I kind of realized on my own that I needed to slow down on submitting Wilds. xD I'm a naturally speedy artist, even my Knuffel Bettamer only really took a few hours to make and most of that time was me derping around messing with different colors, not actually doing anything technical. But then I thought, I haven't been on this site for even a week yet, yet I have 4 Wilds out! I have no shortage of ideas, but Wilds take 30 days to retire, right? Have any ever even sold out? I figured I couldn't be the
only artist who's a Speedy Artzales, and making Wilds is a lot of fun. Designing them, coloring them, and seeing people enjoy them is really uplifting. But by submitting so many, I feel kind of guilty. I'm doing it because it's fun, not for money or anything like that, but every one I submit is one more to add to a growing list. Having so many to choose from is
nice, don't get me wrong, but it's a case of supply vs demand. If so many people are supplying, demand's going to go down. There's a surplus of Wilds, and I've noticed a lot of people mentioning they can't afford new ones that they want because so many good ones are being released but they can only make so much money from posting or games, and the popular Wilds have their prices increased by every person who DOES have enough! On top of that, you can't resubmit old Wilds once they retire, and if you release them they're gone forever. They can't be traded or adopted out to people who might otherwise want them.
I think slowing down is a good idea. I'm not saying to stifle anyone's creativity or anything, and I admit I'm one of the guilty parties (4 out, and I have sketches for at least 3 more), but maybe people should consider the community as a whole instead of just what THEY want? I mean yeah, I could submit a Knuffel every day if I WANTED, but would that really be the right thing to do, taking up pages and pages of JUST my knuffels? There'll always be people who ignore the logic of it all, but I think the decent-hearted artists who are in it for the fun of it will realize they need to pace themselves more.
Besides, if we keep people waiting for our designs that gives them time to want it more! ;D Like kids waiting in November for their presents that will come in December.
... Sorry for the wall of text. As one of the guilty parties I felt I had to comment.
