Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL

Subject: Asking for honest comments for my character

jamminwolf opened this issue on May 23, 2015 · 215 posts

duanemoody posted Mon, 01 June 2015 at 3:20 AM

Hey guys,

I was just wondering why my sales of the latest two character products, Tina Perez by me & Temptest3d http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/tina-perez-for-v4-s4/109408/ and Reese Sisters by me & P3Design http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/reese-sisters/103863/ are suddenly down.  

I'm going to apologize in advance here for my honesty because while tact isn't my strong point, hurting your feelings isn't my idea of a good time either. 

  1. Tina's random, arbitrary features draw attention to themselves individually rather than contributing to a character design as a whole and the overall effect is jarring… except on the goth, where the makeup manages to play to and compensate for most of it. Had the character been marketed exclusively wearing that makeup, I have a feeling she would have sold much better, and she wouldn't have been the first V4 character to pull off that trick. If a texture doesn't flatter your character, don't render them in it and reconsider why you'd bundle it with the character.
  2. Lack of any nude renders. Unless the subject's a minor, it's a reasonable requirement to show complete textures and how breasts/buttocks are sculpted. Tight clothing and/or descriptives are not a substitute. I won't buy a character without nude renders because I assume the vendor's not taking it seriously.
  3. Too many expressionless, staring faces. Besides looking creepy, they don't advertise the expressive range your characters have. You're a character designer, show character. Smile. Cry. Snarl. 
  4. Surnames on characters. I dislike this and wonder how alone I am in that regard. Some things should be left to your customers' imaginations. 
  5. Trailer trash outfits on characters standing next to their 13 year old sister. As of now all your promotional renders take place in Ohio in the month of October, and no one 13 years old gets to wear adult textures with heavy cosmetics on them. No shirts with boob holes you could pass a Schnauzer through.
  6. Quantity over quality. So many morphs for the Reese sisters that they can't be squeezed into the renders, superfluous tramp stamp tattoo MATs… I have never had a character purchase decision be tipped by how many textures, MATs or alternate morphs came with it.  

Invest time in presentation and more focused, intentional character design. If your free time requires you to choose between the two, Renderosity has a service to do your product presentation for you.