My discord/before messaging me (READ PLEASE)
2 years ago
I want to make a journal addressing getting messages, it's easier to list things in a journal than put it all on my profile.
(Edit 8-8-24: people have started trying to contact me for casual conversation only to quickly shift it to try and talk me into commissioning them, I believe it's usually AI "artists" as well, please be wary of random users suddenly messaging you asking how you came up with your character. So from now on I will not be responding to notes unless we've already spoken before or if I've already commissioned you & am receiving wips or payment info. If you want to contact me COMMENT ON MY PAGE OR ONE OF MY POSTS)
1. Please don't send a vague message like "hi," I don't know you or how to respond to that so make it clear why you want to talk
2. I am not going to carry a conversation, if I want to make small talk or start a discussion I will message one of my friends and not someone I barely know. Do not message me with "how is your day," "what are you doing right now," etc., I will not respond
3. PLEASE DON'T MESSAGE ME ASKING ME TO COMMISSION YOU! I commission artists that I find myself & will reach out for a commission if I want to. Pressuring me to commission you will result in a block
4. I don't like to RP, ESPECIALLY when it's erotic/NSFW, please please don't contact me to RP/no "hugs you/nuzzles you" type messages. I'm not my characters, I'm asexual & messages making sexual/romantic advances make me uncomfortable. Don't send sexual messages unless it's involved in a commission I'm getting with/from you (Also DO NOT ASK ME FOR NUDES/VIDEO/ETC!! I hate being on camera in general & when strangers try to push me to expose myself on camera/record sexual audio, it makes me VERY uncomfortable)
5. I'm open to conversation(IF you have a topic in mind or a question to ask,) but talk in comments on one of my posts first. If you want to talk about my character designs & inspirations I welcome that IF I KNOW YOU ALREADY
I may add to this in the future, for now these are the biggest issues I've faced when receiving messages, I'm a friendly person so as long as you don't plan on doing anything I've mentioned here, I'm happy to reply
Comment on this journal & i will note you my discord username, IF you actually have something to discuss with me
(Edit 8-8-24: people have started trying to contact me for casual conversation only to quickly shift it to try and talk me into commissioning them, I believe it's usually AI "artists" as well, please be wary of random users suddenly messaging you asking how you came up with your character. So from now on I will not be responding to notes unless we've already spoken before or if I've already commissioned you & am receiving wips or payment info. If you want to contact me COMMENT ON MY PAGE OR ONE OF MY POSTS)
1. Please don't send a vague message like "hi," I don't know you or how to respond to that so make it clear why you want to talk
2. I am not going to carry a conversation, if I want to make small talk or start a discussion I will message one of my friends and not someone I barely know. Do not message me with "how is your day," "what are you doing right now," etc., I will not respond
3. PLEASE DON'T MESSAGE ME ASKING ME TO COMMISSION YOU! I commission artists that I find myself & will reach out for a commission if I want to. Pressuring me to commission you will result in a block
4. I don't like to RP, ESPECIALLY when it's erotic/NSFW, please please don't contact me to RP/no "hugs you/nuzzles you" type messages. I'm not my characters, I'm asexual & messages making sexual/romantic advances make me uncomfortable. Don't send sexual messages unless it's involved in a commission I'm getting with/from you (Also DO NOT ASK ME FOR NUDES/VIDEO/ETC!! I hate being on camera in general & when strangers try to push me to expose myself on camera/record sexual audio, it makes me VERY uncomfortable)
5. I'm open to conversation(IF you have a topic in mind or a question to ask,) but talk in comments on one of my posts first. If you want to talk about my character designs & inspirations I welcome that IF I KNOW YOU ALREADY
I may add to this in the future, for now these are the biggest issues I've faced when receiving messages, I'm a friendly person so as long as you don't plan on doing anything I've mentioned here, I'm happy to reply
Comment on this journal & i will note you my discord username, IF you actually have something to discuss with me
:l I feel your struggle Consta.
At this stage I'm just gonna ignore random friend requests. Normally I do, but last time I was expecting a friend request from someone else at the same time, so I let them in x.x
Yeah, I don't have my discord name on my FA... But it's the same, so people still find me.
I don't think it's appropriate to approach someone and ask them to buy your art, I understand why they are doing it.
I suspect that some day, in the future, if I accomplish my dreams of making my own successful company, i'll likely have to rename and rework all of my social media. That's a bridge to cross when I get there
Definitely don't use the same socials for things you don't want to merge, I have a handful of different online personas for different projects, social circles, etc. and I'm always afraid of overlap
But also, I saw you got Leoria art recently, it's pretty cool. It might be fun to get Leoria art together sometime... But I don't know when I'll have the funds, probably 2 months from now lol... My hobbies are expensive