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On the subject of free art
7 years ago
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I'm done.
I don't understand people. If someone draws my fursona, I'll feel a mixture of immense gratitude that they did, and guilt that I can't fully make it up to them, but still try to. Art takes time and effort and it's hard.
But apparently other people don't give a shit. I drew 17 pieces of free art for people this month. Several were for secret santas- the people who got my name flaked out and didn't bother doing anything for me. Some were prizes in raffles in my server, many were gift art for artists I like to think I'm close to.
All I got for the holidays were some stuff from my mother, which were gag gifts and clothes that didn't fit. That's it.
I don't expect people to give me anything in exchange for raffle prizes or gift art, except maybe a message showing if they liked it or not. Half of the time, regardless of if I tagged/DM'd them, I would get left on read. Is it really so difficult to at least say thanks for art that you requested and got completely free?
Who knows. I woke up depressed with a fever and didn't wake up enough to look at my phone until five pm. This is just why I hate the holidays. I don't mean shit to people. I sign up for trades and secret santas and end up being the only person who gets left out. I draw for everyone I know thinking maybe we're friends and maybe one person will be around that year who makes me feel even a little less nonexistent and it never is.
All I know is that I can't deal with the crushing disappointment that comes with trying to offer free art to people anymore. If others really don't care one way or another enough to acknowledge it, then I'm not spending hours out of my day making it.
As for raffles and free adopts, on both occasions I've seen my art get sold by the people who get it, and as I have no way of controlling this, I've given up on it.
My commissions are open, as always, but I'm no longer raffling off art/drawing requests.
I don't understand people. If someone draws my fursona, I'll feel a mixture of immense gratitude that they did, and guilt that I can't fully make it up to them, but still try to. Art takes time and effort and it's hard.
But apparently other people don't give a shit. I drew 17 pieces of free art for people this month. Several were for secret santas- the people who got my name flaked out and didn't bother doing anything for me. Some were prizes in raffles in my server, many were gift art for artists I like to think I'm close to.
All I got for the holidays were some stuff from my mother, which were gag gifts and clothes that didn't fit. That's it.
I don't expect people to give me anything in exchange for raffle prizes or gift art, except maybe a message showing if they liked it or not. Half of the time, regardless of if I tagged/DM'd them, I would get left on read. Is it really so difficult to at least say thanks for art that you requested and got completely free?
Who knows. I woke up depressed with a fever and didn't wake up enough to look at my phone until five pm. This is just why I hate the holidays. I don't mean shit to people. I sign up for trades and secret santas and end up being the only person who gets left out. I draw for everyone I know thinking maybe we're friends and maybe one person will be around that year who makes me feel even a little less nonexistent and it never is.
All I know is that I can't deal with the crushing disappointment that comes with trying to offer free art to people anymore. If others really don't care one way or another enough to acknowledge it, then I'm not spending hours out of my day making it.
As for raffles and free adopts, on both occasions I've seen my art get sold by the people who get it, and as I have no way of controlling this, I've given up on it.
My commissions are open, as always, but I'm no longer raffling off art/drawing requests.
