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What should Aldana do next?

elemental edits (wind, fire, etc) 0.46153846153846 46.2% [ 24 ]
male versions of female edits and vice versa 0.23076923076923 23.1% [ 12 ]
a cosplay (please suggest one specifically) 0.13461538461538 13.5% [ 7 ]
a way to get edits for free? (me: go in the freakin' mystery edit contest!) 0.17307692307692 17.3% [ 9 ]
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The Mystery Edit contest is now on! Check the third post for details.

Welcome to the re-opening of Aldana's Avatar Alterations. I really should write something witty here, but my brain is frozen right now.

If you're looking for an extremely high degree of skill in avie editing... you're in the wrong place. I know a number of skilled editors to refer you to. However, if you want a moderately proficient editor with reasonable prices, I'm your foxgirl. (Please don't let this paragraph dissuade you from ordering. I'm okay as is, and getting better all the time.)

Edits I'm actually working on: female earth elemental hair

Edits I've a clear idea on what to do: elemental edits, cleaning up some ideas I'd thrown around

Edits coming hopefully soon: more male clothing and hair, spring-, summer-, or autumn-related clothing, cosplays if anyone can suggest one


Contents
Introduction and contents
Rules and how to order
Mystery edit and custom edits
Clothing
Hairs
Other edits
Links
About me
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People

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Rules:
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- Pomeranians are the cutest dogs ever. If you can disagree with that statement after seeing pictures of them, keep it to yourself.
- My signature stays on the edit.
- Ordering one edit means that ONE person can use it.
- Anybody gushing about that emo whiny Sasuke will have five yappy Shih Tzus sicced on them. And those things are LOUD. *lives next door to one*
- Stealers will be reported and have their sorry derriere flamed to the other side of the known universe.
Of course, all normal Gaian rules are still applicable.

WITWBTFAQs:
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What the HECK does WITWBTFAQ mean?
It means, What I Think Will Be The Frequently Asked Questions, as nobody has actually ASKED any of this stuff yet.

What's with the title?
Aldana's Avatar Alterations? I liked the alliteration of it. 'Alteration' is a synonym for 'edit', and it starts with an A.

Does this stuff go on my actual avatar?
No. You put it in your signature, or in your journal, or your avie edit collection thread.... Or you can just save it to your computer and admire its beauty.

I don't have gold! Will you give me an edit for free?
I'll give a free edit only if you meet one or more of the following conditions: I really like you and want to give you a gift; you're paying with art or an edit; you're paying with an item I want of equivalent value; I'm feeling random; or you hypnotise me. If you're looking for how to get more gold, go to the Q&A forum.

How do you make edits?
Slowly, with MS Paint, and when I'm supposed to be doing homework.

Would you teach me how to make edits?
No! I'm still learning myself. And believe me, you don't want me to teach you ANYTHING. If you want to learn, I can send you some links to tutorials.

How do I order?
Keep reading.

Wanna trade links?
Depends whether I like your shop or not.

This doesn't answer my question!
Then ASK it, for Pete's sake! I don't bite. Much.


How to order:
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- DO NOT PM ME UNLESS I ASK YOU TO!
- Post your order here; include what you want, the base you want it on (image or link, doesn't matter), recolouring if any, and the total price.
- Send the trade. If you don't, I shall ignore it.
- When I've completed the edit, I'll confirm the trade and send the edit to you.
- Finish the trade to pay for it, or I'll -- well, let's just say that it'll be unpleasant.

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Mystery edit
Finally got this done!

So here's how it works. I post an edit that I've done here. You try to guess what it's of. All I'm telling you is that you can find the reference picture(s) on the internet. Once you think you know what it is, PM me with your guess. You're only allowed one guess per edit. If you think you know the reference picture, send it as well; you won't be penalized for the wrong ref.

After one, maybe two people -- the number is liable to change at my discretion -- have gotten it right, then I'll PM everyone back and tell them if they were wrong, close, or right. The first person to get it right definitely wins the prize; people after that, they might or they might not, it depends on the turnout.

What is the prize? Other than bragging rights, you get that complete edit as your own, and the parts of it (like the hair, eyes, clothes, whatever) for no extra charge on up to three edits.

You ready? Here goes.
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Custom edits
Yes, I do customs. Without making you pay a ninja headband.

The price of a custom edit is determined by the equation:
e(1.5f+d)+x

Don't understand it? Here's an explanation.
"F" is the original price of something; so, 150g for clothing, 100g for wings, etc. The "1.5f" means that, at the simplest, you pay half as much more for having a custom edit. The "d" variable stands for difficulty; a hard edit will cost you more. "E" is its exclusivity. If you don't mind it being shared, e=1; no extra cost. If you want it to be for you only, then e=2; you pay twice as much. "X" is the random factor, and can be either positive or negative. This takes into account my current mood, whether I had fun doing this edit, what exactly I was supposed to be doing while I was editing, and a whole bunch of stuff.

