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Every artist encountered kids/adults who ask for free art. “Can you draw my oc?” or “Can you draw me?” is a common “opener” for many kids who get in contact with me. Yet what happens when I say No? Here is the list of “counter arguments” that are supposed to change my No into Yes (writing these from my memory):
“But you are really good at art, it should be so easy for you to draw something for me.”
“But you draw things all the time, whats the big deal if you draw something for me?!”
“When people ask me to draw them something I do it because it is a nice thing to do and I think that everyone should do this because you can make someone happy.”
“But it is only 10 minutes of your time!“
“I see, people never draw my ocs and I just wanted it to be drawn at least once for a change.”
“I see, I was feeling down today/had a birthday/lost a friend and I was thinking that you could cheer me up.”
And most commonly used: “No? Why?”
Yeah, the birthday one tends to pop up from time to time. People will randomly go “It’s my birthday today/tomorrow/in a few days.”
the worst part is when you announce that you opened commissions and then people are like “are they free commission?” like what the fuck?
Maybe you could help me with this: is it rude to ask an artist if they do commissions, if they don’t have info about it available?
no, that’s not rude at all. By asking if they are open for commissions, you are telling them that you are willing to pay them money for their art, something most artists welcome
What about you, baby? What’s it going to be? Loyalty to your country, or loyalty to me? Your country, or your old mentor? The mission, or your beliefs? Your duty to your unit, or your personal feelings? You don’t know the truth yet. But sooner or later you’ll have to choose
