Saturday, July 26, 2014

LINE Creators Market: Hidden Gems (Week 03)

Line Creators Market: Hidden Gems (Week 03)
     Once again we look into the Creator's Market in the LINE app by NAVER.  For those not yet aware, LINE is an instant messaging application that, among other functions, allows you to show emotion in your conversation with the use of stickers.  You can get official stickers from the Sticker Shop.  You can also get cheaper, artist made stickers from the Creator's Market.
     Because the Creator's Market is not categorized even though there are over four thousand sticker packs, I have taken the liberty of sifting through them all and giving you 10 hidden gems every week.  Trust me, it's hard!  New stickers sets come out ever day.  There are so many great sets.  it's hard to choose just 10 each week.
     Without further delay, here are this weeks picks.  Remember, they are in no particular order.



Saturday, July 19, 2014

LINE Creators Market: Hidden Gems (Week 02)

Line Creators Market: Hidden Gems (Week 02)
     It's time for another list of hidden treasures in the Creator's Market!  Before I list the sticker sets, I wanted to share what I look for, and avoid, in sticker sets.
     When I browse the sticker sets I try to avoid sets that have too much text on them.  When every sticker has words on it, it takes away from the art.  Your stickers should be able to portray the emotion that sticker represents without the assistance of words.  I also like a nice contrast of colours.  Light pastels are lovely on drawings, but I personally don't care for them in sticker sets.  I feel they are harder to see, since the art is so small.  Speaking of, I don't like overly busy stickers.  Too much detail... Or even too little, can make a sticker set undesirable to me.  Lastly, good artwork quality and a good range of emotions that I could easily see myself using during a conversation.
     I hope that you will enjoy this week's list of sticker sets and help support the artist community by purchasing a few, if they are to your liking.  Remember, I do not know any of the artists.  These are my personal picks, based off of the sticker sets themselves.





Saturday, July 12, 2014

LINE Creators Market: Hidden Gems (Week 01)

Line Creators Market: Hidden Gems (Week 01)
     I know it's been ages since I have contributed any app reviews.  However, I thought I might revive this blog by adding this small segment.  Perhaps it shall give me the inspiration and motivation to continue my app reviews.
     If you are one of the many users of NAVER's LINE messenger application, then you probably enjoy their wide variety of fun stickers that you can use to express emotion in the chats or when making updates.  Recently LINE has added a new feature called the LINE Creators Market, where users can create and sell stickers through the LINE sticker shoppe.  The issue I see is there are thousands (At current, over 4000) of stickers and no categorizing at all.  They are all just thrown together.  It makes the process of finding the right stickers for you a bit tedious.  I have many times looked through each of the sticker packs to find the hidden gems.  I thought, "Why not share these treasures with others"?  And so I shall.
     Each Saturday I shall post 10 of my favourite Creators Market sticker packs.  The name of the pack will be visible so that you may enter it into the search bar in the sticker shoppe.  That will take you directly to the sticker pack so that you might purchase it.  I have purchased several, myself.  And I am even creating my own packs.  Though I wont post them as my hidden gem favourites.  I am not so conceited.  I support the artist community in any way that I can.  And this is a great way to do so!  I look for quality of art as well as a variety of expressions that can be easily utilized during a typical chat session.  I prefer more exaggerated expressions, personally.  Subtle changes to a face of the same pose can be dull.  Below are this week's ten (Not in any order) sticker packs that I love.  You may click the images to enlarge.