pinkstarpirater:

ramshacklemecha:

scarnova:

“As a customer, I think that it’s wrong for artists to price their art by time spent. We shouldn’t get penalized cause it’s our money!!”

I need to lay down h o ly shit

People are stupid

I would say this sounds made up, except I have had people say similar things to me.  I’m just like, “Then go over to the {$priced-way-too-low$) commission person over there,” to which they reply, “But I don’t want a commission from them, I want a commission from you.”  

Well tough shit, buddy.  Pay up or shut up.

The fact that they think it’s some sort of penalty tax instead of paying for an item they want and the time it takes to create said item after spending years developing the skills to create said item and needing money to pay bills and have a place to live and food to eat so you can sustain yourself while creating said item… like… not sure if they missed the memo, but art is a job just like every other job and if every other person in every other job can be paid by time spent, so can artists. When people look for jobs they look for things they’re qualified in AND FOR THINGS THAT WILL PAY THEM FOR THEIR TIME IN A WAY THEY CAN LIVE OFF OF! If they aren’t paid enough, they look elsewhere, or even protest how unfair it is. So no, it’s not a penalty, it’s an income-based career just like every other career out there. I’m sure you want to be paid for your time, too, when you get out of bed and go to work, so don’t you dare come at artists with that ass-backwards logic.