You do AMAZING work for a VERy reasonable price anyway
Hope that kinda thing doesn't happen too often though, it IS rude and actually shows how lazy people have gotten.

Thank you I appreciate it ^^ But its in general because its not just me though its happened quite a few times to me
but Ive heard it happening to other artists I know as well and its been chipping away at me

This so much.

I have seen some seriously rude behaviors both in comments on journals and in streams, plus I've heard some horror stories from a few artist friends and I just..??? People are so nasty and rude sometimes.

These 'people' have no respect for the artist at all they just feel self entitled for the most part and expect so much for so little
for what ever excuse they have. Hell I've had some all 'oh well i was really sick for blah blah blah and I don't have that much'

SO don't COMMISSION AN ARTIST ITS A LUXURY ITEM NOT A NEEDED ITEM. Its not OUR problem you can't afford it or our responsibility
to take care of your financial issues. I just......ughhhhhhhhhhhhhh

There are a lot of people that don't tend to read over the prices or anything an artist puts out before jumping. I actually had a strange case a bit ago with someone who noted me for a quote on a ref saying they could only pay me over the summer in cash and I asked him if he could wait until it was closer to summer/me to receive payment (before giving art) since it was the middle of april and I have a backlog in commissions thanks to school. He flipped out at me like I did something wrong and he needed it that day. -.- It's a good side note, if you can't pay when you want the art, then you have to wait until you can afford it. Like you said, an artist isn't a robot, but a person.

Ugh lord wow...havn't had that issue before...or yet hopefully never but Im sorry you went through that.

It's alright, he left right after it and came back once because he couldn't remember if I actually accepted or not. ;¬¬ Thankfully it wasn't a huge fuss, just an annoyance. :/

well I'm glad it didnt go any further then that! The moment the person starts getting stand-offish I block them now

Understandable, after so many times it just gets old to deal with it and some people just can't be satisfied without their way

For one thing, this is so freaking rude. And second, a commission is technically a kind of contract and you should *ALWAYS* read the terms and conditions, including any of the fine print, before you agree to anything like that. Because that's what responsible adults do @.@

Ive had too many so far and seen so many other artists go through this where nothing is read then using ignorance to become a 'victim' because its not a cheap price they wanted.

Agreed. Ignorance is not an excuse.

Pfft, responsible adults. Where do you think you are?

THIS!
IS!
FURRY!

Ugh fuckin' furries man

I don't remember who did this but some time ago I heard of an artist effectively adding 'if you commission me you hearby give me all rights and ownership to the character in said commission' to their tos to see who was actually reading it and it took like... 3 months or something for someone to question it.

O_O the hell? Ownership of someone's character through commission....uum no yeah no I dont even.....no.

They never acted on it, it was more an experiment to see who was actually reading their TOS to commission them. It was in big bold letters at the top of their tos, too.

wooow

That... is awesome.

Conversely, I'm amazed how often I see commissioners thinking they own all rights to the art they commission. I'm neither an artist nor a commissioner. I've bought a couple adoptables. But even I know that the artist retains rights to the work they made.

adds "onwership of your firstborn children" to TOS heh

I've long maintained that most artists charge far too little for their time. Any trade like electrician, carpenter, mason, etc, who spent as much time, day in and day out, learning, honing and perfecting their trade as long as some artists on FA have, would be laughed at by their peers if they didn't charge at least $40/hour, yet some artists on FA allow the "public" to dictate their prices and consequently have no hope of making a living off their trade. I'm not saying artists should time their work and charge by the hour. That's just not how this particular trade works. But I've seen artists who clearly deserve to be making a living off their talent charging only $20-30 for full color art!