mollyostertag:

when Finn gets scared he picks up the people he cares about and runs

jigglykat:

STAR WAR

pinuparena:

By Derek Laufman

tiefighters:

The Force Awakens

Created by Marie Bergeron

subjecttocaprice:

subjecttocaprice:

My mom just sent me this picture of my dog…I guess we got a lot of snow, then

update:

mabelvsthefuture:

Kristen Schaal’s reaction to being told that she just recorded the very last Mabel line.

clark-kents:

“My greatest memory was taking Harrison Ford to a Nigerian restaurant in South East London. And this guy comes up to him and says ‘Are you Harrison Ford?’ and Harrison Ford goes ‘I used to be.’”

chanimations:

This movie was AMAZING!

qarlosart:

Rey Fan art from Star wars -The force awakens -.

daekazu:

Rey: Star Wars Episode VII The Force Awakens (because of movie premiere) :)

linxchan91:

Rey and BB 8.

Rey has become one of my favorite characters … she could kick the ass of Katniss.
And BB 8 … is a mechanical cat XDXD I talked to it as if it was my cat.

kathudsonart:

My new hero

danielspottswood:

72 Star Wars characters

kinomatika:

the-knights-are-not-dead:

kinomatika:

katpompon:

Let’s get something straight.
1. I DO NOT do commission work for exposure
2. I DO NOT do commission work for people for followers as payment, my work should always speak for itself and people can CHOOSE to follow me if they enjoy it.
3. If I make free work, it’s my personal work or presents I decide to make for friends or people I’m a fan of because I WANT TO AND THAT’S IT.

If you aren’t willing to pay for work people are doing for YOU, I don’t want your business. It says a lot about you as a person. I understand wanting a “deal” but there’s a difference between fair prices and outright cheating someone out of their LIVING.

Sorry I’m so mad everyone. :( I didn’t think I was being THAT rude in my message.


EDIT: kinomatika brought up a good point. Minimum wage in most states averages between 7-8 dollars for ONE HOUR of work (most of the time before tax) and this project he was describing in his original message (not pictured) was at least 12+ hours for me. Assuming it took me exactly 12 hours, I would be working for EIGHTY THREE CENTS. ($0.83) PER HOUR. JFC 

So hey here’s something I never thought I’d had to talk about every again, but here we are, so let’s talk about this because it’s important and I want y’all to understand how important it is, not only for established artists and industry professionals, but for new, young artists who are just getting on their feet and trying to figure out how to go about making a name/living for themselves through what they love to do.

First off, if you’re a commissioner, do not ever try to haggle with an artist. If you can’t afford their work, don’t buy it. When you go to Best Buy, do you try to haggle down the cost of a TV? When you go grocery shopping, do you try to haggle down the cost of that pound of ham you’re buying for the deli? No, you probably don’t. The same concept applies here. If you want to buy something from someone and they tell you that it costs a specific amount of money, don’t get mad at them because you can’t afford it. You’re paying for a fucking luxury service. Being able to buy custom art or being able to hire a private artist for a project you have in mind is a luxury and if you can’t afford it then you need to move the fuck on and not blame the artist for your not being able to afford their work. Like, I’d love to be able to have a closet fucking FULL of haute couture clothing custom tailored to my body, but I know full fucking well that Dolce & Gabbana is not going to do that for me for 50$, so I don’t have a closet full of haute couture clothing and I don’t blame Dolce & Gabbana for it.

Second off - when an artist does work for free or for friends, that’s their fucking prerogative. If someone does something out of the goodness of their heart for someone else that they like, or if they want to do it as a gesture of affection, or they want to show appreciation to their followers, they are doing that because they want to. You know what most artists don’t just randomly *~*~feel like drawing~*~*? Your commission. Because chances are your artist of choice has absolutely no desire whatsoever to draw what you want them to draw for free. So don’t you dare ever presume that because an artist likes to draw for themselves now and then (because hey guess what, we aren’t fucking machines! How about that.) that you are at all entitled to their effort and skill for free or for an extremely discounted price because you want it. Get real, you clod. 

The most irritating thing is to hear or read “Well, you did x thing for x person for free, so why not me?”

