That being said, you might run into a bit of a problem because what's tall, short, big, small, round, or shaped will vary a bit from artist to artist. I think what's important in that case to ask if they can be more whatever or that you would prefer if it was more whatever. Just some phrasing where it acknowledges what the artist did, but just indicating you'd like it better if it was different in some way. Sometimes you'll get the artist who says "Oh! I didn't notice that they were supposed to be X instead of Y" but it will avoid any feelings of "They are X. Are you telling me that I did X wrong?!" What you really want is for the artist to say "Oh, you want it more X? Okay, I can do that more, even if it's not my usual style." It's the artist's responsibility to give you what you ask for to the best of their ability, but at the same time, they may have seen the detail and just translated it differently that you would like. No one did anything wrong, even if you want it changed, and I think it's important to acknowledge it.
I mean, ideally there would never be an issue, because it is the artist's job to make their customer happy (within the normal limits). However as a person, if someone told me that I was drawing a bunch of details wrong or forgetting them when I did draw them, well I'd get upset too! ;) (And I'm someone who loves critique!) There's nothing wrong with wanting something changed, but not every artist will take critique as well as the next, particularly being told something in the grey area is just wrong. (Again, focusing on when the artist might say, "But those are small!")
Again, this isn't anything personal, I'm just speculating on what might have happened and giving advice based on that. I could be completely off base and you're the only one who can know if I am or not. :)
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Date: 2010-08-04 06:18 am (UTC)That being said, you might run into a bit of a problem because what's tall, short, big, small, round, or shaped will vary a bit from artist to artist. I think what's important in that case to ask if they can be more whatever or that you would prefer if it was more whatever. Just some phrasing where it acknowledges what the artist did, but just indicating you'd like it better if it was different in some way. Sometimes you'll get the artist who says "Oh! I didn't notice that they were supposed to be X instead of Y" but it will avoid any feelings of "They are X. Are you telling me that I did X wrong?!" What you really want is for the artist to say "Oh, you want it more X? Okay, I can do that more, even if it's not my usual style." It's the artist's responsibility to give you what you ask for to the best of their ability, but at the same time, they may have seen the detail and just translated it differently that you would like. No one did anything wrong, even if you want it changed, and I think it's important to acknowledge it.
I mean, ideally there would never be an issue, because it is the artist's job to make their customer happy (within the normal limits). However as a person, if someone told me that I was drawing a bunch of details wrong or forgetting them when I did draw them, well I'd get upset too! ;) (And I'm someone who loves critique!) There's nothing wrong with wanting something changed, but not every artist will take critique as well as the next, particularly being told something in the grey area is just wrong. (Again, focusing on when the artist might say, "But those are small!")
Again, this isn't anything personal, I'm just speculating on what might have happened and giving advice based on that. I could be completely off base and you're the only one who can know if I am or not. :)