Image Designer Archive

I moved to SWG from AC with several friends. After 4 years of hack-and-slash, I took ID because I didn't like the way I looked after I created the character but didn't want to restart. As it turns out, I really enjoy ID. Gives me a chance to socialize and be creative without killing mobs all the time.

One time I was in the middle of Dathomir with my favorite Twi'lek friend and a couple other characters go running by. The quickly stop and come back to us and ask if I can change their hairdo's. Didn't take long to find stlyes they liked and I got a 10k tip from each of them. Turned to my Twi'lek friend and grinned when I told her the tip amount.

Another time I was at the Imp base on Lok. Got a tell asking if I could give a complete makeover to someone. Told them where I was and that it would be a while before I got back to civilization (this was way before mounts and player cities). They said they'd come to me and I let them know it was going to be a long run but they agreed to come out. About an hour later they show up and give me full control over the changes. When we were done they got exactly what they wanted and tipped me 45k.

Had a regular customer in Bestine that asked me to make her up for her wedding.

Those that appreciate our work really make my day. Those that don't get run off when I tell them my typical rate. swg.atomicspacekitty.com has been a life saver. When I have a bunch of people lined up, I give them the site and "suggest" they look at the site to narrow down what they want done by giving them a discount if they tell me exactly what they want. Works like a charm.

Now I just need to figure out what to do with all this apprentiship XP.

Safe travels,

Lution - Master ID, Starsider

I know I'm unknown on these boards, but I couldn't resist.

I think my best experience with Image Design was on myself. I gave myself green skin (I'm a Twi'lek), max height and muscle, and a short, black haircut, with some purple shorts I bought. About a week before Halloween I became the Incredible Hulk (I had to use the exploit, but I'm sure you would have at least giggled if you saw the Hulk exotic dancing).

While I've had my share of the bad customers mentioned, the worst was on Dathomir. People never seem to realize that, while I may have been an Image Designer, I do have other skills. I was out fighting in the middle of one of the most dangerous planets when I get, "hey, i need a haircut" (imagine the typos). I politely informed him that I was hunting on Dathomir and couldn't simply hop back to the outpost. He simply repeats the same line again, so I do the same. After two or three times of this, he proceeds to call me a string of profanities questioning my sexuality (I'm also a male). I told him I hope he never gets his hair changed, and contacted all the Image Designers I knew at the time so that they would avoid him.

In all, I had a lot of fun with this job, and I hope to pick it up again (I dropped most of it so I could master Teras Kasi; I started getting way too many customers like the latter, and it became no fun). Oh, and I hope Gothika doesn't mind that I refer people to her when they ask for things I can't do any longer. She probably doesn't even remember me, seeing as I spend all my time in Ios on Dantooine.

OMG! That explains my sudden rash of customers asking me to come to Dantooine!

I have recently started working as an ID and it's... well... interesting.

You do get to meet interesting people.

I have not yet worried too much about tipping... as a novice ID I think it's fair with 1-5K tipping, which is what I usually get (from about 8 customers so far).

Onewas a bit guarded;started out, "You're going to make me pay, aren't you?". And he was both rude, and impatient, and annoying. Hedid not accept any changes unless they were to be permanent, so I didn't get any xp from the job either so I wasn't very happy about him,but I guess I'm too nice; I finished the job. Turned out he tipped fairly well, though, to my surprise, but I still didn't like the guy.

Another ran on extremely sub-par specs (half of minimum requirements) and coudln't even see her own face. I suggested some improvements, which she accepted, without a clue how they looked. I think I did a good job; nicer eyebrows, some eye shading, darker lipstick... it fit her outfit much better than the old setup. Good tipper, if nervous; I liked the end result.

One guy seemed unable to make up his mind; he asked me to go through each hairstyle (screaming "NEXT!" all the time) while also saying "NO! I'm a ranger! LOTR ranger!" which supposedly meant I was to go through certain hairstyles only, somehow. A bit annoying but he mellowed out a bit after a while.

It is a very different profession from many others. I'm a jack of all trades, really, with both scout, rifleman, brawler, artisan,armorsmith, medic,entertainer and image designer, and usually displayed combat or artisan titles. (I recently axed armorsmith andbrawler for the skill points, and medic is going next). Butanyway, I switched to my ID title and got swamped in tells. Literally, and I'm just a novice! After a few customers I had toturn off my ID title, I couldn't get anything else done.

To my surprise I find it's a very fun profession, more so than I expected, I get to meet a lot of people and I can be creative.

Oh yes, and you *REALLY* do get to meet weird people.

(Falaris, on Corbantis)

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Khardis wrote:

One guy seemed unable to make up his mind; he asked me to go through each hairstyle (screaming "NEXT!" all the time) while also saying "NO! I'm a ranger! LOTR ranger!" which supposedly meant I was to go through certain hairstyles only, somehow.

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Lol, that SO cracked me up, we all know what the LOTR ranger hairstyle looks like right?

For future reference, I found this little LOTS ranger guy with a VERY sexy style:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3165208628&category=20913

... And things get better.

I'm at the wedding of these two lovely people - who by the way allowed me to partake in the festivities, including the raffle of 2 holos (no, I didn't win). As things were winding down, I get a tell from a friend who told me "we're doing that all male revue again, guys dancing in hot pants, wanna come". Ummm HELLYEAH!!! With a few quick goodbyes I scampered onto my speederbike!

Now, all these boys were in need of some serious work (one of whom, however, was an ID/tailoring client of mine and looked fabulous). I gave tans, I gave hairdos, facial hair, it was like christmas (oh wait, I mean hanukkah)! And every one of them tipped me 4-5k for the littlest thing - which hell I didn't care, I was at the party. One boy was particularly stubborn and refused help for either his girly waist or his tan. Ah well.

