Caemgen

Frodo would initially slip on his ring and hide...

...but would eventually man up and do the right thing

Not enough beers in me and no partner... Maybe Wednesday when I have off again.

If I work at Burger King and the artist works or worked at Burger King then yeah, the artist gets how much time I spent to earn the money, how hard it was, etc etc... But frankly the artist doesn't know what I do for a living and thus doesn't know. Just as someone who doesn't do art doesn't know how much time, effort, etc is spent at that. *shrug*

The point is that the artist gives up time to create the art. The buyer gives up time to earn money to purchase the art. If both agree on what they consider a fair trade then... well, it's a fair trade. To suggest one persons time is more precious than anothers, to me, is wrong.

I have given money away on more than one occasion. If you wanted to limit it to instances that had threads on this board then I'd point at my several Caemgen's Commission Contest threads. I it's equal after all? (I suppose one could nitpic that it wasn't straight up cash involved but *shrug* whatever)

Besides those, I have given money away plenty of times... Generally it has been to people I have known in real life, to what I considered worthy charities, to political campaigns, to bums on the street... But there has been a few times I gave money to people I had never met who I believed needed it. (I'm a freaking saint, come to think of it...)

The thing about those times I've given away that money... It never made me think my time was more precious than anyone elses, that I was better than anyone else, or that I deserved extra consideration... When I make a gift of something, be it cash or otherwise, it is a gift pure and simple.

True and that is a big, welcome benefit...

Assuming it either gets stickied or topped.

Err, I have been known to suck some juices for my own pleasure from time to time....

No worries But at the same time I will point out that since they are not vending machines they do not all drop the same products. If they all distributed Ho-Ho's then there would never been any reason to go outside here... But sometimes you just want a Little Debbie...


Heck, just being clear on when you're open for commissions would probably get people a bit of a line People may buy more if it's a sale but I don't think I've seen anyone announce they were open and have to beg for customers.

And depending on just how she went about siphoning, if I was an artist I just may pick option 1


And our time is as precious as yours... Not all of the non-artists may understand just how long and how much effot it takes you to create the arts but then again the artists cannot know how much time and effort went into the buyer to making the money to purchase - how many hours they may have worked for it, what they may be scrimping on that month to get it. Can we just all assume everyones time is precious whether it be spent doing art, working some job they probably hate or spending time with family and friends?


Errr, I'll be in my bunk....

But seriously... have you seen my rambles? You do not have to worry about the length of your post at all!

I think if we all kept that in mind and held true to it that everything else would be so, so, so much easier...



And quite frankly, at the VERY least, anyone recieving gift art does owe the artist a thank you. Heartfelt would be preferred but the least they could do is fake it...

I decided to take the history of the character and turn it upside down...

At a young age Sirus Flint had always been a target for bullies. At a young age he learned to use wile and persuasion to overcome his tormenters and get what he wanted, often tricking his former tormentors into taking the fall for plans he masterminded. His superhero father, who had the ability to create and control fire, was hardly around and his mother had passed away when Sirus was 6. This caused him to feel very detached from his family, to the point that he left home at the age of 14 and snuck onboard various cruise ships, using his guile and wits to pass as a rich, pampered customer until he found himself in the Etoile Islands.

Sirus didn't find the denizens of Etoile as easy to influence and trick. For his own safety he joined a gang and after studying the unique hierachy and politics of the group he positioned himself to be the brains of the operation, pulling the strings of the operation through the puppet the old leader had become. This new life was relatively short lived as an Infected thug attacked him in an alley way one day. The thug, having more strength than Sirus, nearly killed the young teenager until his hereditary powers inherited from his father had kicked in, allowing him to easily burn the thug alive. The Longbow that were stationed in the area heard about the super-powered threat and proceeded to arrest Sirus before he could make it back to his gang. He spent two years in the Zig, until he was swept up in a small breakout and managed to escape.

Sirus traveled the world once more, gaining power through his wits and brains and avoiding notoriety. Once more he set himself up as the brains behind powerful figures. The few times his wits and trickery did not allow him to achieve the results he wanted he had no qualms about resorting to a more physical form of persuasion.

At the age of 24, he returned to the Rogue Islands with plans of stirring up the power structure once more. Now 27, Sirus, a.k.a. X-zero, has become an incredibly rich and powerful super villain with a goons and henchman at the ready to carry out his various criminal schemes. Sirus believes that real power is the control of others but accepts the needs to occasionally get his own hands dirty. Like all good villains, his goals involve global domination and a new world order.




Quite simply I decided to re-imagine the character as super villian more akin to a Kingpin or Lex Luthor. Why get down in the much when you can convince others to do it for you? Still, he remains quite capable of handling thims himself in a pinch. As such, I went for a simplified business like image but with a bit of edge. The work boots are handy to have sycophants kiss or to kick in the head of one who angers you (after your henchman have beat them down for you.) The hands show a bit of jail tats which are a constant reminder of the power structure he strives to overthrown.

Sorry if this isn't quite the take you were hoping for on him...