I do commissions for money off site and never expect tips. I expect what I charged, so when I see that extra in there with like "Here's a tip!" or "A little extra to cover paypal fees <3" etc, it makes me SO HAPPY.
I imagine artists on petsites don't even dare to dream about tips, given how rare they are with real funds.
Guess I shouldn't be surprised. I've never sold commissions on a site before, but of the friends/acquaintances I drew for when they asked for something, only 2 out of 11 people gave me anything in return. And one of the two kind of stopped giving equal return later.
nayrt I think a lot of people look at the talent side of drawing and don't see all the hard work, so I wonder if the people who didn't give you anything even realized how it could take effort from you to produce art.
You have a really good point. I do sometimes fall into the trap of thinking it gets much easier for more experienced artists too so a couple of the friends who didn't give in return even though they also draw a little probably thought it didn't take much effort for me. And didn't help I kind of tended to tell them don't expect it soon but end up giving them priority in the end.
yeah, this. i've done commissions/adoptables on and off FR, and I'm always surprised the rare time anyone tips. i set my prices for what i feel is a fair wage for my adoptables or whatever, since i don't expect to get tipped at all.
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(Anonymous) 2015-09-03 03:54 am (UTC)(link)I do commissions for money off site and never expect tips. I expect what I charged, so when I see that extra in there with like "Here's a tip!" or "A little extra to cover paypal fees <3" etc, it makes me SO HAPPY.
I imagine artists on petsites don't even dare to dream about tips, given how rare they are with real funds.
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(Anonymous) 2015-09-03 04:20 am (UTC)(link)(I do not draw for people much now.)
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(Anonymous) 2015-09-03 04:28 am (UTC)(link)I think a lot of people look at the talent side of drawing and don't see all the hard work, so I wonder if the people who didn't give you anything even realized how it could take effort from you to produce art.
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(Anonymous) 2015-09-03 04:38 am (UTC)(link)Ah well!
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