This is a static copy of In the Rose Garden, which existed as the center of the western Utena fandom for years. Enjoy. :)
#1 | Back to Top12-21-2014 09:54:34 PM
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A witch's cursor
I recently started watching Utena with some friends of mine and one of them would frequently say 'loading... loading... loading' whenever the rotating rose came on-screen. I had thought about how the spinning roses were like a loading icon before but it only then occurred to me. Why don't I make a cursor that is just that? So with a little bit of searching and some help from the recently ripped Sega Saturn sprites I put together a .ani file that is a small 32 x 32 rose sprite.
It looks like this when you use it:
(The gif is a little faster than the actual icon.)
Currently I only have a Chigusa rose cursor but I can make others if anyone wants me to. I can also make them bigger and/or faster but I think it diminishes the effectiveness of the cursor if you go much bigger. I chose to use the cursor as my 'Busy' icon since it was already similar to it.
Should any of you guys want a copy of this file you can get it here.
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#2 | Back to Top12-22-2014 12:00:03 AM
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Re: A witch's cursor
Custom pointers are so cool, this is a great idea!! I've set it as my "busy" icon as well, hehe. I would love to see more of them if you chose to make them. 
Could you make an orange spinning/loading rose?? (Who is this egg's favorite character... dunno. 
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#3 | Back to Top12-22-2014 03:06:50 PM
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Ahh, that's super cute! I should think about redoing my cursors here... If you ever do a dark purple and a light purple one, I may just do that, because my main computers are named Anthy and Akio. 
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#4 | Back to Top12-22-2014 07:35:52 PM
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That would be super easy, because it's already a white gif. You'd just layer the new color over it and make that layer multiply. Next time on the big box, I'll do. Shooping on laptop is hard. 
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#5 | Back to Top12-23-2014 04:41:29 PM
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Re: A witch's cursor
Alright, I went ahead and made a Juri-rose for ya Egg. You can download it here.
If Gio hasn't already made one for you Yasha I can make an Akio and Anthy rose pointer. But I can't find an official rose color for Anthy. Could you please post a swatch of the color you want it to be?
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#6 | Back to Top12-24-2014 12:22:56 AM
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Re: A witch's cursor
Jacrad wrote:
Alright, I went ahead and made a Juri-rose for ya Egg.
Thank you!! I love it 
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#7 | Back to Top01-02-2015 05:14:30 AM
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Jacrad wrote:
Alright, I went ahead and made a Juri-rose for ya Egg. You can download it here.
If Gio hasn't already made one for you Yasha I can make an Akio and Anthy rose pointer. But I can't find an official rose color for Anthy. Could you please post a swatch of the color you want it to be?
I don't have a swatch handy at the moment, but I believe in the game screenshots there's a purple rose for Anthy, and maybe a lighter one for Akio. I could be wrong. I'll check through and see... someday. When I have time. 
I should probably ask for Utena-pink and Mikage-black just to round out the set, as those are our other two computers (why yes, all of them are named after characters. And our PS3 is named Saionji. 
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#8 | Back to Top01-04-2015 01:07:30 PM
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Re: A witch's cursor
A black one would be much appreciated, yeeesssssss
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#9 | Back to Top01-05-2015 09:27:40 AM
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Re: A witch's cursor
Well, there is a purple rose in the game but it's used for the protagonist. I think it's a little too warm of a color for Anthy.
It looks like this:
Here are a few quick palette ideas I have:
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#10 | Back to Top01-18-2015 10:29:29 PM
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Re: A witch's cursor
Alright, normally I would have done Akio and Utena first but I was playing around with making the black rose and found it very difficult. I really wanted to figure out how to make it work so I went ahead and made it.
You can download that one here.
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