Love how this character turned out in your style. :3

Oh! thank you so much >///< I absolutely adore her so much and im so happy to have her <3

I'm so glad. It isn't very often I see people draw or get art of characters they adopt from me. :3

I get the same way about when some one gets a character from me too. I adore when they use the character. But also get super sad when i just see the character not even posted or noted anywhere. Or sometimes i see a person about a month or so get rid of them and it is so sad.

Well, I'd rather someone get rid of the character and have someone else love it than just have it collect dust. But I guess I just assume some people are busy, don't draw, or don't have money at the time. I, myself have fallen in love with designs, purchased them, and it's taken years for me to come up with what I want out of those characters. Truly. And sometimes it just isn't the fit I thought it would be. Or, I've had characters I've loved but I hate the way I draw them. I liked the artist(s) that drew them's work more than the character itself. Although I am much better with all of this now, lol.

I suppose I just like to believe good things because that's what I want from life. I've had frustrated people come to me with scribbles on a piece of paper or barely an idea in their head of what they want in a character and I've made something they've fallen in love with. The words they say, the thank yous or the look in their eyes... It's priceless. I wouldn't trade that gift for anything. I love helping people design things. :3 But I also know when I'm not the best one for the job. I still give it my all if they want to give my skills a whirl though. :D

But I definitely used to get slightly depressed when people didn't use their characters. I had to find my own way of being comfortable with it, because there are enough stressing and depressing things in the world already without us causing ourselves more.

There are different types of buyers though. People that buy, only to sell the character, either to make more money or to provide a variety in one place so people go to them. (Think of them as a convenience store that sells both Pepsi AND cokacola products, just so their customers have options.). People that buy on impulse that may or may not actually want the character but they're feeling it that day and it's available. People that buy when they know what they want, usually commissioning the special creation of the character, but for some popular artists they buy premades for some cost savings. (Sometimes also businesses for commercial purposes like mascots.). And people that buy for others based on a pre-determined and sometimes predictable pattern. (I met a person who had a bunch of people buying them "chocolate" themed characters. They weren't that popular, it was just a predictable way to make someone these people liked happy.) Once you know these types of buyers, it's easier to forgive them if they don't do anything with their characters.

Basically, there's no point in getting upset because even if you do put time, effort, and care into the creation of a character, the expectation of something from the buyer should always stop at the payment of said character. Anything more like seeing the character become something exciting is icing on the cake.

It's why I dislike the sale of characters with limited rights. No, don't use my art unless you pay a commercial fee, but by all means, re draw the character and make it into a brand if you want. Credit for that original design will be enough to gain me more business in the end. And between art theft and money gained, that's really all a business worries about.

It's simple in the eyes of objectiveness. And it truly protects your heart if you treat it that way. Did they pay for what they got? Did you do your best/are you happy with your work? Did they complain? And if they did, why? If they linked you to a piece you did, it's easy, take notes on what you did differently. Because someone is usually only visibly unhappy because what they were presented with is not what they got.

It's hard to find your style and be consistent but that's what survives in this profession. If you're like me and like to spice things up sometimes, give yourself that option. Make an experimental commission type for cheaper. Yeah, sometimes you'll lose money because something becomes popular and you could have made more money, but then you have the freedom to add it to your regular commissions after that. But the cheaper price keeps these lighthearted and safe. If someone rolls the dice and loses $5 on a whim of wanting something different, they don't mind so much.