Imagery wrote:This is an interesting idea. I had to think about it, but I think most of my motivation is character (or genre) based. I feel like I nearly went down this route in a few instances (glow, flocked, bloody), but usually abandoned the idea when it became too much or there were too many that didn't appeal to me
That is totally fair. LOL Thankfully, looking at it this way, it isn't a gimmick as much as part of the character.