do my marvellous darlings!  The Raylloween adoption drive is now OPEN and these characters are waiting for you to give them a new home

For everything you need to know about adoptables please read this journal!

PRICES

Remember, all money raised from these adoptions will be donated directly to the charity Special Effect .  The prices below are NOT negotiable.  They are the baseline price for these adoptables.  All purchases as well as additional donations are hugely appreciated.

Payments through paypal:
$15
£11
13euro

Payments with DA points
1500 points

How to adopt

Simply leave a comment on this journal with the name of the character you would like to adopt.  This is a FIRST COME FIRST SERVE setup.  Please read the comments to ensure that the character you want has not already been requested/adopted.  I will be updating this journal regularly to list which characters are still available.

PLEASE ensure you have the funds to pay for your adopt right away.  If you do not I WILL NOT reserve a character for you.  They will be put back into the 'available' pool

I will respond to your comment to say I've received your request and then i will send you a private message to finalise the adoption.  Depending on how busy this process gets it may take me a while to get a note to you, so please be patient!  If you are paying with DA points PLEASE DO NOT DONATE THE POINTS TO ME.  There is a special process we have to go through for me to get the points, and I will explain it in my note to you.

THE ADOPTABLES

AVAILABLE
 


 

ADOPTED





That's it!  Thank you and good luck.  I hope all these critters find good homes with lovely people like you!  If you're not adopting a character today that's fine, please do share this with anyone you know who might be interested!



UPDATE 12/11/2017

I wanted to give a huge shout out THANK YOU to the people who have adopted so far, and to those who have shown interest in the characters, and those who have come forward with hopes of adopting in the near future.  So far we have raised £54.15 FOR SPECIAL EFFECT

THAT'S AMAZING!!!!!
You guys and girls are all so wonderful and generous and community minded.  Lets hope the rest of the crew above can find homes and we can raise even more money for a great cause!

UPDATE 15/11/2017

HALF WAY THERE!  OH MY GOODNESS 

Total amount raised through the adoptions of these characters so far: £86.82!!!

A huge well done to all of you, it's great to see people coming forward to give these guys new homes.  They're all going to such wonderful artists and creative types who will no doubt do wonderful things with them.  THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!

And thank you to all my followers who are putting up with my constant update journals.  I appreciate your patience with me.

UPDATE 20/11/2017

OH MY GOSH YOU GUYS WE DID IT.  WE'VE FINALLY HIT THE £100 MARK!!!!!!!  In fact we've raised £108.93 exactly.  You guys.  My gosh you guys.  You're ALL SO WONDERFUL ;0;

I'm going to top this up to a rounded £110 and give that to Special Effect now, just to keep my paypal balance neat and tidy

BUT ADOPTIONS ARE STILL OPEN.

We have 5 characters left who need adopting!  It would be amazing if we could get these remaining kids homes before Christmas   I appreciate that this time of year is a busy and expensive one what with Thanksgiving and Christmas just on the horizon, so thank you all for your interest and support so far.  This project has been such an amazing success and it wouldn't have happened without you all!

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH

Well my lovely watchers, I hope you all had an exciting and fun Halloween.  If you watched scary movies, carved pumpkins, went trick or treating, or just had a quiet night in to commune with ghosties I hope it was all rewarding

To start off I wanted to say a HUGE THANK YOU to all the lovely people who commented/faved/shared my Raylloween monsters which went up in my gallery over October.  I got some great responces from people, and it was a great learning experience which really test the ol' brain coming up with designs and basic details about each monster.

So, what's this Journal about?  Well quite frankly as much as I love my creations I already have WAAAAAAAAAY too many Rayman fancharacters, and I don't think I'd be able to give any of these new folks the time and energy they deserve to be fleshed out into more complex characters.





So here is where you lovelies come in

THESE CREATURES ARE UP FOR ADOPTION

That's right.  You have the opportunity to adopt one of these creations to love, develop and cherish forever.  For a fair price the character completely becomes yours and you are free to expand them however you wish

'But Raye!' you might be asking 'Aren't these FANCHARACTERS for the Rayman series?  Is it ok for you to make money off these established Rayman Universe species even if they're your own designs?'.  And that's a very good question.  So here's the plan

ALL MONEY FROM SALES OF THESE ADOPTABLES WILL BE DONATED TO CHARITY

Specifically to Special Effect, a charity in the UK that helps gamers with disabilities enjoy games.  They do this through modified consoles and controller setups meaning that even people with the most serious and debilitating conditions can enjoy games and be included in the community.  It's one of my favourite charities, and are supported and sponsored by the clothing company Insert Coin who make Rayman t-shirts and hoodies   So I felt it was an appropriate choice

And when I say all I mean, ALL. I will not take one penny or cent of the money made on these adoptables.  It'll go into my Paypal then be redirected to Special Effect.  Even if Paypal screws up and tries to take back some of the money I will personally bump up the donation with my own money to cover any loss through transfer.

