Please keep in mind that you will lose 40% if you are not a certified content creator.
You loose nothing, you pay a commission. You get a store and web space with a largeUser Base and promotion platform
From nothing, comes nothing
Seems I'm a certified content creator. but there I see no different I have to pay my provision as well . Even you have to pay more if you are picked for the Contentstore.
therefore I think this information is not value
Also this is more confusion than help
You can use adobe illustrator to make vector sprites for your characters
Why sugest you this ? he had Afinity Designer .
but G3 character creations takes a bit more effort
also he said he want make G2 Character .