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Tooooooo be fair, I did TRY and take commissions once, but it was.... Well, let's just say that there are some things you just can't pay a moogle enough to do, kupo~! Maybe someday, kupo, but not now!
A note from the artist: This piece was intended as a joke and is by no means meant to deter anyone from taking commissions, nor is it to shade artists. The comment section has gotten a little out of pocket, so I’d like to say something! kupo
If you’re new to the fandom, or commissions as a whole; remember to always have value in your work! There will be people who will abuse the fact that you are new. And remember, most importantly... pace yourself. It is very easy to be undertaken by a large queue, and I know that very personally. If you hold your head high, and take your time. You will love this craft, and the fandom for years to come.
Remember to be kind and respectful, and most importantly.
ALWAYS TIP YOUR ARTISTS
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Totally relatable. For one, the money you get for the work just isn't comparable to how much just about any other job would give you. Plus, potential harassment from clients, the disappointment you feel when you work hard on a drawing and a client seems unimpressed or even mad about it anyways, really kind of adds up to making it a not very worthwhile experience.
That said, it is a good life experience to at least have tried it a few times. Kudos on you for having given it a shot in the first place.
That said, it is a good life experience to at least have tried it a few times. Kudos on you for having given it a shot in the first place.
Very true!!! I didn't mind it too much at first, but it grew to a point where clients became exceedingly entitled and difficult to want to work with, not to mention I was SEVERELY undercutting myself price-wise. All in all I feel as though it was a good experience to have so I now have a clearer idea of what I WANT to do with this kind of art.
Also thank you for this comment?? It's really nice to get a genuine response!
Also thank you for this comment?? It's really nice to get a genuine response!
Not a problem! Good luck moving forward. (Tip: if you do ever take commissions again, find regular customers that do not treat your hard work poorly and refuse future commissions to customers that you don't feel comfortable working with. i find that over time that gets easier and easier.)
This is why I'm, like, really sheepish about commissioning people ;-;
I'm pretty poor so if I buy art I'm sacrificing, like, a whole game or something, and can really only afford people who really undersell and it makes me feel bad qq
and I'm bad at organizing my thoughts despite usually having very vivid imagery in my head and so it's usually not quite right and then I feel bad for asking for revisions because they already put work in and bweeeeh
the absolute last thing I want to do is be yet another source of stress for an artist friend between low funds and extreme anxiety about being a bothersome client so I usually just quietly sit out when I see someone's comms open up even if I love their art ;-;
I'm pretty poor so if I buy art I'm sacrificing, like, a whole game or something, and can really only afford people who really undersell and it makes me feel bad qq
and I'm bad at organizing my thoughts despite usually having very vivid imagery in my head and so it's usually not quite right and then I feel bad for asking for revisions because they already put work in and bweeeeh
the absolute last thing I want to do is be yet another source of stress for an artist friend between low funds and extreme anxiety about being a bothersome client so I usually just quietly sit out when I see someone's comms open up even if I love their art ;-;
Terms of service and using flist to state your limits for the former, limited commission slots for the latter.
Better you realise you just can't hack it and don't want to take comms than taking comms and arsing off on them because you don't have the motivation to draw for sure though, absolutely the right idea. Far too many times I've had someone leave me for months even with me trying to be as reasonable as possible with them.
Also the dreaded cycle of "needing money but having backlog but no motivation because no money so I need money so I'll take comms and- oops some comms took a literal year to draw" like that one artist I can't mention.
Better you realise you just can't hack it and don't want to take comms than taking comms and arsing off on them because you don't have the motivation to draw for sure though, absolutely the right idea. Far too many times I've had someone leave me for months even with me trying to be as reasonable as possible with them.
Also the dreaded cycle of "needing money but having backlog but no motivation because no money so I need money so I'll take comms and- oops some comms took a literal year to draw" like that one artist I can't mention.
Hey MogChamp. I can definitely relate to this, I once was pulled in as a replacement artist for some concept art on a novel upon which I had a tight deadline and despite me being very carefull and asking all relevant question before agreeing, halfway through my work, mis-comunication happened somewhere but since I had protected myself with said question, they couldn't ask me to do more than what was agreed upon.
If your scared wheter someone will ask you to redo a lot of stuff, you can always refuse to do a commission, and if you want to know wheter that person is difficult or not in what they want you can easily look up their FA profile, see what they have requested from other artists in the past, and then look up that artist and see if they posted any of the requested art. Typically, a client that demands a lot of redos and complicated requests will not earn praise from the artist`s part, the artist will therefore not post it on their FA (atleast that's how I would feel myself). As for clients with no drawings on their FA, be weary of them, don't shoot them down right away because it might be that one new person into the fandom that just got the courage to have their character drawn for the first time. But again, be weary, and most importantly, only take up commissions you think will be fun to do~!
If your scared wheter someone will ask you to redo a lot of stuff, you can always refuse to do a commission, and if you want to know wheter that person is difficult or not in what they want you can easily look up their FA profile, see what they have requested from other artists in the past, and then look up that artist and see if they posted any of the requested art. Typically, a client that demands a lot of redos and complicated requests will not earn praise from the artist`s part, the artist will therefore not post it on their FA (atleast that's how I would feel myself). As for clients with no drawings on their FA, be weary of them, don't shoot them down right away because it might be that one new person into the fandom that just got the courage to have their character drawn for the first time. But again, be weary, and most importantly, only take up commissions you think will be fun to do~!
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