Welcome to The Crazcatblog! This is an Animal Jam blog by me, Crazcatlover, where I post my Animal Jam videos, art, and more.
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Heyo, Jammers! In the last post, I mentioned that I created an Animal Jam Bloggers community on Google Plus (and also mentioned that I would write more about it today)... so... here's more about it!
The Animal Jam Bloggers community is a positive place for bloggers to share and learn blogging tips, share their talents (such as art, writing, editing, etc) with other bloggers, and find new blogs to read.
This community is for all ages, so there are community guidelines that members must follow. Posts that don't follow the rules will be deleted, but posts aren't moderated before being publicly visible like comments here on my blog, so keep that in mind.
All Animal Jam bloggers are welcome to join; whether they've been blogging for years or just started their blog. I will be pretty active on the community, so feel free to come by and chat with me! Here's the link to join: https://plus.google.com/communities/102621571994451947964?sqinv=VEVDTm1UOUFEa1hjZ3A0dXk2ZlhXVWU4WkIwMGhn
Make sure you have your parent/guardian's permission before joining, especially if you are under 13!
If you want to spread the word throughout the blogging community of this Bloggers community (XD), here's a handy graphic!
Also, I will be making free AJ edit requests there, so if you want graphics like the one above, go ahead and ask me!
Seriously. I've been making graphics all day....
This one looks weird because I made it at 4 in the morning....
I hope to see you there ^.^
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And of course, keep drawing and have a pawsome day!
Heyo, Jammers! I FINALLY finished the Draw This Again Challenge/One Year YouTube-versary Celebration video!! I kept having to redo the narration because the first time I narrated it, the audio quality was awful for some reason, so I did it again reading from a script I wrote because I wanted to get the narration done quickly but I'm not good at reading scripts so I didn't like the way it sounded scripted, so I finally did it AGAIN, without a script, which took around 2 hours... yeah... ANYWAYS, the video's done now, so... here it is!
And here's the art itself:
Much improvement. Wow. (Seriously, I can't get over how soulless Peck's eyes look in the original drawing..!) I highly recommend that you try the Draw This Again challenge yourself; it's a lot of fun ^.^
Also, I have Google Plus now... and I started an Animal Jam Bloggers community! Everyone is welcome to join, as long as you play Animal Jam and read/have any AJ blogs! Here's the link to join:
https://plus.google.com/communities/102621571994451947964?sqinv=VEVDTm1UOUFEa1hjZ3A0dXk2ZlhXVWU4WkIwMGhn
The community is intended for kids of all ages, and there are rules, which are pinned so you can see them. Posts that don't follow the rules will be deleted, but posts aren't moderated before being publicly visible like comments here on my blog, so keep that in mind.
If you join the community, it would be really appreciated if you posted about it on your own blog! The image above is an edit I made; you can use it to promote the group if you like. I hope to see you there, and I will write a more in-depth post about the community soon!
I moderate comments before they appear on the website; CLICK HERE to view the comment rules! I love reading all your awesome comments ;)
And of course, keep drawing and have a pawsome day!
Heyo, Jammers! Guess what time it is? It's SPEEDART SATURDAY TIME!!!! Cuz... it's Saturday. And it's called Speedart SATURDAY, so.... yeah. Anyways, here's the fan-art for Wisteriamoon (at last!)
And here's the art itself:
I really like how this drawing turned out. This lineless art style is a lot of fun :) Anyways, the poll for what video I should make for my one year YouTube-versary is closed, and the winning video is the DRAW THIS AGAIN CHALLENGE!!! Yay =D I've been wanting to do this challenge for quite a while, because it's a great way to show improvement and I love watching other people do this challenge.
I thought about what I should re-draw for a while. I considered redrawing the art from my very first speedart video, but that drawing was just a simple headshot of an arctic wolf, and I wanted something that more represented my art style and channel, so I found an old drawing of Peck as a human that I drew a while ago and decided to redraw it! I didn't record the original drawing in a speedart video, but it's one of the first AJ-Animal-As-A-Human drawings that I've made (if not the actual first), and drawing AJ animals as humans is something I do a lot now, so I found it fitting.
