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People forget comissions helps pay for our everyday lives to me it's a lack of respect not only for the artist but the artist work to ask for free art

Even aside from the whole "this is our job" argument - what kind of person asks for a favor from a complete stranger that would take them at least an hour if not several to do?

Like, do these people go up to someone who is working in their garden and ask "Hey would you mind mowing my lawn for me after you're done?", or see a mechanic working on their own car and ask "hey would you mind fixing up my car too? It's only like an hour or so of your time, since you enjoy doing this you can do that right?"

It's a weird mindset of entitlement to another person's time. It's not inherently wrong to ask someone for a favor, but there is a definite lack of understanding of what they're actually asking for, and an odd sense of arrogance in thinking that an artist would enjoy doing free stuff for them as much as they enjoy working on their own art. You can ask, but always expect a no and for the love of cats respect the answer if you don't want to come across as a spoiled, entitled little brat.

This. Perfectly said and entirely true.