Friggin'....fraccckkking.....GAH!

[secondlina]

Okay - Old contract person tells me he really needs me to refinish old drawings on a contract completed 4 months ago. Sure. I say yes. Then he tells me it's mega urgent. So I get it done on the same day. THEN he expresses how he dislikes the refinish I did and asks me to change things in the image that litterally calls for me to re-draw it. FINISH the job at 4am this morning. Goes into work half-asleep. Sent Invoice and drawing. Guy sends back drawing asking for more changes and claims he will not pay me since I only re-tweaked a drawing and it  (and I quote) *Can't possibly take that long*

*Isa brain twitch*

Should I -

• Try to explain to him that I require payment and that I had to re-draw the thing and that I won't do any other changes before he pays me.
• Tell him politly to keep this drawing since he already has it and doesn't want to pay me but that I won't make any more changes or deal with him again due to this attitude he has and has had in the past.
• Tell him to stick the drawing where the sun don't shine and never deal with him again.

One of the reasons I decided to pause my contract work was because I was tired of dealing people who think making a drawing is like typing a word document. OBVIOUSLY, it takes FIVE SECONDS and if you don't like an inked section, you can just hit the backspace button and ink it again! Yooooweeeeeh! Drawing is, after all, a portal to a magical land where no work is required to create something that looks exactly how it does in your head!

Fuck this guy.

Have some Slayers Fluff to counter-balance my foul mood.



-Isa

p.s. I'm aware that i'm exagerating and that he's not that bad but iv'e had 2 hours of sleep, my REAL boss is riding my ass and this guy just sent me five emails asking when i'm gonna be done when I clearly told him I am at work and cannot complete this task. He's a moron.

Comments

[ichiban-victory.livejournal.com]

Possibly tell him that yes, drawings take a LONG time to do properly. I'd also tell him I'd not do anything else without any sort of payment since he's already gotten plenty of work out of you already. Or, you can always tell him you quit and if it's so easy, he can draw it exactly how he likes it!

Good luck surviving the work day. Sounds like you're going to need a lot of stress relief...

[eveshka.livejournal.com]

I'm agreeing with Ichi here. No more work until more money is in hand.

Tell him that you require payment and that you had to re-draw it and that you won't do any further changes before he pays.

Tell him politely that if he won't pay to keep this drawing since he already has it, and that this completes the existing contract.

Furthermore, tell him that your costs are going up, and that should he wish further work, it will be at a new contract with new contract rates and that the new contract will have:
a) 30% downpayment due prior to any work begun,
b) an expiration date, and
c) a clause that won't allow for further modifications over 20% two weeks prior to expiration.

Post expiration revisions will require a new contract.

..can you tell that I am an accountant?

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

.....oooh, I like these. I think I may include them in my future contracts. Thanks for the tip! I already set expiration dates on my contracts, but I like the idea of setting a downpayment. A lot of people refuse to give artists down payments. I already got the *If you ask for money, you're not an artist* line thrown at me. WTF? Dude, I'm humana and I need to eat. Art does not feed.

[fenmere.livejournal.com]

If anybody says "If you ask for money, you're not an artist" the proper response should be, "if you refuse to pay, you're not a customer."

Or even better, "... you're not a patron of the arts."

[eveshka.livejournal.com]

Not a problem! :)

I understand your 'art does not feed' line. I stopped taking most costuming/jewelry commissions because people weren't willing to pay upfront and I would have to go buy that which they wanted me to use.

[dqbunny.livejournal.com]

This is fantastic advice. *jots it down for my own freelance stuff*

[eveshka.livejournal.com]

Glad to be of service! ^_^

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

No more contracts man. At least no more from this guy.