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How do you justify getting paid for what you do?
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I think that I should be paid for what I do as an artist has a set of
skills that not everybody has. Artists can produce work that changes
the way that people see or feel about things, which is very important.
I was recently commissioned to produce a mural in an area of my city
that is seen as being a bit run down, which has a negative effect on
the people who live there. The response from the local people passing
by as I worked was great. To have someone working on a bright vibrant
piece of artwork in an area which people would normally hurry through
made people feel more positive in their surroundings and gave them a
sense of well being. To have made people feel better about their area
and them selves through the production of a piece of art is just as
valid as a treatment that a doctor can offer.
Of course it's not just murals that are valid in this way, any piece
of work that someone can relate to or that can explain something more
clearly or provoke a reaction should be valued and their creators
awarded financially for. It is worth mentioning that the money that
most artists receive for their work isn't that great!
Andy Council (more answers by this person)
Freelance Illustrator
Andy Council
http://www.andycouncil.co.uk