I'm pretty excited to have joined the team and so I used my charm to get myself a corner like a two cent whore. (Now
I feel right at home in Furcadia.) So this is where I'm going to rant about different topics, things that I see around me
and cannot shove a sock in it to save my life. I promise to not name names, or atleast try hard not to, and to keep a level
head. Don't like what I'm saying? See that tiny X up in the corner? Click it.
Well, let me just say a little something before you all jump up and down like the Socceroos did actually win their
match against Brazil.
I am not a portrait artist, I cannot sketch for peanuts and I have never/will claim that I can and
am. This is just my observation on the art-business that is around. This is also based off the well known Deviantart, which
is something most Furre artists use.
Here is my first topic. Portraits and customers who pull out after paying simply because they didn't like what they got.
That, or claim that it should be free.
Firstly; if you don't like it and haven't paid, it is not for free, it is to be sold to someone who does like it and
will pay straight away. To me, that just seems like a massive scam and artists who do this are stupid enough to give their
art away for free.
Secondly; If you have paid for a portrait in advance because you have seen some of the other pieces from the artist,
and would like something of your own, you cannot just pull out in the end because you were 'drunk when you said you liked
it.' Honestly, you would not be able to go and ask for a refund if an artist drew a family portrait and the nose was one millimeter
off. The payment is a fee for their time spent doing something for you. Don't like it, then tell them thank you, that you
appreciate the time spent and then do something with it. Hell, even stare at it for a whole minute and try to grow to like
it. That would be a sensible thing to do. Once again, artists who refund payments are completely thick in the brains. I wouldn't
even adjust it. If you customers out there find someone kind enough to do it without complaining or a fee ... you are lucky.
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Next topic is spamming.
It annoys me, to the point of no return, to see someone ask how their commission is coming along in a comment on a seperate
deviation. The good folks at Deviantart created 'notes' for good reason. If you're interested in the progress of your sketch/portrait/whatever,
be polite and use a note. Slipping it in discreetly does not work, I know I pick up on it and I know a few other artists that
do too. It's annoying and discouraging, just don't do it. Notes, people, notes.
This also includes those who hold contests and run around posting comments everywhere. Every artist is contactable via
a good Furcadia whisper, or you can attract them via links in your description. When people do this, it seems like they're
desperate for art and it's only a scam.
I'm now brought to one simple message. "THINK before you ACT." Really people, it
isn't that hard.
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Until next time, ciao my muffincakes.
