Cybeat's Studio

[Jake]

It's a common business strategy to sell crap at a high price so that it seems like it is higher quality than it actually is.

On the other hand, if a brand is going to stick around for any length of time and wants to establish a reputation, they will probably price their stuff reasonably - it's a lot easier to get a "X sucks" reputation than an "X is good" reputation.

[Cybeat]

New image. My partner and I took turns and made this CG.

[Mitsu]

The colours are very well-matched, what a beautiful work! Good job!

[Cybeat]

The colours are very well-matched, what a beautiful work! Good job!

Thanks

[sake-bento]

Nice. And I'm glad to see Mujinchitai is still moving forward.

[Andrew]

New image. My partner and I took turns and made this CG.

It's a very beautiful picture. I like the way you colour it very much. How do you colour the hair in such a neat and beautiful manner? I'd like to know how you colour things, because I'm very interested in it.

Once again, good work.

[Cybeat]

New image. My partner and I took turns and made this CG.

It's a very beautiful picture. I like the way you colour it very much. How do you colour the hair in such a neat and beautiful manner? I'd like to know how you colour things, because I'm very interested in it.

Once again, good work.

Thanks. I used quick mask in photoshop to make it neat like that. I didn't know much about it until my friend told me.

[Cybeat]

Here's another CG practice (not my lineart, found it on pixiv). I had a lot of trouble with the hair and I'm not pleased with it. Does anybody want to share a few tips?

[pinkmouse]

Usually the more expensive it is, it has more quality to offer (like my $250 TV which survived for more than 10 years and my $20 TV which broke down after < 2 years use).

I don't agree. If you pay extra, you could get something of better quality, or you could get an expensive piece of crap. It's a common business strategy to sell crap at a high price so that it seems like it is higher quality than it actually is. Unless you actually do the research and buy from a respected brand, you're basically gambling. You might get lucky, but then again, you might not.

Well, it can be tricky. I remember reading about an Olympus camera a few years ago. The company had done a ton of work on to make it lighter - posh alloys, neat batteries, name it. It was really tough: not perhaps as tough as a Hasselblad, but certainly robust enough for rough hobbyist use, which is what it was intended for. Then they discovered the customers judged camera value by weight. Their test sales pitches had people picking it up, thinking light = flimsy crap and putting it back on the shelf.

They thought about doing a massive educational campaign, but in the end they just ended up welding some metal plates into it to just make it heavier.