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Reposted because dA has converted the original deviation into a text deviation.
Until I've found a way to fix it, we'll need to do it this way.
Adoptables Journals Series:
Adoptables, Basics for Adopters
Adoptables, Basics for Adoptables Artists
Adoptables Tutorial
Adoptables, Writing an Artist's Description
Adoptables, Customs
Adoptables, Design Tutorial
Adoptables, Buying Adoptables
Adoptables, Pricing
Original Species Tutorial
Adoptables, Auctions
Adoptables, Original Species Confusion
Adoptables, I sold one, now what?
Adoptables, Doing It Traditional
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Comments: 424
amazing
my lineart is not good
im not gonna make any money
thanks for the advice XD
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What I wanted to point out in the tutorial is that, in a PRE-MADE lineart, it's important to choose a lineart that looks good to increase your chances at selling. But this is only valid when you're looking for a lineart that someone else made. Like it or not, the more 'pretty' the art, the higher the chances of sale.
For people who do their own lineart, this tutorial should be a prompt to better their art, because no one made their masterpiece when they started drawing. Or even a couple of years down the road. It takes patience and practice so don't give up yet.
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That's cool, like the way you did it!
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Thank you so much.
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Haham thank you.
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Answer please: How can I "Update" the info?
Ej, The cat Nr 5 Is taken, How can I update the draw to put *TAKEN* Or something like that? I will thank you if you answer! Β
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You edit the description/title and add 'Closed' to it with the owner's name, if you don't want to edit the art itself.
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I LOVE your tutorials! : D
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If you want the adoptable to be paid with points, where does the customer pay? Should i make a donation thing in my gallery for them to pay, or what else do i do?
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It kind of depends if you want points or want to convert them back to money. In the first case, either a donation pool or the old Give>Points button will be enough, in the second case you need either a Purchase Button or a Commission Widjet.
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thanks so much!
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This is great thanks (also it made me laugh a lot ...) ~thanks
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You're welcome.
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I know I'm gonna get a facepalm, but what is an adoptable?
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Its a thhing you can adopt/buy or somethinf
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Here's the first one:
Adoptables, Basics for AdoptersSince I've been asked these questions a lot, I thought to write some journals about it. This is from an Adopter's point of view.
What are adoptables?
Adoptables are "characters" that you can purchase for your personal use. They can be animals, humans, objects... Anything and everything can be turned into an adoptable.
What exactly *is* it that I'm adopting?
You're adopting the *character* itself, not the design, not the art, just the character.
Take this adoptable:
Art = The drawing itself = Right remains to the artist
Original Species = The lines = Right remains to the artist, unless the species is for adoption too (Not valid in case of existing species such as wolves, cats, etc....)
Design = Black coat/Golden wings/Pattern on Tail = Right remains to the artist
Character = (Original Species + Design) = This is yours
You are basically adopting the right to use the character as a whole, species + design/pattern. Us
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Thank you for that!
(And also for not doing theΒ Β facepalm)
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You're welcome. (And I added the links in the description. *NOW* if someone else asks, I can facepalm. 
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Hahahahahahahahaha this is amazing.Β Β
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Thanks.
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You're very welcome! Thank you!
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Just Asking How Do People Pay You then You can give it to them?
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Well, people pay you by giving you what you ask, so points, art or money (generally through paypal).
The second question is answered here: Adoptables, I sold one, now what?
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Hi! I wanted to start selling adoptables, and this was very helpful 
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Part of it is answered here: Adoptables, Basics for Adoptables Artists
However I would advise against very low priced adopts, better a nice mean... With some raffles or draw-to-adopt characters to spice things up. And contests never forget contests.
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Thanks
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This is helpful, but how do I determine how many points to charge and how many adoptababs to make?
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This is the Journal about pricing: Adoptables, Pricing
However there's no limit to how many you can put in a batch, it's a persona preference, really.
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I've been reading through these!
They are very helpful and thank you so much!!
What do you consider a good number to limit on color? Three perhaps?
My biggest issue with adoptables is creating a pattern that actually looks good... x u x;
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You're very welcome, and there's no need to put a limit. Sometimes you make an adopt in black and white or white and blue and other times you have a seven colour palette but still need the eight colour to make it work. My tip is to do the design on different layers, in black and white. After that, try some colours and see how they fit with each other, maybe try a gradient or two and see if it works better.
Unfortunately the difficulty of adoptables is in the design, in creating something unique and captivating, and that's not really something you can teach, because everyone has their own style. And no, I'm not saying this because I need to 'keep my secrets' or whatever but because I simply wouldn't know how to explain how I choose my colours and do my designs. One day I'm like, love the burgundy with cerulean and maybe let's do some ziggly-zaggly pattern and the next I'm, I can only draw B/W stripes, why Jesus.
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Thanks for this tutorial! i'll try to make anything with this (or i forever do,huh?),anyways,thanks.
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Haha, you're welcome, and enjoy practicing.
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Glad to be of help.
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i aggree with the first person who saw the neon horse
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so let's just say I'm selling adopts. If someone buys t, should I send them anything, like an unwatermarked/watermarked copy, a totally new drawing of them, a link to a sta.sh file, or do they just get the rights to use the design? [or maybe it just depends on artist/seller?]
Thanks for making this it really helped! ^ w ^
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I believe I answered all these questions in another Journal: Adoptables, I sold one, now what?
If I missed anything, do ask me again.
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oh alrighty, thank you! Sorry for asking a repeat question then ; - ;
Idk but if you want I think it could be helpful to others if you put that link in the description so they could find it too and not ask repeat questions, but only if you want toΒ //sweats
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No worries, and this deviation is a repost of the original one, because dA resized it without reason: Adoptables Tutorial
And that one has all the links, so I didn't think of putting them on this one as well.
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