I've been thinking on this one for awhile. There are soooooo many things and a few years ago, I talked to TG about what I need to see in terms of pictures and dios.

I'm a very visual person. If the fotos are poorly shot (ie; unfocused), I won't even view it. I can handle slightly gritty but I'm under the school of thought that you can have the best shot ever, but if it turns out like crap, it's over. My 1st dios were utter crap (not to mention a 2.0 megapixel camera) and Lehsreh can probably attest.

I'm pretty ok w/ different formats. I like the CBC look if done well. But I also really like Justin's style where it's just shots down a page.

Character use is iffy with me. If you can take chars I care nothing about and make a good story, I'm game. I'm not a fan of the Renegades, Slaughter or a lot of other stuff, yet I end up reading Justin's dios anyway! (lol) I agree w/ Frank. There's a reason why I use a small cast. I want the reader to get to know the characters and feel what they feel. Some people prefer to throw a huge melee w/ 100s of figures and well, it just cheapens it for me.

Sets. A lot of the regulars here have really gone all out. The sets are just more than boxes and vhs tapes In a way, I'm feeling I need to step up my sets too! But as Phu said, simplistic can work wonders too!

Thing is, a lot of this stuff that makes a good dio also makes good 1-shots. 1-shots are practice, y'know? If you can't take a decent 1-shot or a short sequence, what's gonna happen in a dio??? I just want to be the Paul K Anderson of dios! Not James Cameron. Not George Lucas. Not Clint Eastwood, Penny Marshall, Steven Speilburg, etc.