1. Emailing just asking if I will do their commission without stating what they actually want me to draw. It's a minor thing, but it wastes a bit of time, and there's no answer I can give apart from, "You'll need to tell me what you want before I can judge whether it's in my ability to do." It's not outright bad/insulting like other things posted here, but it's frustrating just because of how often it happens (about 90% of the emails I get are just "will you do my commission?").
2. Asking for any kind of justification for pricing - "Why do you charge that much?" - "X doesn't charge that much for the same thing, why do you?" etc. Artists charge what they decide to charge, if it's too high in your eyes, don't commission them. This isn't a flea market, you don't get to haggle.
3. When commissioners don't let you know there's an issue/something they want fixed and just tell you it's "great/perfect", and then you later find them grumbling about a bunch of flaws...
4. When you reblog/RT/repost commission posts/journals a lot to boost visibility and self-advertise, and someone sends you a nasty message like, "do you have to keep flooding my dash/feed/notifs with this? I only follow you for the art." Freelance artists rely on self-promotion, asking them to strangle themselves because it inconveniences you is terrible.
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Date: 2016-12-16 03:11 am (UTC)2. Asking for any kind of justification for pricing - "Why do you charge that much?" - "X doesn't charge that much for the same thing, why do you?" etc. Artists charge what they decide to charge, if it's too high in your eyes, don't commission them. This isn't a flea market, you don't get to haggle.
3. When commissioners don't let you know there's an issue/something they want fixed and just tell you it's "great/perfect", and then you later find them grumbling about a bunch of flaws...
4. When you reblog/RT/repost commission posts/journals a lot to boost visibility and self-advertise, and someone sends you a nasty message like, "do you have to keep flooding my dash/feed/notifs with this? I only follow you for the art." Freelance artists rely on self-promotion, asking them to strangle themselves because it inconveniences you is terrible.
5. "You did X for free, why do I have to pay?"