loki Caeran

Such a person would probably do better opening their own store.

No you will not have to learn animation if you want to make mesh clothing. You will need to learn how to rig your outfit to the avatar body so that when you move the outfit moves with you. If you work in blender the avastar plug in will help you do this.

I've had mine answered in around two days, sometimes shorter sometimes longer. But remember this is a holiday weekend in the US.

I seriously doubt any mesh head creators will send their demos because of this post. Why don't you check marketplace or join a fashion group inworld and ask for recommendations.

Many designers hand out no mod notecards because sometimes those mod notecards can be edited to say all sorts of unintentional things. And then sent out as if from that designer. All it takes is checking the properties to see the original creator.