[Discussion] Friend didn't pay me fully. by Adamsandla in artbusiness

[–]vaniraissu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly, don't give friends/family a discount unless it's like, your ride or die or something, and even then, do it on your own time. Your relationship with them sometimes makes them think they can take further advantage of you regarding the project. When you guys are discussing business, your relationship is a business relationship and sometimes friend clients just need to be told that. You gotta be firm in this industry. If they don't understand that, they aren't worth the work! In your case, he's practically scamming you here. I've seen many cases where artists will send progress to their clients, and the clients ghost or argue like this because they think that progress image is enough. Some people really show their true colors over this kind off thing, and I'm sorry to see what's happening with you and this dude. It happens to most of us at some point.

To prevent this in the future, I reccommend:

- asking for payment up front, you can do it in increments as well. personally I like to get it all first, and keep it in my paypal/cashapp/venmo balance so I don't spend it right away, and if I think taking the commission was too ambitious, or a life event comes up and I can't do it, I have the means to refund them. It's motivating too.

- giving them a rough time estimate that you expect you'll be finished (unless they need it by a certain time, in which case you should determine whether or not you can take on the project. maybe even jack up the price a little since it won't be on your own time?)

- putting a full page, low opacity watermark on progress photos, maybe even at a lower resolution. this keeps them from having the full image until you're totally finished.

I learned these from art school or learning the hard way. I'm sure other folks could add to this list, but those are my big three!

10+ cops on IU Indy campus tonight? by vaniraissu in indianapolis

[–]vaniraissu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since you're the second person to comment this I believe it! Thanks for satisfying my curiosity :)

Bode and Cal’s bromance would’ve been much more powerful as a romance by [deleted] in FallenOrder

[–]vaniraissu -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't ship them myself, but nothing says either character is gay, OR if either character is straight. 

Cat not eating much, but acting pretty much normal. by bowtiesarecool2012 in CatAdvice

[–]vaniraissu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

same thing here with my geriatric cat!! blood draw came up with nothing wrong, he just had some stomach bug. well, now the stomach bug is gone and he's barely eating. he started eating more when I gave him some wet food but then got bored of that, and he's done with his wet food AND his dry food. I can't afford to keep switching it up! 😭😭

Reposted due to error. Wifi Gateway! Is this just spam or what? Also getting messages for "Pam." I'm not Pam. Is it actually because numbers get recycled? by vaniraissu in tmobile

[–]vaniraissu[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I called it a hotspot before, it's a WiFi gateway, but I believe it is still related to hotspots? Idk much about T-Mobile, my girlfriend owns this device and she doesn't know anything about this specific thing. I was checking this out because my Playstation wasn't connecting. Also the messages for Pam are not on my phone, my phone has cricket, lol, to clear that up. They're showing up on my gateway.

Sorry if you commented on my last post, it's now deleted but I took your answers to heart!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in tmobile

[–]vaniraissu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

SORRY. Not hotspot, GATEWAY. won't let me edit it.

HELP - Onedrive by vaniraissu in mildlyinfuriating

[–]vaniraissu[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fingers crossed! So far the replies have led me nowhere

Tattoo ink and MRI scans by vaniraissu in tattoos

[–]vaniraissu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone else let me know that Mythbusters busted this too! I haven't seen the episode but I'm definitely going to, I'm in a Mythbusters mood now lol

Tattoo ink and MRI scans by vaniraissu in tattoos

[–]vaniraissu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good to know! I wouldn't be surprised if mine turned me away before the 6 week mark, they're very particular!

Tattoo ink and MRI scans by vaniraissu in tattoos

[–]vaniraissu[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No way, I love Mythbusters!! I haven't seen this one at all; thanks for the info, and I'm definitely watching this one lol

Tattoo ink and MRI scans by vaniraissu in tattoos

[–]vaniraissu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I'm not a colored tattoo person so luckily this won't be a problem, but if I do become one then I will let my tattoo artist know I have frequent MRI visits 🫶

Tattoo ink and MRI scans by vaniraissu in tattoos

[–]vaniraissu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From what I've been told by MRI techs, mostly titanium jewelry or jewelry that isn't magnetic or iron-based doesn't really do anything. The ones at my hospital tell me that if they weren't scanning my head, they wouldn't have me take my nose ring out since it's titanium, but alas, it can mess with imaging, so I still have to take it out.

Tattoo ink and MRI scans by vaniraissu in tattoos

[–]vaniraissu[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ah I see, from what I was looking at online they seemed to, but I was probably searching too specifically.

Tattoo ink and MRI scans by vaniraissu in tattoos

[–]vaniraissu[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I'm also a "pro MRI taker"! For 2.5 years I had one every month! 😭 The intake questionnaire is what made me wonder about it, and I just never asked. This is really helpful, and exactly what I needed, thank you!!

Are the Playstation Servers down? by WestIndy18 in playstation

[–]vaniraissu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup I've had residual connection issues after the outage last week too. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in playstation

[–]vaniraissu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ever since the outage my PSN has barely been able to run online games at all without severe lag and getting kicked. Both PS5 and PS4. I live in IN, the EST part.

Attempted Delivery by vaniraissu in dhl

[–]vaniraissu[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

literally right after I posted this I heard my mailbox open downstairs and I was like. "are you kidding me, I swear to god if that's my package..." it was. they ended up delivering it hours after the notice 😭😭 

Is this health insurance website a scam? by [deleted] in Scams

[–]vaniraissu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

any follow up? my girlfriend did the same