Promises, promises...

[LiverpoolMaster]

I throw it open for debate.

You communicate with an artist online who, after discussion, promises to produce for you a single, relatively simple b&w drawing to illustrate a story you've sent to them. Weeks and then months go by with no news. You can see that they are happily producing more and more work for their own interest all this time. It eventually becomes clear that they've either forgotten or have decided, without informing you, that they can't be bothered honouring the promise.

What to do? You want the drawing but are fearful that any approach at all will be taken as reproach. What to do?

 

[THROBBS]

Simply send a message:
"Hey, did you change you mind about the illustration? I know that I am still interested in seeing what you would create for my story."

Did you pay for it? Was it a "promise"? or a response of "interest?
What is "relatively simple" to you, may involve some extra research or something for the illustrator.

 

[Ignatiousfuckingfluke]

I throw it open for debate.

You communicate with an artist online who, after discussion, promises to produce for you a single, relatively simple b&w drawing to illustrate a story you've sent to them. Weeks and then months go by with no news. You can see that they are happily producing more and more work for their own interest all this time. It eventually becomes clear that they've either forgotten or have decided, without informing you, that they can't be bothered honouring the promise.

What to do? You want the drawing but are fearful that any approach at all will be taken as reproach. What to do?

Name and shame!
...I wasnt me was it?

 

[MacSlither]

Shit, I forget stuff all the time. I feel bad about it and all...

...was it me? Lol.

In my defense, I have a head like a colander. It's full of noodles but everything else drains out. Seriously...I'm terrible.

Which reminds me of my favorite joke

Q - What do women have in common with spaghetti?

A- they both wiggle when you eat 'em.

Badum-tssshhh!

But seriously, as an artist, I get sidetracked easily. I bite off more than I can chew. Committing to drawing stuff...maybe even starting to draw it...but then....

Then my car's check engine light turns on and I have to spend all Saturday cursing in my driveway replacing some stupid sensor on my car...because I'll be damned if I'm gonna take the car to a mechanic and pay 400 bucks, when I can just buy the part for $30 and do it myself...

Then my boss is in town to close down the office branch, but don't worry, he says... I can work from home (fingers crossed).

then I get covid from playtime with the perky woman that lives next door...seriously I've been masking in public for ages and I finally catch the Rona from poking the gal next door... and i feel like hell and can only stay awake for 4 hours a day...oh, and then I realized my Dr is a real conservative asshole and instead of real medicine, he wants to prescribe horse medicine for me...horse medicine for crying out loud. He says they don't carry it at the pharmacy and that I'll need to go get it from some farmhouse in Cass County.

Then I realize I need to find a different dr.

And since I work from home, my boss says I won't be missing work, right?

Then my band is playing some big show, opening for some kind of country singer that I've never heard of, but apparently he's some big deal if you like shitty country music...but I've got covid, so I can't practice and the guys keep bothering me every 5 minutes to see when I can practice..."we've got a bunch of shows coming up!"

And I'm not contagious anymore, but i still feel lousy and I haven't smoked a cigarette in like 3 weeks.

And the covid wifey next door is feeling better, and knocks on my door whenever her husband leaves, but I get this raging headache any time I ejaculate...seriously, it's weird. She says maybe i could just lick on her a while. She says she doesn't mind if I don't cum.

And i draw a picture to pass the time...just something that I thought of. It's funny or sexy or smutty. There's tits and penetration and damn it's nice just to draw something.

Moral of the story, a condom doesn't prevent transmission of the covid19 virus, and don't believe a horny, bored housewife when she insists "it's just allergies."

See how easy it is to get sidetracked? I forgot what the hell I was even talking about, and all I can do is picture Mary in my head and she's stepping over my threshold, wearing tiny jogging shorts and a sports bra, telling me that Mike is out for the day while she kicks off her sneakers and settles down on my lap and pushes her tanned Bcups into my face...and a dull ache starts in my skull.

What was I talking about again? Oh yeah, forgotten artwork.

Seriously, send the artist a reminder or something. Because sometimes someone has way more on their mind than drawing smut for a stranger. And hopefully the artist doesn't notice your post, because it may just piss them off a little and sour the whole fucking thing.

-Mac

 

[Magineer]

I throw it open for debate.

You communicate with an artist online who, after discussion, promises to produce for you a single, relatively simple b&w drawing to illustrate a story you've sent to them. Weeks and then months go by with no news. You can see that they are happily producing more and more work for their own interest all this time. It eventually becomes clear that they've either forgotten or have decided, without informing you, that they can't be bothered honouring the promise.

