ehhh, I'm side-eyeing that reply pretty hard. Like, okay, maybe you're right and no one complained before, but people are complaining/being more vocal NOW, and that's the important part, not what happened in the past.
Also this: "I have too much on the line to try to pull things like that. It's currently my only form of income, and if I got paid more than simple minimum wage for the endless hours and effort I put into every illustration, I wouldn't have so many people waiting for so long. I could work at a fast food chain and make more than I do with these commissions, but I do commissions because art is my passion, and I LOVE it."
Yeah... no. I mean, you set your prices, so if you don't feel like you're being paid what you deserve, raise your prices? Or, you know, go work at a fast food chain if that's really how you feel about your commissions. Working a non-art job doesn't mean you can't also make art.
Geez, I just. I can't with that reply. How disappointing.
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Date: 2012-11-20 04:49 am (UTC)Also this: "I have too much on the line to try to pull things like that. It's currently my only form of income, and if I got paid more than simple minimum wage for the endless hours and effort I put into every illustration, I wouldn't have so many people waiting for so long. I could work at a fast food chain and make more than I do with these commissions, but I do commissions because art is my passion, and I LOVE it."
Yeah... no. I mean, you set your prices, so if you don't feel like you're being paid what you deserve, raise your prices? Or, you know, go work at a fast food chain if that's really how you feel about your commissions. Working a non-art job doesn't mean you can't also make art.
Geez, I just. I can't with that reply. How disappointing.