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I have a stupid. but funny question. If "10% of the price of all merchandise goes towards the site, and 10% goes to the artist that created the design", where goes 80%?

Well. To put some oil in a honey cask, I'd say that DC graphics seem to regress. Both species look like 8-bit Dendy game art (you remember this stuff, don't you?). How many colours are used for each? 6? What about rendering? What's the DPI? 75? My guess is that those are great stuff finished a couple of years ago, and just released. I mean, look at the complete requests section. There're hundreds of great pixel art models there, but the one released look a bit outdated. How could they possibly appear after Tinsels, Embers, Snow Angels and Neglecteds, Pumpkins and Black Marrows? Pixel art has gone a bit far. I don't do DC much now, but I play UniCreatures and Mystic Grove. I don't like a lot of sprites there, but their quality is pretty much always unquestionable. I might not like cupids of flying pigs, but a really nice lady at MG does all the sprites by herself in 3D, you know, and UniCreatures has just two (!) artists atm, who're doing really beautiful and very detailed adoptables. While there are dozens of spriters dying to work for DC for free, but a lot of awesome sprites are waiting forever to be released, - and when they would be released, they'd probably be outdated, too, to that moment. Ok, now you can start to rub me with the oil, and bring some candles and lighters, please.

I missed the beginning and haven't seen new eggs yet. Did anyone saved the sprites?

Well, I might be one of the few persons who's happy DC is down, since it gave me some time to enjoy the Easter event at the other games I play (Mystic Grove egg hunt, in he first place). Now just waiting for the Twitch hunt at UniCreatures

I wondered what hapened.

Am i the only one to think that Pillows look original and well done, while Swallowtails look... well, old and a bit outdated? The concept is great, but the sprite itself looks very simple and schematic to me, like it was done in Paint, when all just began and nobody had great skills in spriting. Perhaps, it's one of the oldest dragons from the waiting list. And here lies the problem: if it was done 3 years ago, it was great for that time, but now we have much more difficult and complicated sprites, since the graphics itself changed with time. So, it's like to compare good old Tom & Jerry with Shrek 3D.

Hmmm, I stil don't like them, too sweet and ponyhorse for me, but anyway, I prefer adults much better than hatchlings, at least I like them much more than I've expected. Thank you, spriters!

Be patient, it's not long to wait

I missed the conversation; are there any more spriter's alts except Nakase's? Found nothing at Dragcave Wiki.

Sorry for offtopic, guyz, but Katnh, I just wrote you pm offering one for free. Back to topic: As the Nakase is here, may I also ask, does the artist's sprite exist?

I think Male Purples would be the perfect mates for them, as they are fat as well, and the colour pattern is similar.

Yes, you're right. I will wait for adults to make my personal final judgement. I am sorry, if any of my words did offend the spriter, I understand all the hard work done for all of us, so even I personally dislike it, it doesn't mean anything. Still, the sprite is very well done, and obviously very well thought over. So, I beg everyone's pardon, if I sounded rude.

Thinking of smt pretty for a Valentine's Day, I can't help thinking about a pair of Manolo Blahnik if I have only had such an awesome gift of spriting, I would probably come up with the idea of glamorous-high-heels-shoes-Vday's-gift Dragon.

That's exactly what I'm talking about. I admire spriters' work, it's great and such, I'm really thankful for the V-day release, but those pink glamorous like barby poneys make me think about Swarovski crystals... I still think the best and the most creative V-day stuff was Alt Valentine, and people really admired it, it was gothic like, stylish and still, very Valentine looking.

Just noticed: each year V-day dragons become more and more fairy and childish. Valentines'09 were done as absolute dragons, their shape was playful, but somehow aggressive, and their color was dark pink. Sweetlings were much more peaceful, soft and light, as Valentine Lights (or teen's Valentine). New Rose dragons are even more soft, light and sweet, resembling a Fairy Pony more than a real dragon (at least, that's what can be said about a hatchling). I wonder is it intentional, and does it mean the community becomes younger each year?

Yes, it's up for me.

When I wrote this, there were no mods in the thread, so I wanted to summarize info Also, good Khallayne is here! Her presence seems to make people calm

Dear members, please try to avoid spam and unnecessary repeating complaints! The cave is still down, and you can check its status here. Caught eggs are softshell safe, since fansites can't load the images, too. T.J. is informed, and will fix it as soon as he will be online. We have no official information about time compensation, etc yet. Not so much to discuss at the moment.

Yes, the site is down. Glad, I got my eggs when they were just releases Also, my guess is that, if lag lasts too long, T.J. might at least add some hours to the dropping (doubt he will give one more day, though).

As I expected, new eggs are again pink-ish, girl-ish, sweet-ish and barby-ish Well, despite I do not really like this colour scheme, that is what Valentine's Day is about, so everything is on the right place. Getting both was even easier than Ribbon Dancers (which I couldn't imagine). Thanks to T.J. and spriter(s), looking forward to see hatchies and adults.

Now there would offers for CB Prizes in trading threads

Agreed. With the small amendment, cb Hollies were released in 2007 (2008 was the Yulebucks release). Also, I think "the contests are unfair" was said with the irony

I wonder, did anyone actually choose anything, but not cb Holly as a HM prize? Smt like cb alt, coloured Striped or a cb hybrid?

Nobody can predict, but my guess is that TJ won't allow it, since they are not Holiday dragons, in the first place.

I already uploaded the pics at Photobucket and posted them in the thread: