I illustrated a real conversation I had with a friend 2 days ago…. She asked me why I priced my art so low, and then asked if I knew what is surplus value. I didn’t very much, so she then explained it to me. I was like, no, this is actually very different, oh ho ho, well, the materials themselves were provided to me by the school for free* I only spent hours putting everything together and drawing it so it wasn’t worth very much.

The embarrassment I felt as she said, “star, you illustrated my point perfectly. You are so good at giving me examples”

Then I was like. Wait, you should pay people for their time too? I didn’t think my time was worth any money, and then she judged me ever harder (very silly)

Very silly goofer doodle to share with you all :))

  • star_sparkling_soda [he/him, they/them]
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    2 days ago

    Hugs you so tight!!! fuck. :( if you want to talk to someone I’m here!! And if you have links to ur art posts you are okay with sharing I would love to post them to my social media :’)

    • keepcarrot [she/her]
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      2 days ago

      I appreciate the thought, but I've done so much less this year with full time work.

      Also, linking things here is fraught, it would ID me even more than my posting here does