I think I've screwed up big time

kohl · June 01, 2011, 03:15:45 AM

Who's the artist?

FurryJackman · June 01, 2011, 11:51:51 AM

Not local is all I'm divulging.

spuug · June 01, 2011, 12:18:28 PM

The attitude that I take is to let the artist use his/her artistic vision, and whatever they produce is perfect. That vision is what I'm paying for. Now if they ask for feedback (like "How is this?" or "Did I miss or need to change anything?"), I will give it to them, but I usually just say "That's great!" or "It's purrrfect!".

zenia · June 01, 2011, 07:24:08 PM

I had a customer recently that was veeeery particular about what he wanted. I was a little frustrated at times, but in the end he was very happy with everything... even if he did make me want to add a "this number of revisions only, after that I charge!" clause. In the end, he got 5 pictures from me and I got $175 (I gave him a bit of a discount on the last two pictures 'cause he kept giving me business and promises to send friends my way) so it ended well.

FurryJackman · June 10, 2011, 02:50:26 AM

Well, it's been well over a week a no progress reports are coming back. Hopefully she's on vacation or some other reason she can't check her e-mail/FA PMs.

Edit: She just got back to me and apparently she's busy with schooling again. Understandable. She did give a progress report though, so patience paid off this time.

Apoxon · June 17, 2011, 11:18:29 AM

a cautious word of advice:

when you commission an artist, you are commissioning them for -their- style. if you're not satisfied with the art they regularly produce, don't commission them.

if they've messed up on colours or pattern, or have two left paws or something, that's different.

H u nn Y · June 17, 2011, 11:48:05 AM

Quote from: Apoxon on June 17, 2011, 11:18:29 AM
you are commissioning them for -their- style. if you're not satisfied with the art they regularly produce, don't commission them.

Definitely agree, basically sums it up, couldn't have said it better myself. :thumbs:

FurryJackman · June 19, 2011, 08:48:29 PM

I do like her style, she captured my Asian so well in my Fox Fursona. I just panicked overthinking it which resulted in the misguided e-mail.

Anyways, I'm sure the rest would be restricted to minor adjustments.

Sikhoten_Tiger · June 21, 2011, 10:55:45 PM

Quotea cautious word of advice:

when you commission an artist, you are commissioning them for -their- style. if you're not satisfied with the art they regularly produce, don't commission them.

if they've messed up on colours or pattern, or have two left paws or something, that's different.

There's definitely matters of degrees in this though. While on one hand you certainly can't expect an artist to produce exactly what you have in your head regardless of their own tendencies as an artist you as a commissioner have a right to input on the art you're paying for. The key in this is talking up-front about what you'd like and being clear about a good drafting process where as the artist makes progress you're able to provide input. Usually the artist should be able to articulate what they're comfortable with as far as input is concerned and you'll have a more comfortable context to deliver that input.

Commissions to me are a semi-collaborative process and as such communication is important, remember that when arranging commissions and if you fail in communicating things be prepared to accept something other then what you had in mind.