All About Arctic!

Hey Jammers! Arctic here!

*crickets*

Oh, uhm, I guess some of you don't know who I am, eh? Alright, there's an easy way to fix that!

*hides behind a rock, and then jumps out from behind it*

Hey Jammers! I'm Arcticstar8404, but you can call me Arctic. I'm one of the new authors here on the AJAC, and let me tell you, I'm super stoked to be here! Now that we're acquainted, let's get into some stuff about who I am!

I'm a long-time Blogger and Jammer! You may know me from such blogs as the Animal Jam Community (on which I became an author in 2014, and have since gone on to become an administrator/co-owner) and the Animal Jam Friendship Community (on which I'm an author who posts on Fridays!). I'll be your new Monday author - I look forward to getting to know all of you better!

Art-wise, I'd say I'm not as advanced as a lot of Jammers. I work hard, but I'm definitely not the best. I feel like I'm actually better at editing than I am at art, but I do love doing both! So, it's likely that I'll be posting more edits on here than art (art takes me longer) so stay tuned!

RAPID FIRE ARCTIC FACTS TIME:

• I'm a proud Canadian
• My favourite school subjects are English, Journalism, and French.
• I'm quite good at photography!
• My favourite colour is green
• I love mustard. A lot.
• My favourite chocolate bar is Coffee Crisp
• My favourite potato chip flavour is Ketchup
• My favourite pop is Root Beer
• My favourite kind of music is classic rock and my favourite band is the Beatles
• I'm a total nut for Harry Potter (my all time favourite series!)
• I have played piano for 11 years, and guitar for 2 years. I am extremely passionate about music.

Hm, yep! I think that just about covers it!

Here's some examples of my work:

Edits:

Masterpieces:

Art:

So, that's a taste of what I can do! It takes me a long time to do art/edits, so a lot of my stuff will probably be a work-in-progress or unfinished. That's alright, though! How can you improve without a lot of practice work?

For those of you that are on the AJA (Animal Jam Amino) my username is Arcticstar. You should probably be able to recognize me by my profile picture (my main animal: raccoon with an acorn hat and violin).

I think that just about covers it... Yep! I'll see you all next week with my first official post!

Send me a lemon at arcticstarjamaa@gmail.com !

Hello AJAC!-Sarahkey8's Introduction

Hello! As you can uhm, probably tell from the title and-and- uhm... the title. I am Sarahkey8!
And I am very happy to be writing on this blog :D I will be posting every other Sunday :D

How about the real introduction... ok?
Here are my main animals

I'm normally my fox, and I'm only my bunny when I'm non member

And nowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww facts! 

1. I am a Christian, ok- now, I'm not saying at all that I am perfect faaaaaar from it, nobody is-Can't really find much to say about this soooooo....

2. (Not very major but whatever) I have 12 siblings. 9 brothers and 3 sisters, all my sisters play Animal Jam, and only one of my brothers, Pob93, (my brother) Ja983, Nas, and Bunnygirl99340(I think thats her username, it has escaped my mind O.O) One of my brothers recently quit.(Tox7)

3. My favorite color is yellow.

4. Lots of people say the Animal Jam Art Studio is hard to draw in, because its simple. Well, its the only 'art program' I can actually draw in (even though the art I draw there stinks but hey,) I fail when I draw on paper.

5. I have two cats Smokey and Fire.
,  <---Smokey
  <--- Fire
 Smokey is declawed, Fire only has her back claws, Smokey is a year older then me, and my family has had her sense before I was born (A coupe months before I think) and Fire, is probably about 3, we found her like 2 years ago at night, she was a stray, and she is a pure tortoiseshell, so she was probably the runt of the litter? Idk, possibly though!


Examples of my art:

Inspired by Echo's From The Edge, a series by Bryan Davis

A house

Pixelz

An OC WIP

A horse I once rode. 

A bat XD

I started blogging 2016, when I became an author for the Animal Jam Friendship Community. and have very recently become an author for the Animal Jam Community! And I have been drawing sense I was very little.

