Is it just me or is the art shop area dead compared to how it was before? I need someone who actually knows what they are doing with sig's ava's and such as to my chicken scratch art work. It seems that no one is ever on the shop area or are charging money... So do I have to go off site to get my fix or no?

Or you could cough up the cash for excellent artists' time and hard work instead of expecting it for free.

True, but I don't really want professional work just a ava or sig that says my name... I'll pay for character art work as I put too much energy to let them get crappy pictures. Oh well. I'll figure something out I guess.

Well that depends on what you mean by "how it was before".

If you mean before Guildfall, then yeah I'm sure; Guild activity has decreased across-the-board since then. And it probably doesn't help that there is no subforum specifically fore shops/requests, as it's now all in one Gallery. The setup doesn't really encourage people to start shops like the oldGuild setup did. (But if "before" means "a week ago" then it's probably just your imagination.)

Anyway, while I, personally, don't have time to set up a full-blown shop, I might be able to help you out if you want a signature or something. I could use the practice.