As far as ebay goes, I created my username for
that when my interest in Egyptian stuff was
greater than my interest in anime. ^_^ I use it
occasionally for some forums, but very rarely. I
also have another handle that I tend to use
primarily for fancels... I like to keep my
production art self and my fancel self separate.
My two main handles are "Bottou-chan" and "Cres".
Originally, Bottou-chan was just something I used
for the Flame of Recca fandom. Cres was what I
used in the Sailormoon fandom, and for my PBEM
RPG's. Because I happened to know some cel people
from the Sailormoon fandom, it ended up being my
cel handle as well. I've since acquired another
PBEM handle that I use mostly for non-anime
PBEM's.
When I buy something from someone on the forum, I
usually sign off with my real name, and identify
myself as "Cres on the Animanga Forum" with my
gallery URL. When I buy something from ebay, I
don't tend to do that. If someone asks me if I
have a gallery so they can visit their cel later,
I'd be happy to share the URL with them, but ebay
generally has more of a "I want to get rid of
this" sort of feeling to it, rather than the
warm, fuzzy, "I need to find this a good home"
feeling that you get from a collector you know on
the forums.
So, yeah. I probably have five or six different
handles that I use, but they're primarily divvied
up depending on what I'm doing at the time. |