How many of you guys would buy a charicature (cartoon version) of yourself as a picture to put in your virtual apartment?

[GolGotha]

Hey guys. I've been a long time player in PE, and I've also fancied art for awhile. I've been experimenting with some caricatures, which are funny, "cartoonized" drawings of people. I was wondering how the community would respond if I started drawing these for individuals and if they'd actually get bought. The process would work like this: you send me the picture you want me to draw and specify the frame you want (I'll try to get some examples up soon). I then put it in a shop, where you can pick it up at your leisure. We can agree on a price before it goes into the shop. After you pick it up, you have an entertaining picture of yourself or a loved one to put anywhere you'd like Caricatures IRL are usually about $5-10 depending on how many people are in the picture, so I'm thinking the price would be relatively cheap. I wanted to post here to see the type of response I would get because I don't want to get started and have no fan base Thanks a lot for reading, guys, I appreciate it.

PS: If you already want one, PM me and we can get the process started Also, mods, if this is in the wrong section, please move it or let me know. Thanks so much.

+Gol (Brent)

EDIT: Very rough examples provided below on this page. I will see if I can do a more professional one sometime this week, when I have the time.

[nutter]

Would be nice to see an example

[Lighterthief]

thats a great idea

it would be a nice item to pickup after a nice hof/global i would certainly think about it, would u also be able to email a copy of the pic? it would be kinda cool to be able to print out a irl copy as well

[Yirrk]

Originally Posted by nutter

Would be nice to see an example

I second that. an example would be nice.

[GolGotha]

Originally Posted by Lighterthief

thats a great idea

it would be a nice item to pickup after a nice hof/global i would certainly think about it, would u also be able to email a copy of the pic? it would be kinda cool to be able to print out a irl copy as well

Well, what I would have to do is make sure that the actual item gets bought before I could email a picture. I've known some people to get the picture in the email and refuse payment thereafter. But that is definitely available after the picture is bought

Originally Posted by Yirrk

I second that. an example would be nice.

I have an example that I'll re-draw. My scanner wasn't working so I tried to darken the lines and it looks terrible. Actually, you know what? I'll post one of myself in a bit along with a comparison picture They're just rough sketches on lined paper, but all versions drawn for clientele would be drawn on plain paper and (unless drawn very well) touched up in Photoshop.

[MindStar9]

I hate to rain on your parade Sweetie, BUT ... this thread is in violation of
Rule #20 as follows ...

Rule # 20
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Eventually, I'm sure a Mod will come along and close the thread, so perhaps what you could do instead is to advertise in the suggested way by contacting 711.



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[JohnCapital]

Maybe I'm missing something but I don't think you got it right MS9.

It seems he's offering personalized caricatures as PC content within EU. In other words, framed pics, much like many others have.

Not sure how that breaks Rule #20

[Frigid]

MS9 brings a good point, but I think the PC items are a grey area.

Really...PC items use RL content or artwork to make their pictures. This isn't that "paperdoll" game where we can make custom items in-game.

So, technically, anyone advertising the selling of any PC items is selling items that were generated IRL and have been digitized and imported to PE.

MA themselves created the PC-content items, which I like. Are we going to stay with the rules and move ahead? Are we thus impacting the PC-content makers, but still let all of the armor, weapon, attachment, tool, etc crafters to go on? Tha sale of PC-content items is dependant upon the desires of the customer, much like tailors can mess with skins and colors to fit the whims of their clients. Cannot PC-crafters do the same?

Dunno...this seems like and exception is in order, but I understand the need to avoid the slippery slope...

[GolGotha]

Here are some very rough examples. Also, I'm open to themes or suggestions:

For some reason, I've acquired the nickname "Cowboy Brent," so here's a theme drawing:



Testing out different styles of drawing (sleepy eyes, cartoon lips):





The pictures are a little funny and smudgy due to lack of touch ups, the type of paper, etc. The product would look professional, and I may even get an artist's drawing tablet so I could draw directly into Photoshop, depending on the response in here. I'm a pretty versatile drawer and these are kinda the crappy drawings, but they're all I have available atm. Like I said, if you have an idea or theme, you can let me know and I'll do the best I can to show it.

Oh, and here's a reference photo:



Also (although I would have to charge more), I can even do actual drawings. I like to have a sort of patchy look to it for some reason, but I can really do whatever ya want. Here is an example of a good friend that I drew.

[Frigid]

Originally Posted by JohnCapital

Maybe I'm missing something but I don't think you got it right MS9.

It seems he's offering personalized caricatures as PC content within EU. In other words, framed pics, much like many others have.

Not sure how that breaks Rule #20

Like I said, it's a grey area we should look into. If we could draw pictures in-game, no problem, but much of the artowrk in PC items are simply digitized versions of RL items...