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Scammed! + Opening comms soon!
a year ago
Hiya!
I recently got my first BIG commission and I have to say I was super excited - weeeeell until I got scammed of my time... You see, I do as many other artists do (I persume), with large commissions that I require partial payment before I commit a large portion of time to lineart, coloring and shading. So I had this client who ordered a two page comic which I was really excited about. I'm planning on releasing my first comic chapter later this fall (stay tuned!) and I thought to myself that this is the perfect practice for it. But as I spent a week on the sketches and enhancing the sketches to provide a better product for my client and a faster work process with lineart, the sad thing happened.
The client repeatedly tried to convince me to only pay for my work when the whole piece (2 pages and 14 panels worth of illustrations) is done. Some of you might think that "Well Faux, why would you just not oblige if its a big payday in the end?" and I would answer "You silly sausage, I would just spend weeks of worktime in the hopes that I get paid". I've learned that if people are actually willing to put money into something, they likely are confident enough to spend a portion of the money beforehand. At least that's how I view things (feel free to disagree). So basically the week I spent on the comm was wasted in my part which saddens me but at least I didn't commit my time even more to ultimately not get paid. So there's the lesson!
On another news, my commissions are opening as soon as I get one of my personal illustrations done and a proper price ref sheet. So if you're interested, please let me know!
Cheers!
Faux <3
I recently got my first BIG commission and I have to say I was super excited - weeeeell until I got scammed of my time... You see, I do as many other artists do (I persume), with large commissions that I require partial payment before I commit a large portion of time to lineart, coloring and shading. So I had this client who ordered a two page comic which I was really excited about. I'm planning on releasing my first comic chapter later this fall (stay tuned!) and I thought to myself that this is the perfect practice for it. But as I spent a week on the sketches and enhancing the sketches to provide a better product for my client and a faster work process with lineart, the sad thing happened.
The client repeatedly tried to convince me to only pay for my work when the whole piece (2 pages and 14 panels worth of illustrations) is done. Some of you might think that "Well Faux, why would you just not oblige if its a big payday in the end?" and I would answer "You silly sausage, I would just spend weeks of worktime in the hopes that I get paid". I've learned that if people are actually willing to put money into something, they likely are confident enough to spend a portion of the money beforehand. At least that's how I view things (feel free to disagree). So basically the week I spent on the comm was wasted in my part which saddens me but at least I didn't commit my time even more to ultimately not get paid. So there's the lesson!
On another news, my commissions are opening as soon as I get one of my personal illustrations done and a proper price ref sheet. So if you're interested, please let me know!
Cheers!
Faux <3