Valiska's Ticket Tracker - Elegant Couture and Exotic Pets

[Valiska Pines]

My Old Ticket Tracker Thread

I'm Valiska Pines and I love project tickets. I like rare animals with stripes and spots, particularly felines and marsupials. I also like elegant, historically inspired equippable avatar items for ladies and other gentlefolk. I recolour items I like to wear. My goal is to make all the pets I wish I could have and all the clothes I wish I could wear, in colours that are flattering to dark-skinned avis.

I am not interested in making casual street clothing, sexy demons, sexy angels, or anything that looks like it came from Warhammer 40K or the D&D Monster Manual.

I usually don't collaborate unless I am contributing ideas as well as gold. I don't do tickets to sell my copies and get rich, I do them to make the kinds of things I wish we had more of. However, if you want to share credit and costs with me in getting my human items converted to Paw, I'm up for that, because I can't afford to make everything twice but I want Paws to be able to use my stuff, and I don't use many Paw items (although I am developing a thylacine pawsona for my mule).

PROJECTS COMPLETED
Valiska's Twilight Palace -- Released 26 February 17
Luxurious Valiska -- Released 19 April 17
Demure Queen Valiska -- Released 2 May 17
Valiska's Romantic Evening -- Released 4 May 17
De-Extinctionist -- Granted 11 May 17
Imperial Valiska -- Released 24 May 17
Valiska's Antediluvian Astrolabe -- Released 26 June 17
Tessa the Thylacine -- Released 4 July 17
Atlantean Imperatrix Moirana -- Released 10 July 17
Getheny's Palace of Sin -- Released 10 July 17
Silver the Thylacine -- Released 6 September 17
Moirana's Antediluvian Palace -- Released 3 October 17

PROJECTS IN PRODUCTION
Cinnamon the Thylacine -- Mocks Received 24 July 17
[Animal] Thylacine Fur -- Accepted 9 August 17

PROJECTS SUBMITTED

PROJECTS PLANNED
Shakira the Serval -- Seeking affordable Ruby Ticket

RECOMMENDED:
Stanford Condition's Mock Shop - for recolours only

NB: I believe that all items on this site should be accessible to all users, whether they are using a human base or a Paw base. Unfortunately, Gaia does not agree with me and requires you to buy an expensive ticket to convert human items to Paw base items. I would like to be able to afford to do this for all my items, but I can't. Therefore, if you are a user who wishes to use an Azure Paw Ticket or other Paw Recolour Ticket to convert one of my usermade items to the Paw base, you have my absolute, complete, total and unrestricted permission to do so. If Project Custom requires me to write you a note to that effect I will be happy to do so.

[Valiska Pines]

Ruby Ticket - Tessa the Thylacine
Mini Rainbow Ticket - Cinnamon the Thylacine
Mini Rainbow Ticket - Silver the Thylacine

The thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger and the Tasmanian wolf, was a carnivorous marsupial which was the apex predator in Australia for thousands of years, but by the time the British colonised Australia, it only lived on the island of Tasmania. Although it looks a bit like a dog, it's far more closely related to the Tasmanian devil, the numbat and the tiger quoll.

The thylacine was a beautiful animal and made a very good guard and companion if captured and treated kindly. Several indigenous Australian peoples kept them, and there were numerous stories of captured thylacines who became members of English-speaking families. Unfortunately, this was not the norm among white settlers.

Far too often, white Tasmanian settlers who raised sheep and chickens blamed thylacines for killing their livestock. They also believed the "tigers" were vicious, though there are only two well-known incidents of thylacines attacking humans who were not actively trying to harm them. One was essentially an urban legend regarding a young woman alone attacked by a sick, ageing animal (there are many versions of the story, but her name and other details aren't consistent) and the other story involves Peter Fleay, who made most of the extant films of captured thylacines. He often ignored their growling and threat yawns, and once when he got too close, a "ferocious" thylacine bit him...in the seat of the pants. Pressure from sheep farmers led to their government-funded extinction, and the last thylacine in captivity died on 7th September 1936 because she had been left outside of her enclosure on a bitter cold night. The female worker, daughter of the zoo's former owner, knew this animal well, but was not permitted to bring her in, because the current management considered thylacines too dangerous for a woman to handle.

For more information, go here: The Thylacine Museum! Check out the films. They're sad, but also adorable (especially the ones in which the thylacines were playing)! The GIF below is an excerpt from Film #4, my favourite.

Now that Tessa is out, I've submitted two recolours: Cinnamon and Silver. One will be a dark red brown thylacine with dark brown/black stripes and the other a grey thylacine with dark grey/black stripes. I don't guess I have to tell you which will be which!