What to do? You want the drawing but are fearful that any approach at all will be taken as reproach. What to do?

What's to 'debate'? Same thing happened to me some time ago. Crappy behaviour like that is just par for the course on the net. People seem to apply a different set of morals to what they do do online. Just treat it as a lesson learned and think of the guy concerned as not worth your time. There are some decent people around who DO stick to their word. Keep trying.

 

[Gamina]

Shit, I forget stuff all the time. I feel bad about it and all...

...was it me? Lol.

In my defense, I have a head like a colander. It's full of noodles but everything else drains out. Seriously...I'm terrible.

Which reminds me of my favorite joke

Q - What do women have in common with spaghetti?

A- they both wiggle when you eat 'em.

Badum-tssshhh!

But seriously, as an artist, I get sidetracked easily. I bite off more than I can chew. Committing to drawing stuff...maybe even starting to draw it...but then....

Then my car's check engine light turns on and I have to spend all Saturday cursing in my driveway replacing some stupid sensor on my car...because I'll be damned if I'm gonna take the car to a mechanic and pay 400 bucks, when I can just buy the part for $30 and do it myself...

Then my boss is in town to close down the office branch, but don't worry, he says... I can work from home (fingers crossed).

then I get covid from playtime with the perky woman that lives next door...seriously I've been masking in public for ages and I finally catch the Rona from poking the gal next door... and i feel like hell and can only stay awake for 4 hours a day...oh, and then I realized my Dr is a real conservative asshole and instead of real medicine, he wants to prescribe horse medicine for me...horse medicine for crying out loud. He says they don't carry it at the pharmacy and that I'll need to go get it from some farmhouse in Cass County.

Then I realize I need to find a different dr.

And since I work from home, my boss says I won't be missing work, right?

Then my band is playing some big show, opening for some kind of country singer that I've never heard of, but apparently he's some big deal if you like shitty country music...but I've got covid, so I can't practice and the guys keep bothering me every 5 minutes to see when I can practice..."we've got a bunch of shows coming up!"

And I'm not contagious anymore, but i still feel lousy and I haven't smoked a cigarette in like 3 weeks.

And the covid wifey next door is feeling better, and knocks on my door whenever her husband leaves, but I get this raging headache any time I ejaculate...seriously, it's weird. She says maybe i could just lick on her a while. She says she doesn't mind if I don't cum.

And i draw a picture to pass the time...just something that I thought of. It's funny or sexy or smutty. There's tits and penetration and damn it's nice just to draw something.

Moral of the story, a condom doesn't prevent transmission of the covid19 virus, and don't believe a horny, bored housewife when she insists "it's just allergies."

See how easy it is to get sidetracked? I forgot what the hell I was even talking about, and all I can do is picture Mary in my head and she's stepping over my threshold, wearing tiny jogging shorts and a sports bra, telling me that Mike is out for the day while she kicks off her sneakers and settles down on my lap and pushes her tanned Bcups into my face...and a dull ache starts in my skull.

What was I talking about again? Oh yeah, forgotten artwork.

Seriously, send the artist a reminder or something. Because sometimes someone has way more on their mind than drawing smut for a stranger. And hopefully the artist doesn't notice your post, because it may just piss them off a little and sour the whole fucking thing.

-Mac

I'll give you an example. Mac agreed to draw a picture of one of my stories. (Had offered to commission it, but he declined the money) after a while and no word, I politely enquired about it.

He had not gotten around to do it, and had lost the link to the story.

At the end of the day I could be mad about it, but no money was exchanged so no labor should be required. If it bothers you reach out politely.

Which reminds me Mac I need to pm you again

 

[MacSlither]

I'll give you an example. Mac agreed to draw a picture of one of my stories. (Had offered to commission it, but he declined the money) after a while and no word, I politely enquired about it.

He had not gotten around to do it, and had lost the link to the story.

At the end of the day I could be mad about it, but no money was exchanged so no labor should be required. If it bothers you reach out politely.

Which reminds me Mac I need to pm you again

Please do, I still couldn't open your link. If you want, just copy/paste into a pm. I'm so low tech it's ridiculous.

 

[Magineer]

I throw it open for debate.

You communicate with an artist online who, after discussion, promises to produce for you a single, relatively simple b&w drawing to illustrate a story you've sent to them. Weeks and then months go by with no news. You can see that they are happily producing more and more work for their own interest all this time. It eventually becomes clear that they've either forgotten or have decided, without informing you, that they can't be bothered honouring the promise.

What to do? You want the drawing but are fearful that any approach at all will be taken as reproach. What to do?

Been there. Done that...

It really isn't fair.