[ 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

[(Anonymous)]

I feel that, OP. I used to try and be trusting and live by the Godly Artist crap, back in my baby days in fandom.

Now I won't commission anyone who doesn't agree to send the in-progress sketches or anyone who requires full payment up front.

Commissioning fanartists is way more of a minefield than I ever thought it would be. I've had artists send a final product that wasn't what I asked for, not just in detail but in wide swaths (in one case where I wanted two characters fighting, they just changed one of the characters to someone totally different. In another, a request for a "non-shippy" pic got me the pair in a soul kiss. Only one of the two fixed the pic, and they didn't until six months later. Hence why I now avoid people who don't let you see and make changes to the sketches) I've had several commissions I paid for in full that I never received. I've had artists give me clearly subpar work (there was one where the artist had clearly done the pencil art, but handed it off to someone else to ink. Someone who apparently was trying to ink it in sub-zero temperatures based on the shakiness of the lines). I've commissioned well over a hundred pieces in the last 20 years between the internet and conventions, and the good definitely outnumber the bad, but that doesn't make the bad acceptable.

I know it's too late now, but for the next time, don't be afraid to speak up, both before to make sure you know what your options are and after if the effort is subpar. Don't be a jerk about it, but make sure you're both clear on expectations. They're not doing you a favor, they're doing a job.