I've now had two people block me out of art based reasons and one person get aggressive about it. One person blocked because “You never get any art with me” and another because “We planned a comm together ages ago but you keep pushing it back” (Which I did this time because just got a big comm and big car expenses so kinda out of money). The aggressive one was because “You're always showing off your art it's just making me jealous why are you always showing your art how comes (insert artist) always draws you....” (despite showing it IN AN ART BASED CHANNEL)

I get art as a stress relief, I'm a sociable person and want to go out to the pub (once actually safe and not how it is currently) and hating that I cannot meet up with friends once or twice a week like I used to, and there's only so much online that can be done with them, and working full time as a manager of a food retail store has definitely taken its toll but have tried to hide that online. Commissioning some art for me gets me excited to see it myself and the reaction from others, helps me take my mind off stuff.

Most of the art I get will involve a friend of mine, usually a little gift alongside just getting art for me. I get an idea I think “This person would like this”, and then decide if I should get it or not. Yes some people are in them more often but that's because I speak to them a lot and the ideas come usually during that (I get what I was teasing them with most of the time).

If we're splitting a comm, I want to talk with you properly to get it exact for us both so we both get exactly what we want, can choose artist between us and both have input. So if I get a random piece but not the split comm agreed then it's because we are yet still to have a full agreement. Random pieces I get are on the spot and as I am paying for it all and want to make it a surprise (more fun that way), then there is no planning and I run the risk of them not liking it which I fully accept as a loss if not. So if I don't get to people right away, be patient, lets discuss it fully instead of expecting me to just “get it done” like my more random pieces.

I'm not rich, I still have to budget in comms monthly and usually end up going way over and nothing goes into savings or I even end up spending more than I take in (this month I ended with £500 or so less than I started with), so if I can't get art with you then be prepared to wait until I can.

Why do people draw me? I COMM THEM! Sure every so often I get a bit of gift art but most of the time it's a “revenge pic” from a previous gift I got them. I will admit I've had quite a bit of gift art recently but if they like drawing me because (quote: "You're fun to draw as you let me fuck about with Dracour" which I say to everyone I comm) then why is that my fault? I talk to people a lot, chat with artists in their communities, I'm active in servers... I never expect anything and am more than grateful if I do. I don't want to feel guilty because someone gave me gift art.

TL;DR

Art is my stress relief which I cannot always afford, I get it with people I think would like it and usually someone I was chatting with where the idea came up, and I cannot help if I get gift art.

I do not want my stress relief to end up causing me stress! I could just stop and save myself a bunch of hassle and money, but I don't want to do that as I like gifting to others like most of my comms are.

If you're jealous over art I get or unhappy about it, either keep it to yourself, ask me not to post my art to you (server's I'll always post in, that's the point of them), or just block me and save us both the stress.

Have a good day.