one of those qr themes makes you look like steven <3
[emerald nostalgia okay shaddup]
but i'm curious - do people design those themselves and just post 'em on the internet, or are they hidden costumes or something? if the former, how do they get the qr codes?
Yeah, I'm fairly sure it's the former, unless I'm doing things the hard way. You unlock the QR code machine after talking to Sable every day for a couple of days, and with the machine, you can create QR codes for the designs that you make. If you're looking online for QR codes for designs that other people have made, I'd suggest looking on Tumblr, as there are a LOT of designs that people post; check blogs that post QR codes or just look in the tags. You can type in
Animal Crossing QR Codes for a decent list of stuff (that's what I do).
Working on my Akatsuki cloak but it's taking me FOREVER to get it the way I want it too. UGH UGH UGH! It's so hard to make clouds that look GOOD and not like piles of crap. ;_;
As regards to beetle farming, do it after 11PM (the best beetles come out then). Chop down all the trees other than your banana / coconut trees, and farm like mad. It's easier to farm them if you chop down all the trees at the bottom of the island, so you end up with two columns of trees. Remove all flowers as well, to ward off the butterflies (2K is not enough). Chase the wharf roaches into the ocean, and scare off the hermit crabs as well. Personally, I scare off the goliath beetles (the red ones) off as well, as they're worth 6K compared to other ones worth 8K and 12K. If you're worried about your island being ugly, you can always obtain flowers and fruits on tours so the devastation isn't permanent. You can get ~350K Bells per trip, but you can put in place the Bell Boom ordinance for an extra 20%.
Edit: Golden stags come out at 11PM and are worth 12K bells, so that's why I go beetle farming before I go to bed. But it's not that big of a difference I guess. It would be more convenient to be able to catch and sell bugs on the same day, so you're probably right.
Also, I thought today was the solstice or something... BUT IT'S DARK OUTSIDE!!! (Is it just an Animal Crossing thing?)