u/Shiiyan

I'm really disappointed right now, to the point of being at the verge of tears. I really don't know what I've done wrong to deserve to be treated this way by a member of this community... I'm sorry if this turns out long, I'm a bit upset and my thoughts are scattered.

So, some of you might have seen the post in which I "offered" an art trade. I've only just picked up on drawing again (it's been months since I last drew) and I know I'm not that good at drawing which I even stated in the first sentence of the post. Therefore, I stated that I could either draw two chibis with a base or a single character in anime style. I personally am happy to see artwork of only my F/O, so I thought I'd include that as an option as I'm not confident enough in my skills to draw two people in anime style. Honestly, I didn't care for the level of artwork I receive in return, but I didn't want to feel like I'm being used, hence doing a trade and not a gift.

The thing is, I had an absolute horrible week, it feels like I'm carrying too much mental load and the people around me are unhappy despite my efforts, so I just wanted to do a little something to make someone smile, even it's a stranger on the internet. Drawing also helped me to stop thinking. That's why I "offered" the art trade.

So someone from the community which I haven't read of before commented under the post. I saw that they have Genshin Impact F/Os and while I don't mind others having an Genshin Impact F/O, I like some of the characters platonically and so I don't really feel comfortable drawing a ship myself. I have never and will never share anything about Genshin characters in this sub (I respect other peoples' ships and don't want to give them any reason for the need to block me). Aside from that, Genshin characters' looks are extremly detailed, so drawing one chibi is more difficult than usual (I didn't get to explain that anymore though). I wanted to chat with them in private to explain things, make boundaries clear and tell them what I can draw despite that. I explained that I don't feel too comfortable drawing a Genshin ship, but I would totally draw a single character for them. I tried to write that as soon as possible, but it took me a bit longer to type because I was looking for the right words, so they already wrote something in between. Hence two times I cut my text, answered them first, inserted my text again and continued to type until finished.

After I send them that, they suddenly leashed at me that when "offering" art trades in a ficto community, I should be open to draw other people's ships and not only one character. They got offended by me calling Genshin something like my safe space (I don't care/mind what other people do in their headcanon or whatever, I even like seeing posts of people gushing about their Genshin F/O, it's just that I don't want to draw a Genshin ship because that's not "my" world/headcanon). And they were enraged because they thought I don't have anything to do with Genshin because I "accepted" their art trade. They also got mad at me for having the "audacity" to be uncomfortable with their selfships despite not having a Genshin F/O.

I didn't even get to explain things because they just blocked me.

I didn't accept their art trade. I specifically wanted to chat with them to discuss the boundaries. I didn't feel uncomfortable with the selfships itself either, I'm not comfortable with drawing them which is a huge difference to me. I don't know why they would assume that I have no connection to the game either. I literally don't hide my comments that I write in the Genshin Impact community from my profile. I've never claimed not to know Genshin. I love the game. I love the characters platonically, but I don't call them F/Os because the way I view them (more like friends) is very different from how I view my F/O Zuko.

They just threw these accusations at me and blocked me. They didn't even care for my explanation. I just wanted to make someone happy, but I was met with hostility instead. This is making me so extremly disappointed and sad. I don't think I will ever do an art trade or gift again. It feels like whatever I do, whether IRL or in the interent, is bound to result in a disappointment. I'm just so sad. I wanted the evening to be fun because today is Zuko's and my 300 days anniversary, but that one paragraph completely threw me off.

If you read until now, thank you. I don't know what I'm expecting of this, really. Please don't try to look up who that person is, either. I don't want to cause any more sadness and anger.

Can you recommend some pin artists which are based in Europe? I see tons of super cute pins, but almost all of them come from America. The shipping costs are usually twice as much as the pin.

Extra points if they ship from Germany <3

I really want to buy some cute and well-done hard enamel pins for my collection.

As the title says, I'm looking for an artist who wants to team up with me for a small gameboy color game for the occasion of the current Pride Month :) I would like to create a game that educates about asexuality because it's a sexuality that is often overseen or misunderstood.

The game is supposed to be accessible for free as it is meant to playfully teach about asexuality and overcome prejudices. Hence, it's purely a hobby project.

While I do have some experience in pixelart in general, I haven't done much for gbc before and since I want to make only a small game (15-30min) that is to be finished within June, it would be great to split the work! Ideally, it should not take longer than two weeks to make it, though it's no problem if it takes longer (I'm working full-time so it's not like I can spend all of my time on this either). It's just for fun anyway.

