Spikes Return to Jamaa & New Wild Explorers Tent [Weekly Digest: Issue #1]

Hey jammers! Reporter Panda here, with a copy of this week's Weekly Digest fresh off the press! As a refresher, this Digest will be posted on this blog every weekend, and will summarize the events of the week!

• This week's Rare Item Monday (Plus a Rare Item Tuesday!)
• Any and all newly released items from this week
• Major updates and new features from the weekly edition of the Jamaa Journal
• New and concluded contests or informational posts from The Daily Explorer
• Exclusive graphics relating to this week's events
• A round-up of AJGC's posts for the week

Reporter Ineffable here, ready to tell you all about this week's Rare Item Monday (RIM)!

 

The Rare Sombrero is sold at the Summer Carnival and costs 4,000 tickets. Sadly, this colorful hat is for members only!

The Rare Sombrero sports the usual RIM colors with it's neon purples, bright pinks, and fresh greens. Although these hats do look a bit silly, you can definitely make quite the festive outfit for your next summer adventures with this Rare Sombrero!

However... there was a very special item sold on Tuesday this week as well! It was rare, so you could technically call it a Rare Item Tuesday!

This Rare Guitar Rug was released in honor of Make Music Day, which was also celebrated on The Daily Explorer!

Reporter Cosmic here, with the weekly report with all of the new items arriving in Jamaa this week!

An epic edit by Reporter Cosmic!

This week brought some exciting updates to Animal Jam! Handing it off to Reporter Cosmic, from The Animal Jam Comet!

A special spike-y sale! For four days only (Thursday 6/23, Friday 6/24, Saturday 6/25, and Sunday 6/26), you can purchase short-spiked collars and wristbands for 3 Diamonds a piece! These jam-tastic new items are available in 8 unique colors, ranging from a soft pink to a milky white! What I find particularly unique about these spiked items is that each of the spikes on the collars and wristbands, have a soft icy blue tint to them! 

Reporter Panda popping in here, just to clarify that the rarity of the original rare spiked collars and wristbands will likely not change. This is because there is a diamond icon on these new spiked items, which will make it easily recognized. Additionally, those blue-tinted spikes that Reporter Cosmic mentioned earlier will also play a role in distinguishing the original rare spikes and these new ones.

Now back to Reporter Cosmic...

If you go to the Diamond Shop to purchase some of these spiked items, there will most likely be a crowd of people! Jammers sure are eager to purchase these spikes!

Above is a picture of what these spikes look like. Of course, there are many more colors in which these items are available, but the blue tinted spikes on both the collar and wristband remain throughout all of the different color options.

Say hello to the Pixelated Rug, the Pixelated Writing Desk, the Pixelated Window, and the Pixelated Armoire! These new items come along with the new Pixel Place, Animal Jam's newest den!

However, it is our belief that this was a copy of Play Wild's (one of Animal Jam's mobile games) pixelated features.

Above are some of the new pixelated items!

Pet penguins are on sale in the Diamond Shop for two diamonds! They will only be for two diamonds for this week, so make sure to purchase one if you haven't! 

Hey, the Freedom Party is returning too! This party has got to be one of the smallest rooms in Animal Jam, but it makes up for lack of space with it's epic decorations! This party is all decked out in red, white and blue, and also has some clothing and den items for sale! 

A brand new room has come to Jamaa! It is called the Wild Explorers Tent, and is located on a rocky cliff above Epic Wonders (in Coral Canyons). At this very location, you can watch all of the latest Wild Explorers episodes, and download special Animal Jam Academy printables! 

Above are some snazzy pictures of what this new building looks like!

(Left) Entrance to the Wild Explorers Tent

(Right) Inside of the tent

Some new Masterpiece frames have been added to the ever-growing frame collection! So make sure to head over to the Art Studio and place your newest creations inside these paw-some new frames!

Hmm... it looks like the alphas have left us some clues as to what perhaps the newest animal will be!

