Alienated w0rld and House Renovation

Following my ‘meeting’ with Aurel, I decided to continue on with my ARPG <3

I don’t plan on releasing them until 2027 but I have begun working on the assets and necessary pages so I can just upload everything once I have them ready. I have shared a little bit of the concepts on my Toyhouse buletin but moving forward I plan on sharing the development here ( ⸝⸝´ ᵕ `⸝⸝)

While I cannot really spoil everything all at once, some of the stuff I can tell you are:

1. The name of the ARPG will be [Alienated W0rld] and the location will be called [World #0 — pronounced ‘World Zero’]

I am a little obsessed with the concept of a mirror world, or different reality and the idea that there is a bigger world out there that is beyond our waking life. World #0 is intended to be just that. Masked as a ‘dream’ world initially and as the story progresses, visitors of World #0 may or may not realized that the things that happened may not be a dream after all. 

2. The game will host multiple playable species/ critters BUT here’s the exciting part, players won’t need to own a local in-game species to begin playing the game (submitting prompts etcetera)

I just feel like it would be nice to host an arpg that will alow players to join in without the initial pressure of owning a local species. Players will be able to play as their persona to experience the world!

3. I want the ARPG to be Free to Play/ F2P friendly. 

Anddd I mean it. The only ‘paid content’ will be for adoptable design made by yours truly and an optional subscription box to help with site hosting and maintenance. And maybe occassional MYO sales but players are able to enjoy the game and access contents regardless if they pay any money or not.

I’m so excited. I really hope the ARPG can be a little online cozy corner for anyone who come across it! I already began planning for the traits and items lists as well as writing the guides for the game!

Aside from that, I am currently in the process of house renovation. It’s a 20 year old house, so there’s a lot to be fixed but I’m so excited with it! I also got a new hamster pet named Miranda, a female syrian that I adopted in May 6 2026!

Anyways, see you in next post! My battery is at 1%

2026 Art Goals + Improvement

Hello! Happy New Year! I know it’s late but NGL I feel like 2025 is not over yet.. and 2026 hasn’t really rolled in. This is normal though and I do treat any awkward dates before the CNY as the inbetween-years. I usually use this to recalibrate and declutter my stuff. 

Anyways, since I have this space, I’m sharing my 2026 art goals for you!

1. Finish drawing Arcadia, Rumendale, and Sangria Falls’ map

They’re part of my story locations and I hope to dish out more lore and map for them so I can further develop their stories. So far I’ve spent my first 2026 days revving up the reference sheets of Sangria Falls’ Critters as well as trying to use up all of my unused MYOs though some spaces don’t really deserve the hassle.

2. Limit active CS/ARPG to 3 maximum

I have yet to decide which which, but I’m in at least 5 of them and while I love all of

ocs that are associated with each spaces, I think it’s best if I stick to a few and pour my focus on them. 

3. Learn isometric art

I have been enjoying isometric room 3D sticker puzzles and I wish to be able to draw them for my characters. I just know it’s gonna be so cute!

4. Learn pixel art

Need I say the reason why? They’re just the coziest cutest type of art there is and I only wish to be able to learn to do it!

5. No new ocs other than my own designs

Throughout the year I have learned that I connect more with my own designed ocs as opposed to those designed by others. I think I just love the freedom that comes with it.

Goals aside, I’m so happy with my art improvement especially in regards to furries and critters!

Reference sheet I did of Sage, my silly aquatic ‘dragon’ oc back in 2023

New updated reference I did for the same character in 2026

Seeing the new reference was so satisfying I ended up making more for my other ocs.. I do plan on having them as part of my commission menu but I need to make more for my humanoids and kemonomimis!

Honestly one of the good thing with toyhouse is I get to see old art and be happy with the improvement I made.. I hope my art continue to improve. I want to draw more art ‘just because’ not for prompts, not for comms samples, not for raffles but simply because I want to!

Thanks for reading! Next post I’ll talk about upcoming art ychs, bases and outfits!

PS: I want to make a blogpost solely dedicated to review the cs spaces I was or am in but idk if it’s necessary or if anyone would be interested. Or if you want to see tips and such or other things I’m open to share what I know and learnt.

XX

Jasmine

I Wish/Blurred Reality

Hello! This post right here is gonna contradict the one before.. So I enjoyed the cats but after actually getting a MYO/Make-Your-Own (aka permission from a species creator to create a character of that species) I tried designing my first cat. At first I wanted to draw them after my babygirl Ruri but after some doodlings it didn’t fit right. So I hit pause until I saw a moot drew a bear instead and that got me inspired so I drew my first ‘cat’ a mouse. So happy to be giving the species another chance, I just wish their lore and trait list and dos or donts are a little more structured but that’s just my opinion as a beginner

This piece took me 12 hours 4 minutes, realistically roughly 3 days ish with breaks in between. I included ALL of my current jackalope fairies and a baby version of my Vampichi, Latte (the little baby on bottom right corner). It was made for this month’s Vgen Challenge : Wish and my thought process was that, I as an artist WISH to make my creation ‘come alive’ at least on screen. So the girl is my persona, Jasmine, she’s just happy that her little bunnies came out of the ipad screen, while Petal, our alien mascot is surprised as well. To make the whole vibe looks more dreamy, I added a cloud train, kitty trains and a couple cloud bats. The room itself was actually inspired by @rainbowloft on Instagram. Her room is such a dream! 