About me: I can't present you a finished game sadly because I'm still working on two games (which are private, but I can send you screenshots if you want). I do have enough experience in GB Studio to be confident enough that I can make our visions come true. I've been programming in general for 10 years, so I know how to think logically. Though the game is not supposed to be very complicated anyway. As I said, I do have pixelart experience, but not so much with the limitations in GBC. That does mean I can help with the art a bit if desired though.

About the game: My idea is that the player goes to a cristopher street day and notices a stall about asexuality. As they don't know anything about it yet, they go to different people and listen to their stories. The player could be given a stamp card for a rally and if they finished one "mission", they get a stamp. Each part should teach something different about the sexuality and people who identify as aces. One part could be to talk with a person for a while or go searching for an item. We can discuss together how we want to make the game mechanics- and storywise, but you can also leave it to me if you're not interested in that. At the end should be a short quiz that asks typical questions about asexuality and gives the right answer after that, as sort of summarization and so the player remembers the facts more easily.

About you: You don't have to know anything about asexuality. You don't have to be queer either. You just have to be interested in and somewhat good at making pixelart! Since the game is about asexuality, it would be fine to keep the colors reduced to 4 colors (black, white, grey, purple) for simplicity, though if you know about gbc and gb studio limitations and are confident in the use of color, it would be fun to make the game more colorful.

About the assets needed: As of now, a player's sprite with four or eight directions movement (no set size yet), sprites for other visitors (four directions static should be fine, for some we might need even less), map/background with some stalls and decorations (gbc has a limit of how many unique tiles are possible), stamps for the stamp rally (or something similar to "collect" progress), a title splash. There might be more if I/we come up with more interesting stuff to include in the game (maybe mini-games? Like sorting the flag colors into the right order).

I hope this post got you interested. I'm looking forward to your reply! :)

As the title says, I'm looking for an artist who wants to team up with me for a small gameboy color game for the occasion of the current Pride Month. I would like to create a game that resolves around asexuality because it's a sexuality that is often not seen or misunderstood.

I do have some experience in pixelart, but since I want to make only a small game (15-30min) that is to be finished within June, it would be great to split the work! Ideally, it should not take longer than two weeks to make it, though it's no problem if it takes longer (I'm working full-time so it's not like I can spend all of my time on this either). It's just for fun anyway.

I'm going to make the game in GB Studio which is a software for making Gameboy and Gameboy Color games in visual coding. The game is supposed to be accessible for free as it is meant to playfully teach about asexuality and overcome prejudices.

About me: I'm still quite new to GB Studio, but I've been working with it for a while and I'm confident that I can make our visions come true. I've been programming in general for 10 years, so I know how to think logically. Though the game is not supposed to be very complicated anyway. As I said, I do have pixelart experience, but not so much with the limitations in GBC. That does mean I can help with the art if desired though.

About the game: My idea is that the player goes to a cristopher street day and notices a stall about asexuality. As they don't know anything about it yet, they go to different people and listen to their stories. The player could be given a stamp card for a rally and if they finished one "mission", they get a stamp. Each part should teach something different about sexuality. One part could be to talk with a person for a while or go searching for an item. We can discuss together how we want to make the game mechanics- and storywise, but you can also leave it to me if you're not interested in that. At the end should be a short quiz that asks typical questions about asexuality and gives the right answer after that, as sort of summarization and so the player remembers the facts more easily.

About you: You don't have to know anything about asexuality. You don't have to be queer either. You just have to be interested in and somewhat good at making pixelart! Since the game is about asexuality, it would be fine to keep the colors reduced to 4 colors (black, white, grey, purple) for simplicity, though if you know about gbc and gb studio limitations and are confident in the use of color, it would be fun to make the game more colorful.

About the assets needed: As of now, a player's sprite with four or eight directions movement (no set size yet), sprites for other visitors (four directions static should be fine, for some we might need even less), map/background with some stalls and decorations (gbc has a limit of how many unique tiles are possible), stamps for the stamp rally (or something similar to "collect" progress), a title splash. There might be more if I/we come up with more interesting stuff to include in the game (maybe mini-games? Like sorting the flag colors into the right order).

I hope this post got you interested. I'm looking forward to your reply! (edit: typos)

I'm currently learning how to use the software GB Studio just for fun to make my own Gameboy color game (mostly because I'm actually learning how to develop games for Advance, but since that's a lot more difficult, I needed a break from it haha). I thought it would be nice to make a game with my F/O, so I put his sprite on a premade background and gave him some dialog. But… it's not enough. Even though I input A LOT of lines, it still feels empty somehow…

So, do you have any ideas what else I could include? Sadly, I'm not able to do cool stuff like minigames yet… But walking, talking, picking up items and such things are fine. I'd really appreciate your help! I might return it to the community somehow in the future…