Here's the original drawing, and the re-drawn sketch!
This is the original. As you can see, the proportions are kinda off, and the face looks a little bit... evil? I didn't draw a lot of full-body humans back then XD The pose is pretty stiff, and back then, I pretty much ALWAYS drew people in that pose. And let's not even talk about the hands...
This is the re-drawn sketch! I decided to go for a bit more motion in the pose, while still trying to keep it at least somewhat close to the original. The proportions are a lot better, and her face no longer looks evil XD The hands are better, though not perfect... definitely something to improve next time I re-draw it :P
By the way, don't forget to enter your art for the next episode of Crazcat Chats! A lot of Jammers ask me for tips on how to draw, so I want to share some of my tips, along with your tips! If you want to contribute, just let me know down in the comments below!
Give me a link to a couple of your drawings, tell me what part of the drawing you maybe had a hard time with, as well as what you found easier in the drawings (like the face, position, background, how you colored it, shading, etc) and share some tips on how to draw what you found easier to draw.
Your art will be featured in the video, along with your art advice and I'll also share my own advice for how to draw whatever you had a hard time with. And of course, you'll get full credit for your art and advice! No matter what level your art is at, you can enter. I want the video to be about encouraging people of all skill levels to draw!
You can enter by commenting on this post or by sending an e-mail to crazcatloverajartcontest@gmail.com . I'll be accepting entries until Wednesday, June 14th!
I moderate comments before they appear on the website; CLICK HERE to view the comment rules! I love reading all your awesome comments ;)
And of course, keep drawing and have a pawsome day!
Heyo, Jammers! Sooooo I kinda missed the speedart video for Tuesday. Again. I keep underestimating how much time it takes to draw while keeping an eye on a rambunctious puppy. (Wow, I can't believe I spelled 'rambunctious' correctly there...)
I've made a lot of progress on the art, but it's still not finished. I'll try to post the video on today or Thursday. Probably Thursday. Anywho, here's the art so far. I still need to work on the hat, and the tail armor, and the boots, but I really like how it's turned out so far!
Also, I need YOUR help! Since the first episode of Crazcat Chats seems to be doing well, I want to work on another episode. A lot of Jammers ask me for tips on how to draw, so I want to share some. I would love to be able to showcase art by my viewers, seeing as I kind of no longer make Animal Jam Art Gallery... Anyways, if you want your art featured, just let me know down in the comments below! Give me a link to a couple of your drawings, tell me what part of the drawing you maybe had a hard time with, as well as what you found easier in the drawings (like the face, position, background, how you colored it, shading, etc) and share some tips on how to draw what you found easier to draw.
Your art will be featured in the video, along with your art advice and I'll also share my own advice for how to draw whatever you had a hard time with. And of course, you'll get full credit for your art and advice! No matter what level your art is at, you can enter. I want the video to be about encouraging people of all skill levels to draw!
You can enter by commenting on this post or by sending an e-mail to crazcatloverajartcontest@gmail.com .
By the way, today is the last day to vote on my poll for what video you want me to make for my one year YouTube-versary!
This poll will be open until Midnight tonight, Eastern Standard Time, so make sure you submit your vote before then!
I moderate comments before they appear on the website; CLICK HERE to view the comment rules! I love reading all your awesome comments ;)
And of course, keep drawing and have a pawsome day!
I finally made a video about how Animal Jam no longer allows commissions; I already made a blog post about this, but I wanted to make a video so that all of my YouTube subscribers can see :) By the way, this video is captioned, so if you need/want captions, just turn them on! If you use captions when watching my videos, let me know and I'll caption more of them... it's a lot of effort, but if it helps even one person be able to access my content, I would gladly caption more videos.
