[ SECRET POST #2815 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2815 ⌋

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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

[diet_poison]

So does the artist say to people, "if you pay me less than $$$, I will not give you something similar to what you see here"?

Why would you only post your best if you're not willing to sell that?

I would think that you would NOT want to compromise quality...do you really work for a lower rate to make shitty stuff? I would have assumed the amount paid would have to do with the size of the piece and therefore the overall time and effort required to make it...not the end quality.

Re: Things you should know about commissioning

[(Anonymous)]

Artists love to sell their best work and they absolutely don't want to sacrifice quality, but sometimes a client will come to you wanting cheap and fast, and that's what you'll give them.

It's not fun... it's just a reality when you want to make rent and have money for food. Not everyone wants to pay you what the work is worth, so sometimes you take jobs for less money and give them something that isn't your best.

All I can say is if you want an artist's best, you have to give them time and money. I think Neil Gaiman spoke about this subject once, and said it much more eloquently then I can (I don't have a link offhand, wish I did.)

Re: Things you should know about commissioning

[(Anonymous)]

ITT I learned that most people don't understand how art works. Most people can't afford what they would need to pay for an artist to put in a 1,000 hours on a piece, even if the artist would like to do so.

Re: Things you should know about commissioning

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, but if you're using a piece you put 1000 hours into to advertise for 10 hour commissions, people are going to rightly call that scummy. :)

Re: Things you should know about commissioning

[diet_poison]

Yeah, that's fair. As long as the artist is communicating how much it will cost to get a gallery-level piece and how much it will cost to get something less. It doesn't sound like the OP specifically paid for something mediocre, since they spent quite a bit of money on it.

Re: Things you should know about commissioning

[(Anonymous)]

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I know a lot of artists who will do quick sketch commissions for far less than they charge their full colored art. It's a way for them to make some quick money, because generally the sketches only take an hour or two to do.

Re: Things you should know about commissioning

[diet_poison]

That's fair.

It doesn't really sound like that's what OP commissioned, though, since they paid quite a bit for it.

Additionally, I think the artist should communicate to the consumer exactly what they'll be getting for their price. If the artist said "for that rate, I can only do this" when they have more expensive/time consuming stuff in their gallery, that would be reasonable.