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How do I tell an artist it’s not working out?
General | Posted 7 years agoA question of ettiquette:
A little while ago I commissioned an artist, paying in advance. Since then it took weeks to get a preliminary sketch, which wasn’t right at all. Now it’s been another week and I haven’t heard back on my feedback.
It’s clear this artist isn’t going to make something I like, and will take forever to do it. I’m not going to put effort into chasing a $30 refund from an art student, but it’s pointless for him to spend more time working on it.
Do I just tell him, “it’s not going to work out, you shouldn’t bother with it?” But that sends a horrible message - screw up, and people will just let you keep the money without expecting the work. But at the same time why put someone through the effort for something I won’t value?
Maybe I should just tell him to finish execution on the original sketch anyway?
A little while ago I commissioned an artist, paying in advance. Since then it took weeks to get a preliminary sketch, which wasn’t right at all. Now it’s been another week and I haven’t heard back on my feedback.
It’s clear this artist isn’t going to make something I like, and will take forever to do it. I’m not going to put effort into chasing a $30 refund from an art student, but it’s pointless for him to spend more time working on it.
Do I just tell him, “it’s not going to work out, you shouldn’t bother with it?” But that sends a horrible message - screw up, and people will just let you keep the money without expecting the work. But at the same time why put someone through the effort for something I won’t value?
Maybe I should just tell him to finish execution on the original sketch anyway?
I kind of want to see Zootopia, but
General | Posted 10 years agoI'll have to a drive to a theater in a different city to do it. Otherwise there's a risk that someone (eg a coworker) might recognize me going into the theater which would lead to people wondering and possibly digging something up with unfortunate consequences. I feel a little bit like I'm in the old days of the hollywood blacklist, only over something so much sillier.
Maybe I ought to wear a disguise, too.
Maybe I ought to wear a disguise, too.
All the way back
General | Posted 10 years agoRecently I've been going through all of my backlogged submission notifications, archiving them. I've basically never hit "remove checked" on this account, so my subs page has thousands and thousands of images, going all the way back to when I first created this alt.
It's been an interesting historical core sample -- seeing artist's names appear, first with a few images, then many, becoming more prolific until they peter out, or stop suddenly.
It reminds me of astronomy - the more brightly an artist burns, the faster they burn out and settle into a long, cooling quiescence. Some burn a little too bright, then collapse suddenly into darkness. And of course some explode violently.
(With the exception of turbinedivinity, who's been having bursts of intense activity followed by long vanishings for like fifteen years. A variable star, maybe. Or that one from Deepness In The Sky.)
Anyway, it's been an odd feeling, like seeing the names of old friends almost forgotten, and watching the longer-lived artists' styles and interests evolve over time. And of course the blank "Submission has been deleted" tombstones, like pages torn from a book - we've lost someone, but I can't remember who, or why.
And now I'm down to one page of submissions left - the oldest images - the first few artists whose work I loved, but couldn't follow publicly. I was going to link to the one I've kept the longest, but realized that might make the artist feel a little weird (since after all the whole point of this account is that no one knows who I am and so I'm a stranger to everyone). But -- if you've guessed who you are -- your work still makes me smile.
It's been an interesting historical core sample -- seeing artist's names appear, first with a few images, then many, becoming more prolific until they peter out, or stop suddenly.
It reminds me of astronomy - the more brightly an artist burns, the faster they burn out and settle into a long, cooling quiescence. Some burn a little too bright, then collapse suddenly into darkness. And of course some explode violently.
(With the exception of turbinedivinity, who's been having bursts of intense activity followed by long vanishings for like fifteen years. A variable star, maybe. Or that one from Deepness In The Sky.)
Anyway, it's been an odd feeling, like seeing the names of old friends almost forgotten, and watching the longer-lived artists' styles and interests evolve over time. And of course the blank "Submission has been deleted" tombstones, like pages torn from a book - we've lost someone, but I can't remember who, or why.
And now I'm down to one page of submissions left - the oldest images - the first few artists whose work I loved, but couldn't follow publicly. I was going to link to the one I've kept the longest, but realized that might make the artist feel a little weird (since after all the whole point of this account is that no one knows who I am and so I'm a stranger to everyone). But -- if you've guessed who you are -- your work still makes me smile.
Dust: An Elysian Tail
General | Posted 13 years agoDean Dodrill's old-school hand-animated 2D side scroller is now out for XBox. I've played only a few levels. It seems to hark back to the old Japanese import RPGs in the spirit of Castlevania. This is a one-man labor of love. The art is very lush and varied, while the design seems simple. It has anthros in it.
