Staff Litter 2015 Discussion Thread V.2

[Dracane]

My favorites this year are these:

[hxneystorm]

Overall, my most favourites were these ones :3




They were all so wonderful! I love each and every one of them, but these were my very hard to choose favourites

[Totty]

All of the staff pets were so gorgeous for me >.< I can't choose.
I think it would be cool if next years color scheme was red and brown/red and gray. x3

[Sakura Kuromi]

A little story about the staff pets^^


Reynir was excitedly trying to enlarge the hole in his eggshell. He could see something blue. Was that the sky he heared so much about? gerly he worked and tried to enlarge it even more and with a finally creak the eggshell split apart and due to the sudden miss of thewalls that he was tackling, he fell out to the ground. He looked confusedly and with whide eyes around him. The world seemed so bright and big after he could see it as well instead of just hearing it. He remembered how he had rolled out of his nest and remembered that he had heared the sea. He was looking around him once more and finally saw a giant water puddle. That must be the sea! Excitedly he got up on his was and was staggering a bit, because standing and walking was something she wasnt used to yet. But after some moments he was able to get them work like he wanted and walked towards the water. Starring at it interestedly he nearly had overlooked the giant person, close to him.
[img]http://static.chickensmoothie.com/pic.php?k=E9AA58AEA3D1849FBCC9EE1BAD2659CD&bg=d9d0db[/img
]First as he heard some noise he turned around to see a pet with hooves, some long horns, a beared and a big, yet graceful fin. Looking amazed he asked it: "Who and what are you?". With a moving sound in his chuckle he answered: "Hello young one, my name is Lir and i'm living here at the shore. As you can see i'm part goat and part fish. I can be on land, and on water,but i cant dive for to long. And who are you?". "My name is Reynir. I rolled out of my egg and just hatched. Have you seen my Mother or Father?", he asked the other pet. Lir was thinking for a while until he said slowely: "I think they wen't to hunt some pray. Maybe they thought you would hatch soon and wanted to get you something to eat?". Now that Lir had mentioned it, Reynir could feel his empty stomage and looked a bit embarrassed when it made a sound. "I don't think your parents will be back so soon... And i have nothing to eat for you... But maybe i could introduce you to some of my friends while you wait. So you can maybe forget your hunger for a bit"; he suggested and smiled at the young one. Excitedly Reynor nodded so enthusiaticly that he nearly fell over. "Please do so Lir. I'm just hatched and i want to see as much as i can!", he agrredd and begged him. "Than follow me", he chuckled again with his mowing voice and started to walk.

"Hey, who's that with you Lir?", a unfamiliar voice asked and Reynir jumped a bit because he hadn't expected it and havent seen the pet before. "He's Reynir and he's just hatched when his parents where out for a hunt, so i'm showing him a bit around until they get back", he explained for the stranger and looked at Reynir as he explained: "Arion is patrouilling the shore regulary. He's looking that everything is alright and help if there is a quirrel or such". Arion smiled at the little griffin and said: "Hello Reynir, it's nice to meet you. We might see each other more often from now on, so let's be good neighbours". Reynir nodded and looked impressed at the staff he held in his paws. With a smirk Arion asked the little griffin: "Do you want to hold it once?". Excitedly Reynir nodded. The elder one gave him the staff and he realized that it was kinda hard to hold something so smoothe in his peak, but eventually he made it after some tries and walked a few circles proudly around the other two. Arion chuckled at him and brushed with his paw over his head before he took his staff again and wished them a nice time before he walked off again, continuing his patrol. Lir stood up and started walking again as well and Reynir followed him.

He was eager to see as much new as he could and after a short walk he found two other pets that where chatting with each other. "Hey Lir? Do you know them? Who are they?", he asked the Goatfish and looked curiously at them. Lir looked at them and answered: "The left one is Aiyana and the other one is Siloso. Their friends. Maybe we can join them for a little chat. So you want to?", he asked and looked at Reynir. He was nodding excitedly. Of course he wanted! They went up to these two and Lir introduced Reynir to them. "Siloso? You have fins as well as Lir, does that mean you can swim as well? How is it to swim? How does it feel?"; he wanted to know, because he had realized that he couldn't imagine this feeling. He could imagine how it would be when he finally spread his wings and flew, but swimming? He had no idea. With a smile Siloso answered: "Yes i can swim. But most pets can swim, even if they don't have fins. You see Aiyana? She collected all of these Seastars herself while swimming and she has no fins, right?". Amazed he looked at her. You really can swim without fins and collected all these?"

