Month: April 2015

naoren:

Why talk to someone just for free art when you can talk to them out of genuine interest in who they are? Or how about instead of socializing with an ulterior motive, you just commission them? Everyone gets something for their troubles and you don’t have to hurt their feelings by pretending you care.

I’m not talking about when an artist asks of their own free will for requests from their peers; I’m talking about when strangers come to an artist’s inbox with a request. What you’re doing isn’t supportive to an artist. By being chummy with someone just for a material incentive, you’re not treating them like a person; you’re treating them like a tool. We’re not NPCs that reward you for giving us the right input, we draw for our own personal reasons.  If we fulfill your request, it’s because we decided to; not because you are entitled to it or deserve it for talking to us.

Some artists are kind enough to accept a request or suggestion, but that doesn’t mean you should abuse that kindness or treat every other artist like a potential handout, especially artists who would rather take commissions.

patchoulisandwiches:

I was at the library the other day, and my daughter was playing at the Art Table with two other girls. One of the little girls’ mother was near by and said “Aren’t you girls good little artists!” 

And the third girl perked up and said “My dad’s an artist!” 

The woman smiled indulgently and says “Oh really, what kind?” 

The little girl proudly told her “He’s a tattoo artist.” 

And the woman. Oh man. Her face just twists, crumples into something nothing short of disdain, and she opens her mouth and says “That’s not…”

“An easy job,” I cut in, looking the woman in the face because really? You’re going to tell a child her dad’s not a real artist. “In fact it’s very very hard, because that art is alive forever on a person, not like on paper. And that’s scary! You have to be really good, to be a tattoo artist. Your dad must be really, really good.”

what kind of person could just try and crush a little kid like that? goddamn.

mvlans-moved:

when someone says something so wrong that really pisses you off but you don’t wanna start an argument so you just sit there like