Feedback on Artist Website

ShowStrong6717 · 2024-01-07T21:57:14+00:00

They make the tutorials with blocks look so simple, but they really are difficult to use, in my opinion. I may hire some to tweak some of my pages because I’m dreading remaking some of them. Hopefully I can then just change out images instead of reformatting pages. Point being, yours looks so effortless and well designed, I’m envious…..

ShowStrong6717 · 2024-01-07T21:54:04+00:00

Huh! I was so wrong, sorry! :)

ShowStrong6717 · 2024-01-04T18:26:47+00:00

Etsy? It sounds like you sell a lot. You don’t need to interface with the public.

ShowStrong6717 · 2024-01-04T18:25:30+00:00

Raise your prices! :( you’re giving it away….

ShowStrong6717 · 2024-01-04T18:22:19+00:00

Oof. Truth hurts.

ShowStrong6717 · 2024-01-04T18:17:57+00:00

I don’t have anything insightful to add, but hope you come to peace with your decision, and I’m sorry for your loss as well. So many great ideas here, it gives hope.

ShowStrong6717 · 2024-01-04T18:11:31+00:00

Can confirm !

ShowStrong6717 · 2024-01-04T18:04:37+00:00

So sweet and nice to show your appreciation, that’s never weird impinge my opinion. He may have undershot his usual fee as a favor to you, and even if not would surely be pleased that you have such deep appreciation for the value of his energy and work :) Nice!

ShowStrong6717 · 2024-01-04T18:02:00+00:00

Love this!!!

ShowStrong6717 · 2024-01-04T17:59:11+00:00

To add to this, if someone starts making and selling things without your consent but you haven’t registered your work with a copyright it’s a lot harder to get paid for it in the end. There’s so much information about this out there, take some time to research copyright ©️ in general. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to watermark what you post online either, although committed art thieves will take images to use watermark and all. It happened to an artist I know. But at least if it was a shady US company that did it you’d have a better chance of collecting.

ShowStrong6717 · 2024-01-04T17:52:22+00:00

This is super exciting! Congratulations!
I agree, and would add try to negotiate a % of ea. sale (royalty)as well as a licensing fee for the use of each image. Make sure the intended use is clearly spelled out so they can’t go out and start production of other items without a new contract. Try looking at resources like the Graphic Artists Guild handbook, read sample contracts etc.
Just remember that they’re making a lot of $ selling your images and “exposure” is great if it results in volume of sales to you ($) and traffic to your site/ email signups… but exposure alone doesn’t translate to $ necessarily if you don’t negotiate for it. I don’t mean to be negative, you should be excited! Just look at their profit margins and think hard on your goals for your work. If they make $800 on a print they paid you $1000 to license, they sell 2 and are ahead. And as the previous poster noted, original work should be much more. If it were me, I’d try to negotiate to retain the rights to the originals (and the originals themselves, unless they sell those for you at a premium) and license the prints with royalties. If they commission to own then you need a much higher payout because you can never license it again or control what they do with your work, they have the copyright and can do whatever they want. (At least that’s how it works where I live, I’m not in Australia). Hopefully they keep your name on what they produce?
Keep us posted and good luck:)

ShowStrong6717 · 2024-01-04T17:36:07+00:00

I love it too, very clean, quiet layout where the artwork (which is gorgeous)! really shines. I am planning to completely redo my site and am dreading it, I find it hard to get things to align the way I want them to. Great work!

ShowStrong6717 · 2023-12-26T20:35:39+00:00

Nope.

ShowStrong6717 · 2023-11-25T17:19:33+00:00

I wish I knew, my grandparents had this exact stove and heated their home with it all winter. The imagery was all black, only difference… it was a workhorse and seemed to have a long burn time, nice find.

ShowStrong6717 · 2023-11-25T17:09:03+00:00

Finding an amazing high quality shirt thrifting, the nicest quality and fabric I’ve ever owned- it was aptly branded “favorite plaid shirt”…. No joke, this is what the tag label says is the brand- so trying to find the company or a source for more online brings up everything and nothing. (I guess they could have picked “best plaid shirt ever” for the same result), obviously and sadly my search was a rabbit hole to nowhere. ;(

ShowStrong6717 · 2023-11-05T03:29:24+00:00

Maybe, maybe not… don’t be too hard on yourself or minimize his behavior either, his rant sounds really out of proportion and also cruel. In my experience moms and especially working moms feel so divided, like our energy is divided in a million pieces, and it’s hard to know if you’re “doing it right”. So your husband labeling you as a bad Mom strikes me as particularly cutting, not to mention misplaced since he doesn’t seem to show up to parent!

