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Published: 2012-06-07 07:00:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 39224; Favourites: 2051; Downloads: 393
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edit : this tutorial has now been redone! Hopefully you will find this more helpful now!And look at how far we've come.
A redo of my original adoptable tutorial, now hopefully a little clearer and prettier LOL
I want to thank all of my watchers, the ones from the very beginning to my very newest. Your support means the world to me.
I want to thank my friends, for encouraging me and helping me out, and I want to thank my inspirations, for helping me to keep on designing.
Most of all, I want to thank two people who fit all three categories.
=LinoleumItalics | *Burscutum
DBT until the end of time ♥
If it weren't for you guys, I would never have started making adoptables. And if it weren't for adoptables, I would never have met you. I'm so happy that both of those things ended up happening.
Anyway, on a less personal note :
If you have any questions, feel free to ask! I'm not a great designer, artist or business person but I HAVE been a part of the adopt community and have sold adopts for a long time.
That's all for now, folks ★
p.s i suggest you check out is this guide to stolen adoptables in order to avoid being scammed :
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dunno, maybe because they want OTHER people to get the chance to buy their adoptables ;A;
So I think they're thinking like this. Let's say A buy 3 out of 7 adoptables.
The seller wants the other 7 people to buy /experience buying it from her, not just 4 people
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Well yeah that makes sensei.
I feel sad sometimes when my adopts are bought by people that dont even draw them, and mostly my best designs, i think there's a "obsesive compulsive buying disorder" or something like that.
I know that adopts are adictive; but if they put that rule for every sheet they upload they'll lose all their customers progresively o__O
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This is really useful and well organized. I especially liked the suggestion to hold auctions to see how much your art is worth though that depends a lot of the subject too... A female kemonomimi in lolita!style is going to be more sought after than a male anthro shark in metal!style and the auction will go higher even if the quality is lower.
Looking forward to the Etiquette one. 
(And totally not going to steal the idea to add it to my own Adoptables Lessons. 
One of the *Don'ts* should be 'don't end every comment with "Want to buy?"'. I get that a lot when I comment on adoptables... Just because I think it's good, it doesn't mean I want to buy it. If I want to spend my points/money on it, I'll be the one to tell you.
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This should help a lot of adoptable noobs! Needs to be submitted to more groups though.
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LOL
unfortunately I don't think that many groups have a 'tutorial' section.
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Well, you can always ask the admins to advertise your tutorial or at least fave it so more people can see it.
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I might sound a bit dumb, but how do you submit your work to groups? thanks.
- Chimera II
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1. Join a group.
2. Go to group gallery.
3. Go to correct folder.
4. Click little plus sigh on the right hand side of the folder bar.
5. Click your adoptable deviation, then submit.
Alternatively;
Go to adoptable deviation.
Click 'Submit to a Group' on right hand side.
Find a group (search the name)
Click 'Submit'.
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thank you so much!
(so this is why my adoptables aren't selling...)
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Thanks so much!! I don't quite have the skill level to make an adoptable base just yet (I know that sounds stupid, considering I do actually draw, but whenever I try to make a base I feel like it's a failure) so I suppose I'll be using one of the ones offered here on dA :3 This really helped me, thank you again!!
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I wonder how many skull penetrations with a drill it would take before I bled out and died?
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Hmm, this is very helpful, and I'm not here to judge, but I don't understand one part...
Shouldn't you start out with a style that you like drawing, rather than one that's just 'popular'?
Even if it's for profit, I wouldn't want to spend my time drawing things in a style I dislike.
Of course, if the customer is paying, that's fine, but they should base what they buy by what I previously created.
If I drew things like the example 'lizard-boys with weapons', then it's obvious that my style isn't whatever else they're looking for.
I think that people who are trying to sell what they create should do it for themselves rather than for the goal of a bigger audience.
But that's just my opinion. I'm sure many people find this helpful, as well as I do. Thank you.
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I agree, but for me most of my sets are 90% profit (and this tutorial is based on how I do adoptables, haha) so I always draw what sells best, not what I like. : ) I like designing monster girls (ie cyclops, spider girls, naga etc) and military outfits, but that's not too popular so I mostly end up doing scene/emo/hipster or cutesy kemonomimi haha
But I think your opinion is good and that not everyone should just do/feel the same way about adoptables as I do x)
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Hey, what you like to draw could also be popular!
It sounds cool, and very different than what people usually make.
Creative, new designs stand out a lot more.
Maybe you should try both! c:
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I always felt as if the adoptable depended more on how well the clothes/over all design was, and less on how good the line art was |DD ((though I try and make decent lineart :I))
But this is a very good tutorial! 8D I never thought of going to fashion blogs~ o u o
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Makes me wanna try myself~~thank you very much~
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I usually put all my bad adopts on DA that are fashion related //weep
On my old account I put up fantasy adopts with crazy detail and no one
bought them >:I NOW ALL MY ADOPTS LOOK KOREAN //shot
Thanks for this ; 7 ;
(OMG ADOPTABLE ETIQUETTE PLEASE OH PLEASE. I GET SO MANY REQUESTS FOR
TRADES AND WHEN I REJECT THEY MAKE ME FEEL TERRIBLE)
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This will really help when I create some characters! Thanks so much! <333
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I try to buy as often as I can but your adoptables disappear way too quickly >_>'
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What about traditional adoptables? I'm thinking of doing adoptable sketches
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I have no experience with traditional adoptables, sorry ^^'
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Ah, kay. Thank you anyway!
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*raises hand*
One question...
What if I use Paint and a laptop? Or in other words: what my lines aren't lines?
lol XD
I just spam the primary brush tool on Windows 7's Paint onto a really REALLY large canvas and then re-size it.
Makes crap lines look like cool lines. Like magic... Only BETTER!
Although I love that the Windows 7 version of paint smooths the edges of brush strokes now. Goddamn, Windows XP was annoying.
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omg this is really helpful! 
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You just saved me all the embaresement of just asking somebody randomly how they do this... thank you for this!
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Nice Tutorial Sock! and totally random question.. what font did you use? haha
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I used a font called 'Go Boom!' : )
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how much do you think these should cost? [link] at first they were 10, but i lowered it down to 4...because no one wanted them ;~;
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I say try to fix your lineart a bit. Perhaps make it a solid black and thicker..? Definitely thicker if anything. They're really cute and I'd buy one if I were more into MLP. But yeah, try using thicker lines! c: I think it'll make them look much better, but that's just my opinion, hehe.
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thank you. i'll see what i could do to make the lines thicker c: thanks for the advice!
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I would make adoptables BUT I GET TOO ATTACHED TO THEIR DESIGNS SIGHS
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THIS. THIS STATEMENT EXACTLY.
I've claimed like, six to eight of my adopts i've drawn that I was originally gonna sell.
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and in the end you don't even use them and hoard them
then you think yourself "wow im not gonna use them, i should put them up for adopt."
then stroke them gently and forget that statement
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Exactly; exactly uvu//
like what i did for my adoptable account mascot.. i only made her my mascot because i didn't want to sell her but hoard her XD [link]
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Awww, what a cutie~ And haha, yeah ;; v ;;
So much designs but in the end
"THEY'RE MINES AGAUHSUA"
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Yup ;V;
sad part is, what adopts I do put up tho are usually not wanted XD
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are you me
adfhusi
i just suck it up and sell them anyways
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im like
SUCKS AIR
WHAT
WHAT IF
WHAT IF I USE THIS CHARACTER ONE DAY
then hoard everything
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