Chances are is because you have no personal connection to us. You’re a client. You are a customer. While your business is appreciated, we have no emotional attachment to you. You’re not our friend. We have zero obligation to you outside of a financial one, and when you treat us like you did us some major favour by offering us fucking peanuts for what is a hundred or thousand dollar job, you can honestly get bent because we have no time for that.

The above message in black (in the images) is nothing more than an insult coming from a whiny crybaby who doesn’t value all of the years of hard work, passion, dedication and struggle that an artist of any medium goes through to hone their craft and price it at a reasonable, liveable rate. 

Listen dude, I’m sorry that you can’t afford more than ten bucks for a commission - it sucks for me and you, but what sucks even more is when you try to guilt trip an artist into feeling bad that they aren’t going to accept your ten dollars for what is a job that would cost around, if I calculated correctly, a hundred dollars, which, IMHO, is still RIDICULOUSLY underpriced for OP’s skill level and professionalism.

SO YKNOW, maybe have a little consideration before you treat an artist like their skill and hard work isn’t worth a pack of fucking gum.

as someone whose art skills peaked around primary school, I will always be in awe at most art. so I borrow a lot of stuff - always with the artist’s permission and credit - for backgrounds and ebook covers. sometimes if I can’t find the exact right thing for what i’m looking for, I’ll ask someone if they can do something new, either free or at a price.

my point is - always haggle. it’s not about ‘not affording’ as the previous poster said. and it’s not about what the art is worth - to me, art is always going to be beyond me, so I will always pay if needed.

it’s about getting the best deal. and I don’t know if this is an non-European thing or not, but why can’t we haggle. isn’t that what trade and economy is built on. but in some countries when you try to haggle over owt, they’ll give you a look as if you’ve asked them to donate it to ISIS.

I say I’d be prepared to pay this much. You say you want that much. We meet somewhere in the middle, and neither is satisfied. No offence to the OP, but only a fool or a very inexperienced tradesman would start the offer with their actual asking price.

Right except no, it’s not about getting “the best deal.”

I’m not sure why this is such a hard concept for people to grasp, but I am seeing it talked about and discussed over and over and over again. When an artist sets a rate for you, you can pay that rate, or you can choose not to, or you can choose to seek out a different artist who will be able to provide that service for you at a level that you are able to afford. If you attempt to haggle with an artist for something you want done, you’re extremely ignorant of how being an entrepreneur and independent artist works.

We need to make a living wage. And it’s not just a living wage that we need - there are other things that go into being an independent artist. A great deal of us are mentally ill or disabled and so we require regular medical treatment, specific therapy, medications, etc, and guess what? That costs money that goes above and beyond what your average “living wage” is. And that’s not all, folks!

One of the funniest things that always pops into my head is this notion of people only being deserving of “just enough”. Do I make “just enough” to live? yeah, I absolutely do. But like, barely covering your ass and ending the month with a zero balance in your account isn’t happy living. It’s not conducive for a positive mental state. Sure, you can survive that way, but it isn’t pleasant. It’s just surviving.

We’re allowed to charge a rate that allows us to live comfortably. When people pay that rate, that’s good business. When people haggle, that’s not god business, that’s the potential client being disrespectful and cheap. As I’ve said before, if you aren’t prepared to pay for what an artist is asking you to pay, then move on. Don’t haggle with them. Don’t be disrespectful. When potential clients attempt to haggle with me, I ignore them and move on and cease to communicate with them because if you aren’t going to pay my rate, I’m not going to give you my time. Once I give you a quote, you can agree to it and we can proceed, or you can disagree and I can move on to the next person who actually will pay me what I am owed.

Anyway, I think that this is a very important piece of information to follow and consider heavily for young artists. DO NOT ACCEPT HAGGLING. Ask for what you are worth. If someone cannot afford it, move on, there will be others. Don’t beg for scraps. You’re worth more than that.

archiemcphee:

Stay on target, Red Corgi

Meet Arya the Corgi, a canine cosplayer in Los Angeles who was so excited about the premier of Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens that she dressed up as an X-wing fighter pilot. Wedge Antilles would be so proud.

Cut the chatter, Red 2. And please give Arya a biscuit.

Follow Arya the Corgi on Instagram for more photos of this cute and charismatic canine.

[via Neatorama]