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StitchInTime@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

I spent $50 a year on wallpapers once as a monthly subscription. It was to support an independent artist that hand painted video game scenes I enjoyed, produced 1-3 new paintings per month, granted access to his back catalog, and the deliverable was high quality scans I could download and use at my leisure.

Since he is an artist, and you could feel that each painting took weeks to complete, I felt justified.

Never had a desire to pay for an app with generic wallpapers though, or to financially support someone who generates my annual salary per sponsorship deal.

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audaxdreik@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
It kills me because I feel like culturally we’ve really adjusted to this idea of individually patronizing the arts … if only our whole economy weren’t centered around squeezing out every last drop of disposable income from us.

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- GrammarPolice@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  My socialism sensors are tingling
  
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  - Fizz@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Socialism wouldnt change anything here. Communism would but then we’d have different problems.
    
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    GrammarPolice@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Wdym by here? Where you live?
    
    Also, what problems would we have with communism?
    
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GobberingGoblin@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Sounds cool. Could you please tell me the name of that artist?

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- StitchInTime@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Sure - https://www.patreon.com/orioto
  
  He might be doing some digital now (I’m no longer subscribed and I see some free digital sketches in there), but I know when I subscribed the final work was painted on canvas.
  
  His favorite one of mine is titled “Breath of Adventure”, and I’m fortunate he shared a 4k scan that looks amazing on my monitor.
  
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