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Simple poll about my art/animations (Need help from y'all!)
9 years ago
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"A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success." - Unknown.
So animations... People here seem to like them and so far I've gotten more compliments for my animated icons than all my other art combined. Because of this, I wanna do a poll so I can see what you guys would like to see from me and I'd very much appreciate it if you would vote as it'll help me out a lot!
So the poll question is this: Would you like to see more animations or more drawings from me?
By picking animations, you'll not only see more animated icons from me but also see more animations in general (such as flash animations). I'll also be drawing more pictures in an animation-like style (An example of this here: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/22973144/ ) and I may also be willing to give custom icons a shot depending on how good I get at creating these animations. However, picking this option means I'll be dedicating less time to creating drawings like the ones I've been doing over the last couple of weeks.
By picking drawings, you'll see more of the same type of drawings I've been doing over the last couple of weeks but a bit more frequently at the cost of seeing less animations.
So yeah, simply pick whatever option you'd like to see from me and comment with your choice below. You can provide a reasoning for your choice if you want, but it's not necessary (although it'll be appreciated nonetheless). Personally, I will get enjoyment out of either option so you don't have to worry about picking the 'wrong' option. Just pick honest and you'll help me lots.
So the poll question is this: Would you like to see more animations or more drawings from me?
By picking animations, you'll not only see more animated icons from me but also see more animations in general (such as flash animations). I'll also be drawing more pictures in an animation-like style (An example of this here: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/22973144/ ) and I may also be willing to give custom icons a shot depending on how good I get at creating these animations. However, picking this option means I'll be dedicating less time to creating drawings like the ones I've been doing over the last couple of weeks.
By picking drawings, you'll see more of the same type of drawings I've been doing over the last couple of weeks but a bit more frequently at the cost of seeing less animations.
So yeah, simply pick whatever option you'd like to see from me and comment with your choice below. You can provide a reasoning for your choice if you want, but it's not necessary (although it'll be appreciated nonetheless). Personally, I will get enjoyment out of either option so you don't have to worry about picking the 'wrong' option. Just pick honest and you'll help me lots.
I third this
We're talking babyfurs here. I've actually been giving a lot of thinking to my stats and such when I was muuuuch less good at art, and YCHs would be harder to sell, made stats out of stuff I have (how many favorites, number of people commenting on journals, theme, the time it takes to find a customer for a ych, etc) and found out, or confirmed a bunch of things:
(here's for the most obvious stuff)
- Whatever premade thing that shows a diaper butt on it will sell a LOT easier
- Whatever that'd contain potential diaper usage is going to sell a lot more.
If you do anything with an animated pamperbutt, I assure you that'll work - hell, I wouldn't judge, I'm totally into this too >//>
- Backgrounds make it EXPONENTIALLY much more interesting to people. Like, some people are turned down by the prices of backgrounds, but a picture usually gets like sometimes 3-4x more faves when there's a background. It's not just doubling. In the case of an animation, I think it'd work greatly.
Honestly, diaper messing/wetting animation? I'd love that >_> I wouldn't buy though. No money for that ATM. So IDK if I can speak for customers :p but I def sold a lot of diaper usage stuff. If you do it well enough, with an expanding diaper and such, people will love it. may seem creepy but they care about these details sooo...
One recommendation though:
Forget flash. Adobe is discontinuing it, most browsers won't have it. Mobile phones won't see it. One day it may be entirely dropped everywhere. Adobe themselves recommend not using it.
I have made a couple of looping animations in the past (including the icon I'm using now) and I find the process of making them quite satisfying, probably cause I find animation physics way more interesting and easier to understand (relatively speaking) than say shading/lighting techniques for static pictures. The only time I dislike doing animations is when I have to re-draw the same animation over and over again for multiple characters when I have offer the icons I've made as a YCH commission.
The variables you've identified are ones that I have noticed with my own art as well, simply put the more predominant the diaper is on the image then the more attention it will get (especially if it's full, realistic diaper). And I've noticed babyfurs love backgrounds as well, especially if there interaction between it and main character. XD
Hehe, I'm sure you're one of many in the community who would love to see a well-done diaper filling animation with an expanding diaper and some full diaper movement 'physics,' so I have no doubt that an animation like that would sell like hot-cakes.
However, cause the way I draw dirty diapers is probably the 'least' appealing way, it probably wouldn't apply to my animations even if they ever reach a standard that is considered 'good.' This is because I don't really draw sagging or discoloring, I just draw stink lines coming out of the rear of an otherwise cartoonish diaper. So unless decide to I change the way I draw dirty diapers, then I would doubt whether or not it'll actually get more attention since it's not 'realistic.' XD
An interesting point about Flash, if that's the case then I might as well just stick to GIFs and save me the trouble.
Anyway, thank you for all this useful info Grawlee! I very much appreciate it!
Nonsense. a lot of people prefer sag and stuff to brown butt syndrome. Most just don't know how to draw it. Honestly just a bashful expression and wiggles as the stink lines start appearing and moving is fine.
And I know it'd be a hobby and stuff but you might as well want to make money out of it, think of it as a way to keep it living. I mean, it's pretty much like everyone aims to have jobs that they like - they still make money out of it, sooo...
actually, such animations (messy diaper with sagging) exist:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/20075556/
I suppose you are right on that front, though I might be willing to give sagging a go even though it's something I don't normally for my usual pictures just because of the fact that most babyfurs really like that, but I'll still including stink lines in them since it's a small detail that I personally like.
Again, good point though I don't feel comfortable accepting commissions for something I think I'm incompetent with, so for now I'll just be focusing on getting better with animations before I decide whether or not I wanna charge money for commissions.
But if balance is what you're looking for, I'd recommend drawings and animations when you're in the motivation for them. :)