Scroll all the way down to the bottom of this post for the SPOILER ALERT with the answer to this riddle!

But if you'd like to figure out this little puzzle by yourself, here are what the pieces of torn paper say:

• Have long legs
• Are nocturnal
• They live in trees

Can you figure it out?

Reporter Ineffable here again, with some updates straight from The Daily Explorer!

Here are some of the current contests you can enter in to win a prize!

To enter either of these wonderful contests, simply go to Jamaa Township, and submit your artwork or writing through Jammer Central!

One of the amazing art contests that ended this week was the James Audubon contest! Here were some of the jam-tastic entries!

To celebrate this paw-some week, here are some fun graphics you can use! All of these can be used without any credit to me (Reporter Panda) or this blog (AJGC)!

Sunday: Commission Coupon

Monday: Campfire Tales (Short Stories)

Tuesday: @Ineffable (Commission)

Wednesday: Den Decorating Tips

Thursday: A Trade?

Friday: New Trading Joint

Thank you so much for reading the very first issue of the Weekly Digest!

What did you think of this issue? What ideas and suggestions do you have for Issue #2?

As always, the amazing Animal Jam Graphic Central Management Team never manages to disappoint! If it weren't for the endless dedication and hard work of all members of the team, this blog and this new Digest series wouldn't be up and running. A big round of applause for them, no?

We'll see you next time!

Did you really read to all the way down here? Good for you!

As a bonus for you, here are 2 bonus graphics of an adorable pet panda! These can be used without credit for edits, in blog posts, or for YouTube thumbnails!

Are pet pandas just paw-tastic?

Which of the epic pets of Jamaa is your tippety-top favorite?

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*SPOILER ALERT* The newest animal is a sloth! How paw-tastic!

Halloween!

credit to pusheen.com for this image

 

Happy Halloween for those of you who celebrate it, and if you don't, Happy Night of the Phantoms!

 

Special graphics to celebrate:

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On another note, the Steampunk items are here in Outback Imports. Please give credit if using this gif.

 

 

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The Daily Explorer has left a post about making dry ice root beer (umm...?)

 

 

And that's all for today, jammers! A prize guide for Bitter Sweets will be up soon. See you later!

 





Sun Visors + Saturday Commission Raffle (Last Week's Winners & New Raffle)!

Hi jammers! Ah, so happy it is the weekend. XD

The new item is the cheerful sun visor in Jam Mart Clothing!

I love this item so much! It isn't too expensive, and the colors are a happy reminder that spring is here!

Last week's Saturday Commission Raffle winner is... Mesha336! The random number generated by the generator was 74, leaving Mesha off by only 1, with her number of 73! She wins: 2 custom graphics, 1 custom header and 1 set of custom social media icons! You can also change the header to 2 custom signatures if you like.

For today's Saturday Commission Raffle, I will be giving away 3 custom signatures, 1 set of custom social media icons and 1 custom 'Grab My Button'! Just comment a number from 1-100 for a chance to win! :D

My teachers were mean and gave us a lot of homework over the weekend, so I better get started on that. >.< But I will probably post a chapter of Fate or a Happy Movement segment.

-Panda

Musketeer Boots + Friday Mystery + Credit/No Credit Issue!

Hey jammers! My school had an early dismissal, which is why those of you reading this have the unfortunate experience of having to read my awful posts EARLIER THAN USUAL. Wow. Poor you... D:

Anyways, the new item is the musketeer boots!

Yay! I made a gif! XD This item is really cute, I just wish that the whole musketeer set was for all jammers. ^.^

For the Friday Mystery Day, I will be following the schedule of... Tuesday Tips!

So, for the Tuesday Tips, I will be sharing some ways on sending an entry to a blog owner for any picture-related contest. Jamaasian Snaps (the AJGC's version of Jammer Snaps), Fashion Contests, Den Design Contests etc. are all examples of contests requiring you to send a picture in to the owner. But if you don't have an email, how can you do this?

