Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Art Commissions

 I don't like art commissions anymore. As I wrote about in the "make me pretty" post, some people can be unreasonable to the extreme. I ghosted, or thought I ghosted this person who expected too much from me, but they came back, weeks later, and said the sketch I made wasn't good, and to try doing like this anime drawing that I sketched already, the same one I drew and sent earlier. What, do you want me to trace the damn thing? 

People don't understand an artist's limitations. You don't go to Charles m Schultz or Scott Adams and ask them to make an amazing Sistine chapel looking thing. Not everyone can do the same kinds of things. If you ask a Snoopy type artist for a Mona Lisa, be prepared to receive a picture of Snoopy as the Mona Lisa, not something that looks as great as the Mona Lisa.

I've learned to accept the fact that I'm not a super great artist, I'm a cartoonist. I enjoy drawing cartoons. I don't like it when people  expect miracles from me, and imply that I'm not a good artist because I can't make pictures like Rembrandt. I can go to my dad if I want that kind of treatment.

You're not the Medici family. If you were, you'd go online and find a perfect artist instead of complaining that I can't fulfill your artistic vision to your impossible standards.

You're cheap, that's why you're asking me instead of a pro who can actually make your perfect picture and charge you full price for the annoyance. You prefer to go the cheaper route and demand premium work for peanuts.

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