Also, here's a work-in-progress drawing of Wisteriamoon! I tried to make the drawing look like her, but incorporate her AJ wolf into the outfit. So far, it's kind of like if Wisteriamoon cosplayed as her wolf as a snazzy pirate.
Make sure to vote in the poll for which video I should make to celebrate my one year YouTube-versary! The poll will be open until midnight on Wensday!
I kinda want to either do the Draw This Again challene or reading my old AJ fanfiction, but I'm not going to vote at all because I want you to be the ones who chose the video. I'll probably do all of these videos eventually; this poll is just for which one I should do to celebrate one year of YouTubing :)
I moderate comments before they appear on the website; CLICK HERE to view the comment rules! I love reading all your awesome comments ;)
And of course, keep drawing and have a pawsome day!
OMIGOSH GUYSSSSSSSSSSS IT HAS BEEN ONE YEAR SINCE I STARTED YOUTUBE =D It's really cool to have been making Animal Jam videos for a year :) Well, technically, I've been MAKING Animal Jam videos for much longer than just a year. I just wasn't allowed to post them to YouTube until one year ago ;) I believe that the first AJ video I EVER made, I made WAAAAAY back when I first joined Animal Jam, and it was an Animal Jam music video for my favorite song.
Of course, my favorite song back then had no lyrics.... so I made them up. I'm sure they were quite cringey, but the video no longer exists so... I dunno. Luckily, I wasn't allowed to use YouTube back then, so the cringiness never made it to the internet XD Shortly after making the video, I had to delete it because it took up so much space... but I remember having so much fun making it ;)
Anyways, here's today's episode of Speedart Saturday- some fanart I drew for Gellyjones :)
Also, I'm going to put up a poll on what I should do for my 1 Year of YouTube video, so please vote for what you want me to make =D Also, feel free to let me know any suggestions for Animal Jam or Art videos that YOU want to see in the future on my channel, along with any Q&A questions you want me to answer in future speedpaint videos!
I moderate comments before they appear on the website; CLICK HERE to view the comment rules! I love reading all your awesome comments ;)
And of course, keep drawing and have a pawsome day!
YES! SPEEDART SATURDAY IS HERE! I've been super excited to post this episode because this time, I included the sketching process on paper. (Sorry for the poor-quality camera; it's the only camera I have XD)
And here's the art itself:
I must admit, it was kinda hard to draw the sketch working around the camera, so I don't know if I'll record the sketching process for all my speedpaint videos in the future. Lemme know what you think, though!
Also, I need some good Q&A questions for me and my sister to answer in a speedpaint video that we did together! Yep, she drew with me! I'm not the only artist in my family ^.^ So if you have any questions for me and her to answer, please ask! (If you're not able to comment on my blog, you can ask them on my Jammer Wall in Animal Jam; my AJ username is crazcatlover )
Well, that's all for this post! I hope you're having a super fabulous, wonderful, fantastic day! A fab-wonder-tastic day! Yeah! Have a fab-wonder-tastic day, Jammers ;)
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And of course, keep drawing and have a pawsome day!
Heyo, Jammers! I've had a pretty busy day, and I was kinda lazy throughout the week, so I didn't get the art for Speedart Saturday finished until now. But here it is!
And here's the art itself:
I'm going to end the post here; I know it's short, but I'm pretty tired. Have a fabulous day ^.^
I moderate comments before they appear on the website; CLICK HERE to view the comment rules! I love reading all your awesome comments ;)
And of course, keep drawing and have a pawsome day!
I've been a lazy little kitty and waited until today to draw the art I've promised my buddy ja983.... Well, I finally finished it, so here it is! The video won't be done until tomorrow, though :(
Le sketch:
Le finished art:
I wanted a pose with a bit more ACTION, so I tried this pose. *shrugs* I think it's cool, but I really do need to work on capturing motion (and Emotions) in my art...
Anyways, I need YOUR help! Yes, you! Y'know how I answer Q&A questions on my speedart videos? I need questions! My good buddy Sarahkey8 is a huge help to me and always provides me with questions for my videos (thanks, Sarah ^.^), but I'd like to have questions from the rest of you, too! So if you've ever wanted to ask me a question for my Q&A's, please do!
