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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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Thank you! I know what I've been doing wrong now.
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No wrong way to go about adoptables, but certain ways make your life easier, that's for sure.
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ty and i had to zoom in sooo much just to see evrey thing lmao xDD
also dose anyone know how to sell an adoptable?!Β
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If you clicked the lenses with the plus sign it would have turned out bigger.
Also, please avoid asking the same question over and over on my Journals, I assure you that I have seen it.
As for 'how to sell an adoptable and get points', this is the one that covers the basic steps:Β Adoptables, Basics for Adoptables Artists
If you really want the tl;dr then draw a character, post it with the name 'adoptable' and add a price to it, submit it to some adopt groups and wait for someone to ask if they want to buy it.
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Sorry about that, and lense didnt come up for me.
Β and when they say they want it...?? like should i leave a commission thingie out for that maybe?
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When they say they want it, they either give you points the old way (and you get points), or you can set up a Purchase Button and convert them into USD (check the dAFAQ to see how the PButton works). The commission setup is also usable, but only if you have most adopts at the same price, if the pricing starts to change you either need to make more commission options or start putting up PButtons.
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Ok i know the thing that i will as you doesn't have to do anything with adoptables but you are the guy that answers questions XD So ya... how do art trades work exactly? I mean i know that you draw something for another person. But like are you allowed to use the character on the drawing for your own?
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Gal, please.
And answering just this time, because your question has nothing to do with adopts.
An art trade is basically an exchange of commissions, where you don't spend any money and you get a pic of your character from another artist and the only thing you have to do is draw that artist's character. So no, you don't get ownership of that other creature, you're not exchanging characters, just art.
The trade that gets you another design for the one you own is called 'design trade'.
(This one is closely related, but doesn't necessarily have to involve, adopts. A design artist is not necessarily an adopt maker, but they can still create characters for someone else to have.)
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Also, art trades can include fan arts or crossover pairings (OC x existing character) or something completely random. It's not always an OC, though it is probably most common, right?
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Yes, that is also correct.
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Thanks for helping!!
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How does the process of trading points for an adoptable work??
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Err, I don't understand what you don't understand...
So read these two Journals and let me know if the answer was in there:
The Purchase Button and P2U Deviations
Adoptables, I sold one, now what?
If it wasn't, please phrase your question differently.
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Blah sorry like..uhm.. How do you give people point?
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There's a button for it in your main page. Top right corner, Give>Points.
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Ohh C: cool thanks!
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They're rare these days, but they do exist. Though now most 'free' adoptables are given out with either raffles or draw-to-adopt contests, something to make them a little harder to obtain than the simple 'can I have it?'.
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Oh yes also i've heard about breeeding adopatable but i'm not sure to know what we are suposed to do.. Could you explain?
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Breeding is an option not all adoptables have, so you need to ask the artist about it. It's basically having two adoptables combine their designs on a number of other adoptables, which would be the 'children'. The possibilities here are, you either own one of the parents and want to breed it to sell the children or you want one of the children (because you like the species or one of the parents' design) so you're willing to pay for a 'breeding slot'.
This is just a main overview, I've never delved much in the breeding side of adopts.
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Oh i see.. thanks you for the help!
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Quick question, how do you give the adoptable to the person who gave you the points for it?
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Here's the Journal about it:
Adoptables, I sold one, now what?So you started doing adoptables, made or used a nice lineart, put some pretty colours on it and someone liked it enough to shove money or points in your face and demand it for themselves. Awesome, you just sold your first adoptable and I can tell you that the main part (making one and finding a buyer) is done.
Since selling adoptables is not easy, many people concentrate only on the first part of it, which is made up of designing and advertising the adoptable. And then suddenly a buyer appears and pays.
I just sold my first adoptable. Now what do I do?
Well, the first thing to do is 'close' the adoptable. You do it by changing the adoptable status and adding a 'CLOSED' to the title or somewhere in the description. I strongly suggest to add the 'closed' status only after being paid because if you're being scammed, the 'closed' status can trick any other interested buyers into believing that the adoptable is truly gone.
You might also want to take it down from the grou
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Haha this is a rather good introduction into how to start an adoptable account > < I have one nagging worry about all this though: what happens when the buyer use the file you gave them and print them out and sell them? Are they allowed to do that or once its sold its completely out of your hands to control what happens after. I know you retain the rights as the creator but at this point it seem more like bragging rights rather than anything substantive? I notice that a lot of tutorials explain how the adoptables can be for artists or writers that need a base character to start of with but there will be a few bad apples in that pile as well and while it might be quite rare I'm still curious as to what you can do about it.Β
Gosh that was a long post sorry > <
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"Theoretically" (I say this because while you DO have those rights, the internet is full of 'fluid' thinkers) you retain the rights to the art, so if somebody started selling prints of YOUR art, then you would be entitled to ask them to either stop or to get a part of the profits. Though, if you bought the character and intend to use it as yours... Why would you be selling prints of it to someone else? Unless you liked the art and want to gain money over the art of someone else (this is stealing, you own the character, not the art).
Alternatively, this person who buys the character could talk it out with the adoptable maker, the artist would provide the art and the buyer could take care of the 'marketing' and they would split the profit. However, I still think this is not really applicable to most adoptables... An adoptable is basically a character design so, while the art can definitely be beautiful, it's not properly 'print' material. Most have 'standard' poses and little to no background (or even organized as a reference sheet) so if you're trying to sell them as prints, they're not exactly 'artistic'. Or at least this is my opinion. *gets swarmed by white knights*
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Thanks! Haha I know but still some people > < And also the nature of a law student, we want to get the 'little' issues out of the way first before focusing on the nicer parts 
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You're welcome, and I see that I have yet to add some links to this re-post, so you didn't have all the info you needed. I have written a series of Journals about adoptables, this is 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
And basically has the info I just told you about the definition and concept of adoptables, though I didn't go in much detail over the print question you posed me.
One of my closest friends is a law student, I've always admired your ability to learn/understand legalese... Gosh, anything more difficult than 'right' or 'wrong' and I close the book.
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Oh I've gone through the whole list of Adoptable basics you have in the other journal hehe I only discovered that after I've posted the question so ops > < Thanks!
To be honest I've been a law student for four years now and I still don't know what I am doing. Ask me an art related question though I can talk your ears off but anything law related I'll break down crying at the thought of it > <
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Quick question is it okay if you make hand drawn adoptables? Because I can't do any digital art and I've so far only seen digital art adoptables
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Of course it's ok.
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Alright thank god and thank you
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About selling them do you just mark that it's sold? Or send it to them digitally? I am new to Adoptables and I want every scrap of info I can get my hands on. Thanks!
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I've written a series of journals about adopts and how to sell them, 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
You'll find the answers to your questions here and if you have more, you only need to ask.
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LOL I actually like that horse a lot! ^--^UUU
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Haha, thanks.
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I want to adopt that dog -_-
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Happy you like.
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Great tutorial ever!! Now I've learnt that good lineart is a very important factor!
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I'm happy you found it useful.
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I only have one email, hence deviantart not letting me make a new account. :/
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Really? Both my accounts have the same email... I guess it's from when it was still allowed.
It's not really that hard to make a new mail account, though, gmail makes it extremely easy.
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Ah thank you :3 as a matter of fact, I use gmail, but I always have a VERY difficult time logging back into my own email!
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Do adoptables have to be made digitally? Or can I use traditional media to ink and color and then scan the image?
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You can of course do it traditionally, there's no rule about adopts being only digital.
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Thank you so much for answering my question. 
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You're welcome, good luck with your adopts.
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