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New personal practices when I commission art.
8 years ago
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Well, I'm tired. I am sick, physically, in pain and not sleeping well. I am also angry and exhausted with a number of artists I've been dealing with recently. People who have been paid for their work, and who continue to give me excuses or, more often, won't even communicate with me when I try to get in touch with them about projects.
There are three of these artists, and I've decided I'm going to black list them permanently from my commission list. I will not be working with these artists ever again, despite their quality of work. Some of them it's merely a matter of not being able to provide product in a timely or reasonable fashion (All three of them are more than a month past due for commissioned work, and two of them gave me hard time frames which passed completely.), while others it is a matter of poor communication, lack of professionalism or toxicity of people connected to them on top of that.
My new practices will be to always get a time frame established, and that will be a solid contract. Word of fucking law, in this case. If someone doesn't meet the time frame, a refund will be demanded within one week. If artists attempt to refuse a refund or wiggle their way into extra time, they will be informed that I will contact Paypal and have the charge reversed. I'm done playing with people, and my patience has run out.
If people are going to take advantage of my loyalty and appreciation of their art to take a not-inconsiderable quantity of my money and then leave me hanging, then I don't give a shit what a charge back does to them. Fuck them. I've had the patience of a saint too many times, and I'm done being nice to people who don't respect a business contract. They can claim personal problems all they want, but when I see them regularly streaming and finishing works for other people while mine has sat for a month or more unfinished, that's just them fucking telling lies.
I will not name names; this is not about that. These people won't see this, and i know that. They don't give a shit about me, obviously, so of course the people I'm furious with won't read this. But I will be informing them after the fact that our professional and personal relationships have ended. I will not be suggesting them to anyone else. I will not praise their work. I will post it, credit it, and move on.
Do not test me, other Artists. I can be your best friend; I can pay you hundreds of dollars of my money over time, and I will be loyal and faithful as both a friend and a customer. But if you screw me around like other people have, then I will wash my hands of you, and if I don't demand a refund, it's likely I'm writing you off entirely and will warn people away from you on a personal level. I know not every artist is a professional, but if you're charging people money for your work then you should act like a goddamn professional. Does this compute? I trust it does. My friends who are artists know my frustration, and know exactly how serious I am. I value them, and this does not include them. But for everyone else? If you're reading this and I ever approach you for art, feel free to tell me to fuck off rather than deal with my "difficult" requirements. If you can't handle a two-character shaded color piece in TWO MONTHS OF TIME, but finish TWELVE OTHER PIECES for people, INCLUDING COLOR WORKS IN-STREAM THAT ARE MORE COMPLEX THAN MY REQUEST, then clearly you're entirely capable of "difficult" work, aren't you?
My time is too valuable for this bullshit.
Consider this rant done.
There are three of these artists, and I've decided I'm going to black list them permanently from my commission list. I will not be working with these artists ever again, despite their quality of work. Some of them it's merely a matter of not being able to provide product in a timely or reasonable fashion (All three of them are more than a month past due for commissioned work, and two of them gave me hard time frames which passed completely.), while others it is a matter of poor communication, lack of professionalism or toxicity of people connected to them on top of that.
My new practices will be to always get a time frame established, and that will be a solid contract. Word of fucking law, in this case. If someone doesn't meet the time frame, a refund will be demanded within one week. If artists attempt to refuse a refund or wiggle their way into extra time, they will be informed that I will contact Paypal and have the charge reversed. I'm done playing with people, and my patience has run out.
If people are going to take advantage of my loyalty and appreciation of their art to take a not-inconsiderable quantity of my money and then leave me hanging, then I don't give a shit what a charge back does to them. Fuck them. I've had the patience of a saint too many times, and I'm done being nice to people who don't respect a business contract. They can claim personal problems all they want, but when I see them regularly streaming and finishing works for other people while mine has sat for a month or more unfinished, that's just them fucking telling lies.
I will not name names; this is not about that. These people won't see this, and i know that. They don't give a shit about me, obviously, so of course the people I'm furious with won't read this. But I will be informing them after the fact that our professional and personal relationships have ended. I will not be suggesting them to anyone else. I will not praise their work. I will post it, credit it, and move on.
Do not test me, other Artists. I can be your best friend; I can pay you hundreds of dollars of my money over time, and I will be loyal and faithful as both a friend and a customer. But if you screw me around like other people have, then I will wash my hands of you, and if I don't demand a refund, it's likely I'm writing you off entirely and will warn people away from you on a personal level. I know not every artist is a professional, but if you're charging people money for your work then you should act like a goddamn professional. Does this compute? I trust it does. My friends who are artists know my frustration, and know exactly how serious I am. I value them, and this does not include them. But for everyone else? If you're reading this and I ever approach you for art, feel free to tell me to fuck off rather than deal with my "difficult" requirements. If you can't handle a two-character shaded color piece in TWO MONTHS OF TIME, but finish TWELVE OTHER PIECES for people, INCLUDING COLOR WORKS IN-STREAM THAT ARE MORE COMPLEX THAN MY REQUEST, then clearly you're entirely capable of "difficult" work, aren't you?
My time is too valuable for this bullshit.
Consider this rant done.
