Croatian:
Oduvijek sam imala problema sa zauzimanjem za samu sebe. Što sam više bila u pravu, to je moj strah bivao veći. Ne znam razlog tome. Možda zato što to nismo nikad učili u školi...
Uglavnom, prije nekoliko dana sam zaradila svoju prvu značajniju količinu novca na ilustracijama rađenima po narudžbi. Međutim, u ovoj priči novac nije toliko bitan ..Naime, naručitelj je zahtijevao da mi plati samo polovicu, ali da mu ja svejedno isporučim cijelu količinu radova. Kleo se svim svecima, mahao zadužnicama i obećavao da će mi ostatak novca isplatiti nakon 2 mjeseca. Opravdavala sam njegove razloge (tek rođeno dijete, gradnja kuće, zaduživanje kod prijatelja, kriza....) i bila iznimno empatična, kao i uvijek. Međutim, negdje duboko, znala sam da nije fer. I isto sam tako znala da nemam hrabrosti to mu i reći.
Prije našeg susreta i primopredaje bila sam...pa najblaže rečeno, nervozna. Iako su mi moj dečko i prijateljica davali svesrdnu podršku u tim teškim trenucima, svejedno nije puno pomoglo. Dugujem im piće..:)
Konačno je i taj susret završio. I ja sam i dalje među živima. Sa pošteno zarađenom svoticom. I moj naručitelj je dobio moje radove. Ali samo onoliko koliko ih je platio :)
Nije bilo super-ugodno, ali nije bilo niti strašno. Zanimljivo kako se naši strahovi smanjuju, čim se s njima suočimo. Dobar osjećaj! :)
Još jedna dobra vijest: Moj web-dućan na Etsy-u je konačno otvorio svoja vrata, uz mogućnost plaćanja u Hrvatskoj dugo-očekivanim PayPalom! Budući da je ime ovog bloga i dućana Storyteller, uz svaku ilustraciju postoji i pričica koja je nadahnula njeno stvaranje. Broj ponuđenih ilustracija će također rasti :)Dućan možete posjetiti ovdje. A u mom dućanu na Da Wandi, također od sad postoji mogućnost plaćanja putem PayPala.
I još nešto! Ipak je ovo otvorenje dućana pa u maniri marketinških stručnjaka objavljujem da prvih 10 kupaca dobiva jednu ilustraciju po izboru - GRATIS! ( totalno sam si smiješna s ovim, ali već sam odavno pogazila ponos :)))
English:
I've always had problems with standing up for myself. The more I was right, my fear was bigger. I don't know the reason for that. Maybe it's because we've never learned it in school. Or my mother forgot to tell me...
Anyway, a few days ago I've earned my first serious amount of money on comissioned illustrations. But, it's not the money that's important in this one...My customer requested to pay me only half of the amount, but I should give him all the work I've done. He was swearing that he would pay me the rest of it in two months. I tried to show sympathy for his reasons( newborn baby, house renovation, general crisis on the market....), but deep inside I knew it was wrong. And I also knew I didn't have the courage to tell him this.
Just before we were supposed to meet, I was...well, nervous, to mildly put it. Although my boyfriend and my friend were giving me all the support they could in those tough moments, it didn't helped much..I owe them a drink...:)
So finally, that meeting was over. And I was still alive. With fairly earned money in my pocket. And my customer got my illustrations. But only the number of it he payed for.
It wasn't super pleasant, but it wasn't that terrible also. I've learned that our fears grow smaller once we confront them.
One more good news! My new web-shop on Etsy finally opend it's door, with posibility of payment via long-awaited PayPal! Since the name of the shop and this blog is The Storyteller, with every illustration I wrote a little story which inspired it's making. You can visit it here.
The same goes for my shop on DaWanda!
And that's not all!. Since this is a newly opened shop, in the style of great marketing professionals ;), I offer you one illustration of your choice FOR FREE for the first 10 customers! (I feel totally ridiculous with this, but I swallowed my pride long time ago! :))
Oduvijek sam imala problema sa zauzimanjem za samu sebe. Što sam više bila u pravu, to je moj strah bivao veći. Ne znam razlog tome. Možda zato što to nismo nikad učili u školi...
