#controversal ych opinion

[neververy4]

Controversal YCH opinion

Been thinking about this one fora bit, posting about it here as well as on my FORUM and COHOST.

So, furry YCH's. Your Character Here. An artist draws a sketch of some vague characters, and you pay that artist to make those vague character shapes into your character. A simple concept.

Why are seemingly most of the (digital) YCH's single use ones? One person pays, gets the art, and the artist never uses the base again? Like.. You have this premade base. Part of the work, posing refs and viewing angles and basic body atonomy, is already done. All you need to do is shape the rough outline into a specific character and you have both an artpiece and a satisfied customer. Look, as an aspiring artist, I would like to have a few YCH's that are always-avaiable asides from the normal commissions for many reasons:

- As already mentioned, part of the work is done. I can sell a YCH for less than a normal commissiom because of that. Customer gets cheaper art, I get an easier piece to do. In fact, the more I do a specific YCH the easier it gets. Getting accustomed to drawing the same posing and angles, with minor character variances.

- I can have cool extra things, such as a detailed pre-drawn background. Detailed backgrounds usually cost a good chunk more to add, and for good reason. But if the YCH already has one specifuc detailed background? Well I've already made it, no need to draw it again. And the customer doesn't have to pay extra for it either; add it on at a big discount, spread the price of the one detailed background over multiple commissions

Me and a friend got a YCH like this awhile back. Consisted of a headshot of one character, and a full body of another. The artist had already done about 40 of this YCH already, and for us? both characters were a total of $40USD. Artist got it done within 5 hours after payment. $40USD and a 5 hour turnaround is SUCH an impressive feat, I'm still pleased. Would love to do that again.

Anyways, I don't understand the point of single use (digital) YCH's. That, and for the real controversal take, I think Single-Use YCH Auctions are borderline scamish. You have this partially made image that you make people fight over, and only the highest bidder can get it before the base is never seen again. Anyways what are other people's thoughts on this?