Board Thread:Off-Topic/@comment-34095931-20181103181030/@comment-34945646-20181117124938

Someone I was 'friends with' [they were in my buddy list but i dont even know them] asked me,

"Hey can you make me a realstic girl artwork? I'll give you a mp token"

Now, I NEVER take just a mp token. My art takes time and work and whatever. I stopped doing alot of my more detailed work because it exhausts me and I currently am fighting off a stomach infection that's quite harmful. But since I didnt wanna mention the whole infection thing, I just say,

"I do not take just MP tokens, sorry. Please come back to me when you have atleast a good long, or a black long depending on what you want for copy limit and such"

So, I get a FLURRY of messages from this dude, like, he's MAD. Stuff like "I'm giving you whats fair you can make more art with it!!!" "I just need this artwork you're being selfish!!!" and here's the kicker.

Right after I say "I understand you think it's fair but it isn't whatsoever. I take days and even weeks to make art like the one you're asking for, and I'm not underpricing my work. If you want to get it for cheaper, go to someone else. But you better stop because underpricing artists like you are right now is absolutely the reason why alot of artists leave the animal jam community."

Now, yeah yeah, that last comment I say is a bit low, but trust me. I know alot of ex-animal jam artists from the AJ community who quit cause they were being traded so lowly for slavelabouring for people who wanted art. It's absolutely terrifying as an artist myself to see what happened to them through the few months they even did any art. That's why I always persist to atleast get a good long, if not that, a bad long, and if not that a red short. Not any lower, or they go on my blacklist of people not to accept commissions from. Kinda tough luck, but, if you think about how aj items "sell" [Now kids, DONT SELL YOUR ITEMS FOR MONEY. thats against rules and could even be illegal. I dont condone it and I have never sold or bought any in game items for money either.], it's the equivilant of paying a artist $10 if you're giving them a good long. That's actually very cheap.

He says that he would give me a black long but ''only if I gave them a 'trust item' to make sure I "do the art for them" and that they'll return it once the art is finished along with the black long. This person, I barely know, is asking me to trust them with one of prized possessions for a art commission.''

Now I'm sorry, but '''What? '''Am I seriously having someone who wants to scam me now for saying I'd rather not make art for them if they're gonna trade so lowly :x It's so sketchy that I can smell the fishy smell from all the way from canada.

It's so tiring as an artist, having to go through this constantly, but this is the first time I've ever been offered such a scammy-smelling thing.

On the topic of that,

STOP UNDERTRADING YOUR ARTISTS. I don't care if you're "unrare" or whatever, but like. It's the same as real life. If you want something so bad, SAVE UP. Trade up till you can afford it, then go at it!! Commission them, offer for their art, anything!!! Just don't complain they're asking for overtrades, even if their art ain't like TheScatsbury or whatever. [Tip: Almost said Hyenine1 but then I remembered he's a nazi romantisizer so lets not] it's worth it to let a artist know their art is worth the WORK they put into their art. and DON'T start fighting them or trying to scam them. They are real people giving you real things they make and put heart and love into. Even if they make "Copies". I had to limit my art copies because of this.

Sorry this is so long, just lovin to ramble about this >:V