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oh mah gawd, dats adowable ;u;
You are a VERY talented artist. I'm envious of your skill XD
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I don't know why but I can hear my voice screaming deep in my mind and my heart....
But anyway, I wish I had a maid like her... >////<
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I don't understand how 'adopting' this character can have so much value.
Can anyone illuminate me on the whole adoption thing? It's been bothering me lately.
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I'm exactly the same; I've never understood it, either...
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No one will answer us. T_T Maybe I need to be more controversial...
I think adoptables are a waste of money, especially at such a price. Hobbies are great and all, but in the end, you didn't actually create the character. If It's about possession, then why not commission someone to draw you something for a similar price? If adoptables were programmable AI, then I'd think it'd be bloody awesome. That said I can see how people would want to role-play with them, but my question remains: why do people sell them for so much?
Awaiting an informative reply.
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They sell them for that much because there are people buying them for that much. ^^ Also artists kinda do need to make money to survive.
I suppose you'd buy an adoptable because you like the design and would like to have it as your own and do something with it. If you personally don't want to buy an adoptable because you feel it's a waste of money, you'd probably be better off not doing it. Just be aware that different people have different tastes, and might value a certain thing higher (or less high) than you do. (:
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Feel free to not respond, but I think 'artists need to eat' is an invalid reason; you couldn't say this and sell crap for no reason, even if it's a true general statement.
And yes, I am aware that people buy it for this much...I'm asking why.Β
I appreciate the response, but the lesson in simple human psychology wasn't really necessary. I'm looking for objective reasoning rather than 'peoples' opinions vary' kind of answers, but again, I still appreciate the reply; even if It still leaves a few questions unanswered.Β
So basically, people pay a lot of money to 'own' a character to do things with...guess I wasn't far off with the role-playing thing.Β
People can pay what they want for whatever they want, but it still kinda boggles my mind.
Ah well, whatever. Nothing left for me to do here. Again, thanks for the response.Β
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There are a lot of reasons that would present themselves to you - if, that is, your mind is open to them and you actually want to learn, and don't approach the topic with an "I'm gonna listen to everything they say and then I'm gonna prove them wrong"-mindset. Not implying that you are, but lots of people do, it's something to think about.
I'm not a buyer of adoptables myself, but here's some reasons I could think of why you would want to buy an adoptable:
- You're more interested in doing something with the design than in designing something. E.g. a fancy pictureto put on RP sites (as you suggested yourself), or a picture you can look at and let inspire you as you think up stories, or maybe you wanna draw someone that's your character but you're just REALLY bad (or believe you are) at designing them.
- Even if you like designing things yourself, you might have fallen in love with exactly this design and want to own it, not just do something similar. Maybe you even wanna show the artist your appreciation and actually want to pay them, it's been said to happen.
- You might love the artist's work and having an adoptable from them would make you proud/ happy/ whatever.Β
- Adoptables might be expensive from your point of view, but they are still quite a lot cheaper than commissions (at least in my experience), so people might prefer buying them.
- If you commission an artist to make a custom adoptable say, they would be very influenced by your wishes. But maybe that's not what you want, maybe you just love what comes out of the artist's mind when they're free to think of whatever they want.
- Some adoptables are original species, perhaps you'd like to have a specimen of that species, and use the background of the species for inspiration/ to meet others that own someone from that species too/ RP/ find it really cool that you're part of a whole.
Yeah I know that neither species nor designs are copyright protected, but I'm not sure if other people on this site know, and even if they do, there's a huge culture of "we're gonna respect artists and pay them for their work and stomp everyone into the ground that commits the crime of art/ idea theft" going on on dA. And yes you can sell anything for any reason whatsoever, as long as you're smart enough to market it well. As I said different people might value something higher than you do, and thus be inclined to pay more money for it than you would. It'sΒ also rather rude to call someone's work crap (if you meant this picture) and even worse to refer to a whole culture of people's work as crap (if you meant the entirety of adoptables), just because they happen not to fit within your tastes.
I hope this was informative. ^^
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Alright, I get it..more or less. I still dislike the idea, but to each their own.
However, I cannot find out where I called something crap which relates to this adoptable (I mentioned it in an example, but said example had nothing to do with this specific event); putting words into someone's mouth is also rude.
Thanks for taking the time to reply.Β
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I'd never buy one myself either. But I do like looking at them and find them very inspirational, and if buying them makes other people happy, whyever not.
I'm sorry to have misunderstood you then, it wasn't my intention to put anything into your mouth.Β
My pleasure. (:
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I answered both you and Piehamster 5 hours ago though. But the answer as to why I buy art isn't really that deep man.
I adopted this because I wanted it.
You should also look up the difference between, "Objective" and "Subjective."
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Also, just curious...will you be getting the original drawing as well? That'd be cool.
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If you don't understand what objective reasoning is, then perhaps you shouldn't be telling me to look up the definition. You act as if there cannot be both subjective and objective reasons for a decision. I'm simply asking for the logic behind something I do not understand, specifically due to the price.
I didn't get the notification, nor did I see your post; I am unsure as to how that happened.
Reading your response now, and the logic in it is reasonable. Thanks.
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The same logic behind pricing adoptables can be applied if you price your own commissioned art; you base your pricing on how much you "feel" your abilities should be valued. Eudentis perceived that this commission is valued at the set price and I agreed.
The original drawing was not part of the arrangement when I adopted, so unfortunately I will not be getting the original; but I'm okay with the high-res version I will get.
I know what objective reasoning is. A statement can't be both objective and subjective. When you can measure a splash of vanilla, the warmth of a puppy, and how much I enjoy this art; then I'll agree with how you think.
But anyways, I believe the value of this is much higher than what I paid, and I just happened to get a pretty damn good deal on it. Just sayin'. But since you're here, you must at least like it a little to check it out.
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"I like how anatomically correct your drawing is."
Whether or not the person likes it, the anatomy is correct. However, their subjective opinion about it is positive, and someone else may not like it. You just need to break it into parts, and not limit it to a single statement.
The art is very nice indeed.
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Your parts still create a subjective sentence and your argument is a logical fallacy. Take it up with me over note because you're taking away from the adoptable. Comments are here the the art man.
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"Your parts still create a subjective sentence."
"You just need to break it into parts, and not limit it to a single statement."
Calling it a logical fallacy just because it's difficult to comprehend doesn't make it so. There can be information that's correct whether someone thinks so or not in a piece of art which is subject to opinion. I understand your argument - which you are correct in - but you do not seem to understand mine. Let's go back to why this started.
Me: "Β I'm looking for objective reasoning"
I'm looking for the tangible pros and cons for buying an adoptable; what are the facts of what you gain by buying one? You did not just tell me "cause they are cute", because that's subjective. I am getting the feeling that you diverted this entire argument into semantics quite quickly, soΒ I honestly don't care about it anymore. I'm done.
See ya.
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Artist's sell original content they don't intend to use. People who can use the character in their own original content purchase adpotables to save them the trouble of having to design from scratch. The artist gets some practice, the adopter gets a ready-to-use character to build on.
It's like buying a car on the dealer lot. What you see is what you get, and what you do with it after you purchase it is up to you.Β
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this is wonderfull^^ i admire mostly oddly the food. considering i cant ever find tutorials on how to draw food XD ^^ the char is adorable.
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