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I don't play much, but I can't wait for the next FF and Kingdom heart 2 XP

*ish pounced* Thanks. ^-^

Latest Playstation magazine has a huge article on KH2. The screenshots look amazing. 4laugh

Well, I've been wondering about this for a while, and unfortunately any thread I make in the Minishops Assistance forum isn't particularily helpful, so I figured I'd ask you persons for your opinion on the matter, if you'd care to comment on the subject.

I get commissions for art once in a blue moon, and I'm fairly certain that the cause is one of the following:
a. I'm overcharging
b. I'm holed away in a shop that doesn't get bumped enough
c. Noone looks for artists in group shops.

Now I'm fairly certain I'm not overcharging, but... even when I go to other persons request threads, noone is ever interested. Either because the style doesn't mix or I'm overcharging. Or my art is too ugly to not be worth buying no matter what the price XD Which definitely isn't the case. No matter how many little, or big mistakes, if the price is low enough people will buy.
I used to have an extremely busy shop, selling fullbody CGs for 3k, this was over a year ago. I've improved by ridiculous measures since then.

Relevant information to the possibilities of A.


Now, I dunno.. but 5k for knee-up doesn't seem too high to me, but that may just be because I'm me and am pricing my art too high. I won't take offense at being told that that's too high. I want to know why my ability to sell things a complete failure, and even if the truth is harsh or cruel.. is better than not knowing and still not selling anything.


Moving along. Possibility b, shop not bumped enough. I bump it as often as I can but likely that isn't enough. B and C have the same manner of relevant information, which could only be a link to the group shop of natural media users that I am a part of.
Natural Media Shoppe
However, I also have my prices listed in my journal (though that's not really advertised), and my PM box is rarely full for long, so contact for commissions is not entierly limited to discovery of that shop... I do enter my fair share of contests, so presumabley if someone saw my entry and liked it, they may check my journal to see if I take commissions.
Or they may notice the link in my sig to the shop >_>;;;; Either way.

I'd really, really like to know why it is that I'm so extremely unpopular. I've only ever gotten 1 commission that I can recall through NMS, and the shop opened at the end of Dec/begining of June-- and that person commissioned like 4 people from the shop at the same time sweatdrop
Everything else I've done has been through scowering out request threads, or holding ridiculously successful auctions.
I don't know why, but people are willing to pay 6, 7k via auction for my art... but not 5k flatsale. And I detest holding auctions, so I really just wish I could get business through a shop.



Anyway! Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. heart

Yeah, the problem with NMS is that... I'm kinda the only really "attentive and responsive" person, and that's only between the hours of like.. midnight and 7am -_-;;

Most of the other artists drop by every day/few days, but... I dunno. I originally joined the group shop to save on how much bumping I personally would have to do, but.. I'm like the only person who bumps NMS.

I think maybe I should just set up my FISH shop again ;_;
I've been meaning to for a while, but I set it up months ago the day before the big forum rewrite, which my contest thread got lost in... and.. FISH's posts just never came back >_<;; so I have to do everything over again and I've not been looking forward to it.

..
..
holy cow
FISH' s posts are.. finally back
=o!!!!!!

*excitement*

Yeah I guess that could have to do with it ^_^;; I mean, I know most Gaians like the bright huge eyed CG, but most gaians do that too, so I figured there'd be plenty of people who were fed up of it as well. But maybe not ^_^;;


That's actually a problem I'm aware of but have trouble dealing with. Or at least, related to said problem.. Nobody else seems to like the pictures of mine that *I* like. So I guess my sample choices may be unfavourable.


Yeah I don't get the whole auction thing. I hate holding them, but they're always way more successful than my shop. Thats one of the reasons I dont like Minishops Suggestions. All the threads there are "Am I auction material yet????" -_-;;

Anetra: Heh... Many of us in Illusion Genesis thought so too. A few others have gotten one or two commissions, but their styles are also quite close to anime/chibi. But, for the rest of us, where our styles range from Cartoon to Semi-Realism, there doesn't seem to be much demand. sweatdrop (unless it's free. >.<)
Just in case you feel it may be reason two I listed, the ones that jumped out at me were Pencil 3, Ink 3, and Ink 4. The rest took me at least a moment before I saw any problems. 3nodding
I've done a couple of auctions on my own and one collab. The collab did better than the ones on my own. (But then, Amber's lineart is just so neat to colour with Cel-Shading. 4laugh ) But yeah, auctions are getting out of hand. I'll be happy when/if they open the Auction forum. 3nodding

Night: Ahh... if only more people were like you. ^-^ But then, that's why those of us here are Art Whores. 4laugh blaugh We're all that way. Let's hear it for those who love all art! Whoo!

referencing my a**. mad The wings--at the very least--are cut/pasted.