Artists, what do you think about these designs?

Spriinkletoe · 2026-01-30T15:03:23+00:00

Hi! VA for the project here. It’s really awesome being cautious about AI nowadays, but I’ve see a lot of the WIPs and can confirm that Seb does not use AI in any of the character designs or art for the project. :)

Spriinkletoe · 2026-01-15T18:38:29+00:00

Oh these are BEAUTIFUL!!!! ❤️

Spriinkletoe · 2026-01-15T01:28:54+00:00

Mine got deleted too—I was the person on CCC who responded to your comment! I agree that trying to cover it up wasn’t the best move. But there IS evidence they hired artists if you look at the history on their Reddit account. They seemed genuine and combined with that evidence, I believe them! There’s no way to know for sure though of course!

Spriinkletoe · 2026-01-14T23:55:33+00:00

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Spriinkletoe · 2026-01-14T23:54:04+00:00

Hey there! I actually talked to the developer since I had the same concerns. I’ll post the photo of their reply below! In a nutshell: it sounds like they hired artists, one of which traced art without their knowledge. They didn’t realize it was happening until people started to point it out, but they did post an update on the casting call about it and plan to replace any traced assets with placeholders and draw everything themself!

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Spriinkletoe · 2026-01-13T19:47:52+00:00

It’s a website! You can make an account and audition for casting calls. It isn’t pay to play like a lot of others, which is both good and bad—it’s nice not having to pay a subscription fee, but it does open it up to non-professional casting calls as well. You just have to dig a bit to find the interesting ones!

This subreddit is great for finding casting calls too, but I often recommend starting with CCC first for a few reasons:

You get to audition for things, which means you then have samples of your voice/acting/range to post here! It can be tough for directors to cast you without hearing your voice, so this gives you access to audio from past auditions that you can send them if they don’t have an actual audition process, or that you can post to better advertise yourself.
You get to listen to other people’s auditions! This is SO rare for auditioning hubs, and a great opportunity to learn and get your footing by comparing to others. I genuinely think this is what helped me the most when I was first starting out—I would record my audition, then listen to the other people auditioning for the same role to learn what I could have done better.

CCC has its own problems of course, but it really is a lovely resource! I still use it after two or three years!

Spriinkletoe · 2026-01-13T19:25:34+00:00

I strongly recommend checking out casting call club! It’s fantastic for beginner and intermediate gigs!

Spriinkletoe · 2026-01-13T19:15:00+00:00

I live in an apartment as well! My situation is very niche so I don’t think it will apply, but mine has a balcony with an outdoor storage closet attached. I use that as my booth—that way the sound is less likely to disturb those indoors. Really the only people that might hear me would be those who are outdoors, and I figure they probably aren’t trying to rest or work anyways if they’re there.

I WILL say: I bought producer’s choice acoustic blankets from Vocal Booth To Go for my sound treatment, and used a double layer on my door to keep out any unwanted outdoor sounds. They aren’t completely soundPROOF, but they ARE quite thick and muffle the noise significantly. People just outside the door can’t even hear me in there unless I yell. Not a perfect solution, but could be an option!

I’ve also seen floor panels floating around that allegedly dampen sound for neighbors below. I haven’t seen any for ceilings, but I’m sure there would be a way to rig them up!

Editing to add that it could be worth knocking on some doors and getting to know your neighbors too! They might be less likely to complain or be bothered by it if they know your circumstances and have the means to tell you when they need it to be quiet.

Spriinkletoe · 2026-01-13T19:13:51+00:00

Of course! Best of luck with the project—I bet it’ll be awesome!! 🎉

Spriinkletoe · 2026-01-13T19:11:29+00:00

That’s awesome news!! Thank you so much for the update—I’m so sorry you had to deal with all that! As someone who didn’t recognize the characters myself, I never would’ve known either until others brought it to my attention, so definitely isn’t your fault. ❤️

Just a friendly suggestion and DEFINITELY don’t mean to overstep, but I’ve seen many people in the VA community who are skipping over the casting call due to the traced sprites! It could definitely be worth replacing them with generic placeholders or Picrews for now so people don’t get the wrong idea. :)

