Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Notice :)

Big post coming tomorrow, yay! Sorry I can't post today, homework again. XD

Monday, September 28, 2015

Rare Dragon Mask

Hey Jammers! I'm sorry for not posting yesterday, a lot was happening and I had a lot of homework. I was debating about not posting again today and continue wallowing in shame– but I went on AJ and my online friends changed my mind. Thanks for inadvertently motivating me, guyz. <3

The new item is the much-awaited Rare Item Monday, sold on the 5th page of Jam Mart Clothing:



Y'know, Dragon Masks look more like Dragon Hats. I have never once seen anyone in Jamaa with one fully over their animal's head. It's kind of a misleading name, actually. XD

Speaking of misleading, I was reminded to actually go check out the new item when I saw this AJHQ Message:



I misread it and along with many other Jammers went to the Chamber of Knowledge shop where the Rare Item... wasn't there? It was my friend lostfairy who Jam a Gram-ed me that the dragon mask was sold in Jam Mart Clothing. Thanx! :D

Over on the Daily Explorer, we have a cool new *gasp* WRITING contest!


I'd enter, but I'm already planning to enter in two other creative online contests; one being the "animals in costumes" Daily Explorer thing. Will you enter? I love that AJHQ is making more writing-related stuff now! (Aside from News Crew, of course)

That's all for now, see you in Jamaa where I'll hopefully be able to come up with some better material!


Saturday, September 26, 2015

MORE Early Items?

Hey Jammers! There are quite a few new Night of the Phantoms items in stores that I haven't noticed until today, so it's possible they could have been released upon mistake like during the update:



All are sold in their respectable Township shops. I'm not sure if they'll all be taken back tomorrow so if you like, grab your favorites fast! :D

There are also some new articles on the Daily Explorer. One is about what exactly happens when a user is reported, and two are just for fun.




Go to the Daily Explorer to learn more. c:

Here are a few more icons from the panda mini book:




Use them for anything AJ related that you deem fit. ^_^

I love how Animal Jam "holidays" are called by a different name like "night of the phantoms" so people who don't celebrate that holiday in real life don't feel as left out. Do you celebrate Halloween?

That's all for now, see you in Jamaa! :D

Thursday, September 24, 2015

Player Card Glitch + Free Icons pt.2

Hey Jammers! This post will be a little short because I have a ton of stuff to do today, sorry. I still hope it's interesting for you nonetheless– today we got glitch pictures and even more free icons as promised! :D

The new item of today is sold in Jam Mart Furniture and is oddly out of season:


These seem a little tropical and sunny for Autumn in Jamaa, but I'm certainly not complaining! I love anything made of bamboo. Now if only I was a member again so I could stock up on colored versions...

If you're wondering why I don't even have enough gems to buy the tiki chair, it's because I took the screenshot above on my storage account! And while logged on, I noticed something peculiar...


That's my wolf's outfit, not my panda's!

I looked at my other animals and sure enough, they all had those accessories and pattern:


Okay, so what happened?

I was logged onto my storage account. In my buddy list, I clicked my main account, DoomyPanda. I looked through my list of animals. Before closing my player card, the last animal I looked at was my wolf. That's why the next time I clicked my name it had my wolf's outfit!

So if you'd like to see what your rhino would look like with your crocodile's outfit, by all means follow the steps above! Let the glitching begin!

• • • •

As promised, I have another set of transparent mini book icons for you to use for your AJ blog! The following ones are from the snow leopard and lynx mini books hidden in the Chamber of Knowledge:







Use them for whatever AJ related stuff you deem fit! Btw, these are just transparent screenshots from Animal Jam. I didn't actually draw these so therefore I don't really own them!

That's all for now, have a FANTASTIC day! ;D

DoomyPanda, signing off...

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Minibook Icons pt. 1!

Hey Jammers! There's a new art contest on the Daily Explorer that you might be interested in:



Click here to learn more!

I'm really loving that graphic with the dark wood! It looks really nice– I hope they do more things with it instead of all those shiny ones. 

I dunno, I just really like pretty graphics and Animal Jam seems to have a big surplus! All I know is that if they used a different one for that Daily Explorer post, I probably wouldn't be getting out my colored pencils right now and preparing to spend a day drawing in the dark. *cough*USE MORE PRETTY STUFF AJHQ IT'S WORKING*cough*

Speaking of graphics, I've been noticing that those activity badges in the AJ mini books make some pretty nice AJ blog icons. So nice in fact, that I have decided that from this point on I will work hard to turn all of the icons from all of the mini books into free graphics that I'll post here for you!

