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10 years ago
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I asked this on my twitter, but decided to ask about it here as well to get some feedback. I'm curious how people feel about this sort of thing.
When doing an art trade with someone, what do you feel is most fair in regards to the work. Should the two artists match effort, or is it more fair that both produce the same type of artwork (I.E. sketch, flat color, shaded)
If it helps I'll lay it out into two possible scenarios.
You have two artists that agree to do an art trade. One artist has more skill than the other, but both happily agree to the trade. Artist 1 can finish a flat color commission in 3 hours start to finish. Artist 2 can finish a flat color commission in 8 hours start to finish.
A: Artist 1 and Artist 2 both agree to trade flat color commissions (therefor artist 2 works for 5 more hours than artist 1)
B: Artist 1 and Artist 2 match effort taken. Artist 1 works for 3 hours and produces a flat color image. Artist 2 works 3 hours and is able to produce a sketch.
Which option would you want to be held/hold people responsible to? Why?
When doing an art trade with someone, what do you feel is most fair in regards to the work. Should the two artists match effort, or is it more fair that both produce the same type of artwork (I.E. sketch, flat color, shaded)
If it helps I'll lay it out into two possible scenarios.
You have two artists that agree to do an art trade. One artist has more skill than the other, but both happily agree to the trade. Artist 1 can finish a flat color commission in 3 hours start to finish. Artist 2 can finish a flat color commission in 8 hours start to finish.
A: Artist 1 and Artist 2 both agree to trade flat color commissions (therefor artist 2 works for 5 more hours than artist 1)
B: Artist 1 and Artist 2 match effort taken. Artist 1 works for 3 hours and produces a flat color image. Artist 2 works 3 hours and is able to produce a sketch.
Which option would you want to be held/hold people responsible to? Why?
Speed of completion comes with experience. If you agree to produce a certain level of completion, then that's not on the other party to ensure the same amount of hours is put into it.
Both A and B can lead to cases where there are vast inequalities in either the 'effort' put forth, or the 'quality' of the completed piece.
I think B is more fair, since there's a better standard and less deviation in what X hours of work means than what a flat color piece means. (In terms of how the finished product looks, of course.)