How do you respond when...

[RecoveringKinkoid]

One of my artist friends does sketches for people at cons and renfaires and big sca events and whatnot. Porn is the least of the guy's worries. Porn doesn't even register on his radar screen. Screwing, genitals, fetish, he doesn't even blink.

He has, quite literally, seen it ALL.

We came around the corner one day and some dude was in his booth going, "So yeah, can you draw more shit dripping down the legs?" Seriously, he'd had my friend draw a sketch of himself as a big scaley monster with a huge boner, covered in shit.

Here's us:

And there's my friend sitting there, deadpan serious look on his face, taking notes. Ever the professional. He probably keeps a big jug of under his table.

[zombiequeen]

Oh, RecoveringKinkoid, I don't think I could do that. I have my limits. My limits are pretty much, not bodily fluids/functions.

Spark, I was wondering the same thing. Maybe she has the naughty plushie pattern book or something.

[spark]

I've seen naughty crochet patterns...

[zombiequeen]

I crocheted a condom once as a joke...
If you check Betsy (heck yes I did that) you can find a TON of naughty stuff, sewn, knit, crocheted, whatever.

[Nyoibo]

so I must do porn stuff all the time (ORLY?)

Ok, I know what it stands for, but that really looks dodgy at the end of that sentence.

[Jay 2K Winger]

Spark, you realize I -Have- to google it now
...You are evil. I am SO showing hubby when he gets home! He get's all squeamish about that stuff!
I think I'll start a gallery of shame or something for porn refs. Not on my site, somewhere else. Or I'll reply to them with a picture of a crying kitten or something.

You're supposing that having a gallery of shame will work. A lot of the people who will send those kinds of wank material"reference pictures" have no shame at all.

he responded by saying I work in the furry business so I must do porn stuff all the time (ORLY?)

Guys like that only perpetuate the stereotype about furries.

Don't get me wrong, some furries are really... strange people and "prove" all of the negative perceptions of them. And then some are very well-adjusted and stable. But of course, the "normal" ones never call attention to it, so everyone pretty much ignores them.

Same as with any collective group of people.

[Dilorenzo]

I'm fairly open about a lot of things. Most things actually.

But Fleshlight (no problem with as an idea on its own) and plush (again, no problem with on its own) should not mix. They are not two great tastes that taste great together. They are not even marmite.

[HermitIX]

I do estimates and pricing at my job. My boss tells me to quote everything. If there is a job we don’t want to do quote it high enough so that it’s worth it to do it anyway. I would say post you don’t do erotic/nudes but when people ask for them anyway quote really really high.

As for how you respond. Let him know you won’t make an adult toy and that in the future you don’t want adult reference pictures. But as long as he is paying and doesn’t want you to make it pervy. I would take the commission.

About showing your husband cock vore. My mom does stuff like that to me. Last Thanksgiving she is in the computer room shrieking in laughter and calls me in. She had googled meatotomy, (It’s worse than cock vore.) and thought it was the funniest thing in the world to call each male member of the family in to look at pictures when ever they walked past her open door.

[zombiequeen]

I know I should have waited until I calmed down, but the guy got really upset and jerk-ish so I didn't want to quote him or even deal with him.
I'm sure I'll get the opportunity to do this a different way soon enough.
My dad always does quotes at his business too, and he'll quote up to 10 times as much depending on how much he doesn't want the job.
Sadly, those people generally call back about doing the job anyways.

[TheCheerfulTreeRat]

If it doesn't repulse you, quote them quadruple your normal price, or higher. Payable in advance.

No! They might go for it! In IT circles some people use the WDLY (We Don't Like You) uplift. You don't quote a "ridiculous" figure, they might go for it and you'd still be unhappy.

You quote a figure that will make you happy, they can take it or leave it...

[PatchO'Black]

It is sad that some folks don't get that just because an artist accept commissions, it doesn't mean they will take any and all requests...

[zombiequeen]

You know though, I'm just starting out with this and I'm learning quickly that some of the odder customers can be great, and some of the more "normal" seeming ones can be super sucky. I guess I should have given the guy another chance. He said in the initial request it was the only picture he had of his oc though, so I don't know if he would have been reasonable with me asking for a differend/less porn picture.

[PepperElf]

A plush baby dragon to be specific.

I have no problem with fur-sex plush-sex etc... but the fact that he wanted it to be a BABY creature makes me wanna say "WTF"?... especially when he started acting offended when you told him "no".


What he'll find is that in MOST markets the artist / worker has the right to say "I'm not comfortable doing this" and the company can say "no". and when you're dealing with a private artist... all rules are off - the artist can simply say "no and i don't need a reason" and there's fuck-all they can do about it, other than whining

[zombiequeen]

That's the style of dragon he wanted too. I felt really sick thinking about the dragons that look very much like it just hatched being used for...that.

[hotelslave]

Not going to lie. I had to google fleshlight and either my lack of sleep lately or what but it made me giggle