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I'm not an expert. I just find it weird that apparently a person who works 9 to 5 on minimum wage is entitled for not wanting to pay over 100 pounds on something entirely digital and purely aesthetic. But the person selling the stuff in that situation, for those prices, with a queue of people willing to pay, getting thousands of retweets as they complain, isn't apparently entitled at all.
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@katiekats I've commented this before but a lot of the ones that charge high prices (or hourly rates) tend to be the ones that are less skilled and perform the work more slowly. Someone like Peter Simeti can charge what he does confidently because he is skilled and knows his work, so he knows how long it takes, it doesn't take too long, and as such he can quote a r…
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@katiekats A good artist will be one that understands their tools, style, and materials enough to know how corners can be cut to work around budgets.
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@katiekats I mean for instance thats why Peter offers those B&W sketches on the tan paper, its one way to do quick cheap sketches for people that are still full 8x10s for less than the normal pieces of that size cost.
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@katiekats The ones that complain about this kind of thing usually are the ones that aren't very good at their art. There's legitimate problems you get sometimes but a lot of people don't seem to realize that their art often isn't worth what they ask for it.
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