This explained, too, why one of my customers had suddenly bought out all my hotpants last week. I thought he was giving them to his girlfriend lol. They are now ordering hotpants by (I kid you not) the *crate*.

Anyway, they do this every week on Saturdays. I'm there, dude!

Hehe, I have another fun little story. Why do I get all the strange customers?

I love Bloodfin.

Anyway, I'm running through Bestine the other day and I receive a /tell. "Are you still an Image Designer?"

"Yes, I am. What can I do for you?"

"Well, my friend just created his character and he would like a new hairstyle. Can you help him out? I'll pay you for your time."

So, I make my way over to the cantina and dig my way through the AFKers to the back. There is a Mon Cal standing next to his human friend. They invite me into the group. The human says, "I know exactly which hairstyle I want. I want the slicked back spikes."

So, I give him the hairstyle he wants. Takes two seconds. I ask him if he or his friend would like anything else done, do a few more easy changes, and his friend tips me 30k!? I am quite pleased. As I am leaving, I start hearing things about a jedi in the cantina putting on shows. I quickly glance around to see if I can spot him. And who do I see with a lightsabre? That's right. My customer.

I guess even Jedi have an urge to look good.

Yesterday on Gorath...(translated from german into english)

C:Client

M:myself

C:Hey, are you free at the moment?

M: Sure, what do you want?

C: I want to get rid of my tef

M: Lol, I can't do this.

C: Oh, you guys suck.

M:Well, then don't bother me!

C:No, wait, I want to get my hair cut then

Mk, let's meet in Kordia(playercity on gorath) in 5mins

CK

......5mins later.....

M:Hi!

C:Hi there!

......XXX joins your group....

Mk, do you have a certain idea of what you want?

C:No, just show me everything you can do

M:Lol, that's supposed to be a choke

C:No, i'll tip you 5k

M:Hey, I'm not that insane to show you all hairstyles (he was human male)

Ck, then just cut my hair

M:Which style do you want then?

C:None, just cut it shorter...Let's say....3cm shorter! And fast! I have other things to do...

.....the group has been disbanded.....

M:You waste my time. Go to swg.warcry.com and have a look at all hairstyles.

C:YOU STAY HERE MOTHERF*****G SON OF A DIRTY BI**H!!!.....(goes on like this for a few minutes)

M:Welcome to my ignore list! PS: You've been reported for harrassement!

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My funniest story was the guy who came in and wanted to be made as ugly as possible. He was already at maximum weight, and also wanted the most dodgy moustache I could find, a comb-over made to look as greasy as possible (so I also darkened it), a big nose, big ears, as pallid a flesh tone as possible, freckles, and yellow eyes. He then set his mood to Happy, which made him look extra-freaky.

Worse, he's constantly in guild chat talking about how sexy he is...

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mmaughme wrote:

My funniest story was the guy who came in and wanted to be made as ugly as possible. He was already at maximum weight, and also wanted the most dodgy moustache I could find, a comb-over made to look as greasy as possible (so I also darkened it), a big nose, big ears, as pallid a flesh tone as possible, freckles, and yellow eyes. He then set his mood to Happy, which made him look extra-freaky.

Worse, he's constantly in guild chat talking about how sexy he is...

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You know, I think I've seen him in the Coronet cantina

I'll start with my most annoying and move on to my best:

I was just finishing up a hunting trip out on Dathomir when I get a /tell from a guy:

C: Good afternoon, are you Aime Twine, the Master Image Designer that frequents Coronet?

Me: Yes, sir, though I am off planet at the moment, how can I help you?

C: I have been hired to locate a skilled Image Consultant for a customer of mine, his name is XXX if you will contact him as soon as possible.

Me: Alright, thank you. I will.

So I message the customer:

Me: Hello, XXX asked that I contact you for an image consultation.

C: kin u chang my tat?

Me: Sure, as long as you are Zabrak. What do you have in mind?

C: camo, lik army desert tan.

Me: Alright, I can do that color, the style we will have to look at, they are all symmertrical, nothing like camo.

C: k, meet on lok

Me: I am a little far from there, on Dathomir at present, how about if I meet you on Naboo? Moenia, or Theed?

C: theed

I proceed to make the turbo shuttle hops to get through Tyrenia and on to Theed. After I load, standing in front of me is XXX the human. *sigh*

Me: Nothing I can do for you tatoowise, you are human, only Zabrak can have tatoos.

C: u said u can fix.

Me: I also said as long as you are Zabrak, I am sorry, I would love to help you.

C: nevermnd i found someone to do it

I do a search and sure enough another Master ID shows up. So I /tell her:

Me:Have you heard from XXX about a tatoo?

ID: Yes, he's on the way. Why? Did he stiff you?

Me: No, he's human.

And finally, a contact from the customer once more:

C: dmn u! u told her not to help

/addignore XXX

I did contact the 'headhunter' back and it turns out this guy paid 50k for the name of an Image Designer to give him a tatoo.

My best customer was a referral from someone in my guild. She was clothes shopping and told someone to contact me, which he did. I met with him a few days later and that started a cascade that has been responsible for at least a half million credits in ID services and about twenty new friends, of which he is a dear one. The credits are incidental, but the friendships that have come out of it are a real prize.

Heh, I love generous people. The best experience I've has was:

C: Can you make me fat as possible?
M: Sure no problem!

*makes customer really fat*

C: Thanks thats just what I wanted! You people are really great, we need more of you.

M: Well, I know I try my best and those other non-hologrinding IDs surley do the same.

C: Well thanks again, I'll send you a tell if I need anything else.

M: Sure sounds great.

*You have recieved 50,000 Bank credits from xxxxxx

50K for making someone fat.