the 1st of sept

Halfway done, but my source seems to have fallen off the face of the Earth, so don't count on it~
XD

lol thats fine, if you need something to do wanna do a last minute club spotlight?

If you still need it done I can do that for you, but I'm also happy to lurk and edit for people

if you could get that done it'd be great we ahh, somehow never got an artist interview or a club spotlight

Written by Lalalanmao, Edited by Limor

For this month's Golden Breeds I interviewed Kattya, who kindly let me interview her! Now, let's get onto the interview!



When did you begin doing projects?
When I started sylestia, I was working. I was looking for a pet site to play that had more customization options for pets, and I found that on sylestia. I followed an advert on neopets here xD. My first hour here I bought diamonds, bought a "starter pack" that had a testing kit, scanner, inferter and a bunch of other stuff. Looking through forums I found my first love, the ferrikki. I started my first project that first day. Since then I haven't really stopped doing projects. I always have one ongoing, at present I have 13 in 6v phase and 13 funny enough in maxing. i have a lot more than 13 at max but that would be cool if i had 13 at max too xD.

What was your first finished project?
My first finished project was probably the one I started on the first day. My first project I started from scratch with tagged themed I wanna say was the stormy moss Rikki. They were my first branch off to different veins but not the last xD I still like different branches for people to choose from.

What is your favorite project you finished or are working on?
I have been chosen for two themes thus far. Both excite me alot, one i have 2 pets at 6v to start maxing and the other are being a little stubborn. I don't think they are too far off though. My favorite project is likely my super qits, I purchased 2 legendary themed qits back during the easter event from one of my best friends and I am so excited to have beautiful super qits out there for people to buy.

Any tips for people who want to get into projects?
* Before you start make sure you know what traits you want to use.
* Don't be disheartened by bad results, keep trying < this was hard for me to start with. Waiting a week to breed my rikkis and getting a bad result made me wonder why i was doing it but we ALL know what this is like. even two 6c pets can give you a 0c result if rng is feeling nasty. the way i see my breejects they are kept till they are old enough to release and they help me that way ^-^
* if you are planning to max your project be aware it will take 6+ months and use 50 or so prismas. If you want to do supers of your pets it will require even more as you will need to prisma good results
* don't be afraid to ask for advice. If you need help there are people around you that will help. Breeders such as Xavion, Alicehearts and myself have many years of projects and max stats under us and literally no question that is asked would be something we haven't dealt with.
* Restricted traits: If your project has restricted traits in it, don't add the traits to tagged. I did this with my mystical mage rys and i have regrets

Any other comments?
Any person with the inclination can start a project. Getting it to 6v or max though requires a level of patience and dedication that is sometimes hard to find. My gabled/non fabled breeding days take a good 8 hours to breed everything and hatching takes 2 hours or so out of my day. There is also sorting, naming and releasing I do to keep everything running smoothly. When you have a certain number of 6 trait breeders you don't need to keep that 4c breeder that has had 17 children so it can go free. Everything project wise eats time though so be prepared. Storing them is also a consideration.

If you sell your pets you could also consider if they should be infertile or fertile. Imagine spending a year on a project and gifting one to a friend only for that friend to breed it with a pb of the theme and sell those pets. This has happened a lot over the years to many people myself included and it ruins friendships and damages trust. If max stats are sent out fertile more damage can be done than just to friendships, you can ruin the market for max stats of that species like the poor griff. There are people out there that still have max griffs up for breeding and it has made griff the cheapest pet to get a max from but they are also seen as lesser because of this. All actions have consequences in life and Sylestia isn't any different.

Thank you Kattya for letting me interview you xD.

Be sure to check out her sales or her breeding projects, because from personal experience, theyre epic. Don't forget to read next month's article for more breeding projects!