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Posted in Question for all
Posted 6 years ago
@Q t e a p o n: Thaks QT, I'll have to keep that in mind now. :) I'll also have to check out all of the artist you talked about too. All of their art is quite lovely. :D
@Millet: I see where you are coming from, and I make sure to get all of the references I need, if not more if it is requested. Plus I do like it when an artist goes out of their way to create something new. I got this I want to say a month or so ago. The original reference looks like this. They said they wanted her to show more skin, and I was just in love with it so much. I told them that I wouldn't mind having that as an unofficial reference of this character since they drew her so beautifuly. Plus most of her art seems to be circus based, which made it even more interesting. :)
@SirLionelNigelConrad: Pretty much, plus we did agree that $15 to $20 seemed to be fair. They said I can send half of the payment or the full payment depending on how things go. The artist is really nice and I hope more people help her out in her emergency.
@Rayon Declaire: So far I've gotten a whole lot of good suggestions from friends. So I plan on looking at the artists that they suggested and see about their prices and what they will/won't do. Plus I will probably ask a little closer when it comes to buying the art from the artist and ask them when I should send the half or full payments. But you also have a point, I may not end up liking what they draw, but I might in the long run. Right now, the main person that I hope likes it would be my hubby. Mostly since what I am buying relates to us both since we both play this game. :)
Posted in Question for all
Posted 6 years ago
@SirLionelNigelConrad: I can understand how you feel on that, but I was planning on offering them more than just a dollar for what I want. One of the characters I am waning art has armor on his legs and no where else. Not to mention, since I would love it colored, I'm pretty sure I can think of what would be a reasonable price.
You also have to consider that not all artists doe this for a living. Some of them only take it up as a side thing if anything. I watch a streamer that has done some beautiful work and she will draw just about anything for money. But she is going through a whole lot since she has a kid and a full time job.
Heck, I honestly would sell my crap for a dollar at a starting price or just have them pay what they want. My art isn't perfect nor is it worth $20. I honestly am more comfortable selling my art with virtual money (Gaia Gold, Volts, etc.). Exposer is part of it, not a lot of people view my dA (which I pretty much gave up on), Twitter (still new there), and Instagram (I haven't posted there in months). Most of the views I get on my art, if any, is when I am selling it on Gaia (not on voltra) or when I am giving out freebies. My prices tend to be reasonable over there on Gaia since the inflation is nuts. If you are curious to what I draw, I mostly do it all digital. I'm just throwing the things below to show you what I've done recently, but those would be the colored samples I'd post up in my shop or some where as a sample to what I can do. Two of them is drawn by my mouse on my desktop, the other one was drawn with my finger on my chromebook.
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@Glume: By the way, I love your avatar. :) Its so pretty.
I also understand on the creative part when it comes to work and personal life. Right now I'm doing freebies/requests on both Gaia and dA to expand my image gallery on Twitter. Plus I did get a few friends that gave me some recommendations on some artists. Being conned is honestly one of my major fears about this since I don't want to pay half or full and receive nothing in a few months with no updates. But I can understand on if the art won't look anything like the final product. I'm fine with that, as the artist, you do you. As the commissioner, thought this might just me personally, as long as I'm satisfied with it, that is what matters. I honestly would rather a bazillion WIPs with watermarks on it in a span of a month with updates (though I think that is a bit of an over exaggeration) than nothing. But a time frame would be really nice before hand too. Like, it will take me a few weeks before I can get to your art, please understand. Or I have a wait time that is about a month, but I try to work pretty quickly, I'll let you know when it is time for me to work on it.
Posted in Question for all
Posted 6 years ago
@SirLionelNigelConrad: That makes sense, and I would rather get to know how an artist feels on drawing something that is mecha or not mecha. I rather know a head of time before asking "Hey, draw this for cash money."
I just saw an artist on dA that is willing to draw for $1, but I sent them a note asking what they prefer to draw. I did let them know what it was going to be, but I know for one thing, I am gonna be paying more than a dollar since it is a PWYW transaction. Since what I am requesting may be complicated, I rather pay them for the work as a whole.
Posted in Question for all
Posted 6 years ago
I honestly don't know where to put this, but I know it isn't really a serious discussion topic and I am not quite ready to post this in the Art shops since I do not have it in order yet.
