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3 months ago
Ohayou!
How is it going everyone? I got a little something to say, on a journal that is here to stay.
1) Surprisingly, I do not accept gifts. I commission all of my art and pay it with my own money. I wish I could take them, but on top of leaving me to feel extremely guilty, some people in the past have approached me with the clear, malicious intent to offer me something, in order to get something else in return later down the line. As such, I prefer to turn down anything that is free.
2) Please, please do not contact me out of nowhere to ask me to buy a commission from you. I'm stunned I have to say so, but this has been happening far too many times for me already. This is both extremely disrespectful and irritating, and I'm not a money bag. I reach out by myself to artists I would like to work with, in a process I carefully plan over weeks. I know we all have to put food on the table, but this isn't a proper way to go about it. I'll be reasonable to people who might overlook this, but you will be met with hostility if you insist.
3) I will delete any shouts which have been copy-pasted on multiple profiles. If you want to leech views, don't do it on my page. Others might not see it, but I will find out, and since this is one of my absolute pet peeves, you also earn a free block. Not even having the decency to type out a proper, nice and different message for the people you reach out to baffles me beyond any common measure. Please don't fall for this, people. It's insulting.
That's all! I'm sad I have to make this journal... Makes me feel like the mean one all over again... Wishing a good day to everyone, though!
1) Surprisingly, I do not accept gifts. I commission all of my art and pay it with my own money. I wish I could take them, but on top of leaving me to feel extremely guilty, some people in the past have approached me with the clear, malicious intent to offer me something, in order to get something else in return later down the line. As such, I prefer to turn down anything that is free.
2) Please, please do not contact me out of nowhere to ask me to buy a commission from you. I'm stunned I have to say so, but this has been happening far too many times for me already. This is both extremely disrespectful and irritating, and I'm not a money bag. I reach out by myself to artists I would like to work with, in a process I carefully plan over weeks. I know we all have to put food on the table, but this isn't a proper way to go about it. I'll be reasonable to people who might overlook this, but you will be met with hostility if you insist.
3) I will delete any shouts which have been copy-pasted on multiple profiles. If you want to leech views, don't do it on my page. Others might not see it, but I will find out, and since this is one of my absolute pet peeves, you also earn a free block. Not even having the decency to type out a proper, nice and different message for the people you reach out to baffles me beyond any common measure. Please don't fall for this, people. It's insulting.
That's all! I'm sad I have to make this journal... Makes me feel like the mean one all over again... Wishing a good day to everyone, though!
I've even had someone shout my page twice with the same thing over the course of a few days, not having realized I had quietly deleted the first one. Seriously, this stuff just ticks me off like mad.
I was just doing it because other people were, and I thought it was just something you did on this website.
I am sorry for disrespecting you, and I hope you will forgive me.
In any case, I did not make this journal while thinking of anyone in particular, so no worries, you're all good. And if it encourages you not to do those things anymore, all the better!
Have a great day! :3
I was just trying to show my appreciation and gratitude for people enjoying my content.
I will instead, going forwards, engage with those that favorite my commissions or watch my profile in a more personalized manner.
I prefer not getting gifts because I'd rather pay artists for their work (and because I feel particular about my characters' presentation).
And most of the artists who have contacted me asking me to buy commissions from them have ended up banned by FA shortly after. It screams of scam every time someone does it. Though they seem to have stopped in recent months since I put a "please don't ask me to commission you" on the front page of my profile.
I hadn't considered the third point from that view before. I'm not sure I think that most of the shouts I've gotten were ill-intentioned versus just doing what everyone else was doing, but I've gone through and deleted most of them on my profile anyway.
I wish you a good day as well!
The awareness I'm specifically targeted because I'm a commissioner is so upsetting too. The fact I enjoy getting art doesn't mean I'm a spendthrift or whatever. Seeing some of them insist, or get mad when I politely tell them off is the icing on the cake, too.
In regards to the shouts, I'm not talking about stuff like people thanking you for the watch. Those are alright, if not a bit invasive and mindless. At least, they're innocent, and warranted when you do watch someone! No, it's like. Some people wake up in the morning and spam a bunch of random accounts with the same stuff, and you can tell from the replies in their own shout box that it's happening, due to how recent the replies are. They're baiting interactions. I hate it.
But yes, thanks for dropping by as well! Have a great day too :D