Uglavnom, prije nekoliko dana sam zaradila svoju prvu značajniju količinu novca na ilustracijama rađenima po narudžbi. Međutim, u ovoj priči novac nije toliko bitan ..Naime, naručitelj je zahtijevao da mi plati samo polovicu, ali da mu ja svejedno isporučim cijelu količinu radova. Kleo se svim svecima, mahao zadužnicama i obećavao da će mi ostatak novca isplatiti nakon 2 mjeseca. Opravdavala sam njegove razloge (tek rođeno dijete, gradnja kuće, zaduživanje kod prijatelja, kriza....) i bila iznimno empatična, kao i uvijek. Međutim, negdje duboko, znala sam da nije fer. I isto sam tako znala da nemam hrabrosti to mu i reći.
Prije našeg susreta i primopredaje bila sam...pa najblaže rečeno, nervozna. Iako su mi moj dečko i prijateljica davali svesrdnu podršku u tim teškim trenucima, svejedno nije puno pomoglo. Dugujem im piće..:)
Konačno je i taj susret završio. I ja sam i dalje među živima. Sa pošteno zarađenom svoticom. I moj naručitelj je dobio moje radove. Ali samo onoliko koliko ih je platio :)
Nije bilo super-ugodno, ali nije bilo niti strašno. Zanimljivo kako se naši strahovi smanjuju, čim se s njima suočimo. Dobar osjećaj! :)
Još jedna dobra vijest: Moj web-dućan na Etsy-u je konačno otvorio svoja vrata, uz mogućnost plaćanja u Hrvatskoj dugo-očekivanim PayPalom! Budući da je ime ovog bloga i dućana Storyteller, uz svaku ilustraciju postoji i pričica koja je nadahnula njeno stvaranje. Broj ponuđenih ilustracija će također rasti :)Dućan možete posjetiti ovdje. A u mom dućanu na Da Wandi, također od sad postoji mogućnost plaćanja putem PayPala.
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I još nešto! Ipak je ovo otvorenje dućana pa u maniri marketinških stručnjaka objavljujem da prvih 10 kupaca dobiva jednu ilustraciju po izboru - GRATIS! ( totalno sam si smiješna s ovim, ali već sam odavno pogazila ponos :)))
English:
I've always had problems with standing up for myself. The more I was right, my fear was bigger. I don't know the reason for that. Maybe it's because we've never learned it in school. Or my mother forgot to tell me...
Anyway, a few days ago I've earned my first serious amount of money on comissioned illustrations. But, it's not the money that's important in this one...My customer requested to pay me only half of the amount, but I should give him all the work I've done. He was swearing that he would pay me the rest of it in two months. I tried to show sympathy for his reasons( newborn baby, house renovation, general crisis on the market....), but deep inside I knew it was wrong. And I also knew I didn't have the courage to tell him this.
Just before we were supposed to meet, I was...well, nervous, to mildly put it. Although my boyfriend and my friend were giving me all the support they could in those tough moments, it didn't helped much..I owe them a drink...:)
So finally, that meeting was over. And I was still alive. With fairly earned money in my pocket. And my customer got my illustrations. But only the number of it he payed for.
It wasn't super pleasant, but it wasn't that terrible also. I've learned that our fears grow smaller once we confront them.
One more good news! My new web-shop on Etsy finally opend it's door, with posibility of payment via long-awaited PayPal! Since the name of the shop and this blog is The Storyteller, with every illustration I wrote a little story which inspired it's making. You can visit it here.
The same goes for my shop on DaWanda!
And that's not all!. Since this is a newly opened shop, in the style of great marketing professionals ;), I offer you one illustration of your choice FOR FREE for the first 10 customers! (I feel totally ridiculous with this, but I swallowed my pride long time ago! :))
Super su ti ilustracije i nisi smijesna s ponudama..go girl!
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