Pixel cupcakes?
 

I'm just wondering who would be interested in buying them.

Soarin is refusing to sell them because he thinks no one will want them.

EVEN THOUGH I'M THE ONE DRAWING THEM.

He hates cupcakes, I bet.

I love pixel cupcakes!

There was this one chick on dA, who used to do custom ones.. I never did get to nab one.

Was it xCaptainvalo?

while i like the idea i would not buy them from you

Um. Okay. Can I ask why?

oh, you just charge way more than what i feelyou ought to considering the effort put in and if the cupcakes are the same as the ponies there is no point in saying i would buy any since i wouldn't despite the art most likely being nice to look at

Well to be honest you don't know the effort I put in for my ponies. I draw completely by mouse which results in a lot of undoing and redoing to get it to look good. I spent over an hour or more on some of these ponies which I think is a lot for something I'm not shading. I would have shaded them, but that's not the style they're done in, and I was trying to represent MLP as best as I could without copying exactly.

sweetie, for customs that would be ok but most of this is you just copy+pasting things you already drew together with a couple tweaks, as a pixelist myself i know what it takes and how long it takes and this is simply my personal opinion. it is nice art but i am not going to say i would ever pay so much for something nearly identical to what everyone else is getting

your art is fairly cute however and i would say it would be neat to see you make custom art instead of just customized cookie-cutter art. that i would pay for

...What? The only thing I copy paste is the actual pose, and the premade stuff on that picture. Everything else has been hand drawn and not copy pasted. So what if I have premade stuff? That's generally how customs work. You start off with a base and add onto it. That's how I've seen all customs done of things that weren't human. Doing that doesn't decrease the value of the overall product. My ponies are not "nearly identical" either, and to say so suggests you need to take a better look at things.

As a pixelist, you should know what bases are and how they work. But by your statement, you do not. Because that is what I'm using. Bases.

dear, i made bases for nearly five years, you are basing the body, the face, the hair, the wings, the horns and each time you make a new piece i am sure you keep an outline, that really is just copy-pasting after the very first time

if i wanted a leg-up my leg up would be the same as all the other leg-ups, if i wanted a short-fringe-mane it would be the same as the rest, it is doll-maker which is very easy compared to standard pixeling which would be making it all at one time for each individual buyer


like i said though custom>customized it is better to get something original than to get a modgepodge of identical stuff

Please don't call me sweetie/dear.

I think you missed the part where I said I'd also draw OCs, avatars, and if someone already had their custom pony. For the record, there's tons of options in that creator. Who cares if some of it looks the same? The ponies in the show all essentially look the same and as I said before I'm trying to represent MLP how I can. I highly doubt if people were to use the creator that they'd pick the exact same colours. And even if they had the same hair, it's going to look a little different because I'm not going to copy/paste it from someone else's pony. No one has even used the creator yet for my orders and I'm doing a fine job of selling them so clearly they're not overpriced. And your "leg up" statement goes back to bases. You don't change the base every time someone orders in a shop. Because a base is just that. It is static.

Excuse me.. I've watched her pixel these ponies :v

Each mane and item is redone each time. There isn't any saving it for the next pony with a similar mane or accessory. It's rather rude to just assume that she does that.

^He also saw my process as I was first drawing the bases. He can easily tell you that a lot of effort has been put into each pony.

actually i /do/ when i use a base i only use it as a draft and the art itself is made 100% each time and the poses actually change to match the order sometimes drastically

i assume because the rest of it is all prefabricated that the 'new' pieces would become that as well, it is a practice i have seen in pixel pet shops as well that once a new piece is made it eventually becomes recycled when someone else wants an item just like it

Well congratulations. But I do not "recycle." I hand draw every time and like I said who cares if the bases are the same because that's generally how things work. I have been a part of dolling forums and pixeling things for 3-4 years now and not often do I see someone actually redraw parts of the base. I am not having any problems selling my ponies. You seem to be the only one with the problem, and quite frankly, I don't really care that you don't want to buy a cupcake from me. Which, by the way, I said Soarin would be selling, not me.

Cupcakes are nice, and I'm sure there are people who'd buy them. They're not my thing, though. Sorry about that...

...although I still do owe my friend a birthday gift, so I'm definitely going after a pony when I can save up enough Aurum.

I would say.. depending..
If the cakes are cute and maybe a few are themed.. like birthday cakes or something like that or even buildable.. I might buy some either for myself or friends as gifts..
But I would say.. I would hope the cupcakes will be shaded.. because unlike the ponies which look okay with out shading.. I don't think the cakes would..

They would be shaded. Right now I have drawn out two frosting, eyes, mouths, and sprinkles. I think they're cute. But I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing with them yet.

Isn't that how everything starts out.. we get an idea and run with it.. not knowing where it's going is the fun part.

I was trying to get soarin to sell them because he wants aurum for his quest but he was refusing. xD So I thought of maybe auctioning off a few since I already have my pony shop and then giving him the aurum from that.

Umm.. idk about auctions.. but if a shop is simple enough form them to handle.. or you could add it as a bishop to your ponies..

I'm still trying to convince him to pixel right now

He showed me the cupcake he did. He didn't believe me when I said it looked nice. >:/

I'd buy a cupcake from you, or him. c:

And I love the pony you did for me. c:

YES. xD;

I was so upset =/

Oh I got one ;o It was all bloody.

Well, I tend to like cupcake pixels but I never went ahead and bought one =u=;

Lol it was on a dolling forum so I used the currency there.

I like looking at pixel art, but I just can't justify spending money on any when I am a pixelist myself.

Why did you even have to say that then? If you don't want to buy then GTFO. Don't stand here and bitch about your opinions and personal preferences that have no relevance to our discussion.

I've been a pixel artist for 7 years and I can tell you that it take a lot of talent to make stuff from scratch 100% of the time. I'm just in the place where I feel I can completely redo a base I find and still have it look good. Moreover this is how customs funsonaly work on sites like this. You make a base, you have options and people pick from them and if you've got balls you have full on custom slots with options from scratch. Thats how it works, that's how it's always worked and bitching about it now isn't going to change anything.

I've also noted here that you have a problem with bases or anything you perceive as coming from a base. We've butted heads on this before I believe. It's pretty shity to walk into someone elses thread and tar them down based on your stupid preference. If you don't like it then stuff it back down your windpipe and move right along.

With that said, I'd love to buy a cupcake.

Chocobo seemed to be a tad like that, really...they left when I first joined. (almost a year, now)
I regret to say I have not seen Toxxic in my time here, so I am not certain He'd hear you. Sowwy :(

*Offers a hug to Lilith and Toxxic*
I'd love to buy one...when I am not very low on cash.

Oh god, did I necro something...shit.
O n O

Sorry!