I've rarely seen an artist give out source files (it's happened once out of the 20 people I've commissioned) and it's even rarer to see them allow clients to edit, unless it's a sketch commission. Artists have the right to not even provide the full resolution of the flat jpg/png, unless otherwise stated. This is usually done as a courtesy to the client.
Every artist is different here, but the whole edit issue is usually due to the artist's name being linked to the piece and a poorly done edit would inherently reflect on the artist. Not only that, but it's also seen as rude.
Up to the artist really what they want to give in the end, and its up to the client to choose who to commission. But I would imagine that the client would be limiting their pool of potential artists if they -only- commissioned artists who give the source file and allowed the client to edit.
(Apologies for any mispelling here, stuck with lame mobile)
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Every artist is different here, but the whole edit issue is usually due to the artist's name being linked to the piece and a poorly done edit would inherently reflect on the artist. Not only that, but it's also seen as rude.
Up to the artist really what they want to give in the end, and its up to the client to choose who to commission. But I would imagine that the client would be limiting their pool of potential artists if they -only- commissioned artists who give the source file and allowed the client to edit.
(Apologies for any mispelling here, stuck with lame mobile)