![]() ![]() This isn’t always the case for it to be a scam but often time it is. RED FLAG 2: They don’t follow you, or haven’t liked any of your posts It typically isn’t a last-minute request sort of thing based on the time it takes to create it alone, so if someone is really interested in your work they can take the time to do some research on you. You could argue that they are just looking for an immediate answer or are lazy, but also no one needs commissioned art immediately. Secondly, If the artist has a link in their bio to their website, or they had looked at your previous posts at all they would see whether or not you have done commission work before. I bet even at a fast food restaurant you probably at least would say hi to the person taking your order, right? Artists are not a McDonald’s drive-thru where you can just roll up in our DMs and ask for a McPainting with cheese. That said sometimes they do attempt to at least say hello in the initial message but with no additional context as to why they are messaging you.įirst of all, it doesn’t take much to say hello to someone. Simply opening with “do you do commissions” (sometimes with or without the question mark) is a great way for me to ignore someone’s message entirely. That’s understandable when you’re talking to someone who you know well or family, but super inappropriate when you are messaging someone you don’t know for the first time. Text message culture has made a lot of us lazy when it comes to messaging and using full sentences. RED FLAG 1: They open their message with no formal greeting or bad grammar. Here are a few common ones to look out for when you receive a message request of this type. There are many red flags when it comes to whether a request of this type is legit or not. This will help you have a place to direct people who are legitimately interested in your work and weed out the ones who are not. I am however going to discuss with you some best practices you should have set up if you are planning to take commission work. I won’t get into all of the ins and outs of taking commissions in this post because that is a much more dense topic than we have time for here. ![]()
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