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ESG Summary / Artist and Customer respect
12 years ago
So this past Friday I got to go to Elliot's Spring Gathering, which was hosted in my home city of LAS VEGAS! When I got there I was shocked at the amount of people I saw, which was just the locals and the few artists at the artists table. I was introduced to a few cool locals that haven't been to any meets yet, and quickly befriended them. THEN the pool party happened, and I found out there was quite a lot of people there and had a blast swimming and drinking and getting my inner buck out! I got a commission back from a very talented artist, and got to meet and hang out with Zen and Icelyon too! Friday came to a close, and eventually I became sober and drove home.
Saturday was the most fun I've ever had! Playing magic with new furs, 3 on 3 (which was supposed to be 4 on 4, but 2 dropped out because they are chickens haha), Meeting Maurice LaMarche and hearing his fun experiences and his love of his career. Swimming at a pool that doubled as a beach, with a water slide! playing beach ball and joking around in the pool! Obviously booze was involved and I was too drunk to drive! So I had Tiny drive all of us to Metro Pizza where I ingested a large amount of Wine and pizza and then proceeded to hit the dance floor where I got to see the DANCING DUKE hit the floor and show us all some moves! <3 Got to see Maurice again and he even did CALCULON for me which made me a giddy little fan boy haha! Ran into Zen and Icelyon again which was cool because they're really nice :3 Eventually sobriety hit and I had to go home and pass out for a couple more hours before....
SUNDAY! I woke up and went to the store for my mother to get dog food (and of course her flowers because it was Mother's Day!). Returned home, hopped in the shower and headed to the Hard Rock for the final day of the con. More magic obviously happened after my tons of photos with fursuiters, and then it was time to hit up this Brazilian place that had the best yummy unlimited meaty goodnessness ever! My god I was in heaven (minus the fact that the meat people kept skipping our table)! We returned to the hotel and played some more magic, but it was clear that the meat place was the close of a great con.
So all in all I really hope Elliot's returns to Las Vegas next year, because if it doesn't, whereever it is I'm going!
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I wanna address this because I know there are people who do this to artists and it really screws them over as far as creativity goes.
I noticed at the table when people came up to artists and asked for commissions they asked for specifics:
"I want my red panther to be sitting cross legged with a bandana on a chair facing a window in the background, the spots he has have to look EXACTLY like this *points to his reference* and I also want you to make sure his claws on his footpaws are extended, but not his handpaws because he's declawed. OH and I want..." You get the idea. People have too much they want when they commission someone. They have a long list of demands and then freak out when they aren't met. This really bugs me, because A. the artist should have some freedom, you're asking them to create something for you, not draw what is in your head, and B. they shouldn't have to take your shit if they fuck up on a small detail like the chair isn't facing the window or something. Please get off your high horse. You have no right to judge an artist who made a simple mistake, when you yourself are probably not even capable of creating anything even remotely close to what they have.
Please kindly fuck off you stupid commissioners, you give us a bad name.
Saturday was the most fun I've ever had! Playing magic with new furs, 3 on 3 (which was supposed to be 4 on 4, but 2 dropped out because they are chickens haha), Meeting Maurice LaMarche and hearing his fun experiences and his love of his career. Swimming at a pool that doubled as a beach, with a water slide! playing beach ball and joking around in the pool! Obviously booze was involved and I was too drunk to drive! So I had Tiny drive all of us to Metro Pizza where I ingested a large amount of Wine and pizza and then proceeded to hit the dance floor where I got to see the DANCING DUKE hit the floor and show us all some moves! <3 Got to see Maurice again and he even did CALCULON for me which made me a giddy little fan boy haha! Ran into Zen and Icelyon again which was cool because they're really nice :3 Eventually sobriety hit and I had to go home and pass out for a couple more hours before....
SUNDAY! I woke up and went to the store for my mother to get dog food (and of course her flowers because it was Mother's Day!). Returned home, hopped in the shower and headed to the Hard Rock for the final day of the con. More magic obviously happened after my tons of photos with fursuiters, and then it was time to hit up this Brazilian place that had the best yummy unlimited meaty goodnessness ever! My god I was in heaven (minus the fact that the meat people kept skipping our table)! We returned to the hotel and played some more magic, but it was clear that the meat place was the close of a great con.
So all in all I really hope Elliot's returns to Las Vegas next year, because if it doesn't, whereever it is I'm going!
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I wanna address this because I know there are people who do this to artists and it really screws them over as far as creativity goes.
I noticed at the table when people came up to artists and asked for commissions they asked for specifics:
"I want my red panther to be sitting cross legged with a bandana on a chair facing a window in the background, the spots he has have to look EXACTLY like this *points to his reference* and I also want you to make sure his claws on his footpaws are extended, but not his handpaws because he's declawed. OH and I want..." You get the idea. People have too much they want when they commission someone. They have a long list of demands and then freak out when they aren't met. This really bugs me, because A. the artist should have some freedom, you're asking them to create something for you, not draw what is in your head, and B. they shouldn't have to take your shit if they fuck up on a small detail like the chair isn't facing the window or something. Please get off your high horse. You have no right to judge an artist who made a simple mistake, when you yourself are probably not even capable of creating anything even remotely close to what they have.
Please kindly fuck off you stupid commissioners, you give us a bad name.
Yeah I hate when that shit happens.
And that's responsible of you to avoid D&D *unfortunately I can't say the same for many others.* :/
Concerning commissions, the artist does have an obligation to follow through with some details. But commissioners seem to forget that they're paying a freelancer, not an actual contract, therefore artistic freedom should be expected. I for one enjoy the perception/style of other artists, it always serves to be a good surprise.