I wish you the very best of luck in all of your future endeavors though. :3@gay ~ Haha. XD That's her normal beanie that's part of her design. XD It was literally the only accessory on her that I didn't color in with a brush on GIMP. I just used the gradient fill tool and set it to rainbow. XD Actually, I love how it turned out. :3 This picture actually marks my very first time ever drawing a beanie. :3
@Sparkyy ~ Thank you! ♥
@Demzee ~ Thank you very much! ♥ Haha, my signature was actually originally inspired, oddly enough, by the cruelty free symbol that some makeup packages have to show that their products are not tested on animals. I couldn't actually master the whole heart-as-ears-thing, so I gave up on it and it has become what it is now. XD
Which site do you prefer using for characters? Sta.sh, Charahub, Weebly/Wix/Other Website, or Toyhou.se?
Ugh...toughie. I've explored the use of most of those websites. I do love Charahub and Toyhou.se, but they don't offer the same about of customization as weebly does. I dunno why, but I just love being able to have a header image. XD
Also, with weebly or wix, you can do more without having to spend anything.
I liked Charahub for it's built-in questions that can help you develop a character, but I disliked how you can only store a certain number of characters on there without having to purchase more slots. Also, you can only upload 10 pieces of art per character, so if you have a character exceeding that amount, you'd have to buy into the site in order to unlock more slots or whatever to include all their art. I've also noticed that there's a fair amount of times when the website is down.
Toyhou.se is nice, if you can get one. Since it's in...what is it? Beta? And you can only get an account either by a really nice user willing to give you a referral code for free, or purchasing it from someone who is selling them.
I don't use Sta.sh because I hardly ever use my dA account because not much happens over there. XD
Have you ever gone back to an old character and try to write for them again? If so, how easy or difficult was it for you to go back to the mindset you had when you first wrote about them?
It seems to depend based on the character...and the length of time that has passed since writing for the character. XD
What character was the hardest for you to get back into the mindset of writing for?
Probably Nitika Kumari, my female anthro white tiger. I wanted to re-write her story that I wrote for her when I applied for her from the Pound of Hope and go more in depth and then continue it, but I wrote that story back in August of 2012. XD Also, I write while I had the song "Come Wake Me Up" by Rascal Flatts stuck in my head. XD
What do you enjoy most when you're developing characters?
I love it when I get good inspiration to help me and it's like...really good inspiration and I just get swept away in the development process because of how amazing the idea is and I want to get it all down before I forget a single detail of it. XD
I also love it when I get hit with development inspiration that I can use for a character that has been gathering dust for awhile.
Case in point: Reggy! ♥
Reggy was gathering dust for a long time. And I mean a long time. Partly because I purchased him, but I couldn't have him yet because the person I bought him from wanted to make a new reference for him, and partly because I didn't know what to do with him now that I had him. XD Plus, my original concept for him sucked. I originally planned on him either being a fan of Harry Potter, or being the pet of a student at Hogwarts.
I have to say that when I got struck by the idea of him actually being a student at Hogwarts who is an animagus, I was floored by the idea and I was like...YES! XD Then I began obsessively developing him to the point where he is now one of my most well-developed characters I own that isn't part of an adoptable species or was adopted from an adoption agency. XD