DROPBOX

Dropbox is a free, file storage website that stores all of your files for you and lets you link to them. If you have a Dropbox account, you can just copy the link to the file/image and paste it in a comment.

PHOTOBUCKET

Photobucket is a free, picture storage website that stores all of your images for you and lets you link to them. If you have a Photobucket account, you can just copy the link to the file/image and paste it in a comment.

ANIMAL JAM

Sometimes, the owner of the blog is willing to meet you on Animal Jam and take the picture for you. For example, if you wanted to enter a fashion contest, the owner might be able to meet you on Animal Jam and take a snapshot of your animal wearing your costume.

That's all for today's Tuesday Tips. :P

Moving on... there is a little issue I would like to address. Remember sometime back in... when was it? January, I think. :P Anyways, sometime back in January (I think) I posted about a little "graphic issue". I had begun to see my graphics being used without credit. 

Let's back up a moment. What is credit? No, it's not putting the name of the person in giant, neon, flashing lights, but it requires that you give a mention back to the creator of the image or text. Without giving clear and direct credit, you are technically plagiarizing, which is a flat-out crime. 

Back to the whole graphic issue. Since I spend a lot of time making a lot of my graphics, (this involves countless minutes of hand-cropping and very painful hand cramps >.<) I require credit for most of them. Of course, sometimes (like the Wednesday Freebie) I let you guys use some of my graphics without credit. And you can use those without a mention to me, and it isn't plagiarizing. But if you use graphics that I made without credit, and that I require credit for, a problem comes up. So back in January, I posted about it, and it stopped. 

Temporarily. Now, I've begun to see it again. 

I understand that sometimes you see images on Google Images that you think you can use for free. And I also understand that you don't always click on the Visit Page button to make sure that you can use that image for free. I want to get those of you who are taking my graphics from Google Images without credit into the habit of clicking the Visit Page button first if you are browsing Google Images. But if you are simply viewing this blog and ignoring the fact that I require credit on my graphics, that really bothers me. 

A little graphic requiring credit that I make might not really matter to you. But later in life, stealing other people's content without permission and proper credit could cause a lawsuit and a plagiarism fine that could be up to $10,000. As much as people using my graphics without credit bothers me, I am concerned that those people might get into really sticky situations later on. My message to them? 

GET INTO THE HABIT OF GIVING CREDIT FOR IMAGES NOW. IT WILL MAKE YOUR LIFE A WHOLE LOT EASIER.

I appreciate that most of you do give credit. Thank you. And I am sorry if I sounded too harsh. 

Have an amazing Friday, jammers! Don't forget to smile and laugh today! :D

-Panda

Thrones + Wednesday Freebie!

Hi jammers! My science presentation was first period today at school, and it actually went better than expected. :P I have been laying off studying for my French test for awhile now, so I want to make this post a bit shorter so I can get to studying those darn vocal words. XP

Anyways, the new item is the spring throne in Treetop Gardens:

So cute! ^.^ Kinda pricy, but those mushrooms on top are adorable! :D

Another item (it was released yesterday but I forgot to post about it) is the Lucky Throne in Epic Wonders! Huh, I think AJHQ has a throne theme going on here. :P

Yikes! That is one expensive throne! I personally think that both thrones should be the same price, but that's just my opinion. :T

To have a chance to win the 1,000 comments raffle, head on over to the post by clicking here! I tried to make some of the best NM items I had on my storage account as the raffle prizes, since a lot of the prizes recently have been for members. 

For today's Wednesday Freebie, here is a bunch of Diamond Shop item graphics that I made that you can use without credit. ^.^

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I hope you enjoy! :D

Nafaria9 over at the Animal Jam Whip also made some amazing Play Wild Beta graphics! (This is not part of the Wednesday freebie. Credit must still be given to nafaria9 if you use these.)

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Wow, Naffy! Those are so amazing! :D I will be sure to add that to the PWB page! :)

Ciao for now jammers! :)

-Panda