there was a period of time during the early days of Neopets wherein they would redesign an older pet. in order to pick a redesign they'd offer a poll with a few different options, like this:

but during 2001—2004 they would do polls with several completely normal, similar-looking options and then one (1) just completely messed up option that they never acknowledged or explained

my personal favorite was the Gelert one

something that is fun for me is taking pets i never liked and trying to make them appealing to me personally in some way. just some minor tweaks here and there can make "Ugly" pets much more cute. make myncis a little less squat and a little more dynamic with more curls in the design here and there, or give poogles a droopy face that sorta reminds me of eeyore. it's little things like that.  of course, if you already love them how they are, maybe it's me getting my grubby hands all over them and ruining them. i hope not! also, i know poogles don't have noses. i think it makes their design worse tbh. on their old art, there's this little scribble that looks like a tiny nose, which i thought was cute. so i gave them a nose. anyhow, besides all that, i wanted to try keeping my lineart as it is on the first pass just to see how it turns out, but unfortunately the fun part of lineart to me is making it thick and chunky. i like to linger on it. oh well.  i don't think i'm ever going to get bored with drawing neopets. i'm sorry that it's all i've been drawing for months at this point. i've been really into drawing cartoony stuff in general, and these designs are Literally Perfect for that, in my opinion. it's ridiculous how fun it is to draw a silly cartoon.

did u guys kno i draw sometimes

Neopets Toy Commercial (2003) [✩]

I got a faerie mynci in neopets and now I'm doodling him. myncis are cool.

quick portrait for my rainbow mync on moderneo 🌈 she runs an alternate dimension cafe that you walk into by accident and accidentally spend 15 years enjoying your voidberry latte

Thinkway Voice Activated Toys

Source: https://www.drsloth.com/view/190882/

It’s gonna be May

Found these guys at Value Village today:

Into my small (for now) Neo collection they go:

(+ Garfield)

more neopets joke alts i made for pokemon infinite fusion!

to get mynci, fuse aipom and mankey. to get usul, fuse ampharos and flareon!

Neopets – Halloween pet avatars

Stealthy color for the Neopets review?

Stealthy was introduced post-customization, and while the idea of dressing your pet up in ninja clothes isn't anything new, the actual execution of the colour proved to be pretty neat. In addition to the clothes, Stealthy pets also have a dark blue base with bright blue pupil-less eyes. This looks great and helps to justify this as a paint brush colour instead of just a bunch of clothing sets.

The big issue that stealthy tends to have, at least in my opinion, is that a lot of Stealthy pets Aren't. Overly busy and detailed accents, amour, overly-bright palettes, and more are some things that tend to bog down the lesser Stealthy pets. The only one I think works despite having this attributes is the Stealthy Xweetok, which is based on Noh theater—otherwise, the colour tends to work best with minimal, subtle accent colours, a dark palette, and fairly practical clothing.

Favorite Species:

Hissi: There's nothing particularly special about this design, but I think it really captures the vibe of Stealthy perfectly. The hooded cloak works perfectly with the Hissi's body type, and the clothes are simple and practical. My only nitpick is that the subtle brown elements probably should've just been black, as the extra color doesn't add much to the design.

Mynci: I talked about the Stealthy Mynci already in my Mynci review so I won't go into too much detail here, but I like this design a lot. It's simple, it's practical, the gold and green palette works well with the blue base, and the gilded areas matching the shape of the Mynci's nose is a really nice touch.

Peophin: The Stealthy Peophin gets away from the ninja aesthetic a lot more than some pets, but I like it and I wanted to include it as an example of different ways the colour can be applied while stil looking good. In this case, the Stealthy Peophin has a lot of metallic gold accents against a black base, with netting across the body in patches and a tie around the muzzle that feels fitting for a horse. The whole design makes a surprising amount of practical sense for something that lives in the water.

Least Favorite Species:

Acara: This is what I was talking about when I said Stealthy pets tend to get too busy for their own good. The Stealthy Acara is really a mess, with a confusing mix of gold, green, and red accents all tossed together haphazardly, a snakeskin-like texture on parts of the outfit for no discernible reason, almost random placement of the gold accents, and a mask that leaves giant gaps around the eyes and reveals the mouth, which looks out of place. On the plus side... uh, at least the base colour looks fine?

Chomby: Yes I'm cheating and including two species instead of one, only because there are so many Stealthy designs that are a mess. In this case, the Chomby just has everything going on. Metal accents, random charms (complete with clipping error on the back spines), stitches, an incoherent colour palette with purple, green, orange, and pink accents all at once, and an overall look that could be spotted a mile away. All of the random doodads are part of the shirt and hat too, so you can't remove them in customization. Like the Acara, the base colour is nice, but that's it.

Messy quick (well 3 hours is quick for me) lil' drawing of a Christmas Mynci swinging and bouncing around by a Christmas tree, not a lot of thought behind this one just vibes, happy winter vibes.

We got our first snow of winter today and it was really fun, my dog had a great time playing in it, so here is some of that joy in a bouncy monkey-like little creature.

Unconverted Chocolate Mynci, yummy! Made for Grundo's Café!

chocolate mynci