I DESPISE CLOSED SPECIES

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Oh deviantart, aren't you just filled with idiots. 

First of all, I understand people draw art for living or to open commissions for their budget which is fine, art isn't cheap, but people overtake this "payment" method into extreme. What are closed species? They're a "species" made from animal parts and you're not aloud to use the idea unless you pay a certain amount of money. Bullshit, huh? It gets worse

Most Closed Species I've came across are dogs and cats either combined with in-adamant objects or other animals, some just represent the artist's style like Sushi Dogs and charge their species 5-25$ just to create one, which in my opinion is a total gamble. Look, obtaining money is hard I understand, but when you just open a reference sheet of a catfish and make people pay 10$ to make their own is plain lazy and rude. Money is a reward, you have to put effort into it and in my opinion squishing two animals together and forcing your younger watchers to pay to make one isn't effort. If you need money, open goddamn commissions. You say you make a living off art, then act like you do. If making art is hard, you shouldn't make a living out of it. 

-Koiko
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Selkra's avatar
I draw closed species for free all the time. I just don't post them. :I

I'm frankly ok with closed species, since the only REAL downside is not being able to post them on the internet without paying (if you even respect the artists' wishes). Also, it's frankly easy to alter a 'closed species' into something original and your own if you know what you're doing.