Ok, so I totally get why it costs money to create a painting, you need to purchase supplies. But for the painting freelance career you use a digitial sketch pad. Once you have purchased the software to create digital art you don't have any other expense. My sim joined the painting freelance career and has to make 3 icons. It pays §364 but my sim has to spend §150 to create the 3 icons (§50 per icon), so in reality it pays §214. Come'on EA -- let's be realistic. Writers don't spend money on ink and paper everytime they create a book on a computer, so why do painters have to pay per icon to create digital icons!This needs to be fixed.

There's a mod over at MTS that makes all art free on digital sketchpads. :)

"troshalom;d-969898" wrote:Writers don't spend money on ink and paper everytime they create a book on a computer, so why do painters have to pay per icon to create digital icons!This needs to be fixed. As a writer I can absolutely confirm that yes, we actually do spend quite a lot on ink and paper, especially during edit phase. There's a certain kind of focus that only comes with the act of a physical pen on paper.

Painting without the career is more profitable and far less hassle than the freelance career is. Maybe I just don't enjoy freelance careers though. The amount of rejection for jobs in the digital artist career frustrates me.

Also Adobe Creative Cloud subscription can get annoyingly expensive if you use more than one application & need the stock photo library. The plans aren't as flexible as they used to be. It's either 1 program, the photography plan or everything, which is annoying if you need just Photoshop & Ilustrator, which isn't in the photography plan.

"LauraR;c-17335341" wrote:"troshalom;d-969898" wrote:Writers don't spend money on ink and paper everytime they create a book on a computer, so why do painters have to pay per icon to create digital icons!This needs to be fixed. As a writer I can absolutely confirm that yes, we actually do spend quite a lot on ink and paper, especially during edit phase. There's a certain kind of focus that only comes with the act of a physical pen on paper.@LauraR I'm a writer too, and I was discussing in game writing on the computer. In the Sims they don't write with pen and paper. ?

Outrageous - paying to create art on a digital sketchpad! Freelance Career

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Nindigo79
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
@DeKay As always you have a meaningful explanation ready :D
DeKaythePUNK
Legend
6 years ago
"Nindigo;c-17336158" wrote:
DeKay As always you have a meaningful explanation ready :D

You know it. ??
troshalom
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
"DeKay;c-17336011" wrote:
They gotta pay to buy all those stock images for inspiration. XD

@DeKay didn't think of that ?, but my vendors always put in unpaid stock images until I approved them, then they purchased them. So the artist can get inspiration from a stock site, without paying for the images -- soooooo -- still don't see why they gotta pay 50 simoleans per icon.
Melpomena
6 years ago
May be they have to pay to protect the copyright.
GalacticGal
Legend
6 years ago
"LauraR;c-17335341" wrote:
"troshalom;d-969898" wrote:
Writers don't spend money on ink and paper everytime they create a book on a computer, so why do painters have to pay per icon to create digital icons!

This needs to be fixed.

As a writer I can absolutely confirm that yes, we actually do spend quite a lot on ink and paper, especially during edit phase. There's a certain kind of focus that only comes with the act of a physical pen on paper.

Yes, I concur. I, too, have gone through much paper and multiple laser ink cartridges. And I print on Low-ink! I'm in the final (I hope) editing phase of my latest novel. Go, me! LOL

And hearing the piece has an effect, too. Reading from a page is far different than reading from a screen. You catch more in both the hearing and the reading from paper.

But, I must say I don't understand why if you have an art program, you should have to pay for each piece of art created. We're speaking apples to oranges here.
troshalom
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
Congrats @GalacticGal on getting the book out of your head on the the computer/paper -- most of my book is still in my head the whole trilogy. I do agree, I personally like to edit on paper too, I catch things I miss on screen or I'm just old skool like that,

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