hi neotag happy birthday i made a petpage for adoptables! now you can decorate your pages with these. still very much a wip and i don't have every species yet but i wanted to get it up here on the 15th :)
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Believe it or not im rather burnout(? So i'll be posting some of my older works around here lately since my blog seems to be a bit more active now :D
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Will your review neopets the same way you review Pokémon? Will you review the beloved. The Korbat.
(I have a few requests for Neopet reviews, so I'll be mixing these in with the Pokemon reviews based on request order.
Neopets are different than Pokemon because you have the base color, which is usually pretty plain, and then dozens upon dozens of paint brush colors. I can't possibly review all the colors in one sitting, so I'll instead just review the base and pick out three of my favorites for that species. If you guys want a specific species + color combo, you can mention it in the requests or request afterward.
Also, no character reviews either, just the pets themselves. Characters can also be requested separately if it's something you guys would be interested in.)
Korbats are—you're not going to believe this—bats. They're fairly standard as far as bats go, but they do have the interesting addition of a long tail, something bats aren't exactly known for. What's really cool is that they use this tail to hang upside-down with, which feels like something bats would do if they did have tails:
(Side note: I love them hanging off the circle like this, but weirdly enough only two unconverted colors had this pose instead of the standard circle pose—not even non-standard body type colors either. Weird.)
I really like how Korbats are white by default, instead of the standard bat black. It gives the basic colors a nice pop of color instead of just making the entire body a single color the way most species of Neopets do. Yellow and red are especially good in this regard because the wing color is accented by the feet and ears respectively.
However, something about Korbats never quite clicked with me personally if I'm being honest, even though I love bats. I think the reason is the face—bats have very distinct noses and sometimes fox-like muzzles, depending on species, but Korbats have Kacheek-like faces and something about them feels kind of generic.
I think conversion doesn't help with this. Korbats benefited from conversion in the sense that their art was very old and dated, but things like adding eyebrows and making the eyes bigger and less dot-like looses something, even if it's technically more in-line with other Neopets. Also, putting the ears behind the heads was a big mistake—now their foreheads look gigantic. Not to say the converted version is bad or anything, as the art itself is a big upgrade, but those subtle tweaks throw it a bit.
Favorite colours:
Candy: I absolutely adore this color. It feels like an apology letter for the Halloween Korbat, which I always thought was pretty mid for the Neopet probably most associated with the color. The candy corn concept is great and the execution is perfect, with the tri-colored wings and tail.
Maraquan: Manta ray! Absolutely perfect concept and a great execution. Love the touch of bubbles under the "wings" to break up an otherwise plain design and help further convey the underwater aspect.
Relic: Another fantastic concept, and they went the extra mile by giving it an extra fierce expression. I also love how weathered the stone looks.
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I got this bug to draw neopets, but also The Locked Tomb fanart. I decided Harrow would be a korbat because small. It's hard to make the little guys look mean. I don't wanna do a darigan version either. Underneath the bones and skull paint is a little Nona after all.
I'm still working out which species works the best for Gideon. And unfortunately I'm thinking about the kau. Uncharitable choice for sure but it's so funny.
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