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xD....I VERY easily spend my gold on gaia on commissions...I didn't with rl money mostly because I'm scared from commissioning people from abroad, bun now I found this really great artist in my country, so...bye-bye, monnehs~

I need more! I'll have a good little stash after my auction finishes, but much of that is going into my contest fund, so I'm going to have to open up commissions or something then so I can earn more.

Me too - my gold prospects are not in danger of improving, so most of it goes to my terrible quest. Real life dosh, however, is not a problem, so the majority of my commissions are paid the traditional way.

I haven't noticed any difference between the quality of work people I've commissioned for gold and money have produced, but I have noticed the time factor (only in their commission information where they've mentioned it - I haven't noticed a real time difference with my own commissions). "Real life" commissions tend to take precendence (spot the disparity - a high amount of gold is generally more time-consuming to earn than actual funds).



I have a list, too - it never goes down (; For every handful of people I cross off I find twice as many names to add to the list, including people I want to re-commission and names of artists who might not even be taking commissions. I suppose I live in a grandiose hope - there are about eighty names/links currently on the list (;

I'm so glad I'm not the only mainly irl cash commissioner in this guild anymore XD I felt so alone during that monthly poll way back when. Cash is just a lot easier for me to get. Since I still get an allowance ($60-$100) and I'm going to start working as soon as graduation is over and done with and I can stop stressing about Shakespeare and Government (which is DEATH, by the way) . But on gaia, there really isn't much I can do since I don't draw and I'm too impatient to work the vend/exhange.

I've actually noticed a better turn around with my gaia commissions than the ones I order with real money! I guess I'm just unlucky sweatdrop The thing I like better about using cash is that, though it may sometimes take longer to get the completed work, the artist is less likely to drop off the face of the earth like a lot of Gaian artists have done. And they show you their progress sketches/lineart/etc.

Lol, I always feel that, all this art stuff is frivilous... A reason why I rarely dole out real money (Just this month, I bought my second RL Commission, the first one only being for $5 from http://anarhak.deviantart.com.)

Aw, Thanks, Audley. redface xd I've found myself on two, three, lists total, most in the R/C are lists for anime type art. Lol, you probably will be able to catch me - I don't get that many commissions. June 15, remember. wink

(Btw, Flobbergommer courtesy of Opium Skittles, and approved by Phillis, lol)

Heh heh, I'm about as un-anime as you can get, so I don't ever expect to ever be on people's wishlists. I think I've been on like...2 or something. Ah well! Less art stress for me! I think I always worry about that when I enter contests too. So many people here seem to prefer anime, so in the back of my mind, I think, "Do I even stand a chance?" I've been pretty fortunate, so far, though.

But yeah, I've never been a fan of those favoritism things. I mean, there are particular artists I'd love to get art from, but I'd never make it public! Yeah, this whole Gaia thing is silly, but fun. smile But those lists are all around DA too...

I've tried to allow myself to commission in RL at least once a year because I love being able to support fellow artists. I'd love to have lots of money to spend, but I just don't. I've commissioned Mel (Underground Uno), Emme, Woe (I'm still using my bookmarks!), and Ochrejelly, but there are several more I'd love to. And especially now that my income is gone, I can't really commission as much. If there's someone I really want, what I'll do is take a commission or two myself so I have the money in PayPal, so my husband can't say anything. It's more like a roundabout art trade or something. Someone pays me and then I pay whomever. But I think that's why I'm trying so hard to raise money here - because it's a free alternative for me. Granted, most of the artists I would love to commission aren't on Gaia, but there are many that I've been surprised to see are! Not that I'll ever have enough money to afford them in an auction or that I'll ever be lucky to catch a slot in an art shop, but it's nice thinking I might someday!