I hate when people say “I’m Spanish” like no that’s a language not a nationality
I’m reminded of the time I saw someone complaining that white people speaking Spanish was appropriation, like there isn’t an entire country of white people who learn Spanish at the age of 2 just south of France and right next to Portugal.
I’m tired of getting these stupid offers to work on people’s “passion projects” for free, usually with the promise of compensation when/if the project takes off. Guess what? I don’t care that you’re passionate about it, I care if you’re competent. When you knock on my door asking for free work, its a clear sign that you aren’t. You might have hopes that your project hits it big and that you’ll eventually get rich off of it, but if you REALLY believed in it, I feel like you’d be more willing to put your own livelihood on the line instead of asking an artist to do it for you. If I do a bunch of free work hoping it’ll pay off, I’m not doing other work that could actually feed me and pay my bills. And what happens when the project doesn’t get funded or some important factor blows up or everyone decides to quit out early? I get screwed. So, no. I don’t want to work on your passion project. Not unless I get paid up front.
WONDERFUL ADVICE for artists. Please don’t undervalue your art, your time and efforts are valuable and deserve fair compensation.
You know what I hate? What really grinds my gears?
When people see something, a performance, a piece of art, anything that they don’t like or don’t understand, and their first reaction is saying “Wow. They had too much time on their hands.” I’ve seen it happen time and time again.
Fuck that.
Things don’t just get created because people have time on their hands. They aren’t inevitable. They take a conscious effort. People make things because they want to, because they believe the end result will be worth it. Whoever made the thing in question probably wishes they had *more* time on their hands so they could make it faster or better.
“They had too much time”, more like “I don’t believe in self-expression.”
I am Silver Tongue, I am an artist. I have many characters and you can check out my art in the art tag. I occasionally practice witchcraft though I don't do anything too complicated. I am girl 2 and don't know what else to put here.