It's already been over a month since the designer tool and community shop went live, and what a month it has been! The shop is quite overwhelming, so let's look back at some of the inspiring and eye-catching happenings from this first months in this (monthly?) bulletin.
First of all, some stats!
What is more fun than statistics? We can't think of anything. So here are some statistics:
In May there were a total of 278 drops with 1291 items. Below you'll find a graph of what that looked like during the month*:
*This is all done by hand, so do take the data with a grain of salt.
If you want to see more statistics about your own or your favorite designer, do check out the designer statistics page. You can either find it by clicking the icon behind the designer name on the item page, or find it on your/their profile under their model 'my designs'.
Throughout the month of May, there were many different items, but there were also some prevalent themes amongst the items. Here are three themes that we picked out:
Palestine / EBE
The ongoing suffering in Palestine, together with the onsite EBE event design competition, have shown itself in the community shop. A selection of these items (there are for sure more):
1. RGB Jopie Deena. 2. maylini Sundelion 3. goblinbazooka Yuuni
When life gives you lemons... and melon and strawberries and..
Another theme that we saw a lot was fruits!
1. Lulu. Arimwe 2. Mocks juki1309 LauraNadinex
goSupermodels animal kingdom
And you couldn't open the shop without seeing at least a few new animals entering the community shop.
1. Browse Sas pjusk Harakka 2. josif Mommy Lelette Platypus 3. weskie Art Venom Platypus MissAuris
JD competition uploads
Time flies... it's been already over a year since the last JD competition. Many amazing fits did not win, but with the introduction of the designer tool, they can finally be uploaded and shared! Do you remember which fits are part of the previous rounds of JD comp?
If you can't get enough of the JD comp designs, 58 designs from round 1 have been collected in a magazine last year. So do check that out.
Flying solo
We've seen many stand alone items. They sometimes get a little lost in between the beautiful sets, but they can add so much fun and beauty to any look! So let's show some appreciation of some of our stand-alone highlights of May.
1. RoryTheGoblin ICantWhistle rosarium doottu biv komaeda Shroomgum disappointment Emmagm Selkhe duh
2. emmett Mar3n3lis3 libra Corny liennle Hekate sussumussu RoryTheGoblin v3ga Sea
3. fabulous draugr malinz Hypo mud Felixia isabelle12 Rattus Norvegicus Brita toraeli
You may have already seen the items from Teddirachi in the previous community made bulletin, but they're in shop now! So you can create your own photoshoot!!
This past month we saw something beautiful arise. Not only was there a lot of support from the community towards designers, but also a lot of help. New tutorials were created, guides to help navigate and lists to create order in the chaos. Here are some links to hopefully help you all.
- Design tutorials by Hastings (you can request more)
- Designer tool for dummies by Inuka & Teddirachi
- Create your own shop by Naddi (better gSm extension)
- Back to basics tutorial by Maze
- Design tutorial by Nora
- Community designers club by LostMySoul
If you have more helpful links or tips, do share them below!
And if you want to feature in a next edition, do share your stories in the item comments or let us know if you have ideas! We'd love to hear <3
Stay creative!
Love you all <3