Got some great comments on this last night at the Sherman Oaks munch. In hindsight, I should have mentioned these were only $10.
Fetish-artist.com is somewhere between a hobby and an experiment, hoping to someday actually be a full time business. I work a night job, like many of us behind the scenes in the adult industry.
Did I mention I have greeting cards and stickers available on Etsy?
Sherry and I maintain Black and Blue Media, a publicity firm in Porn Valley that specializes in publicity for adult businesses. Growth has substantially dropped, somewhat like the home computer industry in 1991, or the automotive industry during the great depression. The phone calls and e-mails are very frustrating. We get calls from swingers and escorts wanting to shoot porn in midwest cities where it is highly illegal to shoot porn. While novelty has been the new growth field, we get e-mails from some of the strangest novelty entrepreneurs who know almost nothing about sex toys or adult thinking they’ll make millions off what amounts to a piece of garbage.
And stickers! Yes! I have stickers too!
But the most frustrating part is the issue of payment. Someone is currently hounding Sherry regarding “collaboration” with their bondage gear company. They have made absolutely no mention of payment. In fact, they seem to feel that because they are artists, we should be doing publicity for them for free.
I mention this here not just to rant, but because I’m guessing they found Sherry through me. Let’s get this straight. If I’m doing a collaboration, it better be fun or have something very rewarding involved. Cash helps, the more, the better. More so, Sherry absolutely, positively does not do publicity work for free! We do not send out press releases, arrange interviews, and send out press kits on commission, credit, or work “deferred.”
We’ve got to make a living just like everyone else. I thank all the fetish enthusiasts who keep coming back to this site to check out the artwork. It warms my heart to have you follow me on Twitter and especially when you friend me on Fetlife. Thank you kindly for dealing with my rant today and I hope that bondage gear place down under gets it.
Our friends at Sanctuary LAX, whom we have a great trade agreement with
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