Posted at 2014-07-22 12:05:37 — Link
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Welcome to the Skin Swap Thread!
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Have a custom skin you want to share, but don't want it going to an inactive user or the portal/pound? Want to share your skin designs but limit the amount of them given out and which pets get colored with them in order to make them more special? Or are you looking to collect a bunch of unique skins in order to make your stables a little more colorful?
Well, this is the place for you!
The basis of the Skin Swap thread is to allow artists with private skins to share them with other artists in return for their own custom skins, or even just to share their private skins to a limited number of users who they chose.
This is NOT a place to beg for skins. Art theft is unacceptable, and both sides have to agree to a swap before it can occur.
Rules:
1- NO art theft! Though the site does a lot to prevent this, design theft is enough to get you black-listed here.
2- Both sides must agree to the trade/swap. Meaning, you can't just say you want that artists's private skin and continously badger them even if they decline the trade.
3- Obey the individual artist's requests for the skin.
4- Do not spam or beg artists for designs- unless you have a rainbow jar and a custom skin to swap, you should not make a request.
How It Will Work:
Each side must have a rainbow jar.
The artists will then color a pet with the 'wanted' custom skin; The pets involved should be agreed upon and supplied individually by both sides- each side will send the other the pet that they want colored to the other party.
Once the custom skin is applied, the pets will be traded back to their original owners.
Then, the swap will be completed.
Artists' Rules:
In the artists's archives, each artist will offer the skins they will swap and what their conditions are. (For example, if they want a custom skin in return or only allow Hero grade 2 pets to have that coloration, etc..)
I understand everyone has a right to do whatever they want with a pet once they own it, but out of respect for fellow artists, I would request that the users using the swap follow their' swap partner's rules.
Rudeness can get you black-listed from the thread.
You should not sell any of these pets! If you recieve a pet with a private custom skin from another user. you should use a Gray Jar from the state store to remove the coloration before you pound/sell/portal the pet unless you have the skin's artist's approval.
How to Join:
Joining is rather easy! Just post a link to the different skins you would be willing to offer and what their requirements would be. ^^
For example:
"I'd like to join!
Users may contact me via both mail and posting here on the thread.
This is my design: {Link}
I'd like the requirements to be:
-It must only be used on wild pets.
-They should only have positive stats.
-I'm willing to trade it for private skins for cockatrices only.
-The rules for this skin apply to just this one-
my other designs will have other rules."
This is just an example, mind you.
Each design can have its own stipulations and rules, or you can make the rules the same for all your designs.
Artists have the right to remove their design from the swap thread at any point in time!
How to Make a Swap Request:
Each artist in the archive should be willing to either recieve messages from other users or at least check the thread for updates.
The way to request a swap depends largely on the user offering the designs to trade. You should have a pet that fits their rules and the rainbow jar on hand- It's kind of a supply your own needs type deal, since both sides will have to be ready.
Back and forth contact between both sides is a good idea. For now, since the thread is still starting out, posting or mailing should work fine. This may change later on if this thread grows.
