Part 2, Week 1

[soc_puppet]

And we're back on schedule! Well, for anyone who's following it, at any rate, since it's only a suggested schedule.

This week's moods are: Stressed, Excited, Optimistic

Discussion topics! I personally feel like Optimistic is the hardest to visually conceptualize of these three, but that's just me; maybe you're having more trouble with Stressed or Excited.

How are you doing on your mood theme? Are you happy to be starting the next leg of the schedule? Or are you in a different part of the schedule? Anyone just starting out? (If so, welcome!) Is anything frustrating you, or is there something you're having a really good time with? Let's talk about it!

Comments

[redsixwing]

I'm still in Phase 1, but back on it :) Hopefully I'll have some fun to post this week.

[setsuntamew]

I'm starting this week! I just found out about this community and it inspired me to try my hand at another mood theme....I last tried in 2009-ish and never finished because it was so overwhelming, but the way this challenge is broken up feels very doable :D

[soc_puppet]

Oooo, I can't wait 😃 Ganbatte!

[soc_puppet]

Welcome aboard! I hope you have a good time here 😃 The community is still pretty new, but I've been enjoying it a lot. Have you decided what your mood theme is going to be?

Yeah, I figured, three moods a week, regular breaks? Seems pretty approachable! Knowing that you only need fifteen moods for the bare minimum, and another nineteen or so to cover all the "branches", really makes the whole thing seem a lot easier. Trying to do all 132 moods in one go is just way too much.

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

>>I personally feel like Optimistic is the hardest to visually conceptualize of these three, but that's just me<<

I've seen "optimistic" with the eyes looking up at a dream-cloud image. It's harder to do in really tiny icons but works well in medium to large ones.

Re: Thoughts

[soc_puppet]

Oh, that's a good interpretation! I ended up going with something different myself (a rat drinking out of a glass that's half-full), but "daydreaming and looking up" works pretty well for both Optimistic and Hopeful, which is the mood that branches from it.

As a side note, I was astonished when I was doing the research to set up this community and learned that mood theme images can be the same dimensions as icons! I still don't know if they can have the same bulk file size, but the dimension thing was startling enough, albeit in a pleasant way.

Re: Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> (a rat drinking out of a glass that's half-full) <<

That's clever!

>> As a side note, I was astonished when I was doing the research to set up this community and learned that mood theme images can be the same dimensions as icons! I still don't know if they can have the same bulk file size, but the dimension thing was startling enough, albeit in a pleasant way. <<

Yeah, I just use tiny ones. It's odd to see things that are so much bigger. But I approve of people having choices!

[setsuntamew]

Thank you!!! I actually already started working on it (pretty much immediately! I was possessed!) and I'll be doing Knives & Legato from the Trigun manga :D

Three moods a week makes it feel like "oh this isn't an impossible, massive challenge, but a thing I can actually do" and I really appreciate it!!! I'm enjoying working on it so far.