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YCH.Art is officially out of Alpha!

YCH.art is a ‘Your Character Here’ and Adoptable hosting website designed by artists for artists. Our #1 priority is your satisfaction. Whether it be buying handfuls of art from artists, or selling your specially created auctions and adoptables to your fans, we aim to provide the tools for you to make that come true.

We’ve just left our Alpha stage and are heading full steam ahead into Beta, where we’ll start introducing some of our best features yet. With the firm foundation of security and reliability set, we can focus on providing even better additions for our users. I’ll go over several of our current and future features in this post.

To help spread the word, @candyclops​ and @ralek-arts have offered their time to collaborate on a picture for a raffle, details for how to enter the raffle are at the bottom!

Cost

YCH.art is completely free to use, permanently. We have no current plans to ever have ads displayed on-site, and offer no way to boost your auction above others with money. We believe hard work and consistent results should be the key to your success. Server costs are fronted by the dedicated team behind the site so you can enjoy it fully.

Security

We take your business seriously, and it’s why we’re serious about who’s up in your business. We’re so confident in our site’s back-end security and your privacy that we currently offer over $850 USD in prizes for finding key vulnerabilities in the site. If you’re interested in taking a crack, hit us up on our Discord for details.

Easier and safer payment system

The time of manually sending invoices is over, connect your Paypal account to YCH.art and let the site do the work for you. We’ll send the payment link to your bidder and mark your auction as paid the second they submit it. In the unfortunate event of a chargeback or an artist taking your money and running, we’re a Paypal-authorized transaction third party capable of providing detailed site logs and IP’s to give your chargeback case that extra boost it needs in your favor.

Robust reputation system

Ever wonder if the artist you’re bidding on is legit? Maybe that bidder seems suspicious? We offer full disclosure on all user’s past art purchases on the site, quickly see how many auctions this artist has completed before, how many pictures this bidder has bought, and easily connect your social accounts such as tumblr, twitter, and FA to your YCH.art account to let everyone know who you are and where to find your main artwork.

We also offer badges to show off for your accomplishments. We currently have over 20 badges on-site, ranging from completing auctions, to reporting stolen or traced content. Collect them all to decorate your profile page!

Organization made easy

Ever forget what you bid on, what images have been completed for you, what’s yet to be paid or what artwork you’ve uploaded already? We have organized pages for all of them. Never forget what to do next or lose a bid.

Multi-slot auctions

Easily host auctions with more than one slot, keep them all under a single URL, name each slot whatever you’d like, and allow your users to select which slot they want to buy on their own.

We take feedback seriously

This site is about you, the artists and bidders. And it wouldn’t be nearly the same without you. We’re not some large-scale operation, we’re just a small team of dedicated artist, designer and developer who share the same passion as you, and we always take into account your feedback. If you have an idea you think would make the site that much better for you, feel free to hit us up on Discord or message us directly on Tumblr. We’d love to hear from you.

The future

While the site currently has a majority of what you’d need to host auctions right now, we’re not stopping there. Just a few features we have planned for the future include:

Character Manager - upload ref images, descriptions, and a portfolio of your character directly to your profile. When you win an auction, simply send the artist your character rather than dig around your drive for references

An in-depth sorting algorithm - We worked hard so you don’t have to search hard. Our algorithm takes into account almost a dozen different facets of an artist’s profile to show you the most relevant auctions first.

User review system - Including a voting system for auctions, you’ll also be able to rate your artist in 3 different areas of the transaction, and artists will be able to rate their clients in a similar fashion.

Full fledged auction creation engine - Take your auction by the horns, the Auction Builder walks you through the steps of running an auction from the beginning, providing every option you could ever want to run the auction the way you want.

Comment sections - Ask questions on auctions, comment on finished pieces and characters, and shout to your favorite artist’s page cross-site.

Max bid - Set it and forget it. Tell the site what the maximum you’d like to pay for an auction is and we’ll bid for you and notify you if someone bids higher. Pay no more than you need to and never again forget about that auction you really wanted.

The raffle

We know what you’re here for, so we’ll make it quick. To enter the raffle, all you have to do is follow this blog, and like this post! We understand this is a long post so we won’t force you to reblog, but if you’d like to spread the word, you’ll get a second entry into the raffle to double your chances! We use this blog to post about updates to the platform, and to keep our users informed about the site’s progress.

