Artistic Integrity and perceptions...

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: I speak for myself when I say that a client : that lets me do whatever I wish, or offers me : total artistic freedom with a design, always : ends up with a much more beautiful design : than one that sits down and wants a replica : of a pattern out of one of my books. : That's not to say that one of my books may : have an original design in it that I chose for a : particular client, yet for whatever reason the : energy or something about the design isn't : right with another and so on. I think it's all : about intetion, and I agree with you : wholeheartedly. : It's tough at times when you have clients that : come to you with specific requirements for : designs, or a preconceived notion about : what they want their design to come out like. : It's especially hard for me at festivals when I : have had kids come up to me and wanted : cartoon characters or happy faces. I just : won't do them. I tell kids that I won't : jeopardize my artistic integrity.....most of the : time I think they just don't understand that I : won't do what a face painter will. : This brings me to another sort of related : topic. How do you guys feel about working : festivals with competition? And what do you : consider competition?????? : Do you consider any of the following : competition: : Temporary tattoos : Face Painters : : I do. I have worked many festivals with both, : and I think there is a certain clientele that : frequents each. Obviously little kids are : more for face painting (allthough : I did have a mother once ask me if I would : do henna on her kids face, and I : refused!)......but temporary tattoos are really : big here in MN at the festivals. They piss : me off when they are at the art festivals, : because I figure, hey they aren't CREATING : art by the way, they are just licking and : sticking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For the most party I don't : say much about it, but to some degree I feel : that they are competing with what I have to : offer. They are temporary, they wash off, : they have color.....all these advantages. But : the one big advantage that henna will always : have over temp tats, is that it it's art....a : miniarture artistic design designed : specifically for my client. : So there (neener neener!) : MyST : http://mehndimyst.freeservers.com

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