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Tiny side projects - Adoptables?
12 years ago
This is sort of another one of those things I'm not sure how I feel about most days, but it's come up a few times that a couple people want me to do more adoptables.
As a standard thing, I always start my auctions at $1, but it's less the thought of the auction and more the concept of 'Should I make adoptables a more common thing'? Usually when I do them, it's based off of a moment of inspiration that I know I most likely won't use beyond that point, either because my standard characters are very vanilla in colors and markings, and because I don't usually draw outside of felines as my family of choice for personal characters... But...
I do like designing characters, so, I wonder if doing some more involved adoptable designs, possibly more similar to how the two halloween themed characters were set up, individually drawn instead of a sheet of copy-pasted lineart?
Thoughts?
Also, bleh. I'm feeling pretty under the weather at the moment. I started work on art but staring at the computer screen for more than about 20 minutes is making me feel nauseous right now, so I'm just going to go lay back down again.
As a standard thing, I always start my auctions at $1, but it's less the thought of the auction and more the concept of 'Should I make adoptables a more common thing'? Usually when I do them, it's based off of a moment of inspiration that I know I most likely won't use beyond that point, either because my standard characters are very vanilla in colors and markings, and because I don't usually draw outside of felines as my family of choice for personal characters... But...
I do like designing characters, so, I wonder if doing some more involved adoptable designs, possibly more similar to how the two halloween themed characters were set up, individually drawn instead of a sheet of copy-pasted lineart?
Thoughts?
Also, bleh. I'm feeling pretty under the weather at the moment. I started work on art but staring at the computer screen for more than about 20 minutes is making me feel nauseous right now, so I'm just going to go lay back down again.
But I'd put a different spin on adoptables if I were in your shoes. I'd draw a basic character and color it, then put a flat price on said character. Then, if someone buys it, they'd get a picture of that character in a new pose or something that isn't stock-generic. Maybe even a ref sheet! Makes it more interactive and the buyer feels like they're gettin' something good.
The whole term 'adoptables' is kind've a misnomer to begin with, isn't it? You're not adopting some poor little creature in a cardboard box on the curb. You're shelling out bucks for it. You're buying something, essentially. XD
But that's my two dollar's worth on the subject! I'd be all for helping you come up with something new and different that hasn't been done before! Might break my brain in the process, though. D: