I'm not sure how much of this relates to what I said earlier.
There's also a difference between "level of detail" and the amount of detail described. A piece of a similar detail level is always going to be more if the commissioner is specifying every detail. I think most people find it very helpful to have people point at a piece in their gallery and say "Like that" but specifying every little detail gives them that many details that they have to get right. Also there's a big difference between "Sitting down to a feast at a wooden table," and "Sitting in a golden throne with a bird design, with ruby inlays to a feast of..." I might put the same level of detail, but having all those specific details just means that I have to wrangle all those little bits and make them work together.
Artists should make things clear from their TOS, but if they don't you can take the initiative to set them. Ask them about revisions and get the policy direct from the horse's mouth before it becomes an issue.
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Date: 2012-01-31 03:51 am (UTC)There's also a difference between "level of detail" and the amount of detail described. A piece of a similar detail level is always going to be more if the commissioner is specifying every detail. I think most people find it very helpful to have people point at a piece in their gallery and say "Like that" but specifying every little detail gives them that many details that they have to get right. Also there's a big difference between "Sitting down to a feast at a wooden table," and "Sitting in a golden throne with a bird design, with ruby inlays to a feast of..." I might put the same level of detail, but having all those specific details just means that I have to wrangle all those little bits and make them work together.
Artists should make things clear from their TOS, but if they don't you can take the initiative to set them. Ask them about revisions and get the policy direct from the horse's mouth before it becomes an issue.