(fanart by Jiji-da-ponytaku)

Ticket Purchased: 28 September 2016
Ticket Submitted: 28 September 2016
Email Received with Questions: 17 November 2016
Email Answered: 17 November 2016
Ticket Accepted/Removed: 30 November 2016
Recolour Tickets Purchased: 26 December 2016
Partial Mocks Received/Approved: 21 February 2017
Mocks Received/Approved: 23/26 April 2017
Item Released: 4 July 2017 (Cool Summer RIG)
Recolour Tickets Submitted: 9 July 2017
Recolour Tickets Accepted/Removed: 18 July 2017
Official Recolour Mocks Received/Approved: 23/24 July 2017
Silver Recolour Released: 6 September 2017 (Rainbows Everywhere 7 RIG)

If you are a thylacine fan and do not have Tessa: I make thylacine items because I love thylacines. Ironically, Tessa has been inflated (whereas the items I hoped to make some gold back on so that I can keep doing recolours have not done nearly so well, except for the one that's in seabreeze). If you really love thylacines, PM me and I'll see what I can do, but only if you love them and plan to keep her. If you're in any way involved with/supporting Thylacine Awareness Group, TRU, Neil Waters, Paul Day or any of the cloning projects, be sure to mention it.

[Valiska Pines]

Couture Fall Dye Ticket - Valiska's Twilight Palace
When the life-giving waters of the Westron Sea grow wild after sunset, a new queen will rise on Pennarion…

Mocks by Stanford Condition

Recolour of Anuket's Palace in Twilight
Ticket Submitted: 22 October 2016
Ticket Accepted/Removed: 30 November 2016
Official Mocks Received: 31 December 2016
Item Released: 26 February 2017 (Triple Seasons Lookbook RIG)

[Valiska Pines]

Rainbow Ticket - Valiska's Romantic Evening
Her costly gown of sumptuous lace and lavender silk was the envy of every lady on Pennarion,
but neither of Valiska’s loving champions saw anything except the lovely queen herself...

Mocks by Stanford Condition

Recolour of Fateful Evening in Lavender Honey
Ticket Purchased: 11 November 2016
Mocks Done: 15 November 2016
Ticket Submitted: 15 November 2016
Ticket Accepted/Removed: 19 January 2017
Official Mocks Received: 24 January 2017 (no revisions required)
Item Released: 4 May 2017 (Space Mission RIG)

[Valiska Pines]

Ruby Ticket - Shakira the Serval

The African Serval has been kept as a pet for thousands of years, beginning in Ancient Egypt. It is not a dangerous animal. It stands a little more than two feet tall at the shoulder, and weighs around 30-40 pounds. Domesticated servals sold as pets through legitimate breeders in the United States, Europe and Canada are not captured in the wild in Africa; they come from domesticated lineages that have been living with human families as companions, often for more than 50 years. Keeping a serval is nothing like trying to keep a tiger or a lion in your home.

That said, not everyone should have one--they require a lot of care. They need outdoor space, preferably a large outdoor enclosure where they can be safe and explore. They bond very closely to their favourite humans and frequently cannot be rehomed; you should not get one IRL unless you have space for it, can provide it a proper carnivore's diet, and are able to make the commitment to live with this cat for the 20+ years that it will live and will be okay with not being able to take frequent vacations unless you can find an appropriate pet sitter or a place you can bring the cat with you.

Despite this, the animal rights movement frequently attempts to get this cat banned when proposing legislation limiting the rights of humans to own exotic pets. (This is because the ultimate goal of the animal rights movement is to eliminate pet ownership; scaremongering about exotics is the first step toward that goal.) People who get them without understanding what their needs are and can't take proper care of them play right into the hands of these organisations.

However, it is my sincere hope that when I get another ruby ticket, anyone will be able to have one...on Gaia, anyway.

For more information, please visit Domesticated Servals and The Feline Conservation Federation.

When I acquire a second Ruby Ticket, I'll submit this.
So probably in 2017...

[Valiska Pines]

Mini Rainbow Ticket - Luxurious Valiska
Oh Valiska! Our scholarly little queen has taken to wearing such elaborate, stylised clothing!
But this is the price of the power that you and your brilliant, industrious consorts have won.

Mocks by Stanford Condition

Recolour of Luxurious Elizabeth in Peony/Creme
Ticket Purchased: 17 November 2016
Ticket Submitted: 22 November 2016
Ticket Accepted/Removed: 2 February 2017
Official Mocks Received: 10 February 2017 (no revisions required)
Item Released: 19 April 2017 (Four Seasons RIG)

[Valiska Pines]

Topaz Paw Ticket - [Animal] Thylacine Fur

Put an end to extinction--become a thylacine!

Thylacines are so adorable and I love them so much that I've decided (and been encouraged) to do a pretty thylacine fur for Paws. The fur will be golden with dark brown stripes and (hopefully) feature the cute quarter-circle pointy ears with fur puffs inside, black and white "eyeliner" markings around the eyes, lovely stripes on the lower back and characteristic thylacine stiff tail. Naturally, the long thylacine snoot is also included. Since Paws look young, I will probably also include the tufted crest at the tip of the tail that was seen only on juvenile thylacines, and puffed up when the thylacine was startled or angry.

Ticket Purchased: 28 December 2016
Ticket Submitted: 28 December 2016
Ticket Accepted/Removed: 9 August 2017

[Valiska Pines]

Rainbow Ticket - Imperial Valiska
When the queens of the coast smell war in the breeze from the Westron sea,
they choose the fiercest huntress of their number to lead the prides to victory.

