_dodger opened this issue on Jan 11, 2003 ยท 61 posts
_dodger posted Sat, 11 January 2003 at 1:50 AM
I have a lot of projects in the works at various stages of completion, various proximity to the backburner, and so on. Problem is, I think I have something like low-resolution ADD or something. BY way of explanation, regular ADD means a pperson can't sit through an entire music video without getting bored and doing something else. Bad example. Most music videos aren't worth sitting through. Most music videos are rap. But you get the idea. A single cartoon is like reading Gone with the Wind to a regular ADD sufferer. That's high-res ADD. My concept of low res ADD is that you can easily spend hours working on one thing, but you'd better get it done in one or two sessions of sitting there for hours, or you'll never get back to it. Based on this, I have to admit that it's ironic that Oils are my favourite painting medium. But I digress. Anyway, I have a number of modelling projects in the works at various stages of cmpletion. I said that already. But I had to get back to the point. I don't know which I should really focus on. I'd like to say that Market Research is a help, but I don't know that it is. This is because the first time I submitted something to DAZ, it was my Scarecrow, and they said that they didn't think there was a market for it because sales of the Halloween Heads for Mike sucked. So I sold it here, and it went over really well. Really, really well. So much for market research. Or maybe it's the fact that mine was creepy and the halloween head Mike looked like Mike with a basketball on his head. I dunno. Well, this is a list of the projects, and I'd like to get sugestions from as many people as possible for what I should place my focus on after I finish the DLKII and DLKIII (Dungeon Lighting Kits II and III). The remaining DLKs are priority one, as I am most of the way done with them, but the rest are up in the air. This is non-free stuff, BTW. Free stuff is a whole different set. Projects: Ghul (backburner, head modelled, body modelled but I'm going to scrap it): Original skinny freak figure with conforming internal skeleton and rip-off-flesh morphs, est. time to complete, long time. Saloon (backburner, half-modelled): Complete western saloon set including multipart posable prop arrangement and multipiece construction. Red Dragon (backburner, some modelling done): original posable dragon figure designed to look like the Red Dragon entry in the first edition Monster Manual I, only with better wings. Dungeon Geomorphs I (beta, needs new texturing 'cause I'm unhappy with the textures): set of arrangeable dungeon set props with various room types, etc. Space Knight (half finished): clothing and prop set for jedi-esque costume with hooded robes, gi-type costume, boots, trousers, belt, etc. Working camera set (proof-of-concept ready): set of functioning cameras with flash or flood and functioning cameras attached to the props so they actually work. Boid and Colubrid character packs for Noggin's python (some texture reference gathered, backburner): photorealistic textures and MTs for various boid and colubrid snakes for Noggin's python including Burmese Python, Reticulated Python, Rainbow Boa, Emerald Tree Boa, Jungle Carpet Python, Glass Lizard, Hog-nosed Snake, Corn Snake, King Snake, and Columbian Red-Tail Boa, plus some alternate morphs (ahh, that is 'morphs' in the herpetological sense: AKA phases). Ferret (projected, reference gathered and squirming in cage). Baboon (reference gathered, projected). My wife (reference sitting on sofa watching HBO) DertyAngel's Sword Set (reference gathered): set of weapons designed by DertyAngel. (DA, you don't get to vote for this B^P ) Anhkheg (some modelling done several times): fully articulated original monster. Kangaroo (some modelling). Basilisk (some modelling, D&D style not Harry Potter style). So what's going to sell? What stuff would people buy? What should I be focusing my attention on?