But I plan on buying art this year with RLC. I never done it before, but I would like some advice from anyone that either does it or has bought art with RLC in the past.
So my main fear is that if I buy art with RLC, what if I don't get any sketches or WIPs after I sent the artist the money? Like, they didn't say anything before hand about waiting for art from them or it didn't say anything in their commission info on wait times. I don't want to send half or the full payment and not get or hear anything from weeks on hand.
My other question is on paying them. I know that its mostly done with PayPal, I know that much. But when should I send the payment? Should I send it to them when they let me know or wait til they give me a sketch? Part of this does happen to be due to the question above, but I would rather know now than regret this later.
I rather be safe than sorry when it comes to this kind of stuff. I honestly have no idea what I am getting into and would like to know from some experienced people when it comes to buying art with RLC. RLC is much different than virtual money since I can cancel a trade if nothing has been heard from in a long time. Or if they took my virtual money and gave me nothing, I could at least report them or something. I don't think I can report someone for not giving me my money back due to not having a sketch done in 2 or 3 weeks. That is just a general idea, I honestly have no clue on how long it would really take on a RLC commission. ^^;;
Posted in 《Unicorns Charity》making a new contest
Posted 6 years ago
@Unicorn: Nope, had to work on that day/night. But it isn't too bad.
Posted in 《Unicorns Charity》making a new contest
Posted 6 years ago
@Unicorn: Off for tonight and tomorrow, but I'm probably gonna play some warframe or something else with my hubby.
Posted in 《Unicorns Charity》making a new contest
Posted 6 years ago
@Unicorn: Yeah I do
Posted in 《Unicorns Charity》making a new contest
Posted 6 years ago
@Unicorn: I feel him on that. DX I just wish it was easier for me to fall asleep. I have to turn so many times just to get comfortable, and it never ends up working.
Posted in 《Unicorns Charity》making a new contest
Posted 6 years ago
@Unicorn: Yeah, and it happened again for me tonight too. DX Ugh, I can't stand it. I should probably take my coworker's advice and stay up til a certain time once I get home, but it doesn't usually work out like that for me. >.>
Posted in A Rant about giving Free art on my end
Posted 6 years ago
@Q t e a p o n: Pretty much what I was thinking. But I personally think its unfair that they asked me to take it down when it is clearly placed up on their Tumblr. Granted, they did give me credit, but they didn't even let me know that they posted it up on there. I did offer to put it back up for them via direct message, but they didn't say anything back. In some ways, I think I am freaking out for no reason, but this really put a damper on my mood to draw in general now. :/
I also agree with you, gift art is both a surprise and wonderful. Heck, if someone wanted to draw one of my characters that was a complete WIP, I wouldn't mind it as much. Plus I'm pretty sure it would give me some more ideas for the character, if not revamp them with how the person drew the character in question.
@Millet: That's from what I am guessing too. But since person B requested it in a freebie thread, I decided to draw it since I loved the design of said character. According to Person A's tumblr post, they talked with person B and found out that it was fan art requested. But since I didn't get the whole story behind it, I honestly thought I drew a stolen design. I took it down since they asked. It would have been fine if they sent me a message saying everything was cool and I can repost it if I want to, since I am pretty proud of what I drew. But I have gotten no word.
I also agree with you on the art community too. Plus I stopped posting my art on dA (for personal reasons), plus I honestly got sick of the damn trolls on there. I had one person claim something that I drew originally was stolen art from someone else. I even checked that said artist that I 'stole' from. It was no where. I also stopped putting my art up on dA all together as well. It seems to me that on there, the people that get the most views are the really good people (not like they don't deserve it) or clear as day troll accounts. I can't tell you how many troll accounts I found that had over 1k followers. :/ The only reason why I started posting my art up online again was for my best friend. She asked me to. She really loves seeing my work.
Posted in A Rant about giving Free art on my end
Posted 6 years ago
@Rallaa: Pretty much, and I'm pretty thrilled when anyone decides to draw my characters.
I did check their tumblr where they did post saying they believe someone was getting art of their OC without permission. It even stated on their tumblr that they didn't want people to draw their character unless they gave said permission. I could tell by looking at the blog post that it was worked out, but they did post up the chibi that I drew and posted up. They did give credit, but I did already take it down. They tweeted me asking about it 10 or so hours ago, and I think before I could respond, they had the issue resolved, but didn't let me know. I work night shift, so its not like I can check all of the social networks I am on all the time. Usually when I wake up, my mind is in other places.
