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itsforexposure · 3 months

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everyone should attempt an artisan craft at some point in their life because it would cut down the number of comments questioning why handmade goods like ceramics or textile craft or woodworking are so expensive

and this is an unrealistic expectation, but I think the attempt should include seeing through to the end at least one "finished" item, no matter how clumsy or lumpy your first attempts might be. like to me, there's a huge difference in perspective between attempting to learn how to crochet or throw a pot for a few days, acknowledging that it's harder than it looks and giving up, versus committing to finishing that scarf or clay pot you started and working on it for weeks while you painstakingly learn from your mistakes and grow attached to your project while also simultaneously hating it.

once you finish the latter, your perspective changes from "why does this crocheted blanket cost $200" to "holy shit I can't believe they're charging $200 for this crocheted blanket instead of $2000" because you may have known crocheting is hard, you may have easily agreed with the idea that "handmade goods take time and effort" even before attempting a craft, but now you know firsthand the absolute time sink it takes to make things. like yeah dude, that one item took you 2 months to make and probably wasn't even an ultra complex item if it was the first thing you made, now imagine attaching an hourly wage to that time to calculate the cost (and this is ignoring every nuance of the artistic element and master crafters being able to work faster/charge higher because of their years and years of experience)

anyway this rant has been motivated by a comment I saw on someone else's ceramic post asking why a mug was $60 and they understand it's handmade but $60 just seems overpriced, and bro do you know how long ceramics take to make. that mug probably took at minimum 3 weeks between how long it takes to throw the mug, dry partially, trim the mug, dry fully, bisque fire, wait a day for the kiln to cool, sand and paint and glaze, glaze fire, wait a day for the kiln to cool, take product photography of the mug, write description and list the mug online for sale, im not even including the skill needed to complete all these steps without the mug literally exploding or collapsing while also making it an appealing piece of art, aaaaaaaaaaaaa

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itsforexposure · 4 months

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"we are already undervaluing you, why don't you just give out your creative work for free from now on?"

#for exposure #it's for exposure #fuck you pay me #writing and editing

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itsforexposure · 4 months

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Commissions do not work that way. Good night

#for exposure #it's for exposure #digital arts #animation #fuck you pay me

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itsforexposure · 4 months

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Miss your posts. As a pro writer who's been asked so many times to do things for free it's great to see others saying no, too.

But if you're taking a break and/or have moved on, just wanted to send you appreciation and gratitude.

Thanks for your kind words 💙

#the mailbag

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itsforexposure · 5 months

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itsforexposure · 5 months

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#for exposure #it's for exposure #digital arts #fuck you credit me

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itsforexposure · 6 months

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#for exposure #it's for exposure #fuck you pay me #textile and fiber arts

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itsforexposure · 7 months

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I don’t know if this even belongs here I’m just so angry and don’t know where else to vent.

So I decided to make my first ever Reddit post the other day and posted a drawing I made and it was all fine until one guy started pointing out how he doesn’t believe me that it’s my artwork. So we started arguing back and forth with him basically just saying he will believe me if I post a Timelapse of me drawing it since “every software has those now adays”.

I pointed out that I use Sai and didn’t record it since I was already streaming at the same time (so I also had a few people who can vouch and one even did). + I don’t see the use in doing Timelapse’s since I don’t post them anywhere and it would just be a waste of saving space.

Either way I didn’t want to let it sink in that my 10+ hour artwork was “faked” so I drew another (only 4 hours) recorded it and posted it. He then had the audacity to say (summed up) “it isn’t the same picture, it’s way uglier and you’re lying” which first of all ouch? It’s not ugly? But ok sure.

But more importantly I pointed out in the beginning of the argument that I didn’t had a speedpaint of the posted picture so obviously I was going to draw something else (same hyper realistic style) because I’m not going to draw another 10+ hours just to shove it down his throat. (Apart from that drawing the same picture twice so shortly after one another is just boring and meh)

Also I just feel like that even if I would’ve posted the Timelapse of the original picture he wouldn’t have believed me and would’ve found another way of accusing me to fake it. I just don’t get how some people can be so stuck up in their obviously wrong accusations instead of agreeing they made a mistake and apologizing.

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#the mailbag #venting

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itsforexposure · 7 months

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