Well they go hand in hand really. It's about how famous you are, but of course your renown is going to spread when you start to get labeled as a p.ro. That is to say, a totally unknown guy who comes and tries to sell an okay tag while advertising that he's rated p.ro will have more trouble selling than a well known semiprofessional selling a similar tag - at least that's what I believe.
That's saying that as long as you're well known for being highly rated, you can make crappy sigs, and people would still buy it, and that isn't right. But a unknown person can make a highly skilled/appealing tag and won't sell..? :\
I know i have seen it, people are obsessed with rating not appearance, if they went by appearance the i can make a tag with ugly shapes, ruin it with scanlines, and add a render and sell it for 1.2k
Im going to be onest.... If im scrolling down the action room list and I see big names im more likley to go on that thread than someone iv never heard of. I tend to go for name more because I know if I did try and sell it, its what other people will buy. But saying this if I see a sig that I dont like the look of, I wont buy it. If it looks good and is made by a well known person, you know the sig is going to sell well. Even a sig that doesnt look that good but is made by someone well known will sell better than a great looking sig made by someone knowone knows. And this is that way the auction room is run and to be onest I dont like it, because it means its hard to sell things I make and some people are make loads off sigs that dont even look that good.
Dude, I've seen "pros" sell ------ looking sigs for 1k+ xD But I'm just saying that to choose some average looking tag using the same techniques as everyone else from a well known person rather than a good looking tag with unused techniques from someone whos a stranger is rather stupid. But hey..Since theres so many trend whores who want to copy a "---", then this is the optimal way of making credits, as ------ed up as it may be.
not to push myself, but i can sell mostly.. Just becase im rated ------ doesnt mean that i should get better business
well, it also has a lot to do with the GR economy. i don't really have much incentive to buy anything at GR, but i like to keep a good amount on hand. seems to me that the main activity is buying FR tags to tut, then selling the tut. so quite a few people are acting as "middlemen", buying high level tags, and then selling them for more creds. the cycle continues, but i don't really see the benefits. pluses: middlemen get to see PSD/XCFs of high level artists middlemen get lots of credits to buy MORE tags to tut. minuses: unrated or unknown artists are ignored certain popular artists' styles are whored, creating the well known "trends". people pay a lot to learn a style that everyone else is learning, therefore, new creative stuff is quashed. i'm rather ambivalent about the entire deal.
pepsi 4 stayge china; Eh, as I have already said before, I really loved your work when you were like, mod or something like that. I mean, you sucked, rank-wise. Yet, I totally loved your work. (Phenom) Normally I have to sell my tags for 50 credits each one on Offers and Requests. I think the name is also something behind selling tags. Btw, Phenom, done with the collab yet?
Well for some reason id just recently discovered the offers/requests forum even though iv been here ------ lurking for a year If i had the creds/interest to buy a tag I would go on appearance. Theres some artists styles here that i really like, rated high or not.
Take me for example guys, being rated what i am, i have a high selling rate at GR. would you rather buy a tag from me, even if its not the best, or would you buy a tag from someone new to GR, even if its better?
Well, they both serve each other. To get a high rating, it has to look good. But I would have to say looking good.
yeah people will do that. I used to love the way you and Eccentric made tags. It was so unique, but now it's same old same old. Like the there are some peeps on NSL, that I hope they dont come here and sell tags. Because people will just follow it exactly, and it will becomes same old same old.
