#stickia

Ok there is a lot in this Avatar, with several references to: Stickia-lore that I haven't shared (Reality Engines), obscure books (Chronicles of Amber, RIng World), Kirby (the wings of 0²), Sky: Children of the Light, and many many more. But lets work our way down the list

In some personal lore about Stickia, there are things called "Reality Engines;" but, explaining them could be their own post, so I'll be brief. The basics of "Reality Engines" are they are devices that can alter the rules of reality in basic ways. These are: gravity, molecular bonds, and other fundamental principles that the story calls. Reality Engines connect to this avatar via why it was made, specifically for an Origin that was gifted to me that can do basic gravity manipulation stuff (and some animations, but we'll get there).

As for obscure books, I cant share too much due to spoilers. But the back ring was inspired by my idea of a character from The Chronicles of Amber books, "Ghost Wheel." (And I would recommend the books! They are fun and hold up shockingly well)

Kirby, specifically 0², is pretty clear. The original model that the wings were a part of were styled after 0² because I was looking for a "Meka Angel" (and yes those are from the Meka Suit from Mekanism lol).

Finally for the listed aspects, Sky: Children of the Light, I haven't played it much recently, but I played it for a good bit and fell in love with the lore/character design; so for this avatar I took some inspiration from the color pallet of the Ancients! Specifically, the color pallets, the masks, and some of the designs from some concept art I stumbled across: https://www.tomzhao.com/sky1 (some spoilers for Sky as a heads up).

Ok but enough about Lore:tm: for the avatar. The animations are where this avatar shines.

Up first is the basic Idle Animation, this is always playing no matter what. So the wings "flap" and the ring spins. So they'll be playing in all the other example anims. Another "set" of animations is the idle floating. And while theres an enter animation and an exit animation, they are like 2 seconds long and dont look great taken out of the transition

Additonly, theres a few "toggle" Animations too! Like activating the wheel behind, and deactivating it too

Another set for the wings to act like arms too! Which then inspired another feature, item holding!

After quite a bit of trial and error of trying out different libraries, the arms show what is in my hotbar by an offset! As well, the arms try to be smart by "wrapping" around when their selected slot gets to high/low too. Along with this, there is a small animation that gets played when the slots move, which looks a bit janky, but the items changing and the speed helps cover it up.

So with all of that, I have had a few friends tell me that this avatar "aura farms," which... yeah would track lmao