So hey hereās something I never thought Iād had to talk about every again, but here we are, so letās talk about this because itās important and I want yāall to understand how important it is, not only for established artists and industry professionals, but for new, young artists who are just getting on their feet and trying to figure out how to go about making a name/living for themselves through what they love to do.
First off, if youāre a commissioner, do not ever try to haggle with an artist. If you canāt afford their work, donāt buy it. When you go to Best Buy, do you try to haggle down the cost of a TV? When you go grocery shopping, do you try to haggle down the cost of that pound of ham youāre buying for the deli? No, you probably donāt. The same concept applies here. If you want to buy something from someone and they tell you that it costs a specific amount of money, donāt get mad at themĀ because you canāt afford it. Youāre paying for a fucking luxury service. Being able to buy custom art or being able to hire a private artist for a project you have in mind is a luxuryĀ and if you canāt afford it then you need to move the fuck on and not blame the artist for your not being able to afford their work. Like, Iād love to be able to have a closet fucking FULL of haute couture clothing custom tailored to my body, but I know full fucking well that Dolce & Gabbana is not going to do that for me for 50$, so I donāt have a closet full of haute couture clothing and I donāt blame Dolce & Gabbana for it.
Second off - when an artist does work for free or for friends, thatās their fucking prerogative. If someone does something out of the goodness of their heart for someone else that they like, or if they want to do it as a gesture of affection, or they want to show appreciation to their followers, they are doing that because they want to.Ā You know what most artists donātĀ just randomly *~*~feel like drawing~*~*? Your commission. Because chances are your artist of choice has absolutely no desire whatsoever to draw what you want them to draw for free. So donāt you dareĀ ever presume that because an artist likes to draw for themselves now and then (because hey guess what, we arenāt fucking machines! How about that.) that you are at allĀ entitled to their effort and skill for free or for an extremely discounted price because you want it.Ā Get real, you clod.Ā
The most irritating thing is to hear or readĀ āWell, you did x thing for x person for free, so why not me?ā
Chances are is because you have no personal connection to us. Youāre a client. You are a customer. While your business is appreciated, we have no emotional attachment to you. Youāre not our friend. We have zero obligation to you outside of a financial one, and when you treat us like you did us some major favour by offering us fucking peanuts for what is a hundred or thousand dollar job, you can honestly get bent because we have no time for that.
The above message in black (in the images) is nothing more than an insult coming from a whiny crybaby who doesnāt value all of the years of hard work, passion, dedication and struggle that an artist of any medium goes through to hone their craft and price it at a reasonable, liveable rate.Ā
Listen dude, Iām sorry that you canāt afford more than ten bucks for a commission - it sucks for me andĀ you, but what sucks even more is when you try to guilt trip an artist into feeling badĀ that they arenāt going to accept your ten dollars for what is a job that would cost around, if I calculated correctly, a hundred dollars, which, IMHO, is still RIDICULOUSLY underpriced for OPās skill level and professionalism.
SO YKNOW, maybe have a little consideration before you treat an artist like their skill and hard work isnāt worth a pack of fucking gum.
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