I can always use more Q&A questions. Make sure to be creative, because I will only answer questions that I haven't already answered before in previous videos. And ask as many questions as you like! (If you have 20 random questions to ask me, ask me! I won't be annoyed; I'll be really grateful ^.^) If you're not allowed to comment on my blog, you can ask your questions on my Jammer Wall in Animal Jam; my AJ username is crazcatlover.
Also, if you know of any good Animal Jam tags that I can do, let me know! I'd love to do some more tags here and in my videos! That's all for now; hopefully I'll update this post later with the finished art, but I kinda think that the video may not be finished until tomorrow...
I moderate comments before they appear on the website; CLICK HERE to view the comment rules! I love reading all your awesome comments ;)
And of course, keep drawing and have a pawsome day!
Me: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY I AM SUPER EXCITED!!!!
You: Oh, Crazcatlover is doing the Swilshine-intro now. Took her long enough.
Me: C'mon, aren't you going to ask why I AM SUPER EXCITED?!!!!
You: Ok. Why are you SUPER EXCITED IN ALL CAPS AND 4 EXCLAMATION MARKS?!!!!
Me: Because I've finally been tagged in a tag!!!!
You: Oh. Ok.
Me: *sighs*
ANYWAYS, yeah. Lostfairy from The Animal Jam Jumble tagged me to do the Sunshine Blogger Tag! (Or Sunshine Blogger Award Tag... I'm just going to call it the Sunshine Blogger Tag, though) This tag is really cool. First thing to do is to answer the 11 questions that the person who tagged you asked, then you get to come up with 11 questions to ask 11 people that you tag! (But I haven't really seen anyone tagging 11 people.... basically, just tag as many people as you can think of that actually read your blog and would see the tag and actually do the tag and if you can think of 11 people, GOLD STAR FOR YOU!)
So, here we go!
1. What movie character is most like you? Why?
Hmm... I can't really think of any movie character that's most like me. Do TV show characters count? Because if so, then I'm most like Mabel from Gravity Falls. I'm very random, energetic, and cheerful.
2. What is your favorite smell in the world?
The smell of a new season. Does that make sense? Each season has its own distinct smell to me. It smells new and fresh and exciting!
3. If you could meet any fictional character, who would it be?
Robin from Young Justice!!!!!! He's kind of my favorite superhero/fictional character. And if I could meet Robin, then that would mean that Young Justice is real and Young Justice is an amazing TV show ^.^
This Robin, by the way. The original Robin.
The reason why I need to clarify which Robin is because there are many, many Robins XD
This is another Robin.
This is yet another Robin.
Season 3 will probably have ANOTHER Robin. (Actually, I hope not. Because the only other Robin that they would introduce would be Damian Wayne. I don't see how they could make Damian Wayne fit into that universe.... If you know what I'm talking about, GOLD STAR FOR YOU!)
ANYWAYS, moving on!
4. What is the best thing that has happened to you and why?
I think the best thing that has happened to me is discovering Animal Jam and the huge community it has. I've made so many incredible friends through Animal Jam, and the Animal Jam blogging community!
5. What's your favorite daydream that you go to all the time?
Young Justice. 'Nuff said.
6. If you could have ANY animal in the world as a pet, which animal would it be?
Do unicorns count as an animal in the world? Because I've always wanted a unicorn. But honestly, I really-really-really want a dog. And I mean, I kinda doubt that I could obtain a unicorn...
7. What are your 3 favorite words?
Imaginativeness! Superheroes! Whelmed! (Wait, whelmed is an actual word? I thought Robin made it up. The things I learn from autocorrect!)