Confused? Probably. But it makes sense to me, and I'm the one figuring it out.

How to order
Unlike other edits, you don't have to send the trade first. What you DO do, is post what you want. Be specific. Give reference, if you have it. Provide a base unless what you want me to edit IS the base. (If you don't give a base, and it's something on tektek, I will laugh at you and ignore your order.)

When I've finished the edit -- which can take between one day and a month, depending -- I'll PM you stating the price. You then send the trade to me, like a regular order. If you don't pay, unless you have a REALLY good reason, you go on my blacklist.

Making a base
So, you want a base that's you instead of a tektek'd skin colour and eyes? Not only do I do premade hairs, ears, and wings, I'll also edit a base for you; changing the eyes, adding a marking, whatever. The cost is variable (making new eyes will cost around 100g while doing serious modifications to the avatar structure will be proportionally higher).

If you're interested, post the order as you would a custom: give me all the info, I'll work on it, and tell you the price when I'm done.

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Clothing

The base price for each clothing is 250g.
Recolouring costs 75g for simple (eg, changing the underskirt on Lady to a different colour), and 150g for complex (like having the edges of something a different colour).
Alterations in an edit (using the sleeves of one edit on another, say) can range from free to 100g. Ask me before ordering.
Changing a male to a female edit, and vice versa, costs 150g.
Edits with a * behind them have an alternate version. If you want it, be sure to specifically state so.

Female edits:
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Butterflies - Eowyn - Lady - Lida - Medy - Valkyrie - Volcano
Tel - Fire - Datura * - Earth


Male edits:
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Winter - Fae - Queth - Aesir * - Ariel - Jase

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Hairs

The base price for each hair is 150g.
Recolouring costs 75g for simple (eg, changing one colour), and 150g for complex (like adding streaks).
You can have the eyebrows of one with the hair of another for no cost.
Changing a male to a female edit, and vice versa, costs 150g.
Edits with a * behind them have an alternate version. If you want it, be sure to specifically state so.
The scrunchie in Braided and the headband in Erica can be recoloured for free.
Be darn sure that your base is bald, or I will laugh at you.

Female hairs:
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Braided - Lady * - Pond - Butterflies - Lida - Volcano - Valkyrie
Erica - Angela - Datura - Rose - Ama


Male hairs:
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Queth - Spirit - Spikied - Aesir - Jase - Ariel

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Other edits

These are for both male and female avatars.
Recolouring is 75g unless otherwise stated.

Wings: (100g)
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Spirit - Valkyrie - Butterflies


Items: (100g)
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Pointy stick with blood - Lida's flowers - Sword
Recolouring the pointy stick and blood, as long as each thing is only one colour, is free.


Base stuff: (100g; antennae are 50g)
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Elf ears - Fae ears - Antennae - Grey ears - Gaian cat ears
For the elf and fae ears, recolouring to the colour of your base is free if you've a nakkie base or a normal Gaian base, 75g if completely clothed (all the body covered up); if you're not certain, ask me and I'll say how much it is. Recolouring to something OTHER than your base is 75g.


Tails: (100g)
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Horse - Two-tails - Gaian cat tail

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Links:

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Other stuff:
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About me

Don't ask me my name, because I won't know which one to give you. Thankfully, the English language includes pronouns for the first person singular.

I'm also on Livejournal. I love webcomics; I can link you an entry with a list of all the ones I read if you want.

I think of myself as an artist, reader, and puzzle solver; with varying degrees of skill. The "art" includes avie editing, drawing on paper, and writing; puzzles also include Sudoku, pretty much anything with numbers, and languages.

Gender: female. And I support the right of girls (and women) everywhere to kick the butts of deserving guys.
Favourite type of book: fantasy, but I also like mysteries.
Favourite type of music: hard rock.
Favourite animal: my dog! heart I also love horses (I ride on Saturdays) and I like cats.
Manga series read and liked: Saiyuki, Naruto, Bleach, FMA, Death Note, Kenshin, Shigurui, and probably some others.
Languages: extremely fluent in English, functional in French; I know some German, can sometimes read the Russian alphabet, and know about 20 words in Japanese.
Warning: prone to random outbreaks of randomness, annoyance, and/or threats of violence.

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People, when I get around to adding it.

<edit> I guess I've gotten around to adding it!

This is essentially a list of customers, and the status of their order. I know it's short, but a) you can lengthen the list by ordering, and b) I haven't included the stuff from my old shop.

heart = everything completed
domokun = edit finished, trade not completed
ninja = working on the edit

heart masterblaster43
heart QueenJenn
heart QueenJenn
heart Angel Natavi
heart QueenJenn
heart Angel Natavi

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Reserved. Hope that should do.

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Aaand... we're open! *throws confetti around and hands out cake*

First person to post gets 100g off on their edit!
Oooh... Does this mean tha I get the discount?

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