There's an EU initiative going on right now that essentially boils down to wanting to force videogame publishers with paid games and/or games with paid elements such as DLC, expansions and microtransactions to leave said games in a playable state after they end support, or in simpler terms, make them stop killing games.
A "playable state" would be something like an offline mode for previously always online titles, or the ability for people to host their own servers where reasonably possible just to name some examples.
I don't think I need to tell anyone that having something you paid for being taken from you is bad, which is a thing that routinely happens with live service and other always online games with a notable recent example being The Crew which is now permanently unplayable.
Any EU citizen is eligible to sign the initiative, but only once and if you mess up that's it. You can find it here. (https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/details/2024/000007_en)
Even if you're not European or you signed it already, you can share this initiative with anyone who is, even if they don't care about videogames specifically because this needs a million signatures and there is different thresholds that need to be met for each EU country for their votes to even count and could also be a precedent for other similar practices like when Sony removed a bunch of Discovery TV content people paid for.
Digital Beast Doodle
Not much to say about this one ^__^ I was just a little bored and decided to sketch a Disney character instead of something in my usual simplified style ^__^ taking it a little easy this week after finishing up that Fluttershy animation, that one took a lot out of me ^^; Hope you’re all having a super lovely evening! All my love, ~FtK
Always the writer, never the reader.
Spirit At Rest
Phantasma got a lot more sleep than I did while working on this ^__^ Wanted to add a little animation into my previous BG practice piece, and with the passing of Russi Taylor, who voiced Phantasma, I thought it would be a nice little tribute to her. Hope you’re all having a wonderful evening. All my love, ~FtK
Guess Who: A Ghoul School Animation.
I got really carried away with this project. It was really only meant to be a rough sketch animation…but it turned into a full color animation with effects.
So many soft effects in fact that I needed to post a video to youtube to show the actual final product ^^;
You can find that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXi8yJjU_XE
and a better/larger gif here: http://fluttershythekind.deviantart.com/art/Guess-Who-A-Ghoul-School-Animation-688489790
Also this little piece was somewhat inspired by @cheesecakes-by-lynx ‘s little drawthread ^_^ https://cheesecakes-by-lynx.tumblr.com/post/159983042365/winnies-secret-a-drawthread-request-i-did#notes So I wanted to give a little shout out there ^_^
Anyway, I am very tired from all the late nights working on this, but I do hope you all enjoy! I really enjoyed working with the Ghoul School characters…so once I rest I think I’ll definitely have to revisit them ^_^
All my love,
~FtK
rb to explode a terf ^_^ nonrefundable ^_^
You’ve Grown!
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Just having a little more fun with Tanis and Phantasma ^_^ gave Phanty a more speckled texture than she had in the gif, but that give had enough information to track as it was xD
And I’m not sure I’ll ever animate Tanis. Her wrappings are a bit much to keep track of, but maybe if I find an idea I love enough to tackle it ^^
Hope you’re all having a super lovely Sunday! Or Monday if you’re that far west of me ^_^
All my love,
~FtK
I think Winnie’s a little self conscious about her height ^__^ that’s okay though, I’m sure there are lots of things Phantasma needs Winnie’s help with.
The singing probably doesn’t help matters ^^;
Thanks for your request @theamishpirate
All my love,
~FtK
normal goofy blake post