SO, if what I've said above tickles your interest let's discuss the rules of these adoptables!


The Adoption drive will start at 12pm (midday) GMT on Sunday Nov 5th (Bonfire Night in the UK!).  At that time I will post a journal to announce that adoptions are open for people to come and stake a claim on the character they would like to adopt.  IT WILL BE FIRST COME FIRST SERVE, so please check the comment section to see if a character you want has already been claimed.  I will not take reservations on characters prior to this time 

Each adoptable will be $15.  That's 13Euro or £11. That is the base price for all adoptables.  If however you'd like to donate a little more for charity that would be wonderfully generous and appreciated!  If not that's fine

ONE adoptable per user, please.  If I have loads left over after a week you are welcome to come back and get another if you wish

NO POINTS DONATIONS.  I only accept world currency through Paypal.  I will not be selling these adoptables for points as I cannot convert points into a donation for Special Effect.
UPDATE Since i have recently found out how to trade adoptables for points and then convert those points into money, I WILL ALSO BE OFFERING THE ADOPTABLES IN EXCHANGE FOR DAPOINTS.  Each adoptable will cost 1500 DA points, the equivalent of $15.  If you prefer to pay with normal currency (see above) that's fine.  This is just another option for those who don't have a paypal account and only have access to DA points as currency.

Once adoptions are open and the new journal is up all you have to do is post a comment on that journal saying what character you'd like to adopt and i will note you.  You MUST have payment ready and be willing to transfer money through paypal.  If you put your name down on a character and don't have payment ready I will NOT hold the character for you, and you might lose it to another person who wants it. Please keep your eye on the comments on the adoption journal to see if someone has made a claim on it.  I will update the journal in realtime as much as possible XD

The adoptables are single characters WITH THE EXCEPTION of KITSUSAGI AND GLAUERTEEN who are SPECIES adoptables.  That means you can make multiples of these two as they are a species and not one single character



Once I have confirmed your payment then the adoptable is yours!  You now have complete creative control over the character, their storyline and their destiny.  

Anything not included on the design sheet is open for you to change and interpret how you like.  Apart from the character design all I have give the characters are names, a general species, and a list of likes and dislikes.  I would prefer these to stay the same, but other than that the rest is up to you.  You get full control over their personality, their gender, sexuality, relationships, alignment (good/evil), family, culture and actions.  If there are any details I've not included in the character design (for example most characters are only drawn from the front) then you have creative freedom to design how they look from other angles without my input.  Even if you just want to give the character to someone else as a gift, that's ok too!  All I ask is that you're respectful with the creations and take good care of them.  Don't let them gather dust in your gallery with no future!

You are then free to use the picture I've drawn of the character and re-upload it to your DA gallery if you wish.  I won't delete them from my gallery, but I will update the images to include who has adopted them and link back to your gallery.  You can use my artwork as a reference, or redraw them in your own style, or pay someone to draw a design sheet for you (heck if you want to commission me to draw a full design sheet for you, drop me a message and we can discuss it ;D)



Once I've adopted a character do I have to credit you when I draw/write about/use them in the future?
No you do not have to credit me once you own the character

Can I buy an adoptable for someone else?
Yes, but keep in mind I will only have evidence of YOU buying the adoptable.  If you then give the character to someone else it's up to you to negotiate with the owner as to who has ownership of it.  Once you've got the adoptable they are your responsibility

How much of the design can I change from the original?
As stated above if I've not included it in the drawing it's free for you to change.  I'm also aware that artists will draw characters in their own unique style, so it's not a big deal if an adopter draws the character bigger, smaller, more/less curvy, taller, shorter, with a slightly different skin tone etc.  Once the character is yours you are free to adapt them to suit your art style

Can I change their name?
I'd prefer you didn't, but feel free to give them nicknames or add new names to the existing one

Can I ship them with other characters?
Absolutely!

Can I change the character into a non Rayman OC?
These adoptables were created to exist and live in Rayman's universe, so generally no.  But I'm aware that crossovers exist and characters evolve and grow beyond their worlds over time.  So no you can't just change the character into a Spyro-dragon or a pony or a Pokemon species, but if they move away from the Rayman universe and become more like OC's then that's ok.  Just keep in mind they are heavily based on Rayman character designs from the games/cartoon, so keeping them as fancharacters is probably safer. 

Why don't you give away the adoptables for free?
I did originally consider this, but I felt it was an untrustworthy way of giving out adoptables.  There needed to be some kind of exchange so that the adopter had a guarantee that they owned the character, so no one could steal it and claim 'it was free so I own it!'.  I figured it was better to ask for money which could then be given to a worthy cause, which then gives a paper trail for the owner.  Plus it's a solid way to raise money for a charitable cause.

If there are any more questions not included here please comment on this journal and I'll update this journal to add them


So there we have it!  I hope all these characters can find good homes in the fandom.  

 

Thank you all again for your support and time!