I was curious to think over this while seeing how others put their work up to have others in FA pay for their job as artist. I also had the thought my father told me outright when I tried to donate for a drawing. 'Why donate money to an artist when you can draw what you had in mind yourself?'. I felt my art work wasn't as up to par with being able to make such an attempt. I like the artists work and I want to donate even though I could have drawn it. I just felt like I wasn't worthy of doing it. But then it hit me. if I could draw it then why would I need to pay for it?

I do want to see it but I can't have the chance to on account of complications that I didn't foresee. That and I felt like I don't want to be active enough to draw it. But why would anyone pay for drawings they can do themselves if they're good enough to? I hope I can hear other peoples thoughts on it so I won't feel guilty thinking it was lazy of me to pay for it. I just like others art so much I wanted to donate because I liked them. Getting a drawing out of it in return was just a perk.

But I would like to know how others view about paying for drawings they can do themselves. Would you do it or would you like to pay the artist out of charitable reasons?