And some other facts

-I hate Mustard
-I am obsessed with bananas, and yet, I dont like them very much
-I hate most Disney princess movies, the live action versions are better
-I love nature, enough said XD
-When I'm older, I want to work at AJHQ, and yet, I don't want to leave my state and my family XD
-I am obsessed with horses. Obsessed is an understatement
-My favorite animal is a Quarter Horse, (or perhaps an Arabian Horse) 2nd favorite is a cheetah
-I love to read, a good book is better then a movie I always say
-I hate books that are just really simple and just have like princesses and tea-parties, like, for example, Elsie Dinsmore, I like books with more drama, like The Door Within Trilogy, the Dragons In Our Midst series, the Oracles of Fire series, the Children of the Bard series (Which are all after each other) The Dark Sea Annals, etc. 
-I cannot sleep without my pillow chum and one of my blankets. if I dont have any I have trouble sleeping, if I have one of them usually I have o.k. sleep, if I have both of them normally I sleep well. -Oh my gosh that last one sounded so childish
-I love Cheesecake
-I love my mom's chicken pasta salad, no salad is better
-I love Owl City
Well, that's all for now! :D Bye guys!  


                                     

Swirl's Intro

Hi everyone! It's me, Swirlshine, and this is my first ever post on the AJAC! I'm super excited to be an author, and I'd like to thank Crazcatlover once again for making me one!
Now, here's a little about myself!



Alright, so, if you don't know me already (most of you do, though), my name's Swirlshine, as I said above, although you can just call me Swirl for short! I have a blog of my own, called The Weekly Jammer News, and I'm the one and only author of it. I love reading, writing, drawing, listening to music, animals, and many other things, including blogging and playing Animal Jam! I'm a HUGE fan of Owl City (a "band", even though it's just one person) as well!

I discovered Animal Jam in 2013, the day after my birthday, I believe, when my best friend showed me her AJ account at a sleepover. I liked what I saw, and, after she left, I got my mom's permission to create my first characters, Miss Windyspirit, the tiger, and Little Daisysun, the seal!
Honestly, I have no idea how my username came to be. I didn't really read Warriors, my favorite book series, yet, and I had no other ideas in my mind. I guess I just thought of two random things that sounded magical, put them together, and BAM! Swirlshine was born! XD!
Ever since I put together my first main look, I've really loved wizard costumes!

You can see why, XD!

I started my blog about a year later, in 2014, after being inspired by my AJ blogger idol, Mister Chunkybuddy. Back then, I really just wanted my blog to be famous, and I didn't really understand what it was about. I just did the typical item posts, never really having any interesting news.
Years later, though, I became friends with so many amazing bloggers! They all inspired me and helped me out, and... well, here I am today with an entirely changed blog! :)

My personality is actually kinda different in different situations. In real life, I'm very shy and quiet, and I don't really like talking to people I don't know, although I'm pretty intelligent when it comes to schoolwork. Social skills? Not so much. XD!
In Animal Jam, and on blogs, I feel like I can really open up and be myself, so that's why, if you meet me online, you'll probably see me being hyper and silly! I try to keep every one of my blogger friends happy! :)




Well, there's my introduction! I really am looking forward to posting some awesome art on the ACAC, and I hope you guys are, too! As I always say, please remember to PARTY HARD, BE KIND, and JAM ON, everyone! Bye!

Introduction time- Crazcatlover

  Hey, Jammers!  Crazcatlover here, with the first of the daily blog posts here on the Animal Jam Artists Community!  I really look forward to working with all of the amazing authors on this blog!

  In case you want to know what day each author will be posting, here's the schedule:

Purplestarclub- Every other Sunday 

Sarahkey8- Every other Sunday  

Arcticstar8404- Monday

Harmonypurr9- Tuesday

Karalee- Wednesday

Sharae16- Thursday

Crazcatlover (aka me)- Friday

Swirlshine- Saturday

  Anyways!  You probably know me already, or at least know about me, seeing as I'm the owner of this blog!  But for those of you who don't know me, it's introduction time!

  I'm Crazcatlover, but you can call me Cat.  I got my username a long time ago when I wanted to sign up for a (different) website, but I was a small child so I didn't know what to type in as a username.  So I did what any child would do, and begged my brother to come up with a username for me.  Since I was absolutely obsessed with cats, he typed in Crazycatlover.  But since the website had a username character limit of 12 characters, he removed the 'y' and said it would still be pronounced the same.  Being a strange little child, though, I decided to pronounce this username 'craze cat lover' anyway, and that username (and pronunciation) has stuck with me ever since.

This is my main Animal Jam look.  I think polar bears are really cool :)

  This is my other main look, since I've had this wolf pretty much since I made my account.  But since  nearly everyone has wolves (be them regular or arctic) as their main looks, I tend to use my polar bear more often than my wolf.

