This one comes with a story,
This piece was going to be my 1st paid commission, I wont name any names but the commissioner, after getting some free work off me, bailed before paying. Due to this reason I will no longer do free work in the hope of getting paid.
Anyway, I wanted to finish it paid or not (but not in the way the commissioner wanted it) as I enjoyed working on this piece and felt just because someone miss treated me, does not mean I should deprive my viewers a chance to see this piece.
I just look froward to getting my 1st real commission :-/
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Just saying that usually, artists request money up front just in case something like this happens. If it's over a certain amount, they can do a sort of payment plan but it still requires payment first.