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*nods* Very convincing rants, I must say Vivid. (don't be to hard on yourself; most members deserve to hear this kind of ranting, especially if it's about them).

I too, was quite obsesed with adoptions for many months. Evidence is in that 50-odd page long adoption topic I made. I'm trying to get it to die... However, I have never used line art from any artist on adoption topics or for my own characters, and I try to create unique designs when I do post those 'prom night dumpster baby' adoptions(a rareity now, accept for my fansaty breed topic). Yes, I am somewhat of a character packrat, >< but I can't get rid of any of tem because they are all relativly necessary on some level or another. So, really I accept most of these rants with a mature attitude. I am trying to ammend my ways. ^^

Now that that's out of the way...:

Cat~ Totally agree with you. Just recently, someone took one of the poses from my gallery and colored it so it looked EXACTLY like another one of my chars. It irked me so much...I busted them, but they never PM'd me back, nor admitted to the flagrant art theft.

One other thing I noticed is that the certain members who are guilty of awful designs, character rip-offs, crappy lina-art coloring, and mass breeding centers are members who have been members of BaltoSource for a loooong time, years even! You'd think they'd get a clue that those kinds of adoptions are not attractive or skillfully created at all by now, and maybe would've bothered to PUT SOME EFFORT into the designs. But nooooo, they just keep on using the same lineart and recycling the same sucky designs over and over.

Recently considering this topic i made a adoption topic where you have to go through three stages to get the char(of whcih they are only 3)

first your "homes" are vetted - i e galleries checked to see if chars are regulary drawn and what you have done with past adoptees ..

then it is finalised to two people who must draw the charrie been introduced to their new owners and taken for the first walk in the shelter to see if they are suitable

then by judging on what you have added to the charries bio whcih i have posted for it you are chosen for the adoptee

i hope this is more like what adoptions will be like and seems more realistic
to me- please tell me if this is not suitable and still is like the other topics - i realy want to try and blot out the "fakes"

i apoligise sora -kun ... i wasnt making fun of your charrie razz phails- i didnt relise th design was the same... i just randomly coloured them in about 5 seconds with whatever colours i had

i can change it if you wish so that it does not resemble your charrie at all
again sorry for the inconviniance

but it does go to prove your point as well that adoptions like theese ruin the brightly coloured charries already out their that look good and are used properly

I hate the neon wolves...there should be an adoption section divided in realistic natural colored wolves, and unrealistic winged, neon etc wolves.

Something I hate is when I see an adoption with a very nicely done few characters and the rest crap, and under the nicely done one it says "mine", huhn like : I liked the nicely done one so his mine and you take the other ugly ones" It's annoying and if you like the character then why do you put it anyway, so you can make people envious? Take it out of teh adoptees.