>commission an artist for $50 >they spend days on the project, giving me constant updates and do a job above and beyond my expectations>extra characters, detailed backgrounds, etc >very thankful, I tip them $50 more>commission them again, same price and same tip, they do another great piece for me>on the third commission now>he’s been giving me near-daily updates for almost two weeks, told me he’s really happy I reached out to him because he hasn’t had a lot of other paid work and was feeling unhappy with his quality for a while I feel like I should be paying this guy quadruple what I am, except for the fact that I can’t afford to, especially when I take into account that I need to commission like, five more pieces from him.And the exact same thing happened to me before when I used to commission porn. I found an artist here who only charged $35 but had quality that was at least $180 a piece. I commissioned him over ten times and with tip I would pay usually $70, but I ended up feeling so bad for underpaying that I stopped commissioning him altogether.This is hell.
>>7441909>I need to commission like, five more pieces from him.Sus...
>>7441910I’m making a fantasy series with a lot of chimera creatures and human-animal hybrids
>>7441909Thing is that you're giving him constant work, yeah you're probably underpaying him, but that's not your fault if he's a turdworlder. You should talk to him about it
>>7441924The issue is he’s not a thirdie
>>7441909It can't be helped if paying him more isn't an option. You could tell him to charge more but if work is slow regardless, that would hurt more than help. The best thing you can do for them is recommending them to other people they might enjoy working with.Commission work is only financially viable for a tiny percentage of artists, so you shouldn't feel too badly about it. You could pay them triple and it would still be a bad business decision on their part.
