Desperate Artist
Apr. 21st, 2017 05:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
winterjayeHere is how a conversation went with a client this week... Yeah, I was ticked and also laughing my fool head off.
He contacted me via chat on Wednesday:
Him: "Hey. Do you have time for a quick little commission?"
Me: "Sure, what did you have in mind?"
Him: "It will only take an afternoon. I need them by the weekend." He explains what he wants... something I've never done, of course.
Me: "Sure, I can try but I can't really work on it before Friday after noon and I've never done this before. What is your budget?"
Him: "I can pay $25 for it. I mean, I had an artist but I just can't figure out why he flaked on me."
Really? You can't figure out why? Umm, dude!
I researched the project and tried to do it. Spent 3 hrs on it so far. Turns out this simple thing he wants is something that most people only do by modeling the pieces in a 3D program. I just wrote to tell him I can't do it. And I tried really hard. I'm feeling a bit bad about this, now. And I KNOW I SHOULDN'T!! Time for a serious talk about the reality of this project.
He contacted me via chat on Wednesday:
Him: "Hey. Do you have time for a quick little commission?"
Me: "Sure, what did you have in mind?"
Him: "It will only take an afternoon. I need them by the weekend." He explains what he wants... something I've never done, of course.
Me: "Sure, I can try but I can't really work on it before Friday after noon and I've never done this before. What is your budget?"
Him: "I can pay $25 for it. I mean, I had an artist but I just can't figure out why he flaked on me."
Really? You can't figure out why? Umm, dude!
I researched the project and tried to do it. Spent 3 hrs on it so far. Turns out this simple thing he wants is something that most people only do by modeling the pieces in a 3D program. I just wrote to tell him I can't do it. And I tried really hard. I'm feeling a bit bad about this, now. And I KNOW I SHOULDN'T!! Time for a serious talk about the reality of this project.
