no hotel print

This is how quick it can be. On Monday I do a drawing, on Tuesday a print gets ordered, and on Wednesday the print is in the mail. One of the ways in which I make a little money. So very very nice to have somebody ask for something, fully knowing and expecting they have to pay some money. I have to put something in my FAQ to scare away all those people who constantly want my stuff for free. Charities, not-for-profits, sympathetic publications, and so on. And no!! The fact that YOU put your time in for free does NOT mean I am going to do the same. It may be your good cause, but that does NOT mean it is mine. And every god damn time it happens I say yes. I am going to stop it, I am going to. Because you know what? People don't even value stuff they get for free. Must be something psychological. The times I did drawings for distant friends, and just asked for bottles of wine in return that I never got. A political party I don't even vote for published one of my drawings for free in their poverty-stricken magazine. And forgot to credit me. Enough! Maybe if you can find a printer who will print for free, on free paper. Maybe then. Last Sunday I said yes to an Australian thing, but it doesn't feel right. It's just not fair to people who do pay me. Like the nice lady who ordered this no-hotel-print.

And before you ask, yes it's Piffin's room.