Cynderbark:  Photoshop Elements 12 does not support clipping groups or folders which are necessary for our templates.  You can download Photoshop CS2 (mentioned in this post), which does support those things!

That’s a good question though!  I’ve updated the first post to be more specific about the type of Photoshop required.

*peeps in* Just wanted to say thank you for the link to PS CS2! :3 I’ve been using Elements 5.0 for many years now and I was SO excited when I read on here that I could download CS2. This is exactly the pick-me-up I needed to start doing more artsy stuff! ;3;

Good luck to all the applicants! I can’t wait to see all the new customs that will come from this!

I’ve just added to try and make the flower item around 300x300~pixelish, though a bit bigger/smaller is okay.  We mainly want to be able to see the shading/lineart detail, and for it to look nice if I were to put it on a pet template somewhere (with some resizing if you do a big image, or maybe no resizing at all if you do a smaller image).

If you’ve already submitted something, I will have already messaged you if there was an issue with size.  If you didn’t hear anything from me, then assume the size you gave me is okay! :)

-zooms excitedly- O.O

-lurks over all the applicants’ shoulders- !!!

Two questions:

What’s the expected weekly workload for an MC artist?

Do you ever run into that problem where you save a transparent PNG in SAI, and suddenly you can only save things as PSD files because everything else come up as “Saving Canvas Failed”?

Good luck to everyone trying. ^^
*Prays for Rhyme*

Springdragon
I run into that problem quite often. If you want to save it as png you can make a copy of the psd and merge the layers on it, then open it in Gimp or something of the sort and export. It’s quite a pain though. >w>
Oh, and the “broken” files do that in SAI only, Photoshop shouldn’t have problems with it.
Edit: As for the transparency problem, there’s some kind of transparency mod you can download, I think. It gets rid of that problem completely. O:

Lullaby
Um… thanks? XD
I just hope you’re not sacrificing any goats to better my chances. >3>

Awwww Yeaaaaa.  B)

Also - SAI tends to do that sometimes if you happen to use a file that originated from an illegitimate version of SAI.
I think it just gets offended that someone could betray it in that way.

If all else fails, re-installing it should work. Assuming you did buy the program license you can download the certificate as many times as you need, within reason, and it should fix it.

It usually happens to me when I have something open for too long. Or when I open a broken file it happens to all the other files I try to work on. ;3; But it’s not that common, luckily. >w<;

Meesh
I’m pretty sure Gimp lacks too much to work with the .psd files used for customs. It doesn’t have clipping and opening some psds makes them look weird because of that. It doesn’t have folders either, I think. It would be possible make a Gimp friendly version of the MC’s bases, but it would take a lot of effort and would be really hard to work with. D:

Ahaa I keep getting told to apply but my work schedule isn’t really generous in the way of having anything with deadlines.

Good luck to those submitting!

Springdragon:  Sorry, I just realized I only answered one of your questions.  We’re mostly looking for someone who can work pretty consistently, which doesn’t mean you need to be pounding things out (that would get tiring really quickly).  Being able to accept one custom a week consistently would be most excellent.

Artists start out as being able to only accept one custom at a time, but if you’re moved over to “green” artist status (basically an artist who regularly accepts customs regularly and is very timely/prompt getting them finished once accepted) then you are able to accept more than one at a time.  This is helpful if you have a user who doesn’t get back to you right away or takes a long time between communications because you can just accept another custom while you’re waiting.  Orange artists aren’t able to control the pace quite as well, but we are hoping that we can find someone who will we can put into the green status soon after the trial period is over!

On not having an account age restriction: I appreciate the forethought that you placed into this process.

Also, the trial period and mentor artist features to this process are A++!

So excited about this. Adding more artists means our little site is growing. *sniffles* I remember when I was only sooo big. And adding “Breeding Specialists” makes me hopeful that we’ll be able to get a few more breedings worked in here and there.

Good luck to everyone applying! I’ve seen a lot of artists names mentioned that I’m a fan of. Can’t wait till the announcement of the “rookies”