This piece was posted mandatorily on my X account, but to my surprise they gain the most tractions and I got 6 new followers! Honestly X/Twitter’s algo has been shit lately and there’s barely any interactions so to me, the 10 likes I got felt like 1000. I literally thought to myself: oh so this is how it feels like to have a ‘Viral’ post LOL (ik it’s not even close but the engagement for me is THAT bad so yk gotta celebrate every smoll moments yk) I do hope I win the challenge though.. if you use Vgen, please vote for my art <3<3<3

I also wanted to say that this piece was my greatest gift from my 28 year old self to ME! — I just turned 29 on 20th!! I spent the 18th and 19th on designing some new characters as another mini presents..

Salm, a Vampichi with special Halloween Meat Trait! Inspired by Salmon the fish

Dream, a Bunny Wish Snail from the Species’ November MYO Event. The theme for this event is ‘Dream’

Mandatory note that ‘Vampichi’ is a closed species by Mushies and Sha while ‘Bunny Wish Snail’ is a closed species by Pumpkin Cat Carnival. Both are super cute and speak to my soul that’s why I’m staying yk the drill. That aside there’s still one more MYO left to make and it’s my first Somni! Honestly I don’t have any ideas yet but I know I want the bat to be simple enough so I don’t need to fuss over the details when drawing them. 

Aside from the new ocs, I also won a cute vamp from the vampichi discord <3 I’ll share the character later once I drew them but this month truly is magical <3 (Latte also got featured so I got a few new art of her!)

To recap! I got 10 new watchers on DA, 6 on X, 3 on Vgen, a couple new characters, amazing art from fellow artists, new arpg to enjoy (somni), more importantly, a sense of improvement and satisfaction with my own art. I actually enjoyed drawing the large piece above and plan on making more unreal art featuring my girl sona and other characters! 

I got a pair of mules from the local shoemaker, 1 domi sticker sheet, new iPad case, (not shown but) a bunch of MLP cards, 1 UR Rainbow Dash card, and my room design sketch! (I’m tbh in the middle of renovating them and bc it has such a weird shape, it was hard arranging the furniture according to good fengshui and my taste but my sister did a good job! 

Room Design by my sister @ylverre on X
This is honestly my fav present!

Okay, that’s all about today. On 20th we went out to take away some Chinese food from Eastern: Birthday Noodle, shumai and wangshui dumpling, pochai with 3 eggs, chicken lemon sauce, and tofu with shimeji. It was so delicious. I also finally had my dream cake: cookies and cream ice cream cake for my birthday. 

Though it wasn’t a perfect day, it was in its own way ‘perfect’ to me because it felt like any other day, just a little bit special-ish. 

All in all I wanted to say that I’m super grateful for all the support and love I’ve received from the past years. I hope my dream can flourish more so I could uplift those around me. 

XX Jasmine

Heaven and Hell

As someone who’s recently free from commissions, I’m feeling a little lost. Yesterday I managed to get my Somni 18+ MYO* but I need to draw more to get the higher rarity trait. I didn’t, HAVEN’T joined the discord YET because I made a promise to myself to be casual and to be mysterious-ish, like, I don’t want to shove my art out there, I just want to put them out there g-e-n-t-l-y.

Then there’s the inactivity in Vampichi, tbh I can always put my Latte in the dtva/ draw-the-vampichi-above channel so I have to draw the previous vamps, but I have done 6 DTVAs within the past month (and I do feel bad if I keep posting her there even though I always finish my part ASAP. I’d talk about them here but at the moment I’m still fleshing out more lore for my vamp, and I NEED to make her counterpart/enemy. So I’m a little stuck-ish.

I know I don’t want to revolve my art and drawings around species PLUS 3 people have told me before I have to make my own thing but it’s so hard to focus sometimes.. does this mean I’m still a little insecure with my art hmm?? I’d like to think I’m in a better place at least compared to last year. I always review my progress everytime I’m approaching my birthday and I guess rn I’m just contemplating things YET AGAIN. Anyways, my hand itches if I don’t draw so I went to Cupid Cats (another 21+ ARPG) and fleshed out 2 prompt arts using their NPCs..

Ticket to Hell Prompt featuring Byte, Pick and Spade. All NPCs. 2h28m

Inferno’s Kiln Prompt featuring Spade, Pick and Gourd. All NPCs. 2h14m

The prompts I did were for the devidog unlock prompt, where I’d get my first Devidog MYO after completing all art prompts. If you’re unfamiliar, ARPG or Art Role Playing Game allows you to make your own official character to be used for prompt or quest completion, usually within the community world. You’ll get rewards and sometimes items for completing and participating in prompts.

The payout for both somni and cupid cats are good though so I’m happy so far.. and I’m —again, super proud with how they came out. But same with somni, I made sure to not join their discord for now bc I want to be as casual as I can be.

I told myself I’d think of something, maybe coming up with my own monthly art prompts like old instagram days and maybe I need to go on with my outfit collection afterall.. ugh! Being out of comms feel like heaven for me but it’s also hell because my indecisiveness is acting up and I need to create my own ‘things to work for’. 

*sigh* I saw on IG reel the other day about being an artist and OP was honestly so right: being a full time freelance artist = have to be ready with lots of uncertainties and you won’t even know what you’re doing 50% of the time but you have to still show up and create. It made me feel better knowing that this is probably universal and is a mental, like all I have to be is to be sure of myself. And be delusional. Anyways, I know I will pull through, I’ll talk more about my drawing process, my art and the likes in future posts promise! 

PS: me and my sister have begun closing our activity rings these past week, and I have been cutting down sugar and eating healthier lately. My aunt and uncles also bought me vitamins and supplements to help with my liver and health. Super thankful for them tbh.. which makes me want to work harder so I could somehow repay them (or at least make them proud)

I know the title is not titling but whatever!

See u on the next post!!

Jasmine :)