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Random thoughts...
7 years ago
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Why do people get so edgy when another artist has finally "made it" within the community? I can admit to being jealous of the money they make, or the fan-base they gain from time to time but over all it mostly encourages me to do better, to try harder. But consistently I see people nagging on about "Oh this artist locks stuff behind a Patreon" Or "This artist charges WAY too much for xxx" Like???
Everyone's fast to preach that art is a valid job/career but the second someone actually makes it a career people begin to winge that it's not fair or that the artist is only charging x amount because of how popular they are. GOOD THEY SHOULD. Artists deserve to make a living wage! If you don't want to pay for a commission or sub to their Patreon then hey? Don't. Nobody is forcing your hand to even interact with said artist if you don't wish to do so. But don't turn around and get snarky about the fact that the artist is more successful, they worked for it. They earned it.
EVERYONE on this site has the potential to "make it big" you just have to want it bad enough. Those artists wanted it so they got it, and you can too. But don't be a dick to them just because they made the effort to make art their full time job.
"But wehh Rune, this artist makes 3k off a watering hole how's that fair?"
If YOU had the fan-base and ability to make 3k off some YCH's wouldn't you? Exactly.
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I don’t understand it either, but a huge part of the issue seems to be perceived entitlement to an artist’s work. Among other things
It's all I ever hear anymore, that or people claim the only reason that an artist starts doing most work through Patreon is because they're "greedy" etc. when the artist's usually releases the content just in a later date. Like people gotta pay rent, and buy groceries. :T
Art is hard to make into a career I applaud those that have. 👏