Oh yeah , you have seen them already... those nice topics with those nice names and such that you can get a background and such and then suddenly you see that you have to pay for it (which is most of the time , honestly not worth the quality. No offense on the person making stuff). More and more people are making such topics charging prices like it is some marketplace. Seriously , this is getting bullshit. If you need some spare change , go get a job. Are you doing it because you like it? Good , but keep it only for that matter and the fact that you can gain more knowledge in the specific program you are using for making stuff, but only that alone. You will not charge people for something in a nice community , infact , money corrupts.

Either do stuff for free or don't do it , or discuss something else where no money is involved in (for example : Shout my channel out , box me , brand the creation or whatever). Seriously this is getting dull , if you want to make money off GFX , go to a darn GFX forum where your work (sad but true) nothing compared to the people who are actually selling it for the same price or even free. Ofcourse it costs time and effort to make something, but be grateful that someone provided you material for you to work on and gain more experience instead of mindlessly making signatures YOU will never use or something. Do someone a frikking favor and give him/her a smile on his/her face for doing something "simple" for what they find hard.

As a GFXer myself I know that projects cost time , but its time well spent. I never ever charged someone for my GFX on any and I repeat on any forums. Ofcourse currently I suck balls , since I don't have the patience for it anymore + didn't do it for a long time , but I had a huge list with requests and I did them with a smile. Why? Because I could try out new things and improve my experience with various tools within photoshop , every thingy getting better each time I did it.

Its disgusting to see a fanbased community turning into some sort of frikking marketplace.

Long story short :
Do stuff for free or do not do it. If you are out for money , GTFO.

Seriously people , what the fuck is wrong with you. Get a frikking job if you want money and if you want to earn money with GFX then make it your job somewhere , but don't be that dickface charging people HERE for your work , there are other options to get "paid" , for example exposure.

PS. Inb4massivebutthurtfromthepeoplewhohassuchtopicormassiverantwhichprovesmypoint.

ProjectMisfit wrote:

I agree. Offering donation's should be enough, trying to get it out of people with small stuff like that is stupid.

You see , nothing is wrong with donating. You can thank people with that. but charging people is just bs , especially in this kind of community.

The difference between donating and paying is that donating is voluntary and paying is a must (or some shit).

ProjectMisfit wrote:

Yes, you are right. If they do awesome free stuff, that will make people want to donate more anyway. There's no need to offer sides with it.

And again , they can "pay" with giving you some exposure. Meaning that your (YT) background is branded or whatever. (which I dislike though , but its still way better then charging money).

And the irony is that they most likely will find someone better doing it for free.

First I was like when someone made a topic with prices like : "Meh , let it slip", but lately people seem to follow the trend and be like "I can do stuff and I'm gonna charge people for it."