Rundown of the Party & a Handful of Updates

Hi, beauts!

I'm back again, a little off-schedule. It will take a little bit of time to plan my posts and schedule my upload days. I hope that for the meantime, frequent posts aren't too much of an issue!

Now, let's get right to the contents of this post.

Rundown of the Party

Tonight, the Chotopia Staff team held a very successful Rock Band party. I'd like to say a personal thank you to Jas, Jaay, Jacob and Zack for hosting it and/or being there during it for the community. On behalf of the community, we appreciate each event that is held for us.

Here are a few screenshots I took throughout the party; just a little recap!

On a random note... How are you all liking mine, Novo's and RSWReece's outfits? We put a lot of effort into them and had quite the giggle when styling them. Seems like we may need to go and visit my Fashion Guide... The first section (Colour Coordination) went up yesterday. Check it out under "Guides" or just click here! 👀

Last, but definitely not least... Big Announcement!

The Chotopia Team made a very exciting announcement today during the party. They officially announced the two new Agents that the community have been actively voting for. Not to our surprise, our two new Agents are Megs and Realm. I have no doubt that you'll both bring forward a lovely atmosphere to Chotopia and create a really safe environment for us all. You two are some of the sweetest and most down-to-earth people on Chotopia and I can assure you that the community is grateful to have you both around.💖

Here they are, the winners themselves!

Congratulations, you two!

Finally, I will be adding a new segment to my posts. With each post, I will be including a positive, motivational quote from players of Chotopia. This is to spread positivity and love during a hard period of time. Everyone needs a little pick up from time to time and I'm hoping to offer that.

First: RSWReece: When life gives you an L, learn typography and make it into a W.

As always, thank you for reading.

Anna

Fashion Guide - How To: Styling Outfits: Colour Combinations

How To: Styling Outfits

!! DISCLAIMER:

As my guide to styling outfits is quite long and elaborate, I will be creating different sections. In this post, I will start with colour combinations.

Following on from this, I will create additional sections to further expand this fashion guide. Here is a brief overview of the sections I will be adding:

• Different fashion styles: Cute, casual, highly fashionable, sophisticated...? The list goes on! Everyone has their own fashion style and I will cover the major ones in this very guide.

• Different clothing types and how to style them: Ever have that one item that you just can't style right? Are you tired of wearing the same outfit but refuse to let go of your favourite shirt? I've got you!

• A guide to accessories and miscellaneous items: Accessories make or break an outfit. Make sure to style them right!

• Sample outfit ideas: Some simple, nice outfits for you to adapt to your liking.

• Outfits for Juniors and Citizens

• How to be fashionable on a low budget: It's hard to composeyour ideal outfit when you have a bugs balance of 3,450. I will showcase some outfit ideas for different price points.

• More coming soon.

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How To: Styling Outfits

This guide will teach you all about styling outfits; colour combinations, different fashion styles, tips and tricks and other fashion elements that may be useful when creating your outfit on Chotopia.

Remember: This is based on my personal opinion, colour theories which I have studied in art for a handful of years and some fashion elements that I learned and investigated personally.

Colour Combinations

Let's begin with colour combinations.

This guide will be based on colour theories, specifically in regard to the colour wheel. You may or may not be aware that there are multiple colour (wheel) theories involving different colours as the primary colours.

Primary Colours

There are 2 main sets of primary colours:

1. Red, Blue, Yellow

2. Yellow, Cyan, Magenta

In this instance, I will be focusing on the classic red, blue and yellow colour wheel.

Secondary Colours

A secondary colour is a colour made from mixing any two of the primary colours. In relation to our colour wheel, the secondary colours are green, orange and purple.

1. Red and Blue = Purple

2. Blue and Yellow = Green

3. Red and Yellow = Orange

Tertiary Colours

A tertiary colour is a colour made by mixing full saturation of one primary colour with half saturation of another primary colour. In relation to our colour wheel, the tertiary colours are red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green, blue-green, blue-purple and red-purple.

Here is a diagram to help you visualise all of these colour combinations:

See how all of the colours combine with one another?

Complementary Colours

The next important point to draw your attention to is complementary colours.

Complementary colours are one of the most crucial foundations when styling outfits. Figuring out the correct colour scheme is vital, as it makes or breaks your outfit. You want an outfit that will stand out and a co-ordinated outfit that is pleasing to look at.

Colours that are opposite each other on the colour wheel are considered to be complementary colours (example: red and green)

The high contrast of complementary colours creates a vibrant, dynamic look. When a colour is paired with its complementary colour, it allows it to stand out more clearly.

Let's take a look at a diagram showcasing the pairs of complementary colours.

When styling outfits and pairing colour combinations, for the strongest and most colour-coordinated outfits, you should pair two of the complementary colours (example: purple and yellow, blue-green and red-orange).

This will create the most vibrant colour scheme in which each colour will stand out. It will be hard not to receive compliments when you walk into Cafe Street to see your friends.

Let me showcase these colour combinations on some basic Chobots outfits.

I hope these samples effectively showcased how complementary colours work together. They work in unison and accompany each other extremely well. They allow the other colour to stand out and create a really nice, coordinating colour palette.

Although... At times, this vibrancy can be a bit too jarring. In this instance, I highly recommend using a colour from the greyscale colour palette to balance out the vibrancy and liveliness of each colour you decide on.

Greyscale is a range of shades of grey. The darkest possible shade is black. The lightest possible shade is white

Personally, I recommend throwing in some greyscale colours to take away from the vibrancy of the colours you already have and to balance out your outfit. This makes it a bit easier on your eyes and is still coordinating very well in regards to colour.

You can also pick one colour wheel colour and one greyscale colour to make a nicely colour coordinated outfit. Complementary colours aren't always required in each outfit. Sometimes, one vibrant colour and one balancing, greyscale colour will do the trick!

That is all in regards to colour coordinating based on artistic elements. As Moderator Zack put it, let's finish the "Art Assessment" here.

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Now that the facts are out of the way, let me put forward a few of my personal favourite colour schemes that I feel work really nicely with outfits.

Personal Preference Colour Schemes

The following is a handful of colour schemes that I am a big fan of, that I feel work really well together. Remember; this is all my personal opinion and preference.

Red and Black, hello Novo!: Of course, credit goes to Novo on this one as it is his signature colour scheme. Red and black offer a really dominating colour scheme; it is bound to always make your oufits pop and stand out.

White and Black, very monotone: A simple, sophisticated colour scheme can never go wrong. Maybe throw in a vibrant feature colour to jazz up your outfit even further.

Blue and Grey, did someone say Zack?: I feel that blue and grey complemenent each other perfectly as they follow quite a "cold"* colour scheme and offer the perfect balance of soft greyscale and vibrancy.

Red and Orange, Summer, where did you go?: This colour scheme perpetuates "Autumn vibes" and is a really nice "warm"* colour scheme; it's a very sweet and welcoming range of colours.

Pinks, you can't go wrong with them: Pink colours are always bound to make a lovely outfit; be it a daring hot pink offering a very bold and vibrant look, or soft pastels that can be paired perfectly with just about any colour. You can't go wrong!

Green and Yellow, Spring vibes: Bright, beautiful Spring colours make an amazingly pretty outfit which perpetautes happy vibes.

Here are some lovely outfits from our community. It's amazing how much everyone's style can differ, yet remain amazing.

Beautiful, right?

*Quick Note: Colours may range from cold, neutral and warm.

• Cold colours: green, blue, indigo and violet.

• Warm colours: red, orange and yellow.

• Neutral colours are those colours which do not have a specific colour name: (i.e.) beige, cream, ivory, white, grey and brown.

I will be updating this list as time goes on.

Make sure to recommend some more colour preferences to me as time goes on so that I can add them to this guide, if you wish. Credit will always be given and who knows, maybe you'll start a trend!

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This concludes the Colour Cordinating segment of my Fashion Guide. I will be frequently updating this section if more needs to be added and/or changed, or as opinions differ from time to time.

Make sure to stay tuned for the rest of the sections following very shortly. I will announce it as I make each section so make sure to never miss out.

Next Up... Fashion Styles

Credits

Thank you to...

Jas for helping me with gathering outfit screenshots.

The following users for helping me with the community image above: Novo, Jas, Micah, RSWReece, Jacob, Shower, Icestormz, Anirudh53

Upcoming Events & Mid-Week Updates

Hey, everyone!

It's Anna again. :) Who else would it be? Actually... May or may not be looking for guest authors to partake on my blog from time to time!

You may not be aware of my weekly blog schedule. Let me lay it out for you:

• I will be doing a weekly summary and a "welcome to the brand new week" post on Sunday/Monday generally, in order to summarise the last week and give a brief overview of the upcoming week.

• I will be doing a mid-week update post in which I will give reminders for weekly events and other news that develop throughout the beginning of the week.

This will be the general structure I will abide by, although there will be irregular posts here and there. I hope you don't mind!

Next up... Events!

Have you heard about this weeks events, announced not too long ago? Well, if you haven't, I've got you!

Here is a short and snappy description of the events you may look forward to for this following weekend:

• Agent Event with Tamara: Hangman on Thursday, the 16th at 5 PM Cho-time (6 PM GMT, 7 PM Central/Eastern Europe) in the Agents' Underground.

• Rock Band Party with the Chotopia Team on Friday, the 17th at 6 PM Cho-time (7 PM GMT, 8 PM Central/Eastern Europe) in the Rockemall Street.

I hope to see you all there! I'm sure Hangman will be great fun as these mini-games and smaller events allow you to connect and bond with the community on a closer, friendlier level. Let's not forget the sweet prizes that come with the glorious wins. A hangman shirt? Why not!

Of course, the weekly event brought to us by the Chotopia Team is going to be a blast as per usual. The theme of the party is unique and exciting, too! I feel as though it's a topic we can all bond over.

Big News!

Make sure to give a huge congratulations to our 2 new Moderators: Zack & Jacob. I have no doubt that you both will make Chotopia a better place, as you both are two of the nicest people around. Don't forget to vote on the Agent Poll either. It's a close vote; get voting before the poll closes!

A special thanks to the following users for helping me with my image for this blog post: Novo, Realm, Jacob, Gatinha. Thank you all, it's truly appreciated. <3

That's about it for now. Don't forget to enter the Recipe contest still taking place - it's the first of its kind!

As always, I appreciate you all greatly for taking the time to read this post.

Thank you,

Anna :)