Look...I'm not going to pretend that this won't offend anyone on here since I KNOW it'll trigger someone.
If I want to commission an artist for something then I will go to THEM, not the other way around. The reason I bring this up is every now and then I get these random messages in my notes that pretty much boil down to "hey, shit went south and I need money fast! can I do a commission for you??" When 1 I honestly never even heard of you before and 2 your prices are way too high for me to afford, let alone even humor a simple linework piece from your wares.
Now... I get it, I truly do, especially with the whole Ukraine issue going on currently.....but not everyone is rich enough to drop a fat stack like it's nothing. I have a small handful of artists I regularly get commissions from since I can afford their prices, hell I even splurge from time to time as a pick-me up whenever I have a bad day and go to someone that's a tiny scratch out of my price range but nothing too outlandish.
Now as I stated in the title I normally ignore these, especially if I get repeated ones from an artist I already spoke to prior about said notes....but if you're cheeky enough to put "Thanks for watching me<3<3!" in the note when I'm not even watching you to begin with? then I know it's a prescripted note you just copy and paste to random people, hoping to play the pity card to see if anyone will bite. Times are rough for everyone right now, especially with this Covid 19 bullshit STILL!!! going on so odds of a suspiciously wealthy person dropping super packs (you know who you fucking are...) on an artist is getting slimmer and slimmer as time marches on.

I'd say "hopefully this blows over soon" so things can go back to normal but let's face it...it fucking won't.

Ramon out.