The raffle ends Sep. 19th at 6PM EST, 1 week from now. The winner will receive a fully shaded collaborative picture of their character (furry or pony) hanging out with our Mascot Dot

Thanks for reading! If you’d like to know more, please feel free to ask any of the moderators in our Discord, and be sure to spread the word for us. We love you all and we hope to make this a place you’ll feel comfortable using in the future!

[wingpony]

Hey everyone, my beloved cat Violet has been in the vet, very sick, for many many days now. We are having trouble affording her vet bills, as we are all unemployed. We have to consider putting her down as an option if we can’t afford her care, which breaks my heart. Please, if you can donate anything, we really appreciate it. She is very special to me and my brother.

[wingpony]

June Commission Giveaway Time!

Free arts are cool, right? Just make sure you follow the blog, like and reblog this post and you’ll get into the raffle! (To reiterate, if I draw your name and you’re not a follower, we’ll go to 2nd place/3rd, etc.) I can guarantee that you might win! :D

I’ll be gone a big chunk of next month, so this is the last one until August.

Drawing will take place Monday, June 13th!

[wingpony]

In the fleeting hours of Memorial Day, I give you the words of Tail. 

[wingpony]

The reblogs in this chain are hilarious, btw. I kind of want some of that tripping PA Dutch Amish Pizza now. lol 

I am going to be forced to disown my brother. 

He took a trip to New York with several other physics masters students and their professor for some sort of science conference and he has disowned Chicago pizza in favor of New York pizza as the king of pizza. 

I am ashamed of him. 

[wingpony]

I will happily send you my dissertation and credentials.

I am going to be forced to disown my brother. 

He took a trip to New York with several other physics masters students and their professor for some sort of science conference and he has disowned Chicago pizza in favor of New York pizza as the king of pizza. 

I am ashamed of him. 

[wingpony]

Well, as a physics PhD, allow me to confirm - on absolutely firm scientific grounds that can clearly never be challenged for the inherent systematic bias that any food analysis ultimately falls to - that your brother is wrong. ;) 

I am going to be forced to disown my brother. 

He took a trip to New York with several other physics masters students and their professor for some sort of science conference and he has disowned Chicago pizza in favor of New York pizza as the king of pizza. 

I am ashamed of him. 

[wingpony]

B.B.’s MAY COMMISSION GIVEAWAY

Hey y’all! Sorry this giveaway is a tad late compared to the previous months, I’ve just been so busy working on comic stuff! 

You know the drill! Like and Reblog this post to get in a raffle for a full color commission! Drawing takes place on Saturday, May 21st! 

Good luck! 

[wingpony]

Kenni, that sounds like something out of an animated movie. :P

i’m going to have to perform this piece for a masterclass in about 2 weEKS AND IT’S STILL WONKY AS HELL FUCK ME

[wingpony]

That looks awesome. I wonder what the translation is. :P

А вот и продолжение ограбления! Доблестная полиция приезжает на место и сталкивается с первым злодеем!

Велл - @darkflowerphantom

[wingpony]

Tail demanded a song, so I got my guitar and recorded. Such consequences, and apologies in advance. Here’s ‘No Longer Displaced’ - a song for Magic Barrier. if the play option doesn’t work: http://wingpony.com/NLD2.mp3

[wingpony]

Well that was a depressing stroll down memory lane.

Come on Tumblr, it was a long time ago but it still hurt. You can click here to see all the appearances of my EX-boyfriend.

Artwork by CloudDG Script #1608

[wingpony]

Nights in Peris

Occasionally, I get asked to write ridiculously saucy things. One ship in particular stood out in the weekly streams hosted by Aggie, Shino, and Chira, and that would be the PitchyxEris pairing. Of course, it didn’t take much persuasion for me to write some utterly ridiculous sauce for them. And by sauce, I mean NSFW. 

http://wingpony.com/One%20Night%20in%20Peris.pdf

http://wingpony.com/A%20Second%20Night%20in%20Peris.pdf

Read at your own risk! lolz

[wingpony]

Pridark knows how to draw a Wingpony!

"Hello! I am Wing, otherwise known as the Physicist of Equestria - although at times I have also been called Atomic Caliber. I currently study particle physics at Equestria National Accelerator Lab near Las Pegasus because ponies can do science too."