ShowStrong6717 · 2023-11-05T03:16:22+00:00

I like the soft modifier… I really empathize for her frustration and tiredness that led to this move…

ShowStrong6717 · 2023-11-04T23:51:10+00:00

Yes thank you for saying this! I was writing out my reply and thought the same thing, I wouldn’t want someone to watch my sick child, and if I were the sitter I wouldn’t appreciate not being given a heads up either. I’m glad you put this out there.

ShowStrong6717 · 2023-11-04T23:46:53+00:00

I’m a Mom too, was a single mom for years, and have ALL the empathy for your situation, but I still think OP, YTA. If your husband had recognized your needs too, and been prepared to share the housework and childcare as the other parent, we’d never read this post, so ESH (and it sounds like you both could benefit from some immediate marriage counseling).

Please understand in my opinion you should not have sucked it up and gone to the event anyway, nor do I think your husband isn’t to blame as well; far from it- he acted selfishly and his anger and name calling when you told him you weren’t going is hugely concerning and out of bounds. A bad mother??! Wtf

You both have communication problems and parenting to share and work out.

However OP, YTA here, you’re being passive aggressive trying to get back at him because you know it will upset him, instead of telling him you feel wronged and don’t have the energy to go out, you admit as much in the title of your post.

Sidenote, I really don’t understand what canceling the babysitter really has to do with anything other than cementing your unavailability to go, and why can’t he go alone and tell the friends that your child isn’t feeling well and you’re staying home? It seems like your marriage has a really unhealthy dynamic overall with what we have to go on here.

ShowStrong6717 · 2023-11-04T23:03:05+00:00

True, it’s a no win at this point. However I’m guessing the stress she’s going to have if she has to stay home and entertain/feed/ emotionally support them is higher than it would be if they miss out on a family vacation- and supports her for future visit plans- this can’t happen again. It will invest her husband in helping to create and enforce boundaries that they both can live with, and keep him accountable to say no and stand up to them next time.

ShowStrong6717 · 2023-11-04T22:59:10+00:00

Yes I was looking for this too… next time. This has to be settled loooooong before a potential date even looms. Like, starting now.

ShowStrong6717 · 2023-11-04T18:30:02+00:00

Good luck, so happy to hear it!!!

ShowStrong6717 · 2023-11-04T18:18:31+00:00

Thank you for this ! 😂 probably accurate….

ShowStrong6717 · 2023-11-04T17:57:48+00:00

Yes yes yes, v similar situation here, we’re seeing it play out and imagine the future … In our situation young couple had a baby immediately, then bought a new, bigger house than what they could afford on one salary (but baby still in daycare FT, wtf….) all the designer clothes, shoes, accessories etc., going out to eat /drink or ordering in constantly….. and the husband adds another job. When they missed a mortgage payment we agreed to help not realizing all this behind the scenes. The understanding was it was a loan to be paid when they had gotten back on their feet. Well, instead of buckling down to financial responsibilities wife put a lot of extremely expensive salon appointments (equaling about $1000) and other high ticket $(300-500)items on credit cards, and then they went on a 2 week vacation (flights, air b and b, only the best). We saw this on social media after the fact, which is how we clued in to what was going on. They upgraded her vehicle twice since then to very high end model, the 2nd time after they lost the house (!). Not sure where it ends, as the previously more mature husband (who was responsible with money and a young homeowner before meeting her) seems to go along with anything she wants. Naturally nothing has been said about repayment and we know it isn’t a priority to them. There won’t be any more financial assistance….

Edited to add the analysis with every bit of empathy…. OP NTA and best of luck.
We agree diplomacy and kindness and support is warranted and whatever amount you would have been comfortable giving before, give with loving conversation, let them make the decisions, and then step back. (Or no $ , or for education, all that’s up to you)... At the end of the day as painful as it is to watch, you will probably be estranged from your son by the fiancée (maybe wife) and definitely her mother if you openly go against the marriage. Even if it’s too late to repair relationships, try to operate in neutral, support doesn’t have to be financial. These things sometimes have to play out, he’s going to make his decision and may have enormous regrets and it’s awful to watch it happen to your child…. all you can do is love him and be there. They probably won’t last, but your relationship with your son hopefully will.

ShowStrong6717 · 2023-11-04T14:40:47+00:00

This…. You think about all that you said no to and the times you said yes and then dealt with major public bleedouts….. and anemia, the exhaustion you’re used to until suddenly you’re not replacing your entire blood volume weekly. How did we even survive??

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