"Yeah, she did", answered a voice behind them he Reynir jumped once more at the sudden new pup. "Sorry, i wdoesn't wanted to startle you. I'm Karoola. Aiyana comes near my house often. I live underwater and there a lot of seastars in my garden and i allowed her to collect them, so she often visits me", he explained softly to the young griffin. Surprised he looked with widened eye at him and asked: "You live underwater? But there is no air, right? How do you live there?" With a giggle Karoola answered: "Its kinsa like a cave underwater. Further in theres a airbubble with a connection to the sky somewhere, so i have all fresh air i want. It's just a bit dark, but with my eyes i can see perfectly even if there is less light than here". "Wow, thats sounds amazing"; meant Reynir and tried to imagine it. "Do you want to see it? I wouldn't mind you to come to my house. I have freshly baked cookies as well. "What are cookies?", Reynir asked excitedly before he droped a bit and said a bit sad: "I can't come to visit you. I have wings and they are not made for swimming...". The other pets looked at each other until Siloso spoke thinkingly: "Why don't we ask HIM?". The others thought for a while and nodded than. "HEy Reynir, follow us", Lir meant and started to walk with the others to a little, to the see open cave.

In the middle of the cave he found a pet which Reynir couldn't help but stare at it. "Hello Eldest", Siloso soke up and bowed politely her head. Getting a bit flustered Reynir copied her movements and lookked shyly at this magestic pet. "Well, who we have here?", he spoke with a rather deep, yet nice voice and looked from one to the other until his gaze rested on Reynir. "Hello young one. Are you the little Hatchling of the Griffins i had seen from the see some times already?", he asked him and swam a it closer. "Yes, i am. Do you now my parents?"; he asked surprised and looked in awe at him. The Eldest chuckled and nodded: "I know nearly every Pet that lives here. If not all of them. Im older than i look. I guess only my friend is older than me.". With that he nodded to another pet which was sitting a bit away and watched the group interestedly.

he Pet in the middle looked magestic as well and it took one step forward as he introduced him and his friends to them. "I'm Keeper and i'm a dragon. These are Ryu and Ziggi. We live a bit further away where the ground is warm all day and the nights are cold and we have a lot of sand and sun for us". Interested Reynir looked from one pet to the other. Never had he guessed he would get to know so many pets before he would even see his parents the first time. He stood there in awe and had forgotten why they originally where here, but the Eldest reminded him as he asked Siloso: "You wanted to ask me for some advice, right? I know you good enough to know when you have a question at heart", and chuckled slightly. "Yes, i have", she nodded and explained that all of them wanted to visit Karoolas House, but that they didn't know how Reynir shoud get there. The Eldest thought about it some time, but it was Keeper who answered: "Why don't you use your bubbles? We could get him in one and you could bring him there. After all Karoolas home is a cave like this one and once he's there and gets back there is no problem". "Thats a good idea", the eldest nodded and asked Karoola: "Would it be okay for me and my friends to come as well? I need to come with him when i want to carry him in my bubbles, but my friends just came to visit me and i dont want to leave them alone". Excitedly looked Reynir to Karoola. If she would be okay with so many people at her home. He hoped. He so wanted to see the world underwater and get to know what a cookie was. To his delight she was nodding. "I have no problem. My cave is larege enough for all of us, so feel free to come". As all of them nodded agreeing, Ryu und Ziggi helped Keeper to help Reynir inside of one of the Eldest bubbles that where floating around him. It was kinda funny for Reynir to sit in a bubble and all around him looked a bit bizarre, but he found it interested and liked it even. Without further ado they went to the water surfac and dived into.

WIP
Will continue later
Still missing pups:
Underwater: Cataract, Graham, PitchBlack
Isle: Verdana and Misneach, Fiery Gatoh and endeavor
Land: Orchid Spring, Sketchi, LilianNightshade, Metallic Dragon
cliffs: DoctorDraca, Vampiric, shuyler
sky: Nadine, Pluma and berkshire

[james moriarty]

I think for me, this pet takes the cake. Typically I'm not a huge fan of massive lineart edits - I prefer sleek and simple - but I gotta say I am a sucker for these lines. I think the design, despite being heavily edited and pretty complicated, works well and the lines don't look awkward at all, like a few of the edits this year. It's creative, it uses lighter colors so the design isn't too overwhelming, and overall it's just beautiful! Thanks, bentley!

Edit: Also, major love for this one:


Just because it's cute and funny.

[v i x e n]

Uriko's favourite staff doggies this year are these!! >w<


but her most favourite is this one!!


Well doneeee!!! ^w^

[TattyLunaWolf]

my fraves are these but i love all the staff pets this year the colour pallete

[Eden,.]

my favourite this year surprised me
since the pup stage was a giant troll
and the floofy orange dog was perfection
but Chia killed me.

I must say that only a few staff pets were my cup of tea this year.
let it be the colour scheme since I usually don't like orange
or maybe that aquatic/lizard-ish theme a lot of them have
I like a lot of the pup stages better than the adult stages
but I have to say every artist made something very beautiful

[Hamlet]

This one is by far my favorite, but right behind it is...


Fish dog!

Also really like Verdana's

[Pluma]

A little story about the staff pets^^

Alright! Totally digging this story! Can't wait to see the rest <3