8. What is your dream job?
Since being a superhero isn't a viable job, I want to work as an artist/moderator for AJHQ. If that's not possible, then me and my sister want to make our own comic book/other media company that makes kid-friendly media for teens. Or maybe I'll do both :D
(When I was little, I wanted to make a bakery that made dairy-and-peanut-free deserts, with a cat shelter in the back where people could pet cats while eating deserts. I don't think that that'd be up to health code, though XD)
9. What's your idea of the perfect day? Why?
A perfect day for me would be a day spent with friends and my family. Corny as it may sound, I'm happiest when I'm with my friends.
10. What sounds best to you: a book, movie, or video game?
I spend a lot of time on Animal Jam (which is technically a video game), but honestly, there's nothing quite like a good book. When I'm not playing Animal Jam, I'm usually reading.
11. What would you do if you woke up one morning and found everything you love gone?
Wow, that's a depressing question! I'd probably have a mental breakdown :) (seriously, if everything I love were gone, that would mean that every human being would be gone and the Earth would be inhabited only by bugs... that is, if Earth even existed anymore. I love the planet, too! XD That sounds corny. But seriously... I don't think I can even imagine how I'd feel or what I'd do.)
Those questions were amazing, Lostfairy! Click here to read her post where she did the Sunshine Blogger Tag!
Now, I need to come up with 11 questions!
1. Whom do you most look up to?
2. If you could be a character in any book, TV show, or movie, what character would you be and why?
3. What's a talent that you've always wanted? (i.e. the ability to sing, draw, write, play sports)
4. If you could travel through time, when would you go to?
5. If you could change anything about your life, would you?
6. If your life were a TV show, what would the theme song be?
7. If you were a superhero, what would your powers and superhero name be?
8. What do you spend the most time doing on your computer/phone?
9. If you were somehow shrunken down to 10 inches tall, what's the first thing that you'd do?
10. Which animal do you think is the cutest? (Adorable photographs are welcome)
Cowie01 who is my sister and doesn't have a blog, but I will ask her to do the tag here on my blog
And anyone else who wants to do the tag!
(I know, it's not eleven people, so no gold star for me unless 2 Anyone Else's decide to do the tag as well)
Also, Animal Jam Art Gallery episode 27 will hopefully be finished and posted today; I haven't had
Ta-ta for now! If you want me to do more posts like this, make sure to tag me to do more tags X)
And of course, here's today's episode of Animal Jam Art Gallery! Or rather, yesterday's episode... I try to get AJAG finished and posted on Thursday, but I didn't get a chance to record the voice-over parts of the video yesterday because there was so much background noise. I finally finished it, though!
Huge thanks to 2fangs, anjulfire, chloetehbanana, fuzzyberryclaws1, Jammer3hm1d, kally97, kittycorgi, lostfairy, Notched, sharae16, Starrlingart, and supershi111 for letting me feature their awesome art in this video!
I would love to feature your art in a future episode! If you want your art in an upcoming episode of Animal Jam Art Gallery, just put the masterpiece(s) you want featured in your den in Animal Jam in an easy to see spot, leave your den unlocked, and send me a Jam-A-Gram or leave a comment either right here on this post, or on my Jammer Wall saying that you want your art to be featured in an episode of Animal Jam Art Gallery :)
I moderate comments before they appear on the website; CLICK HERE to view the comment rules! I love reading all your awesome comments ;)
And of course, keep drawing and have a pawsome day!
Hey, Jammers! I AM BACK!!! I finally got the new charging cord for my tablet! So here's the speedart video for my art trade with meganfurryfun37 :)
And here's the art itself:
And here's meganfurryfun37's part of our art trade!
By the way, I won't be re-opening art trades until sometime in July, after JamCon 2017 (Animal Jam Convention :DDDD), because I plan on going to JamCon and I need to make tons of fanart. I'll finish all of the speedpaint videos currently in my schedule, of course, but after that, I will not be accepting new art trades until after JamCon.
I moderate comments before they appear on the website; CLICK HERE to view the comment rules! I love reading all your awesome comments ;)
And of course, keep drawing and have a pawsome day!
