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Co-commissioning with an SC
Ah, the furry fandom. One of the things I like about it is how many good artists there are. And how many of them are willing to let you pay them for their work, explicit or otherwise.
A friend of mine decided to commission a picture from an honestly quite good artist. He's a nice guy, a little obstinate at times and prone to depression, but all around good guy.
But once we started, the problems arise. You see, he is... Not an artist. He is also not a particularly good writer. Both these things mean he has little knowledge of the creative process, and how taxing any creative endeavor can be.
We've commissioned twice and I'm seriously considering not doing another, because of how damn picky he is with the artist.
1) He demands a sketch within three days of commissioning, and a full colored and shaded version the next day.
2) He asks for things which would be impossible to represent and then complains when they don't look realistic.
3) He demands about thirty revisions to the sketch, and again, expects them to be done, and the sketch satisfactory, AND THEN have everything colored by about twenty four hours after he first commissions the pic.
4) He refuses to pay more than thirty five dollars for a picture.
5) He haggles. ALL THE TIME. About everything. If its possible to get something for less on the artist's page, he'll spend HOURS trying to convince the artist to give him THAT price. And then he expects me to congratulate him on his logic.
So, he expects something done fast, perfectly, and cheap.
He says that the people aren't professional artists, and the stuff isn't highly artistic so he doesn't need to pay the artists well. But at the same time, he's upset if the stuff that, even if the fantasy land furries live in were real, where people can be eaten and suffer few adverse effects, STILL would be physically impossible doesn't look realistic. What the hell does he mean "Not art?" If you want something done quickly and sloppily, yeah, sure, then you shouldn't have to pay highly. But if someone has to do all that work and revisions to their sketches (or in one case completely create new 3D models and animate them) I think they deserve more than 35 dollars.
A friend of mine decided to commission a picture from an honestly quite good artist. He's a nice guy, a little obstinate at times and prone to depression, but all around good guy.
But once we started, the problems arise. You see, he is... Not an artist. He is also not a particularly good writer. Both these things mean he has little knowledge of the creative process, and how taxing any creative endeavor can be.
We've commissioned twice and I'm seriously considering not doing another, because of how damn picky he is with the artist.
1) He demands a sketch within three days of commissioning, and a full colored and shaded version the next day.
2) He asks for things which would be impossible to represent and then complains when they don't look realistic.
3) He demands about thirty revisions to the sketch, and again, expects them to be done, and the sketch satisfactory, AND THEN have everything colored by about twenty four hours after he first commissions the pic.
4) He refuses to pay more than thirty five dollars for a picture.
5) He haggles. ALL THE TIME. About everything. If its possible to get something for less on the artist's page, he'll spend HOURS trying to convince the artist to give him THAT price. And then he expects me to congratulate him on his logic.
So, he expects something done fast, perfectly, and cheap.
He says that the people aren't professional artists, and the stuff isn't highly artistic so he doesn't need to pay the artists well. But at the same time, he's upset if the stuff that, even if the fantasy land furries live in were real, where people can be eaten and suffer few adverse effects, STILL would be physically impossible doesn't look realistic. What the hell does he mean "Not art?" If you want something done quickly and sloppily, yeah, sure, then you shouldn't have to pay highly. But if someone has to do all that work and revisions to their sketches (or in one case completely create new 3D models and animate them) I think they deserve more than 35 dollars.
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