Blogger Tricks Animal Jam Graphic Central!: February 2016

Monday, February 29, 2016

Happy Leap Day!

Have a great leap day! It's my mom's birthday tomorrow--kind of strange to think that if she had been born a day earlier, she would have only had a "real" birthday every 4 years.

Do you know anyone who was born on February 29th?

-Panda


Sunday, February 28, 2016

90,000 Views Giveaway WINNERS!

Hey jammers! It's Panda! :D

I'm sorry that I haven't posted much this week... my teachers gave us tons of homework, and I had 3 major tests as well. :P Plus, they all apparently thought it would be fun to give us homework (double the amount that we normally get on weekdays) over the weekend.

*Slow clap*

But enough of my complaining. Since I'll actually be very busy on March 1st, the date that the giveaway was supposed to end (it's my mom's birthday and my teachers gave us a heads-up that we'll have a lot of homework for that entire week, and I didn't want to keep you guys waiting for that long!) I decided to announce the winners today!

I highly doubt that anyone who wanted to enter the giveaway hasn't already since it has been over a week since the giveaway began.

So, without any further ado, let's get into the winners!

As a refresher, here were the prizes:


One person will win each of the prizes. ^.^

So, to decide who won which prize, I used a random number generator, and whomever chose the closest number to the one the generator chose won that item.

Prize #1: Globe

The number chosen for this prize was 18, meaning that citybunny won the beta globe! Congrats! 

Prize #2: Bow & Arrows

The number chosen for this prize was 1, meaning that cookycupcake won the bow and arrows!

Prize #3: Rhino Helmet

The number chosen for this prize was 49, meaning that spiritpaw won the rhino helmet! Yay!

Prize #4: Worn

The number chosen for this prize was 18 again, meaning that Lovely1147046 won the red/brown worn!

Prize #5: Pigtails

The number chosen for this prize was 10, meaning that thecakebake won the yellow pigtails!

Prize #6: Spirit Amulet

The number chosen for this prize was 48 meaning that CosmicCheetah won the spirit amulet! Congrats! :D

Prize #7: Rare Beard

The number chosen for this prize was 8, meaning that crystalgirl7024 won the rare beard!

Prize #8: Legendary Glove

The number chosen for this prize was 55, meaning that nafaria9 won the legendary glove!

Prize #9: Rare Heart Glasses

The number chosen for this prize was 6 meaning that svanthemaster won the heart glasses! Congrats! ^.^

Alrighty... now that the prizes have been handed out, let me just tell you how to retrieve your prize if you won something. Since I'm a nonmember and can't just gift all of the prizes to you, we'll have to meet online at some time. 

Have a lovely day! 

-Panda


Saturday, February 27, 2016

Many many many spikes

I have been spending and or wasting my time on making spike graphics so voila have some spikes!







Should I make spike wrists? I have some so far so lemme see
Yep only this purple one.
Well enjoy and Jam On!

-Svanthemaster


Friday, February 26, 2016

(o.o) :)

Panda is hosting an awesome giveaway so I advise you to enter for a chance to win amazing prizes! I am doing a mini giveaway like kind of an add on. The prize is definitely not as good, but I will chuck in something else aswell! :O!!!! It is a custom drawing by moi, here is some examples. I can do basically any animal, and if not it'll be great practice. So there will be 2 winners. 1st and 2nd place.

1st place prizes!
1st place part 1

1st place part 2 A drawing! (Not this one a custom one :3)
Now 2nd place prizes!
Rare friendship horns. These look so cool
Purple necklace! I wish I didn't have to give it away :'( its so pretty.


Rules!
You must comment down your username
You may not claim the art as yours (if you win)
You may subscribe to my channel! (Only if you want too :p )
So basically comment something like this

Username: Svanthemaster
Status: Member
Commented on video: Yes or no
Reason: cuz im swegalicious

Extra!
If you comment on my video which I will upload shortly with those details you can enter again!
I mean like that thing I filled out before 
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Subscribe if you want ;) I dont really care if you don't.
So I will upload that video asap.
If you comment want to comment on the video but it isn't up yet just comment on any video.



Tuesday, February 23, 2016

@Wiz-Waz

Here's your commissioned header!


I hope that you like it! :)

-Panda


P.S. This is our 60TH COMMISSION! Wowza!

