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> How would you handle this
without angering the client?Sorry that this has happened to you, alas it's very common.
This is not a question on how to handle this situation/client, it's a question on how to handle all commissions. There's not 1 way, but we all need to learn from our experiences.
This is what I do with my commissions:
I am not saying that this is perfect, I am saying that this works for me. I have adopted after talking with other artists more experienced than me, and this is the process that people who have commissioned art before understand.
If you do commissions for low price and/or with people who have not purchased commissioned art before, 99% becomes a nightmare.
Of course all of the above is outlined on my web site under "Commissions". And no, I don't get many "commissions" but I do get my fair share of "site-specific installations" which is what I like, and those are "commissions".
Read this book https://www.amazon.com/Art-Work-Revised-Updated-Everything/dp/1501146165/
Find an Artist that does similar artwork using the medium you wish to use, and inquire if they do commissions.
> how do I share ownership?
This is something that you'll need to negotiate and clarify before starting the work.
> I want it to be my idea as I generated the fractal, but I am ok with owning the work only 75%
75% ? That gets complicated. Either you own 100% of everything or . . . the de-facto standard (in the US), where you own the piece and the Artist owns the copyright.
> - how to find them?
In here, google for artists local to you, search on instgram, deviantart
> Craigslist works?
At times.
> I'm in San Francisco and Craiglist is pretty active
Go, try it.
> how much to pay for such a job?
That depends on to many factors, it's something that you and the Artist will want to negotiate and agree on.
It will help if you decide before talking with any artist:
If you really want to read more about it, this book has this type of info and much more.
Well, "creating awareness" is more of an Art per se and not a science (not replicable process) so you need to squeeze those creative juices and come up with your own creative process to "create awareness" as you call it.
About "insta, FB" and other social media, that is not awareness per se, it's a measure of awareness. It's not the whistle that pull the train.
Some people say that it's about being at the right place at the right time, and - personally - I agree with that. Here's the rub: we don't know when it the right time and we don't know where is the right place (physical place and online place). So all we can do is to be in as many places as possible, as many times as possible. And yes it is a lot of work, really a lot of hard work, long hours with uncertain success rate. There's no silver bullet, no paint-by-numbers process, no $19.99 book or $99 course (or $999).
There are some resources out there to gather some info and then go out there and try try try try till you succeed, my 2 favorites are: