Amanda Roos

 

 

 

 

  They bought three packs of my Heart Panda stickers in red. Thank you! Link to the stickers on Zazzle:  https://www.zazzle.com/red_heart_panda_classic_round_sticker-217229838821442622?rf=238356250294683801 Or check out my Zazzle shop: www.AmandaRoos.com/zazzle

Walking around the day after the first light snow. Ambient sounds of traffic, construction, a siren, and crunchy leaves on the sidewalk.

I made this panda pattern for the Spoonflower design challenge "Joyful Jungle". www.AmandaRoos.com/pandas (links to all my panda stuff!) www.AmandaRoos.com/redbubble (stickers, backpacks, mugs, etc.) www.AmandaRoos.com/zazzle (wrapping paper, flip flops, etc.) www.AmandaRoos.com/spoonflower (fabric)  

  Gorgeous weather for hiking. The mountains have been calling me all week with all of the trees you can see changing color from down in the valley.

  I made this panda pattern for the Spoonflower design challenge "Disco Revival". Tricky to figure out how to work a panda into this design prompt, but I like how it turned out! www.AmandaRoos.com/pandas (links to all my panda stuff!) www.AmandaRoos.com/redbubble (stickers, backpacks, mugs, etc.) www.AmandaRoos.com/zazzle (wrapping paper, flip flops, etc.) www.AmandaRoos.com/spoonflower (fabric) #redbubble #zazzle #spoongflower #panda #giantpanda #art #pandaart #minimalism #amandaroos #pandaartist #1000pandas #digitalart #procreate #procreateapp #fabric #fabricshop #surfacedesign #pattern #patternmaking #pandapattern #cuteart #cuteanimal #animalart #cutegiantpanda #pandalover #cutegiantpanda #disco #discorevival #discoanimal

  I made this minimalist panda pattern for the Spoonflower design challenge  "Bold Minimalism". I love how it works with any color of background! I'm working on uploading this pattern in over 40 colors to my stores. www.AmandaRoos.com/pandas (links to all my panda stuff!) www.AmandaRoos.com/redbubble (stickers, backpacks, mugs, etc.) www.AmandaRoos.com/zazzle (wrapping paper, flip flops, etc.) www.AmandaRoos.com/spoonflower (fabric)

 

 Blue skies and beautiful flowers!

  Making pillowy soft bread rolls. Delicious! Recipe: 1 1/2 cups warm water 1 tablespoon active dry yeast 2 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 teaspoon salt 3 1/2 to 4 cups all-purpose flour Bake 400 degrees for 15-17 minutes.

Just made some yummy Tuesday brunch French toast! Ate it with some strawberries and a scoop of plain yogurt. Delicious!

  This app was a fun one to design because I wanted to make something that would look different and stand out. Fun to see it get downloaded by so many people all over the world!  Random Number Generator Free, No ads

  The bracelets in this video: Bracelet Book Pattern #92828 - https://youtube.com/shorts/0n1WBrfMxfY Icey Blue Arrowhead  - https://youtu.be/I2DfPBHNKYY Bracelet Book Pattern #29315 - https://youtu.be/bdceBqjdjqc Bracelet Book Pattern #29537 - https://youtube.com/shorts/2Yfw2aULbh0 Bracelet Book Pattern #34847 - https://youtube.com/shorts/HpnMDy8MatI Link to Bracelet Book -  https://www.braceletbook.com/

  I got starts of this pothos plant from my mom a few years ago. I had mostly used the long vine growth to propagate multiple other plants from it until I decided to start letting this one just keep on going. Now I'm training it up the walls of my office.

  100 days until Christmas! Wow, 2022 is going quick.  Days Until is my latest Android app, available on the Google Play Store. www.AmandaRoos.com/apps

I felt like I was going to be kidnapped tonight. I want to know: what would you have done? And how normal is it to be out running in 80-degree weather at 10:30 at night with the hood up on your hoodie? I think it's very possible all this was a coincidence and I feel bad for judging someone's choice of exercise wear. If you want to wear the hood on your hoodie while running you should be able to. Here's the story of how it freaked me out. I'm out for a walk alone on the Murdock Canal trail in Lehi around 10:30. The trail is quieter than usual (maybe because of Labor Day?), and I haven't seen anyone else on the trail. I'm heading back home when I see a car coming towards me (the trail is parallel to a road) slow down and come to a stop slightly behind me. I assume they park because the lights in the cab come on.  This is on a very dark stretch of the trail, and I thought it was a weird place for someone to stop, away from the houses. They could have seen me. I was...

