Well, teh internetz r down in the old office, all the little and oh-not-so little thingies are packed and we are ready to move. So, while I'm sitting here and waiting for the pirate ghost zombie hordes to come and take me away, I might as well write about art gifts.
It is strange and somewhat annoying for me that almost everyone will eat practically everything that's related to their character (except, maybe, for messy orgies or scat - but I wouldn't bet on that). I don't know if it's the fear of hurting the artist, basic inability to evaluate the quality or just the respect for sacred ritual of accepting gifts. Anyway, unconditional flattery isn't a nice thing.
First, you lie to the artist. Lying is bad and makes your nose grow long and hard.
Second, you stop the artist from improving him(her)self. That's also probably bad, m'kay.
Of course there are cases of the gift being actually good, but that's oh-so-rare. There are also drawings that could be confused for bad because of art style. I'll write more on it later - the zombies are coming.
Derp.