Farewell messages to Vesper Noir

Kay (Kawaii Kaychu)

Vesper, thanks for getting me an M&M McFlurry, that was very cool of you. Jokes aside, I'm glad you made it into Holostars. You really did deserve to be there, no matter what your brain may say, and though your time as an idol only lasted for a bit, it was still memorable and you, yes you, won over thousands with your personality alone. You're an unhinged old man with spears and I wish you nothing but the best. Good luck on your next adventure, Vesper!

Dandelion

Hey Vesper. One of your Vesties, Dandelion, here. Thanks for all the good times, your streams were always such a great way to settle into my day. I'll always remember your hearty and joyful laugh, the way you repeat key parts of your sentence (it's both charming and easy to follow!), and your passion and curiosity. I especially loved seeing you open up to allowing creativity back into your life. I remember early on you cautiously telling us you used to write. At the time you seemed to consider that an activity that was simply in the past for you. As much as your tablet had its own frustrations, it was absolutely beautiful to hear you start talking about your viewpoints on the importance of art and creativity as you began to explore drawing again. I know you don't consider your ability to work from reference very valuable, but I hope you can learn to give yourself more credit- all the most highly praised masterworks of realism in the world come from a strong use of reference. You have a great innate capacity for observation and for applying that understanding of light and form to your art. If you choose to continue working on your art for your own enjoyment (crossing my fingers that you do!), I do think that getting an entry-level tablet without the screen display would help take the tech issues out of the equation while you're still learning the fundamentals! Over time you started talking about wanting to write fiction again as well. It absolutely made my heart sing that you wanted to explore these creative passions again, because being involved in the Tempura community inspired ME to get back into digital art, something I hadn't done in a decade or so and had truly thought was just... in the past for me. I don't have twitter, so I only really share my art with friends and through Tempura fan projects, but it's the process that's most fulfilling at the end of the day! Thinking about the fan projects I've had the opportunity to participate in also reminds me of your incredibly sweet love for animals. I'm pretty sure every Vesper piece I made for a fan project had you somehow interacting with a cute animal (petting a bunny, being smothered in bunnies, Vesper AS a bunny, you get the idea hahaha). Every time you talked about your deep love and regard for pets and animals on stream it brought a tear to my eye with how cute and heartfelt it was, whether it was wanting to go to Bunny Island while in Japan, finding the perfect cat in the block game and naming her Antigone, talking about orange himbo cats, or bonding with Starbark as salty sea captain Vesper. Wishing you many many creative pursuits and the space and lifestyle for a dog in your future! With love, Dandelion

Watotodile

Vesper, it was always a treat to catch your streams during my lunch break and listen to you like a podcast during work to help make my days way more entertaining during your morning streams. Even if I couldn't always watch the streams while working, I still found you so entertaining that I didn't even need visuals to have a good time while listening in. Thank you for all of the fun Zatsudans, Collabs, Gaming and Special Streams like your DnD campaign; they were all amazing and hilarious at the same time. Especially an extra thank you for considering Outer Wilds after reading my SC recommending the game; that stream was magical, and it made me so happy to see you experience it first hand like so many other Vesties and HoloPro members did. I hope you were able to catch Shinri's stream of the game while on hiatus, as I know you wanted to see your other guildmates experience the game too! You are and always will be my Kamioshi Grampire, and I wish your the best in your future endeavors whatever they may be. Warm regards, Watotodile o7