  I joined Animal Jam way back in 2011, and started a YouTube channel, and then a blog, in 2016 to showcase my Animal Jam drawings.  While I no longer play the game nearly as much as I used to, the amazing people I met through it have become some of my closest friends, and I just can't bring myself to leave.

  Time for some Random facts about me!! about me!! about me!  about me!

• I love superheroes!  My favorite superhero would be a tie between Spiderman and Robin/Nightwing (mainly Young Justice Robin/Nightwing)
• I want to be a comic book artist someday, although currently I have a hard time drawing any comics more advanced than stick-figure comics.  
• Drawing is my favorite thing to do!  (Which I guess is pretty obvious, since I made an entire blog dedicated to art...)
• I have a major sweet tooth- give me a bag of candy and its contents will probably be consumed within 24-48 hours.
• I'm kind of a grammar police.  Fellow authors, if you find that someone has gone through your post and corrected your grammar, that'd be me.  I apologize in advance.
• I love animals, and have 3 pets- 2 cats and 1 rambunctious puppy.
• My favorite band is Twenty One Pilots.

  I'm currently taking a break from drawing digital art/speedpaint videos until I can get a drawing tablet, so until then most of the art I'll be posting here will be edits.  However, I did make a traditional  (aka on paper) painting of my good friend Snowlondon's owl as a human:

  For anyone interested in the materials, I used Canson XL mix-media paper, colored it using Crayola and Prang semi-moist watercolors, and then did a bit of digital touching-up on my computer using GIMP.  Yeah, I use really cheap art supplies XD

  I had a lot of fun drawing this; I hardly ever use watercolors.  Instead, I usually either color art digitally (which can be quite annoying because I have to use a mouse for digital drawings), or just leave it as a sketch.  Maybe I'll do some more watercolor paintings soon!

  And, yeah!  That's all for this post!  I hope you have a fabulous day full of happiness and kittens, and I'll see you next Friday :)

AJAC authors have been chosen!

  Hey, Jammers!  Crazcatlover here, back with another post!

  The initial authors for the Animal Jam Artists Collaboration blog have been chosen!  They are: Purplestarclub, Sarahkey8, Arcticstar8404, Harmonypurr9, Karalee, Sharae16, Crazcatlover, and Swirlshine.  If you're one of the chosen authors, check the e-mail you submitted for more information!  Don't worry if you weren't chosen, though, because new author try-outs will be hosted in the future! 
  Thanks so much for entering, and if you were not chosen as an author, I still hope that you will read the blog when regular posts begin on July 28th.

3 more days to enter the inital author try-outs!

  Crazcatlover here, back with another post!  I've been working on this blog some more today, as you can tell.  What do you think of the new theme and background? 

  By the way, I will be accepting entries for the author try-outs until midnight (EST) July 17th!  If you want the chance to be one of the initial authors, click here for the try-outs entry form!  The chosen authors will be announced July 18th!

  I'll contact everyone who entered via e-mail (or whatever contact method provided) and let them know whether or not they've been chosen and what their posting schedule will be if they have been.  Posts will begin shortly after!  If someone who has been chosen as an author does not respond within a week of them being contacted, I will have to choose a different author instead of them.

  Don't worry if you're not chosen as one of the initial authors; I plan on hosting new author try-outs every 4-6 months!

I made a blog nametag for myself :)

Welcome to the Animal Jam Artists Collaborative!

  Hi, there!  I'm Crazcatlover, from The Crazcat Blog!  I've decided to make a brand new, cooperative blog for Animal Jam artists of all kinds to post their art, art tips, and meet new artist friends!  Right now, I need authors!

  You don't have to be super great at art to try out to be an author.  I'm looking for positive Jammers who would be able to post at least once a week/once every 2 weeks.  And any type of art, whether it's drawings, Masterpieces, edits, or perhaps something else, can count!

  I'm not sure how many authors I will accept in the beginning, although I'm looking for at least 5.  I will host try-outs for new authors in the future, so if you don't get accepted now, it's okay!  I plan on hosting try-outs for new members every few months.
 
  And, yeah!  Click here for the Google Form to enter the initial try-outs!
  Initial try-outs end July 17th, so if you want the chance to be one of the beginning authors, make sure to enter now!

  If you're under the age of 13, please ask a parent/guardian for permission before entering!

  However, if you're not an artist yourself, it'd be greatly appreciated if you spread the word!  Let your artist friends know about this project, and ask them if they might want to enter!  You can also use this graphic to promote this project on your own blog: