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I don't work for free, thank you

Journal Entry: Sun Sep 16, 2012, 9:38 PM
Since some people (a lot, I must say) come here and ask every day for a free drawing I have to say that I DON'T work for free.

I have bills to pay, I need money to buy food, clothes, pay University, and, seriously: artists are not rich. We have, in most cases two works, sometimes three. And is so sad to find a note in your inbox of a person who tells you how much he loves your work but he doesn't have money and, obviously, he will not pay you, but he repeats A LOT of times how really good you are, and he wants a drawing from you, and he insists and if you say, in a polite way, you can't do anything for free because of all the reasons I explained before, he doesn' t answer you anymore or suddenly you are the most terrible person in the whole world because you don't want to draw his OC because you are mad and a lot of stupid things I'm not.

Sometimes they tell me I'm conceited because I'm famous. Well, I'm not any of two things.

I'm not famous because there's thousands of persons here in dA and outside from here, better, MORE BETTER than me. They have thousands of favorites in a few hours. My pieces with more than thousand favorites have more than one year.  These artists have an incredible talent that I just can dream. And I admire people who are better than me, and also people who put a big effort in things they do.

I'm not conceited because I know better than anybody what I do wrong. I know my limitations and I try hard to improve and be better every day, as artist and as a person. So stop judging people you don't know just because the don't want to make you free stuff. It turns you into a selfish person.

And that's all. I'm sorry for the rant. I don't want to make feel badly anybody, though this topic makes me feel badly. And also sorry for my English, is not my first language and I don't use a translator xDu

Finally, I want to say thank you to all my watchers and people who fav and comment my work. You are amazing and make dA a better place >_<)/ Love you all!! <3

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:iconmedusa-dollmaker:
Mood: Sadness *Medusa-Dollmaker Sep 24, 2012  Professional General Artist
Espera que te dejo un Orson Welles que te lo has ganao [link]
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=Zinnabar Sep 24, 2012  Professional Writer
Jajajaja, es que hacía tanto tiempo que quería escribir esto!! XDDDD
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:icondelphirose:
Sorry They're giving you trouble. :hug:
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=Zinnabar Sep 30, 2012  Professional Writer
Thans, dear :huggle:
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:iconalbaharu:
~Albaharu Sep 17, 2012  Student Digital Artist
Casi te empiezo a escribir en inglés tambien

la gente es que tiene mucha cara ;^; ni siquiera te ofrecieon un art trade no? D: evil evil persons
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=Zinnabar Sep 30, 2012  Professional Writer
No, nada de art trades XDDD Y mira, a veces sí he aceptado art trades si veo que la persona en cuestión me gusta cómo dibuja ._. Es que no cuesta nada, jo xD
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:iconalbaharu:
~Albaharu Sep 30, 2012  Student Digital Artist
La gente tiene mucha cara ;_;
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:iconkawano-katsuhito:
Supongo que habrá de todo por ahí, estoy seguro de que mucha gente sin duda te pide eso de buena fe, porque realmente te admiran, les gusta tu arte y tienen la ilusión de tener un dibujo tuyo, pero que en ese momento por la razón que sea no podrían pagártelo. Y otros... bueno, caraduras los hay en todas partes, ya se sabe. En cualquier caso, si alguien no entiende tus motivos para decirles que no puedes hacerles un dibujo gratis, o no quiere entenderlos, o los entienden pero les da igual y consideran que el hecho de que rechaces hacerles un dibujo te convierte en una mala persona... es su problema, no el tuyo, tú no tienes por qué darle más vueltas.

Dicho esto... supongo que un dibujillo dedicado en mi libreta de autógrafos sí que me lo harás si alguna vez coincidimos en un Salón, ¿verdad? ^_-
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=Zinnabar Sep 30, 2012  Professional Writer
Bueno, la gente que de verdad quiere un dibujo mío porque les gusta lo que hago, me preguntan directamente si hago commissions y me dicen que tienen que ahorrar y que esperarán >___< Los que me han venido hasta ahora han sido todos unos caraduras que han alardeado incluso de que no me piensan pagar :/

Y a ti sí te hago un dibujillo con dedicatoria, of course ;P
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*GemaStarlight Sep 17, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Tienes muchísima razón ^^;
Yo porque aún estoy con las comisiones por puntos, porque no soy "tan famosa" (tú me entiendes, no soy muy conocida y no me solicitan muchas comisiones), pero espero que llegue un momento que quite los puntos, deje los precios "en metálico", y me sigan pidiendo =P
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