Posted in 《Unicorns Charity》making a new contest
Posted 6 years ago
@Unicorn: Yeah, lol. I had a friend of mine suggest some natural sleep aids, but they are so pricey. DX
Posted in -ninja poofs in-
Posted 6 years ago
@Salem: I use a whole lot of Tony's. :) Its by far one of my favorite seasonings in the world.
Posted in A Rant about giving Free art on my end
Posted 6 years ago
So I did get a message back from the owner of the OC, she was pretty cool about it and everything and did ask me to repost it. I probably freaked out for nothing, but it still didn't make me think of the worse. It isn't uncommon on Gaia when someone comes in saying that they had their OC stolen. Its pretty uncool when someone does crap like that. :/
Ok, so I was unaware that I was drawing someone's OC with out permission on a freebie thread that I did on Gaia, right? Well, I didn't know about this til I checked Twitter tonight.
The person that tweeted me was kind enough to let me know that it was there character. I had two options: Take it down or Credit them. I would have credited them, but I took it down since it was drawn without permission by them. They are aware that someone is requesting art of their character but that was on Tumblr. Even though the person in question said it was for a friend on Gaia. If they credited their friend when making the request, I would have added that into my tweet.
Since it isn't possible to edit tweets, I thought it would be best to just remove it completely. Til the original owner messages me back, it will stay down unless they want me to put it back up. It only seems respectful that way.
Don't get me wrong, I love to draw Original Characters. They are really interesting and usually fun to draw. But... If you do not own the character, don't request art of it without crediting your friend or just in general. I find it really sweet for someone to do that for a friend, I really do. I have had a friend request/pay for art of our characters together. Like, if you wanted it to be a surprise for them, then that is also reasonable. But if the person is posting it up some where like dA, Twitter, Instagram, or any other site that you can make comments on the images, then PLEASE for the love of god, credit your friend for their character!
I'll be honest with you, if I posted that up on discord and imgbox and only sent the link, I wouldn't have known that I drew a stolen OC without permission.
I will tell you this now, I don't mind drawing for free at times. It gives me something to do as well as give me practice. But this pretty much ruins it for me. I will still do Original Characters, but now I just have to place down an extra rule on my freebie threads. Heck, I'm not even sure if anyone READS the damn rules!
What do you guys think?
The person that tweeted me was kind enough to let me know that it was there character. I had two options: Take it down or Credit them. I would have credited them, but I took it down since it was drawn without permission by them. They are aware that someone is requesting art of their character but that was on Tumblr. Even though the person in question said it was for a friend on Gaia. If they credited their friend when making the request, I would have added that into my tweet.
Since it isn't possible to edit tweets, I thought it would be best to just remove it completely. Til the original owner messages me back, it will stay down unless they want me to put it back up. It only seems respectful that way.
Don't get me wrong, I love to draw Original Characters. They are really interesting and usually fun to draw. But... If you do not own the character, don't request art of it without crediting your friend or just in general. I find it really sweet for someone to do that for a friend, I really do. I have had a friend request/pay for art of our characters together. Like, if you wanted it to be a surprise for them, then that is also reasonable. But if the person is posting it up some where like dA, Twitter, Instagram, or any other site that you can make comments on the images, then PLEASE for the love of god, credit your friend for their character!
I'll be honest with you, if I posted that up on discord and imgbox and only sent the link, I wouldn't have known that I drew a stolen OC without permission.
I will tell you this now, I don't mind drawing for free at times. It gives me something to do as well as give me practice. But this pretty much ruins it for me. I will still do Original Characters, but now I just have to place down an extra rule on my freebie threads. Heck, I'm not even sure if anyone READS the damn rules!
What do you guys think?
Also, I know the title seems pretty bad, but I hope reading the rant gave a bit more clarification. Like, I do request free art on Gaia a whole lot, but I usually don't expect anything since its more of trail and error. You'll either get free art or not. Heck, as someone who draws for free at times, I am pretty picky on who I draw. So I'm not bashing anyone who doesn't want to draw anyone in a freebie thread. You are the artist, you draw what ever you want to draw. Usually when I post in about 5 or more free art threads on Gaia, I usually don't expect to get drawn. Half the time, I forget that I even posted down my request.