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bebe · Jan 16, 2011, 06:39 PM // 18:39

Congrats to those who placed! I am disappointed in some of the mentions on the website as a lot of great works I saw here.. )= Oh wells. T_T

Looks like the date for the party is a day I can attend.. yay ^^;

Verene · Jan 16, 2011, 07:24 PM // 19:24

Do we have a time for the party?

(and I actually don't know if I'll be on that day - this past few days at work's been very hectic so I don't know my schedule for this week yet ^^; )

Minami · Jan 16, 2011, 08:44 PM // 20:44

!!! PARTY DETAILS !!!

Wintersday Workshop Party:

Date: Saturday 22 jan 2011
Time: 12:01pm GMT - 00:01am GMT (sunday)
Location: Ice Tooth Cave (Prophecies, North/West Shiver Peaks)

Officials:
Tzu
Minami
Perynne
Arghore
Tommy

Dj's During the party:
Ptm
Gallo
Serine
Judge

SEE YOU THERE, EVERYONE! ^_^

EDIT: As soon as Tzu knows when she can be at the party, I'll write out the winners announcement times in another post

The first post will also be updated with the winners' names as we go along ^_^

Nemesis-of-the-Gods · Jan 16, 2011, 09:25 PM // 21:25

@Gemini: Alright, it being validated first by a moderator was probably what I read somewhere about restrictions. Thank you =]

@Tommy: Yeah I am just looking for in-game money so no worries there. And thank you too.

@Minami: Thank you, it was very helpful and I will reply to it soon as well (after I reply to everyone here

)

@Verene: That's one thing that I am really hung up on, is that I absolutely don't know how much to price my art for. I don't want to either cut myself short in not getting enough payment and I don't want to cut others off by making them pay too much than what my art is worth too. Since in-game money has a completely different value than real life money, I am not sure how to price it. (I've never really been too great at pricing things in real life either XD )
Maybe you could help me with that somehow?

Also, about the Party: I will be attending, though if I am correct 12:01 p.m. GMT is about 4:01 a.m. PST?? That's bright and early for sure XD
So I would show up anywhere between 4 a.m. and 4 p.m. here, am I correct? Because I certainly do not want to miss out on the awesome party! ^^

Verene · Jan 16, 2011, 09:42 PM // 21:42

Nemesis - it's tricky. I was doing stuff for between 10k-40k, and since I was doing chibis on the lower end of the price range and those were popular at the time, I had a bunch of requests for chibi art which didn't necessarily take less time to make than something I was charging more for. As a result I realized that with the time I was taking on those drawings, I could have farmed 3-4 times that much money (and I'm not a heavy-duty farmer by any means - I farm feathers for most of my income in-game). I could have charged much more for my stuff, but I tend to be a bit down on my abilities.

Most people do 'tiers', I suppose you can say - like "for this much, I'll do this. For that amount, I'll do that.", with simple stuff being cheaper and more complex things being more expensive.

And then there are always going to be a few people who will pay any amount for art, and there's something of a tradition of tipping artists here as well. Being as there's not many people taking commissions at the moment, I'm pretty sure you can price however you want and have no troubles. Just keep in mind the time investment for each drawing, and see what other people have been charging recently.

Arghore · Jan 17, 2011, 02:34 AM // 02:34

Just to make something clear, which, now i see it again, might be read wrong ... the party lasts for 12h from saterday 12:01h pm GMT till 24:00h pm GMT on Saterday ... perhaps i should have made the time 23:59h GMT just to make sure the time could not be misunderstood ... (so incase you wondered, its not lasting untill 23:59h on sunday) ... the rest of the info is right though

GW-EN will help us out with music, 'on air' trivia and announcements of the WorkShop Winners
And there will be some additional entertainment

Hope you all can make it, if only for a lil while, we kept the timewindow as large as possible to give every timezone a chance to come hang out, on a 'hopefully for most people' free day ...

@Nemisis, you are correct, show up anywhere in those 12h and join the fun

Chicken of the Seas · Jan 17, 2011, 04:40 AM // 04:40

Unfortunately I don't think I'll be able to make it, as its kinda early and I have work that morning. =P

Verene · Jan 17, 2011, 05:11 AM // 05:11

Yay I am off that day and hence will be at the party. Not the entire time, mind, since it starts at 6am my time, but at least for the second half of it I'll be there ^^

What district are we taking over, though? International 1, like we have in the past?

Perynne · Jan 17, 2011, 06:43 AM // 06:43

Oooh, I think I'll be able to come hang out for most of the party. :3 Looking forward to it!

