Image Designer Archive
Thread: What's your favorite/least favorite thing to do as an ID?
Other than that, I rather enjoy working on Mon Cals. I rarely get requests for it, and it's so much fun for me to try out different skin colors/marking colors/patterns. 
Mon Cals are my very favorites, they're SO cute and fun to work on.
My favorite thing is customers that RP, being on kettemoor you would think there would be more. (Only about 1 out of 10RP)
My Least favorite is paint by #sIDs, and really been getting on my nerves (had 4 last night)
"give mehair style #29"
Sir_Voor wrote:
You'd think on the unofficial RP server…. Oh well, I've got a fun ID job lined up for tonight that should bring my two favorite things together: RP and a near-full makeover. (Turning an old customer into his own father for a few days for RP reasons—yay! ) Sometimes I scare myself with the horridness we are capable of..."Can u make my boobs bigger?"
/sigh "No, you're maxed."
"I thought you ID's could make them bigger!"
/sigh "Not any bigger than at character creation."
You just know that one was a guy, right?
Not so good: Zabrak "d00ds" that bash on every horn/hair style and tatt style you offer. These also tend to be the same type that say "No! Not that one" and "Next" after every offer.
Favorite: Hairstyles, Skin color, eye colors!
Reason: Because hair, skin color and eyes truly define a character. If the person wants me to just go wild on them, I'll give them the look of a lifetime by only changing their hair, skin color and eyes!!
Least favorite: Any face deformation and weight.
Reason: Honestly... why would someone want their character obese? I hate it when someone asks me to make them fat... it's like they just want their character to look weird and need me as someone that's just a Master Image Designer and not someone who is reconized for my skills. And face I sorta hate too because it's so anoying. It's hard to find a perfect look for someone, so I usually just put everything to 0 and they are happy with it.
Jentari wrote:
My all time favorites are the "ugly customers!" And not the ones that walk in ugly,
I almost never get paid well for these, because it's usually a new character with no money. But they're so much fun to do, and they always walk away looking very happy, that I can't help but want the next one to come along for the same thing I could NOT let myself do this... mainly because I don't trust anyone with my 'toon besides me, LOL. I've been dragging my feet through my last box of med crafting, and my RP brother offered to login for me and finish it, which I ordinarily would jump at because I. HATE. CRAFTING. But I'm scared to death he'll get a "makeover" done on me as a joke... I would be highly traumatized.
theshuuji wrote:
I actually really like the ones that walk up just UGLY. I absolutely love having randomized people come up and just let me work my magic on them
This is why, when I start a new character, I like to do them random and ugly. Then, when I get some money together, I can go to an ID, and just let them go to town
Favourite: being able to change my looks to match my outfits. I often change my (female) entertainer character's hair to match what she's wearing. If it's an elegant ballgown, pin the hair up, or go for the "poofy" look. If she's "off duty", a pony tail. If she's out in her leathers kicking azz, the cornrows. And that's just hair!
Least favourite: people who don't respond to "how's that?" comments when asking for something new. Yes, I appreciate that you might be semi-afk, speaking to somebody else or even suffering from lag, but I'd much rather somebody simply refused a hairstyle THEN explained why they didn't like it, rather than have me standing tapping my foot...
And the other, most hated thing is people who don't tip. I don't mean people who can't afford it. I mean people who ask for extensive work then don't even bother to tip you or - worse yet - argue when you ask for payment. Normally you can tell when people are new to the game and I don't charge for ID when that's the case. Or if somebody says "An image designer changed my eye colour! Can you change it back to dark blue for me, please?" (or whatever) and, after a couple of simple clicks, they're happy. But people who waste my time and then don't think to offer compensation for the 10+ minutes I've spent showing them every single hairstyle really annoy me.