So here we have Minibook Icons part 1: the Llama Minibook! These will include lined and line-less for all of your AJ graphic needs:

Lined:






Line-less:






If you're confused about how to use them for your Animal Jam blog, here are some suggestions:

1. The Pencil & Paper 
   – an icon to put on all of your posts
   – an icon for a button that goes to any creative writing
   – an icon to put on journal-related posts

2. The Polar Bear
   – conservation or wildlife related posts

3. The Sneakers
   – animal jam "outfit ideas"

4. The House
   – a home button
   – aj den ideas

5. The Carrot & Leaf
   – a post about the Return of the Phantoms adventure
   – decoration for your layout

Just so you know, all I did was make some screenshots transparent and these are all 100% free! I get no profit from these AT ALL! Animal Jam drew the originals and used them for the mini books in the Chamber of Knowledge.

Animal Jam graphics can be so hard to find, so I give you full liberty to use these for your AJ blog!

I'm planning on making a series of transparent mini book icons from each book in the Chamber of Knowledge. All of the icons above were from the llama book and tomorrow I will make more with another book! How does that sound? :D

That's all for now, DoomyPanda signing off!

Monday, September 21, 2015

The "Sit Glitch"!

Hey Jammers! Short post today, I gotta do my homework!

The new item of today is the Rare Item Monday, so it's sold in Jam Mart Clothing!


Weird, I thought that dragon mask someone told me about was gonna be today's rare.

In other news, one of my friends taught me a cool glitch! Go to the top of Mt. Shiveer, click the start of the slide and quickly switch animals so when you finally slide down you'll see...


I look so strange lol

By the way, have you seen the new buttons I've added around the sidebars? Are they okay? :D

That's all for now, see you in Jamaa!

– DoomyPanda

Sunday, September 20, 2015

The Longest/Shortest Names

Hey Jammers! The new item of today is sold in Jam Mart Clothing:


Perfect for Jammers who like to use sticks to smack circular objects straight into the clouds for fun. Keep doing what you're doing!

In other news, a couple days ago I was thinking... what are the longest and shortest possible animal names you can have on Animal Jam?

I did some counting and figured a few things out. As of now, the longest first name you can have for your animal is 9 letters, the longest middle name is 6 letters, and the longest last name is 8 letters. Here's what the longest name would look like:


As for the shortest name, each word's minimum is 3 letters so here's what that would look like:


Hmm, interesting... Pointless, but interesting...

There's not much news today so for the rest of this post I'll resort to using old screenshots to attempt entertaining you. For example, this is what happened when I let my aunt customize my bunny:


I love it so much. XD

I look at the Jammer Central art gallery around every day and I sometimes take screenshots of cute drawings. Here are a few...





I remember a long time ago when I first started playing Animal Jam that the gallery only contained ten drawings, all being extremely detailed and were only updated every month. Now the gallery is a ton more accessible! I'm really happy that everyone has an equal chance of getting in now, but at the same time I sort of miss seeing all of the crazy detailed drawings. 

In general it's just wonderful that the gallery isn't exclusive anymore so I shouldn't be complaining!

Before I go, here's a graphic of the Jammer Central bulletin board:


That's all for now, see you in Jamaa!


Saturday, September 19, 2015

Hidden Games & Update Mistakes

Hey Jammers! The reason why I didn't post yesterday was because I felt so sick when I got home from school that I just slept all afternoon. Luckily, all that sleeping (as well as the fact that it's Saturday) made me feel better enough to say that daily posting is back! Yaaaay! *achoo*

Today's new item is the Ten Gallon Hat, having no place at all in Jam Mart Clothing:



How would that arrow get launched through the hat if the end is just a sticky plunger thing? So many mysteries...

Speaking of items, many of you have probably noticed that the many Night of the Phantoms items as well as the october Marigolds have been taken from shops! It seems that AJHQ releasing them early wasn't just being excited for the next Jamaa holiday, it was a glitch! I wonder if the Ten Gallon Hat was also released as a glitch. That thing just has no place in Jamaa. XD

(No offense to any cowgirls or cowboys out there)

Something else you may have noticed since the last update is that Best Dressed AKA the best game ever is double gems!



While you're at it, you may also want to try to play the hidden game of Swoopy Eagle in Sarepia Forest:



You see that game up in the top right corner? Sneaky... 

What's your high score? Comment! :D

By the way, you've probably noticed from my plain name tag that I just lost my membership yesterday. I've actually been pretty happy without it! Here, look at the nonmember den I've been working on:




I'm going to file this post under nonmember clothing and den ideas because some of you might want some inspiration. Not saying my den is something that will definitely inspire you, but just in case. ^_^

Over on the Daily Explorer we have a very helpful Jammer Tip about password change emails:



Click it to enlarge. Ya know, to read it better!

Here's a free graphic I whipped up of the big Jam a Gram:


Use it for your blog! ;D

That's all for now, Jammers. I hope you're starting school off well and that you have a great day/night!

DoomyPanda, signing off...