@Nemesis: When I was doing commissions, I priced things according to about how long they'd take to do. A full-colour, full body, detailed background drawing was around or over 100k; a coloured bust drawing with a simple background around 40-50k.
The pricing should really depend on what you think your own work is worth. Some people ask for more, some people less, and you won't know what will work best for you until you open up your commission thread. You should also remember that there are quite a few people here with extra money who are willing to pay high prices for a commission. So, perhaps set some base price for a drawing style that comes easily to you, and then also let people suggest their own ideas and what they'd be willing to pay for it?
I've found that people in Nolani tend to be very fair when it comes to payment. There are occasional lurker visitors who don't know the "unwritten rules" about commissioning, but if you do commissions to the regulars here you can expect to get a fair price for your work.

Thistle Xandra · Jan 17, 2011, 07:31 AM // 07:31

Looking forward to the party, yay! BTW Pery and Minami, I still haven't synched up with Tzu to give my donation, are you collecting them, too, or should I just wait until the party (I would probably show up mid-way since I'm PST)?

Perynne · Jan 17, 2011, 07:34 AM // 07:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thistle Xandra

Looking forward to the party, yay! BTW Pery and Minami, I still haven't synched up with Tzu to give my donation, are you collecting them, too, or should I just wait until the party (I would probably show up mid-way since I'm PST)?

You can give the donation to us too, and we will make sure it'll get to the party. Minami is the main Keeper of Prizes so you should try contacting her first, and then if you're unable to match up times for meeting ingame I can help out too.

InfestedHydralisk · Jan 17, 2011, 08:21 AM // 08:21

I will definitly be there, unless I have a super hangover or something; which I rarely have anyway so I'm good!

@Verene; yeah probably ID1.

GeminiJuSa · Jan 17, 2011, 01:36 PM // 13:36

I'll go party even if I have a hangover

(thought I dunno how I'd get one since I don't drink... but oh well ;P)

Arghore · Jan 17, 2011, 04:53 PM // 16:53

humbugs, i forgot to include the district in my email to Minami !! ...

luckely you guys allready guessed where it's going to be, International District 1 of Ice tooth cave ...

Penguin oO · Jan 17, 2011, 05:48 PM // 17:48

My first loss (sad face)
is something wrong with my internet? i cant seem to find zidane, Minami, Tommy's, Perynne work on gw winners page

i will try to come to the party if i don't forget

Flying Ninja Monk · Jan 17, 2011, 06:26 PM // 18:26

Ooh party sounds fun!

Thanks a bunch arghore, for organizing, and thanks to those who donated!

Uhm just thought i'd say, for those of you that got tonics, i found someone called Audrey Valencia trying to buy an el reindeer :P I think i really shouldn't have mentioned that , but hey, sue me

Other than that...see y'all at the party...and how on earth are you going to know who's who? I mean i don't have any chars called Flying Ninja MOnk, for example

Tommy's · Jan 17, 2011, 06:32 PM // 18:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flying Ninja Monk

Other than that...see y'all at the party...and how on earth are you going to know who's who? I mean i don't have any chars called Flying Ninja MOnk, for example

Most of us already know who's who. But you can most of the time reconize people by the character they get character art for

So for me its Lucy Gwyneth, for Frostkisses its well uh.. Frost Kisses

So on so on. But just ask if you don't know, we won't bite

And when people join it its mostly like everyone goes Hey <person> so then you know

Verene · Jan 17, 2011, 06:41 PM // 18:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flying Ninja Monk

Ooh party sounds fun!

Thanks a bunch arghore, for organizing, and thanks to those who donated!

Uhm just thought i'd say, for those of you that got tonics, i found someone called Audrey Valencia trying to buy an el reindeer :P I think i really shouldn't have mentioned that , but hey, sue me

Other than that...see y'all at the party...and how on earth are you going to know who's who? I mean i don't have any chars called Flying Ninja MOnk, for example

They already PMed me asking if I'd sell mine, and I've gotten several whispers in-game asking to sell it. Seriously, let me get it first

And while not everyone goes by their character names on here we generally figure out who is who pretty easily. Otherwise just go "Hey I'm FNM

" when you arrive ^^

(also I'm dragging my boyfriend with me to the party - he was going to enter but didn't have time to unfortunately)

InfestedHydralisk · Jan 17, 2011, 07:12 PM // 19:12

Well, if you see someone walking around with a Starcraft name, that would be me.

Death By An Arrow · Jan 17, 2011, 08:08 PM // 20:08

12pm GMT is 7AM Est right?
i... likely wont have anything that day, so I'll try and stop on by. I can atleast try to make it to each prize announcement.