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Papabear,

I've been taken advantage of as a freelance furry cartoonist, you may know the type who ask for a drawing and expect it to be free despite my saying it's a paid commission all over the place and then giving me a sob story (birthday, sick, thought it was free) to just not pay for a drawing. What do you think I could do to prevent such a thing on FurAffinity, Anthrocon, and other furry social settings?

Sign Me,

Pushover When It Comes to Commissions

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Dear Pushover,

A hard row to hoe is the life of a freelance artist, whether you draw, write, or compose music. Artists are grossly underappreciated in American culture (even the famous ones get screwed out of money), and it’s gotten worse since the advent of the Internet, where people seem to believe that artists don’t have bills and obtain their sustenance  through photosynthesis. “The Internet should be free! All art on the Internet should be free! Online radio should be without commercials!” Sometimes I think these people believe artists to be magical fairies who don’t buy food or rent apartments; they clearly sew their garb from spider webs and mushroom gills and frolic about in the magical land of Narnia, where Aslan takes care of all their every need. Then, as a hobby on the side, they post art on the Internet (even though getting an AC adapter in Narnia can be a challenge—but at least Aslan ate all the people at Time Warner cable to provide his people with free Web access).

Sorry, pet peeve of mine. I’ll stop with the sarcasm. 

Yes, there are artists who post for free online ... a lot of them, and furries love them for it. But I also know artists who actually need the money from commissions to get by in life because they've lost their "real" jobs or are underemployed.

I’ve always been impressed by the talents of the many artists in the fandom. Their work deserves compensation, and if you are one of those people who commissions a work of art from a fellow furry and then reneges on the deal after the artist provides you with said art—then shame on you! You knew there was a fee for the work, and now you try to wheedle out of your side of the deal? To quote John Cleese, “I fart in your general direction.” You are a malignant leech.

But getting paid for your work is not only a challenge in the furry fandom. Artists all over face this problem, especially commercial artists. As you’ll find in this informative article, https://www.writersandartists.co.uk/artists/advice/180/exhibiting-and-working-on-commission/working-on-commission/freelancing-for-beginners, businesspeople have become expert when it comes to excuses not to pay for the artist’s work.

Papabear’s come across this issue before in this column, and the only really solid solution I can come up with is this: Create a simple written contract between you and your client explaining what the commission is and the terms of payment. I would recommend getting payment up front. If a commissioner has a problem with that, you probably don’t want him or her as a client. If you prefer, you might also try the half now, half later payment method, where you at least get part of the money up front. Offer a refund if the commissioner doesn’t like the work, but if you go that route, what you should do initially is send them a very low-res version of the file so that they can’t use it, and/or watermark your art thumbnail.

To succeed as an artist in this world, you also need to think like a businessperson. Unless you are giving your art out as a gift to friends and family, trade in art is a business. Treat it as such and you will decrease the number of times you get screwed by dishonorable commissioners.

Good luck!

Papabear

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So while at Confuzzled the incredibly talented artist Jinx (Contact details can be found within the FA link) did myself and Claire a free commission. It was a lot of fun getting to know Jinx and her friends, she is a lot of fun to chat with and even shared our pizza with her table as thanks for the art.

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13646420/

Hope you guys enjoy!

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How do you cope with stress? In this week’s episode, we provide some tips and tricks on the best way to deal with stressful situations. Also included are admissions that sometimes we deliberately put ourselves in a mildly stressful situation in order to reap some sort of benefit.

So what about you? How do you get along with stress? Answer in the comments below.

Metadata and Credits WagzTail Season 3 Episode 22

Runtime: 30m

Cast: Crimson X, Flechmen, JWingy, Levi, StarlightWolf, Wolfin

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Podcast image belongs to A-K Rehse, used with permission. Stress - How do you cope with stress? In this week's episode, we provide some tips and tricks on the best way to deal with stressful situations. Also included are admissions that sometimes we deliberately put ourselves in a mildly stressful situation in order t...

How do you cope with stress? In this week’s episode, we provide some tips and tricks on the best way to deal with stressful situations. Also included are admissions that sometimes we deliberately put ourselves in a mildly stressful situation in order to reap some sort of benefit.

So what about you? How do you get along with stress? Answer in the comments below.

Metadata and Credits WagzTail Season 3 Episode 22

Runtime: 30m

Cast: Crimson X, Flechmen, JWingy, Levi, StarlightWolf, Wolfin

Editor: Levi

Format: 128kbps ABR split-stereo MP3 Copyright: © 2014 WagzTail.com. Some Rights Reserved. This podcast is released by WagzTail.com as CC BY-ND 3.0. If distributed with a facility that has an existing agreement in place with a Professional Rights Organisation (PRO), file a cue sheet for 30:00 to Fabien Renoult (BMI) 1.67%, Josquin des Pres (BMI) 1.67%, WagzTail.com 96.67%. Rights have been acquired to all content for national and international broadcast and web release with no royalties due.

Podcast image belongs to A-K Rehse, used with permission. Stress - How do you cope with stress? In this week's episode, we provide some tips and tricks on the best way to deal with stressful situations. Also included are admissions that sometimes we deliberately put ourselves in a mildly stressful situation in order t...

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Heya! So, quick question, like in the title:

Is it considered wrong to have a character named after an existing person?

My secondary fursona, Kim, is named after Kim Schifino (as in Matt & Kim). I'm alright with her having just the name Kim since it's a pretty common name anyhow, but the real problem I have with it is if it's wrong to use her full name.

On Furcadia, my alt for the character is already Kim|Schifino just because Kim alone is taken (of course). I'm planning on making a side account on Furaffinity for when I get a suit for her, and would it be alright if I had an account with the same name, or is it just creepy?

I'm not planning to use the full name to imitate or parade around as a celebrity; I just really like Matt and Kim's music ahahah.

So anyways, what are your guys' thoughts? I'm not changing the name Kim (I'm already too attached to it), I'm just unsure about her "last name" if I do decide to use it.

(Kinda' related; this is what she looks like, and I plan on getting a partial of her for FC2015 >w<)

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Here we have a stop motion short by the Japanese paper manufacturer Nepia.

Impressive stuff.

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The Animal Project movie – Arizona wants your help to name ringtail – Owlman and velociraptor costume pranks – Flayrah Newsbytes – More. Here’s the regular feature of news bites, scoops, and Snausage links. Tips welcome- I’d love to post yours! ______________________________________ Courtesy of Writer/Director, Ingrid Veninger- (we’ve been in touch about a possible interview.) […]

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I am a therapist and one of my patients has told me he was a furry.

I'd like to know what a furry is. Is it strange for a high school student to be one?

Also, he is a quite good with drawing these "furries" and I would like to know if there are any high school artists who do furry commissions I could talk to? (He partially explained commissions)

Do any of you know any highschool furry artists that frequent this page? Also thank you very much!

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Sooo... I'm hoping to commission a reference sheet soon, and for that I'll need to write up a written ref. I have one in the works, but to make sure I don't accidentally leave out some really important detail I never thought of, I was wondering if I could take a peak at some of yours (just as a formatting guideline; promise not to steal any of your creativity!)

Many thx in advance!

-Tristyn

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