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Comissions isn't a term I particularly like.
It suggests that you pay me in advance, or make
a downpayment on a piece of art you would like
to have made specifically for you. I won't accept
either. The reason I won't accept money in advance
is because I am terrible about doing things once
I've already been paid for them. It makes me incredibly
stressed out, and I simply end up rushing the
job when I feel like I have procrastinated too
long, and end up creating a very inferior piece
of work.
I also can't or won't do deadlines, so if you
need a piece by next thursday for your uncle Ned's
birthday party, don't even bother to ask. That
also stresses me out beyond belief, so I end up
doing the same thing I do when I have been paid
in advance, and produce something that is highly
inferior in quality and creativity, because my
heart simply isn't in it.
This causes several problems when it comes to
accepting commissions, because if someone doesn't
put a downpayment or deposit on the future work,
there is no guarantee that I will get paid for
doing it. It also causes a problem because most
commissions, they are buyer specific. The commissioner
(you) want the commissionee (me) to make something
that would be of interest to you but probably
no one else. So I end up with possibly something
that I am stuck with because you don't like it,
and I can't sell because no one else would be
interested in it.
So what to do? Well... here is my compromise.
If you want me to create something for you, I
will agree to it IF the following apply.
1. It is something that would be marketable in
other venues.
2. It is general, in that I am allowed to use
my own artistic vision to create it.
3. You are willing to be given the first shot
at buying it, but if you aren't interested in
it, I am then free to try selling in somewhere
else.
So in other words, I won't create a doll that
looks like your uncle Ned, I won't do anything
that is personalized with Uncle Ned's name on
it, and I won't do anything that I have no interest
in creating.
I will however, make a dragon claw backscratcher
in purple, or make a gemstone tree spirit with
your birthstone, or I will make a doll that is
in a particular setting (possibly). Once it is
done, I will contact you, and show you the photos
of it, and you will be given the opportunity to
buy it within a reasonable amount of time. If
you don't wish to buy it because it isn't up to
your expectations, or you have better things to
do with your money, then you aren't locked into
some contract, and haven't lost any deposit money.
A win, win situation no? I don't get stressed
out and make something I don't want to make, you
don't get upset because you paid for something
that you don't want or that doesn't live up to
your expectations. On the other hand, you may
get something that you really may not have thought
about, but looks rather cool, and I get to use
my own creativity, enjoy what I am creating.
So....still interested in getting me to do something
for you? If so, click on Contact
at the bottom of this page and let me know what
you have in mind.
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