EMMYCH'S PROFILE

HOLY BEANS YUNA i didn't notice this before now. OTL

This looks mega exciting! ;w; I can't wait to plaaaay~

NICE. <3

This is looking super rad! I love the jacket... I kinda want it in my actual closet, ah-hahahahha. <w<

LOOK AT ALL THIS MAWKTALK <3 I shall insert it into my brain and hold it there fondly.

Yeah I'm defs gonna give that main road another look. I might try and palette swap one of the Germania road tiles for it? idk. BT
UGH TILES

Pacing is hard as hell. All I can really recommend is staring at things you feel have great pacing and try to absorb their skill via osmosis.

author=Max McGee
There are some nonfacts that wouldbe freelance artists really need to unlearn. Probably the most important thing to understand is that when you do work-for-hire as an independent contractor for a company that is NOT a private commission and cannot be treated remotely the same.

But this is definitely OT.

oh no i used the wrong word to describe THE THING because i am unfamiliar with the language used in THE BIZ since i am neither a freelance artist nor a would-be freelance artist.

But hey, surprise surprise: I still think someone should get a fair wage for the work they do. The fact is there are artists out there who do this to make a living, and offering them peanuts for a fucktonne of work is bullshit. Like, sure, I don't do freelance, but I sure as hell am familiar with the amount of graphical labour there is for making a game, seeing as how I am currently doing that for myself.

Again: you don't like someone's prices? Can't afford someone's rates? Then do the art yourself or buy licences to what's already out there (which, Max, you have evidently done). The only reason to try and haggle down a freelance worker's prices is to bully them into giving you a discount, since hey, it's really not your place to choose how much someone is gonna work for.

Obviously there are going to be people who are willing to work for less! I mean, you gotta start somewhere, right? And on top of that, there are people who might take up projects that personally interest them, and are thus willing to take a cut in pay because of that. There are people willing to work for less because they get to work for people they like. There are people willing to work for less for any multitude of reasons, and if you stumble across them, great! Just don't expect every other artist ever to match those prices.

But anyway, you're right, this is off topic. Since you set a good example of walking away from this discussion, I'll follow you in that and also exit this conversation gracefully. *hops on the back of a unicorn and gallops away into the sunset*