[ SECRET POST #2815 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2815 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[John Green]


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(Hemlock Grove)


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[Russell Edwards' Naming Jack the Ripper]


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[Coronation Street]
















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Comments

Re: Things you should know about commissioning

[(Anonymous)]

I didn't say you couldn't enjoy it. I just said you're obviously too good for it.

Don't get me wrong, if it's clear that the artist didn't put forth the effort, then I understand not paying what they're asking for.

But being an artist is not like working a 9-to-5 job that you don't care about.

Re: Things you should know about commissioning

[diet_poison]

Wait, how is being an artist not like working another job, exactly?

You're producing a product in return for money. What is it about art that's different from any other commodity?

Seriously, this comment smacks more of being "too good" for anyone else than anything ayrt said. :/

Re: Things you should know about commissioning

[(Anonymous)]

But being an artist is not like working a 9-to-5 job that you don't care about.

Yes it is. Unless someone only accepts commissions for the characters and scenarios they personally like, that's exactly what it is. Creating art is no better or worse than any other job, which is why both the fair rates argument and decent product argument are completely right. Artists should be paid like a job instead of undercut, and they should produce a product like any other contractor. It's really not a debate.

Re: Things you should know about commissioning

[(Anonymous)]

Maybe not like a 9-5 office job, but I think art commission work is very similar to any other kind of freelancing. And speaking as freelancer, networking, connections, and good words-of-mouth are so vital in this business that even if I learn 3 months after the fact that a client of mine is unhappy with my product, I'd still suck it up and offer a refund and/or redo. I can give up an afternoon to make one person happy, or I can risk bad publicity and lose out on future work. I don't know at what point you'd have to be in your career before the latter is considered okay, but I'm certainly not there yet.