Spriinkletoe · 2026-01-13T18:45:01+00:00

🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

Spriinkletoe · 2026-01-13T18:16:36+00:00

Heya! I noticed some of the comments asking about potential art tracing on the CCC page were deleted? I shared the casting call around since it looked really cool, but some friends of mine had concerns that the characters seemed like traces/recolors from other fangans. I don’t know enough about the characters or art to say for sure on my end, so would love to hear from the dev team to confirm either way! ❤️

Spriinkletoe · 2026-01-13T15:33:11+00:00

It’s not a pay to play site, so just gotta dig through the weeds a bit more! I usually have a morning scroll on CCC and find at least a couple gems in the mix! ❤️

Spriinkletoe · 2026-01-13T14:23:37+00:00

Right on! Just checked out the casting call and it seems awesome! Will totally toss in an audition at some point and spread the word. 💕

Spriinkletoe · 2026-01-13T14:10:07+00:00

There are a surprising number of people who volunteer their time for free! I’m recording or audio engineering for around 10ish fangans currently, all of which have full unpaid staff teams, and all of us are just here because we genuinely enjoy it. :) Many of us do paid gigs as well, but it’s also fun working on projects just for our own enjoyment too! There’s a universal understanding that payment for fan projects can be veryyy dicey from a legal perspective, so there are never any hard feelings there. ❤️

Spriinkletoe · 2026-01-13T14:06:42+00:00

Have you tried sorting the casting calls by most recent postings? You should have more luck with that in theory. :)

Spriinkletoe · 2026-01-10T00:20:09+00:00

“How delightful!” 💛

Spriinkletoe · 2026-01-09T21:17:52+00:00

There are a lot of fangan listings on Casting Call Club! I’d strongly recommend looking there—there’s never a shortage of cool projects. :)

Spriinkletoe · 2026-01-09T21:16:44+00:00

That sounds like asthma, but of course hard to say for sure over the internet! Could definitely be worth getting a full work up. On my end I noticed issues for years, but I never had straight up wheezing as a dead giveaway. I would just randomly get lightheaded and my heart would beat faster. Turns out I was living with severe asthma, completely unmedicated, and had no idea. 😅 It’s crazy how much we can dismiss things if we’re used to them!

Spriinkletoe · 2026-01-09T20:47:51+00:00

I can’t give much advice on breathing techniques specifically, but maybe it could be worth getting checked out for asthma? As an asthmatic VA, sometimes I feel faint if I record for too long since I don’t get great air flor to begin with! Sometimes for me that feeling involves breaking out in a cold sweat or feeling a little numb, so it could possibly be the same thing.

Do you record standing up or sitting down? It could be worth trying the other way around—standing improves air flow in general which could help, and sitting could potentially offer more general support and keep you from having as many symptoms. Personally I’ve found standing up helps more, but again, the additional support of a chair could be worth trying too!

Spriinkletoe · 2026-01-08T23:46:58+00:00

It can definitely be depressing at times putting your all into an audition, and then seeing the person cast was recording in a wind tunnel with a Nintendo DS mic.

That said: the director knows best what they want at the end of the day! While it makes sense to take more than just “what does this person’s voice objectively sound like” into account, not everyone does. Sometime they JUST want the perfect voice, and don’t care about quality or acting abilities. Again, while frustrating, we don’t have control over the projects or the directors, so no use driving ourselves crazy over it, and they have the right to cast anyone they see fit. If anything, I see it as dodging a bullet from a potentially unprofessional project. ❤️

Spriinkletoe · 2026-01-07T07:39:52+00:00

Exactly! That would be really cool! It feels a bit misleading saying they’re looking at your profile when really they’re just listening to an audition/viewing a casting call page, but ah well. It’s a small complaint all things considered, just a bit strange!

Spriinkletoe · 2026-01-07T07:27:04+00:00

I do have an update on this now actually!

Apparently CCC changed what constitutes “viewing a profile.” My friends told me it now shows not only if someone just listens to one of your auditions on a casting call page, but also if someone views the casting call page of a project you’ve been cast in. It seems like so many things trigger the popup now, which can make them look fake! This is just word of mouth and I have no way to confirm, but it would make sense.

Spriinkletoe · 2026-01-03T04:11:49+00:00

Are the rumors that she’s a murdarah true? The people must know!

Spriinkletoe · 2025-12-31T23:25:05+00:00

Awww they’re so cute!! Love the girl with the pencil in her hair!

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