Breedables How-To/Info/FAQ (UNDER HEAVY CONSTRUCTION)

[serbu]

Here's a link to a variety of art programs, most of them are free:
http://www.polykarbonbbs.com/showthread.php?t=10284

[TwIsTeDrAiNbOwSuIcIdE]

i still don't get how to MAKE the pet??? confused

[greenmitsi]

Amaasha

i still don't get how to MAKE the pet??? confused

You draw the pet, either on paper, or on the computer. If you drew it by hand you then need to scan it.

Simple enough?

[demondevil08]

hi blaugh

[The Player Character]

How do you go about evolving the pets you sell? I know alot of sellers require that you roleplay your pet but how do the sellers know? Do they just pm you links to the next stage?

[The Player Character]

Nvm, I just went back a few pages and found my answer ^_^

[CheCheLeFemme]

I don't know if this has been asked before but how often to people color their pets by hand? As in not with a computer program. I'm starting a shop and I want to color the pets with pencils I think, is there a market for this? All I see is the photoshop-ed kind.

[pbbunnie]

hmmmm I know island of dr moreau (sp?) has a few pets hand colored i think...

^-^ yay! i'm mentioned on the first page! i feel special!

[hinata4445]

How do I make pets to sell?

[Fluffy Wishes]

hinata4445

How do I make pets to sell?

There's two things you can do. You can make unique pets for every flatsale (like my shop, Minime Bestia, and Mischief Afoot) or you can make/purchase lineart that you reuse for every flatsale. For reusable lineart you should get a colourist, or if you're a colourist you need to colour it different every time. There are a lot of art tutorials that you can check out just by searching google. Also, the link at the top of this page has some good resources for free art programs.

Starting a pet shop is a lot of work. If you really want to do it then you should make a planning (aka 'interest') thread in the 'pricing and suggestions' forum. Here you can hire staff to help you run your shop. A common split of gold for staff is: 25/65/10 (percent) (lineartist, colourist, shop). The colourist usually earns more if the lineart is the same for every flatsale. Sometimes you'll see lineart auctions in this forum. These usually go for as high as 1mil gold... you may not want to buy lineart from an auction if you don't have the resources.

I would suggest starting out with at least 35k before even starting your Interest thread. This way you can purchase a certificate and a guild for your shop. Certs usually cost from 3k-10k depending on the quality of the work. Your certs should be no larger than 500px x 500px. The most popular certs are usually smaller at 300px x 200px.

Most people purchase pets so that they can roleplay. This is why a guild is important; so you can build a community around your shop. Hiring a Roleplay manager is always a good idea. These usually cost anywhere from 3k-10k per month, depending on the demands of your guild. If you want you can make a specific Roleplay thread in the breedables roleplay forum. This can work as a temporary fix until you can get a guild for your shop.

Look around at what other shops are doing. It's ok to copy some of the rules and guidelines that other shops have, but make sure not to copy their ideas, art, layout, or anything else that might get you banned.

I hope this helped. One thing to remember: Do not make a pet shop for the gold. There are better and faster ways to earn gold. This should not be the focus of your shop. You'll likely only earn a few k per month, so if gold is your goal you should consider bartering in the exchange and MP instead.

[Yerosh]

but how do i make my pets grow?!?!?!?!?"!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[Yerosh]

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I WANT MY QUESTION ANSWERD!!!!!!!!!!!

YOU GUYS ARE NO HELP AT ALL!! YOU DIDN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION!!! UGH

[A l i a s A u r o r a]

This didn't help at all. The codes are all messed up, and half the links don't work. And I don't have Photoshop.

[greenmitsi]

A l i a s A u r o r a

This didn't help at all. The codes are all messed up, and half the links don't work. And I don't have Photoshop.

Still makes perfect sense to me. What did you need answered, specifically?


To the earlier person wanting to start a shop, my biggest piece of advice to a new shopowner is this: Make some pets first. Make at least ten pets. Make them of a really good quality. And make yourself make them to a time limit, like say, a month. If you find this process tedious, you will know that you don't have the time or energy to run a shop.

There is definitely a market for pencilled pets, I think; some of my favourite artists make divine pencil works. But pencil is a difficult medium to get right.

No matter what medium you choose, any pet maker needs access to two things: a program for manipulating art (many are available for free online - see the link posted further upthread), and a method of getting your art into the computer (a scanner, or a graphics tablet if you plan on making your art directly on the computer). If you have a program but no scanner/tablet, you will be forced to make art with the mouse, which is beyond the skills of most. If you have a scanner but no program, your scanned drawings will be obviously 'scanned' and will lack that clean professional look that people like. You really need both, or a looooot of time to learn to draw well with a mouse.


To answer the ever-present question of 'how to make pets grow' - which, like everything else, is answered on the first page - You draw the next stage of the pet, and upload that into the same place as you did the original pet.
For example, say I make an egg and call it 'dinky.jpg' when I upload it. The url will be http://thisisanexample/dinky.jpg or whatever. When I want the egg to 'hatch', I upload the new picture (it's a dinosaur, sweet!) with the same filename, which will overwrite the original egg image. Now wherever anyone has the image linked (say in their sig) it will now appear as a dinosaur. Cool huh?
Of course you don't need to do it that way. For my shop I just make a new URL each time and post the new URL in the shop, because my imagehosting doesn't allow you to choose your urls. No one seems to mind, and there are some benefits to me for doing it that way, but the 'usual' way of doing it is as I've just explained.

[cutie2667]

neutral so how do you get a pet? and where are these threds?