Mocks by Stanford Condition

Changes requested after submission: When I got the official mocks, which I cannot share with you, they showed me the entire outfit together. Too many seabreeze/silver gradients going in different directions looked awesome as individual pieces but not so much all together. I therefore asked that the skirt be changed to offwhite with seabreeze trim (no gradient) and that the sleeves have the gradient going in the same direction as the overdress. I assure you it's gonna be 5000% better (unless you hate seabreeze).

Recolour of Sanguine Empress in Teabreeze (Seabreeze/Byzantium)
Ticket Purchased: 30 November 2016
Ticket Submitted: 4 December 2016
Ticket Accepted/Removed: 27 February 2017
Official Mocks Received: 4 March 2017
Revisions Requested: 4 March 2017
Item Released: 24 May 2017 (School's Out RIG)

[Valiska Pines]

Agate Ticket - De-Extinctionist

Awarded for the restoration of an extinct species to Gaia.

First word: Thylacine
Second word: Restorationist

Ticket Purchased: 26 December 2016
Ticket Submitted: 26 December 2016
Achievement Granted: 11 May 2017

[Valiska Pines]

Winter Dye Ticket - Demure Queen Valiska
Long live the scholar queen, the mother of our revolution.

Mocks by Stanford Condition

I dithered forever about the colour placements on this item and I appreciate the patience of both zahhax and Stanford Condition. Have a look at some dithering! The first one is an unsolicited mock by zahhax. Someone should adopt this. I never intended to use that much esmeralda and I don't do pale hair on Valiska, but it sure is pretty. The second one is a mock I ordered from zahhax in my preferred colour placements. Too bad--I later found out there are not that many colour blocks in the carriage and I would have to get a DRT to do it this way. The third one is the first version Stanford did for me, before I realised that if I could only have two colours in my carriage I wanted them to be crepe & sable.

Recolour of Ghostly Marie in Demure
Ticket Purchased: 14 December 2016
Ticket Submitted: 1 February 2017
Ticket Accepted/Removed: 1 February 2017
Official Mocks Received: 13 March 2017
Item Released: 2 May 2017 (May Lookbook RIG)

[Valiska Pines]

Rainbow Ticket - Atlantean Imperatrix Moirana
The queen of a pride must assist her people in making fortuitous matches--
and who could be a more serendipitous match for Lady Moirana than the Imperator?

Dedicated with love to Lazarae Draesia, who plays Moirana in Weirdmageddon Tango,
and to Adrien Ludovic Gilles who brought us the Atlantis colour scheme

Mocks by Stanford Condition

Recolour of Sanguine Empress in Atlantis
Ticket Purchased: 11 January 2017
Ticket Submitted: 31 January 2017
Ticket Accepted/Removed: 7 April 2017
Official Mocks Received: 29 April 2017
Item Released: 10 July 2017 (Pirate's Booty RIG)

[Valiska Pines]

Rainbow Ticket - Getheny's Palace of Sin
Valiska's sister Getheny rules the Floating World from another sort of palace entirely...

Mocks by Stanford Condition

Getheny Devatke is the foster-sister of Valiska Pines, and she's a madam. Most of these items are inspired by shenanigans from the Weirdmageddon Tango RPG on Kintsugi.
They're not actually Gravity Falls parody items, though, because they're all related to player OCs.

Recolour of Anuket's Palace in Sinful
Ticket Purchased: 30 October 2017
Ticket Submitted: 1 February 2017
Ticket Accepted/Removed: 7 April 2017
Official Mocks Received: 29 April 2017
Item Released: 10 July 2017 (Pirate's Booty RIG)

[Valiska Pines]

Mini Rainbow Ticket - Valiska's Antediluvian Astrolabe

The scholar queen Valiska made this tool with ancient technology from lost Atlantis; she uses it to scry through
the dimensions of the multiverse, yearning to know their deepest secrets.

Mocks by Stanford Condition

Recolour of Starkeeper's Astrolabe in Atlantis
Ticket Purchased: 30 January 2017
Ticket Submitted: 2 February 2017
Ticket Accepted/Removed: 7 April 2017
Official Mocks Received: 16 April 2017
Item Released: 26 June 2017 (Rainbows Everywhere 3 RIG)

[Valiska Pines]

Double Rainbow Ticket - Moirana's Antediluvian Palace
a collaboration with Adrien Ludovic Gilles

Tainell Imperator could not marry among the Courinna until they declared him Highsword,
but after that he vowed to build the Lady Moirana a palace the equal of all she had lost to the sea.


Mocks by Stanford Condition

Recolour of Anuket's Palace in Atlantis
Ticket Purchased: 2 March 2017
Ticket Submitted: 24 July 2017
Email Received w/Questions: 26 July 2017
Email Answered: 28 July 2017
Ticket Accepted/Removed: 30 July 2017
Item Released: 3 October 2017 (Hallowpunks RIG)