honestly i love the concept of hunk just. making jokes about galra keith all the time now. bc he knows keith is worried about allura (and possibly others) hating him now so hunk is determined to make it seem like it’s not a big deal by constantly making light of it.
hunk: [points to a galra drone] keith is that your brother
keith: [walks into the room] hunk: [starts blasting E.T.]
“his parents may still be part of the empire” hunk: oh my god keith what if zarkon is your mom
pidge: dude i’d love to see inside area 51 hunk: same [turns to keith] can you hook us up?
hunk: what kind of weird alien stuff are you up to? keith: i’m…eating breakfast… hunk: man aliens are wild
[on a purple planet] hunk: keith, you’ll blend in with the scenery keith: i’M STILL NOT PURPLE
hunk: hey siri are galra allergic to taking showers
At my local grocery store, bread is about $4.50 for a decent size italian loaf. If I make $7.25 and hour, that means I’d have to work 37 and a half minutes for a Loaf of bread.
but hey, that’s not so bad right? Work two hours and you’ll have a sandwich, eh?
Oh hey, turns out I also need toilet paper, rice, chicken, some veggies, a can of soup, and some cereal. (to name a few basic groceries one might need on a budget) we’ll round those things down to $25 just to make the math easier.
at $7.25 an hour I’ll have to work about 3 and a half hours for basic groceries.
That doesn’t include bills or gas or all the other groceries I need, That’s ONE quick trip to the store and I already have to work half a day just for that.
You don’t understand Anon, my pages could take HOURS if not DAYS. Between the sketching, inking, colouring, lettering, and finishing it’s taken at least a full two day’s work if not longer for each page.
I have a job that pays me beans, I cannot afford to post more pages a week without compensation. I literally cannot afford to do that. Not to mention the idea that art is only worth minimum wage cheapens the amount of work and effort that goes into producing it. I should be making WELL ABOVE minimum wage for my art via page count and commissions but it’s this damn “deviant art” mindset that makes people feel like they’re being swindled for paying a livable wage to artists. It’s rude and childish and I ask that you please stop considering artists as less worthy of affording a normal life.
You can either pay me what I ask for what you want or stop complaining about what I already give you for free.
I cannot fucking stand people who tell illustrators that something they produce is too expensive.
Yall motherfuckers want cheap? Go get some paper, get a fucking pencil and then draw it your motherfucking selves because nobody freelancing on the internet who hasn’t even half made it in the illustration world is charging you ANYTHING close to industry pricing even when some of us are as good if not better. Why? Because of people like Anon. Your name must be out there and known to charge anything close to what your time and skill is worth. Yet still? You are paying for my effort, my time, my blood, sweat and tears and a lifetime of learning my trade.
A cheap page for yo ass is a piece of paper I haven’t touched yet.
/rant
(As a freelancer I cannot staaaaaaaaaaaaaand people who pull this dogshit.)
$100 is pretty cheap for a page.
Basic math, for Anon up there: Break that $100 down into an hourly rate. Factor in materials. Factor in skill and schooling and experience. Bear in mind that a page rate *at all* means there’s a good chance it’s work-for-hire, which means that $100 a page might be all the artist gets, ever.
And then, when you’ve done that math, think about what that means in terms of how few comics artists make a living hourly wage.
Want a pro artist, anon? Pay them like a fucking pro.
I’d like to add the a professional of any stripe has the duty to themselves, and the right to charge a rate based on his skill level and the work he or she puts in.
Sadly, they’ll always have hungry and naive artists to take advantage of. )8 That’s exactly who Anon is gonna go hunt down.
$100/page was the going rate from Marvel & DC Comics back in the 80s. Almost 40 years ago. And mind you, it’s not like comic books have ever been known to pay their artists great in the first place.
pay your artists
PAY YOUR ARTISTS
SUPPORT ARTISTS
This is so important. :(
I shouldn’t have to point it out, but for those who are unaware, $100 is way below the bar for a page.
In the industry, artists are paid for the precise skill of their work. For example, a penciller will be paid $125 per page. To pencil. They do not do inking. The inker gets $75-125. They do not do the coloring. The colorist gets $75-$100. They do not do the lettering. The letterer gets $35-75.
Even on the low end, you’re asking @fauxboy to sell you an entire completed page for $100. In the industry? His ass better be getting paid $300 per page.
If you don’t support your artists, I guarantee you, they will not support you.
you deserve love. your crush does not owe you a date.
you deserve success. your coworkers do not owe you extra hours.
you deserve emotional support. your friends do not owe you free therapy.
what ‘you deserve this’ means is that it’s ok to want it and hope for it and try to achieve it, not that you have the authority to demand that a person provide it. it’s good to ask for it, but you have to be willing to take no for an answer.
This eagle is so polite it looks for the part of the pants that isn’t skin tight so it doesn’t accidentally nip the skin on the human truly the best parrot in the world I love her
when u meet a poc and they introduce themselves w/the white pronounciation of their name like no sweetie you’re safe here, roll the r
Like you might have to pronounce your names 6 times to me slowly like I’m a fucking idiot but I’d rather look stupid and learn your real name than have you give me your shortened version or nickname to make your name more ‘convenient’ for me to say out loud
except like literally no, don’t say this to a poc who tells you the anglicized pronunciation of their name
i’ve seen a lot of poc calling out this post already but not many people have given longer responses so i will try to do that
1) my name is what i say my name is. when asked how to pronounce my name, sometimes i just say the anglicized pronunciation and sometimes i tell people “the anglicized pronunciation that i prefer is _____.” i literally never introduce myself with the vietnamese pronunciation of my name.
2) for the well-meaning ally, it might seem disrespectful to use an anglicized pronunciation. please consider that it is also disrespectful to use or ask that i tell you a pronunciation other than the one i’ve already given. to ask for or use another pronunciation is to defy what i am telling you. that’s rude and disrespectful.
3) to do so also shows how entitled you as a white person are. you are not entitled to my name, my language, or my culture. you can have access to those things if i invite you in.
4) “no sweetie you’re safe here” “i’d rather look stupid and learn your real name than have you give me your shortened version … to make your name more ‘convenient’ for me to say” you might be a good person and a good ally, but i’m inclined to think that you’re not. don’t assume that my decision to introduce myself with an anglicized pronunciation is for YOUR benefit. i would NOT introduce myself by a mispronunciation because i’m worried that my real name would be inconvenient for you. it is MY preference for you to use this anglicized pronunciation. please think about why you think that poc are doing these things for your benefit. please think about why you potentially consider poc to be so subservient as to mispronounce our own names SOLELY for YOUR convenience. it has nothing to do with you.
4.5) re: being a good ally to poc. we can’t tell the difference between a white person and a White Person TM, but in my personal experience most are a White Person TM.
5) try to think about this. “where are you from? no, where are you REALLY from? like, where is your FAMILY from?” vs. “how do you say your name? no, how do you REALLY say your name?” etc. it’s the same damn thing. you’re not entitled to anything other than what i say to you. if i tell you i’m from canada then you accept that as the answer. if i tell you my name is an anglicized pronunciation then you accept that as the answer.
i know a lot of white people reblogged the original post uncritically and i recognize that you are all trying and that you really are well-meaning in this sentiment. but please consider. if i wanted you to pronounce my name “properly,” i would have told you the “proper” pronunciation in the first place.