Saturday, February 20, 2016

90,000 Views Giveaway! [Closed]

Hey jammers! Panda here again, with a pretty sweet giveaway in honor of 90,000 views! :D

So, here are the prizes:


The way this giveaway will work is as follows:

  • You may not enter more than once with storage accounts.
  • You must be following AJGC via the Followers gadget on the right hand sidebar.
  • Don't be a sore loser or a sore winner, please!
  • Comment the words "I am awesome" to let me know that you read these rules.
I'm super excited about this giveaway because multiple people will be receiving prizes! ^.^ Each prize will be given to a different person, so you have lots of chances to win!

To participate in this giveaway, simply comment 9 different numbers (each number being a number from 1 to 100). At the end of the giveaway, I'll use a random number generator for each item to determine who gets each item. Make sense?

You have until March 1st to enter this giveaway!

Ciao! And good luck!

-Panda


We made it!

Yay! Panda here, with some exciting news! ^.^

We made it to 90,000 views this morning!



So cool, no? 

I'll be hosting a giveaway (and possibly a contest?) in celebration of this loveliness. :D

Also, I can't wait to see how long it takes us to reach 100,000 views--do you think we can get there by March? If so, I'll host a HUUUUGGGGEEE giveaway for you guys! :D

Have a lovely day! 

-Panda


Friday, February 19, 2016

Opinion: Chatting in Jamaa! (Plus 2 Free-to-Use Graphics!)

Hey jammers! Panda here!

So, as I was browsing the Jamaa Journal (I didn't really examine it closely yesterday), I noticed that one of the pages talked about the new chat system in Jamaa. Or, not necessarily a new system, but AJHQ's sort of refined approach to Jamaa's chat system.


I'm really appreciative of AJHQ for doing this, especially since the existing chat feature is already pretty flexible.

I know that lots of jammers, especially jammers without free chat, often complain of the restrictive boundaries laid by the chat.

I personally never found the restrictive chat very annoying. Of course, I may be a little biased, since I was lucky enough to switch to free chat about 2 years ago and have since mostly forgotten what it was like to have restricted chat.

However, the chat in Animal Jam is actually very easy to use and enables you to say basically what you're trying to say. Even if you do have restricted chat and you're trying to tell a friend something but can't exactly say all of the words like you'd like to, you can still get your message across via other words that AJHQ allows.

Most other games have even more restricted chat features, and I find them very difficult to use. Animal Jam's chat is god-like compared to other games.

So when I saw that AJHQ was looking to expand the usability and helpfulness of their chat through jammer feedback, I was super excited and grateful.

Do I sympathize with jammers who are forced to use bubble chat or restricted chat every day? Yes, of course I do. But do I despise the restricted chat as much as some other people do? No, I don't, because I think that AJHQ works really hard to keep Jamaa a safe and fun place to be, and though these chat restrictions may be cumbersome for you nice people who would never use the Jamaa chat for bad purposes, there are some less good people out there who might curse or be inappropriate in Jamaa if it weren't for some of the restrictions AJHQ puts in place.

My point? If these restrictions bother you, just keep in mind that they are there to keep other mean jammers from taking advantage of you and other jammers. It's all for your own safety and enjoyment. :)


But enough of my ranting! Here are 2 graphics of some lovely jammers I met in Jamaa. Unfortunately, I made these several days ago and forget what their usernames are (I believe that one of them had to do with a flower, and the other with grapes, but I'm not sure XD).



Enjoy! You can use both of them without credit. ^.^

-Panda

Also, we're 100 views away from 90,000!!!!!! Keep up the EPIC work, you guys! 

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Suggestions??

I have been confused on some graphics to make lately so I need some suggestions. I know its a small post but I'm not a big talker :3

So leave suggestions in the comments as I will make every one of them so go crazy!


Sunday, February 14, 2016

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hey jammers! I hope that you're all having a lovely... Valentine's Day!

Wow, how did the 14th sneak up on me so fast? I didn't even realize it was Valentine's Day until I noticed that it said "February 14" at the top of my computer display. #geekyproblems

Anyways, aside from simply wishing you a happy Valentine's Day, I wanted to give you a bit more than that. So, I prepared a visual Valentine's Day card and a graphic for you!




by awesomepanda868 (no credit required)

Also, ievyn asked me to make a little shoutout for a friend. So, happy Valentine's Day, Fuzz72477! You mean a lot to ievyn, and ievyn would do anything for you! Ievyn misses you like crazy, but looks forward to defeating chaos with you in Skylanders trap team when you next meet up! 

Again, have an epic Valentine's Day, to all of you! :) 

What are you doing for Valentine's Day? I'm eating chocolate fondue and steak w/ french fries. :P

-Panda


Saturday, February 13, 2016

Studying, Organization & School Tips!

