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[(Anonymous)]

first post in this discussion: I would love kittyart in any exchange as long as it was done by one of the resident exchange pro-level artists. Totally uninterested in colored pencil/crayon amateur art whether it's by a fellow fan or not.

[(Anonymous)]

CYRT

Yeah, after posting that I realized I made it sound like it was all about kittyart... it's very much a combination of both. Trying to make art too ambitious for your skill level is risky (WRT recip enjoyment), and so is making art without actually knowing the fandom. A gift should ideally not be both.

I think, unlike you, I fall on the side of "okay with low-skill art as long as it's made with heart". I think, faced with a choice between pro-level kittyart and amateur-level truly fannish art, I would pick the latter. I can always get the former with commissions, it's not what I want out of an exchange...

[(Anonymous)]

If I had infinite money I'd never do another exchange

[(Anonymous)]

DC

I have commissioned art of my rare fandom blorbos and I can safely say it wasn't worth it. The only times I was happy with the result was when the artist happened to be familiar with the fandom. And it absolutely wasn't a matter of art quality, but it just felt completely shallow and soulless. Both times the artist's work process involved sending me WIPs and asking me for input, which made it worse in a way I can't explain.

[(Anonymous)]

I've only done it once, so hardly a representative sample, but yeah, the results were disappointing and I won't do it again.