i wanna talk about free fursuits.
a thread. so strap in.
not free fursuits from the client's pov. free in another way.
youre a fursuit maker. and you make a super great first couple of suits. people praise you and push you to take commissions. so you open the floodgates.
I dont even care if it gets me thrown out of a con forever.
If I catch you stealing from a vendor, I'm sacking you right then and there like my football career depends on it.
When you steal from artists and creators, you're taking food directly out of their mouths.
Stop it.
Let's normalize artists asking for full payment up front and clients utilizing loan/credit services instead of using the artist as a bank in lieu of payment plans.
If an artist asks for full payment then don't dunk on them or tell them it isn't fair to you.