Hey jammers! Panda here! :)

So, I'm currently on February break (I feel like I need 1,000,000 confetti cannons going off right now...) but have three huge tests waiting for me when I get back to school. Seriously, why do teachers have to do this? Don't they understand that we actually have lives and don't want to be spending our February break studying the different isotopes of osmium or poring over practice probability questions?

Since I love writing study tips (I hate studying but enjoy writing posts on how to study well... strange) I thought that I'd compile a post with some of my favorite studying techniques since some of you might be in a similar situation!


1. Make your notes fun and organized.

Having interesting and fun notes can play a huge part in the effectiveness of your memorization of information. Breaking up your notes into sections, utilizing headings and different bullet point styles to emphasize bits of information, as well as inserting graphs, charts and timelines are all super easy and useful techniques. I also like to add in fun banners, use highlighters and different colored pens and make good use of Post-it's to add a more interesting edge to my notes as well.
If you find yourself lacking in inspiration to make pretty notes, check out and follow some epic studyblr blogs on Tumblr, or just type in "studyblr notes" into a Google Images search and BOOM! Instant inspiration! Just looking at these gorgeous photos of adorable notes just makes you want to desperately want to take notes--just you wait and see. ;)


2. Study/work in 20-30 minute blocks

Research shows that working or studying for long periods of time can be extremely inefficient and that stuffing tons of information into your brain all at once (cough, cough: cramming) doesn't work. However, studies also show that working in 20-30 minutes bursts with relaxation or other activities in between study sessions is very helpful.
Plus, this strategy will leave you feeling much less exhausted after each of your study sessions. Cramming or studying for more than half an hour at a time is draining and much less fun (not to say that studying for only 20-30 minutes is fun, but it's less bad :P).


3. Use fun school supplies that make studying and doing homework or taking notes more enjoyable.

If you're anything like me and looooove school supplies, then this tip is definitely for you! I find that the only thing that keeps me motivated for school is cute folders, binders and notebooks, as well as colorful pens and pencils. Plus, having a panda-shaped eraser doesn't hurt either.


So what did you think of the study tips? I have to go currently, so I have to cut this post short, but if you'd like to see more study tips in the future, make sure to let me know down in the comments below!

Also, we're only ~2,000 views away from 90,000 views! Wowza! Keep up the great work guys!! We have 26 days left to get 2,000 views--we can do that, right?

Have a lovely week everyone! 

-Panda


Tuesday, February 9, 2016

AJGC Header Showcase!

Hey jammers! Here is a compilation of all of the headers AJGC has ever known--as well as some that I made but never actually published!

Headers:







Headers that didn't make the cut:





etc. (there were many more! XD)



Well, I hope that you enjoyed that little showcase! ^.^ I think it's cool to see how my editing and design style has changed over the past 2 years, and how it has (hopefully!) improved!

Have a lovely day! (We're 2 days into the week already! Yay! Only 3 more to go!

~awesomepanda868


Monday, February 8, 2016

Blog Updates

Hey, jammers! Panda here! ^.^

Svan just posted some lovely transparent-background graphics in the previous post, so click here to check those out!

Also, as you probably noticed, I added several new things to the blog and changed/updated some features.

Like the navigation bar--which is now super cute and I'm obsessed with how it turned out. I thought it would be fun to integrate the little icons into the design which, albeit, was a bit of a challenge, but it's exciting to accept challenges and succeed in completing them, am I right? ;)

Additionally, I modified the fonts (they're easier to read now!) changed the header a bit and updated some out-of-date information, added new graphics and did all sorts of updating and adding of information on the pages!

I hope that you like the updates! Also, make sure to check out my new blog:


Have a lovely day! :D

-Panda


P.S. We're super close to 90,000 views! If we can get around 3,306 more views by the end of February, we'll reach our goal (yay!!!) and be even closer to 100,000! Having 100,000 on this blog would be out-of-this-world epic--imagine seeing that views counter reflecting all of the hundreds of times jammers have viewed this blog, and all of the things going on in the world during those times. I like to think of the views counter as a sort of memory box, knowing that a couple thousand views earlier it was still 2015, and thousands before that, it was 2014. Isn't that cool?

Anyways, it would be AMAZING if we could reach 90,000 views by February, and I'd be forever grateful to you and our outstanding and forever wonderful community of jammers!


Sunday, February 7, 2016

Graphics, just graphics (All are transparent)

Ok I have some graphics here as suggested by Cookie Crunchie AJ! Check her out on YouTube and Deviantart as CookieCrunchieAJ!



I know I have posted the gecko before but this time I made it transparent like all the other pics. And please give credit to me when using these graphics :)

Peace out jammers!
-Svanthemaster