Heyo, Jammers! I finally finished drawing all the art in my schedule, so I'll be re-opening commissions really soon! Here's the latest episode of Speedart Saturday!
And here's the art itself:
I also finished drawing the art for Nsivas, and I really like how it turned out ^.^ The speedart video for Nsivas will be up on Tuesday; in the meantime, here's the art itself!
I had a lot of fun drawing both fuzzyberryclaws1's art and nsivas's art! If you've been wanting to order a commission or art trade from me, you don't have to wait much longer! I'll be opening commissions and art trades in a few days :)
Hope you enjoy! Let me know if you color this page! You can post any of my coloring pages on your own blog if you want, just make sure to give full credit to me, Crazcatlover AJ, and share a link to this blog if possible :)
Sorry for taking forever to post this here! I went to the mall right after uploading Speedart Saturday on YouTube, so I didn't have time to post it here, too. My sister helped me narrate this episode of Speedart Saturday, so be prepared for randomness!
And here's the art itself:
Be sure to let me know if you want my sister to be in more videos!
Hi, Jammers. Sorry for not posting for the past few days, it's been raining >.< Rain makes me really tired and I just didn't know what to post because, since I was really tired, I didn't draw anything. I was woken up at midnight tonight to extremely loud thunder... But the rain is over now, and I finally managed to finish the art that I started on Tuesday.
By the way, the purple rare long spiked collar giveaway winner has been chosen; and that winner is Meeplove. Congrats! Enjoy your spike ^.^
And of course, here's this week's episode of Animal Jam Art Gallery!
Huge thank you to 2fangs, 7wolfshadow, 6374, AnnaBellle, Chloetehbanana, funnyjoker24, fuzzyberryclaws1, Jammer6q5j1b, nineties, nørtthern, princessfairy3000, skipper2014, snowfish56, talloose, tinkaglitch41, and uniavsaj for letting me feature their amazing art in this video!
And congrats to today's Amazing Artist giveaway winners, talloose, fuzzyberryclaws1, and chloetehbanana!
I would love to feature your art in a future episode! If you want your art in an upcoming episode of Animal Jam Art Gallery, just put the masterpiece(s) you want featured in your den in Animal Jam in an easy to see spot, leave your den unlocked, and send me a Jam-A-Gram or leave a comment either right here on this post, or on my Jammer Wall saying that you want your art to be featured in an episode of Animal Jam Art Gallery :)
FINALLY!!! THE ART CONTEST WINNERS!!! I got nearly 50 entries and it was SO HARD TO CHOOSE THE WINNERS! But it's a contest, and contests have winners, so I had to choose. Here's the video!
Validusernamee is actually vaildusernamee! Sorry for the mistake DX
Huge thanks to 1sealaj12006, animalgirl95363, antartica868, chloe2007, cupcakeotter, custard709, finland9, foreverlost00, fuzzyberryclaws1, galaxysniff122, gfox0, glit13, graciepopstar91, ja983, julian1813, lostfairy, lucy8228, lunarjamaa, megadiancie7, meganfurryfun37, moniknik, mothflightslove, narlapaws33, primaryy, purplestarclub, rarebunny4, sarahkey8, sheepcorn, slimepug, snipzzx, snowlondon, sophiao2020, spiritcatfox, starzjoy, superkittygirl3, talloose, tiger07737, tinkaglitch41, tzatziki, and vailidusernamee for entering this art contest!
If you didn't win, please don't be discouraged! I got so many amazing entries; it took me over an hour to choose the winners. I will be hosting more art contests in the future, so look forward to those! And in the meantime, keep drawing.
You still have a chance to win a spike from me, even if you didn't win! I'm currently hosting a rare purple long spiked collar giveaway! To enter, just send me, crazcatlover, a Jam-A-Gram in Animal Jam that says 'Wow', or comment your AJ username below, before April 6th, 2017! (I chose 'wow' as the word for entering by JAG because it's a random preset Jam-A-Gram phrase that members and non members with any chat option can send)