  She loves blankets. The finished product was 4x5 squares. 20 square for her 20th birthday!

  Today's harvest! Marigolds, bell pepper, and a strawberry! We also got a sunflower.

  I think I like this better than the white one!

The free version of my Days Until app has reached its 50 downloads milestone! Days Until Free, No ads Days Until with Widget $0.99, No ads App preview video: 

Very fun to play around with striped designs, even in the heat of summer! Winter will be here before we know it, and I still have a pile of yarn to get through.  

No, that's not 20k, just 20, but I'm still excited! I released this app last fall as an upgrade version to my Days Until app. It takes a lot longer for paid apps to get downloads than for free apps (obviously), so given that this is one of my paid apps, I'm pretty excited it's reached this milestone!  Days Until Free, No ads Days Until with Widget $0.99, No ads App preview video: 

  It's a graduation panda! Happy graduation to everyone who finished school this spring! Part of my 1000 Pandas Art Project, started in 2020. I'm almost at 200 pandas! Check out the cute merch in my shops. I sell my designs as stickers, blankets, backpacks, mugs, and more: www.AmandaRoos.com/pandas

I've been wanting to draw more pride pandas with more pride colors but didn't get around to it this year, so here are my pandas from last year. Hope everyone had a happy pride month! 🏳️‍🌈 

I've only posted about app milestones for three months now, but this app has already come up twice! My Latitude and Longitude app has the fastest download rate of any app I've made yet. It hit its 5k milestone just two months ago, and now it's at 10k downloads!  Latitude and Longitude Free, No ads App preview video:

Another milestone was reached this month! I'll try to do these milestone posts monthly. Volume Button Counter Free, No ads App preview video:

Thanks to the person from Milwaukee, WI who recently bought my donation app! To everyone who has supported my Android apps, whether through donations or other app purchases, thank you! It means a lot to know that the work I'm doing is appreciated! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amandafarrell.www.donationfordeveloper_blue

I've been working with Kotlin for a while now, but I haven't started learning to use Jetpack Compose yet. Time to get started learning a new way to make the UI for Andriod apps! I'm excited! The Android team at Google put out a new FREE course as of April 2022: Android Basics with Compose:  https://developer.android.com/courses/android-basics-compose/course

I love making Android apps. It's a great way to learn how to code! It gives you great projects to work on that can increase in complexity as you become more confident with programming. In this video, I go through the parts of a basic counter app for Android and how it looks in Andriod Studio. To get started, download Andriod Studio here: https://developer.android.com/studio To get the code I used in this example, check out the git hub repository I made for this example app. Feel free to copy and paste this code to make things easier! https://github.com/amandaroos/ExampleCounterApp I know this video is quick, so let me know if you have questions! And even if you don't, let me know if you try it out. I'd love to hear how it goes for you. I learned to make Android apps with Udacity.com, where there are free courses that were developed with Google. Check that out here: https://www.udacity.com/course/how-to-create-anything-in-android--ud802   There are also courses directly from...

I've decided to start making monthly-ish posts for my app download milestones. I was thinking of making the milestones be whenever the numbers double, but that's too complicated, so I'll post when the downloads hit orders of magnitude of 1, 2 and 5.  Latitude and Longitude Free, No ads App preview video:

  Panda ABCs has now been published for 1 month! I have loved seeing everyone's reactions to the pandas.  Copies are available in paperback or on Kindle from Amazon. For a dive behind the scenes, you can check out this video to watch a time-lapse of how I drew each page:

Easy, 100-row, reversible beanie! I'm using acrylic yarn, a combination of Michael's craftsmart yarn and RedHeart, and a 48-pin knitting machine. Pattern:  20 rows black 2 orange  2 black 2 light gray 2 black 2 dark gray 40 black 2 dark gray 2 black 2 light gray 2 black  2 turquoise 20 black

Time for some app stats! Time Progress Bars app was released on the Google Play Store in October 2020. Total downloads - 3007 Active downloads - 905 2022 revenue - $31.64 My share of 2022 revenue - $25.31 Total revenue - $54.71 My share of total revenue - $34.23 Revenue is from an in-app purchase that lets users change the color scheme and an in-app donation purchase.