10. Spending the money you got from a commission should generally be avoided until you've at least started on it.

9. Your ego should not be proportional to the square of your art skills.

8. Similarly, your level of general assholishness shouldn't increase with your level of art skill.

7. The fact that you have a skill which people will wait in line for is your good fortune and shouldn't be abused.

6. Working on multiple personal projects while customers wait for what they paid for is just as rude when it comes to furry art as it does a retail store.

5. When someone pre-pays for art, their money is their deposit, and your good reputation is yours. If you decide not to do their commission, not only are you a thief, but they have every right to let everyone know that.

4. It's OK to make friends with someone who isn't "as good" of an artist as you, or an artist at all--hopefully there's more going on in your life and making and receiving drawings.

3. Ignoring thoughtful feedback from a no-name art appreciator while responding to mindless feedback from a big-name artist makes you an elitist jerk.

2. When it's already been paid for, six hours for a good drawing is great time, six days is average time, six weeks is bad time, six months is unacceptable.

1. Your drawing skills are no more or less impressive than other skills, such as writing, music, programming, or other skilled creative expression. The only reason you're "better" than most other people is because you perpetuate the view that none of those other skills are worth the years of refinement and practice that go into them. Don't fool yourself into thinking that everyone around you who doesn't draw is skilled only in masturbation.