Author Archives: Janina

Contest news (February)

February 19, 2018 1 Reply

Here’s a little reminder that only two days are left to submit your picture for the current SP-Studio contest. Create a picture about the topic WINTER until tomorrow night! You can show a snowy landscape, combine your own winter fashion or recreate characters from „cool“ movies. Visit the CONTEST PAGE now.

The last contest about the topic WHAT HAPPEND IN 2017? was won by Strider with his picture about Kim Jong Un. Congratulations! The winner can make a wish for a SP-Studio update. You can see the Top Five of past contests in the HALL OF FAME.

F.A.Q. about the new SP-Studio

February 1, 2018 12 Replies

It has been one month since I told you about the bad sitution of my website and it’s time for another update. I received many questions, so this will be a F.A.Q. post about the future of the SP-Studio. Feel free to ask anything else in the comments!

1) In short: What’s the problem?

The SP-Studio is coded in Flash. But Flash is slowly dying, so the SP-Studio will not work anymore on your computer. To save it a new version is needed which does not rely on Flash. Continue reading →

Update: Rooms

January 31, 2018 2 Replies

While I am preparing the new version of the SP-Studio there are still updates for the current version. This one will be useful for everybody:
Nine indoor backgrounds with different wallpaper designs were included today! How about a kid’s room or wallpapers inspired by the 70s, 80s or victorian times? Two designs are based on famous movies and tv shows: Sherlock and the Shining. I tried to keep the rest of them as neutral as possible so they could be used for all kinds of pictures.
The topic for this update was chosen by my 5$+ Patreon supporters in a poll. I hope you like the new backgrounds. Oh, and a quick reminder regarding the currently running SP-Studio picture contest: Today is the last day for voting, so share some hearts with your favorites!

Possible design changes

January 16, 2018 9 Replies

As mentioned in my previous blog post there are several improvements I think about for the future of this website. The change from Flash to HTML5 means a complete rework is inevitable, and while I edit every item anyway I also want to improve the illustrations. This is the one topic that might cause some controversy among long time SP-Studio.de visitors, so let me explain exactly why I want to do this and what you can expect from the results. Please remember: This is just an idea for now. Nothing has been decided yet and I just share my early thoughts with you.
I would love to change the character design from South Park to a unique style. I know… The whole project is based on South Park and even the name “SP-Studio” is a reference to the show, but please hear me out. Continue reading →

Update on SP-Studio’s future

January 15, 2018 2 Replies

The mimimum goal of 600$ is reached!

Because of the amazing support during the past couple of days I reached my minimum goal, which means I don’t have to shut down this website! This is an incredible relief for me. Thank you so much for your funding (48 people donated so far) and for spreading the word! Every single one of you made a difference and helped SP-Studio.de to survive. I was even contacted by coders with experience in projects like this. So the future looks way brighter now than when I started this campaign two weeks ago.
As displayed in the chart above reaching this “mimimum goal” means there will be a new SP-Studio, which will use HTML5 / JavaScript / SVG instead of Flash. With those 600 $ I can create a working version this year. But since this was only the minimum budget it would lack some of the current features. So while it’s not about life and death anymore donations still are important. With them I can work on the more complicated features, like the little buttons to rotate und move items, or the export function. Continue reading →

Help SP-Studio.de to survive!

January 1, 2018 15 Replies

Happy new year! First of all I want to thank my supporters very much for their PayPal and Patreon donations! You helped me in 2017 to continue with SP-Studio updates and provide the visitors of the site with new items to build their characters. 2018 will be something special though, because huge changes are unavoidable… And I have some sad news.
The death of Flash means the death of sp-studio.de.
Flash is dying. We all knew this day would come, but now we have a date. Adobe will stop supporting Flash in 2020 and Google, Microsoft, Apple and other major companies have already started to abandon it. Since the SP-Studio is coded in Flash it already works on less and less platforms, and soon it won’t work anymore on your computer as well. If I don’t change from Flash to HTML5 / JavaScript this website cannot survive the next two years. Continue reading →

Christmas Special 2017

December 1, 2017 20 Replies

The 10th annual Christmas Special has started! Wow, I am doing this thing for 10 years now… But for those of you who don’t know it yet: I will surprise you with 24 daily updates until Christmas. This means new clothes, hairstyles, backgrounds or any other item for the SP-Studio. This blog post and the front page will be updatet every day and I will keep you informed on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter as well. So make sure to come back to see what’s new. 🙂 And of course I am happy about any feedback. To be honest a comment is way better than a like because it’s something personal and I can work with it. So if you like an update or want to request something special for the future – feel free to write a comment! I usually choose the updates from requests of the past, the Wish Voting Gallery in the forum and my own ideas. The first update is a pet raven and this was a wish by contest winner legobasher.

The old Christmas Specials can be found here: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016.
What were your favorite updates from 10 years?

Update: Wishes of winners

November 28, 2017 Leave a reply

Thank you for your patience while I had to take a break. But now I feel better and want to share this little update with you before the big annual Christmas Special starts on December 1st. Five wishes of past SP-Studio contest winners were included:

Craig from South Park as a shirt motif (for Alex)
Tigris of Gaul helmet from Gladiator (for gdmattman)
New manga eyes (for Scott)
Eyes with custom colored pupils (for Jareen2)
Custom colored Spider-Man style lenses (for Jetpack-guy)

Don’t forget to vote for your favorite pictures to decide who should win the November contest! If you won a contest and your wish was not included here it might appear in the Christmas Special. Come back in December for daily surprises.

Contest News (November)

November 22, 2017 1 Reply

Kings and queens, religious and military leaders… The current SP-Studio contest about FAMOUS LEADERS is all about power – in good hands and in bad hands. This time the task was to create a SP-Studio version of a real life person, no fictional characters. And your uploads are great! You can now vote by liking your favorite pictures until November 30th. Visit the CONTEST PAGE now.
The last contest about the topic HALLOWEEN PARTY was won by Alex J. Giebelestein with his picture about Butters as Jason Vorhees. Congratulations! You can see the Top Five of past contests in the HALL OF FAME.

Contest News (October)

October 13, 2017 3 Replies

Join the SP-Studio contest! This month the topic is HALLOWEEN PARTY, so you can show your creepiest, funniest or most creative costume ideas. But if you want to show a general Halloween party setting / decoration this is allowed as well. Submit your image on the CONTEST PAGE until October 20th. You can also send it to me via Facebook message or Email if you prefer this way. On October 21st all the pictures will be shown on the contest page and you can vote for your favorites.
The last contest about the topic FIGHT! was won by Jeffrey with his picture about Glass Joe vs Mr Sandman from Punch-Out!!. It was inspired by this YouTube video. Congratulations! You can see the Top Five of past contests in the HALL OF FAME.
You might have noticed that there was no SP-Studio update in September. I have to deal with some health issues right now, but I hope to be back soon.