Hi, I need some advice. So I am participating in art fight. I want to draw a piece for an artist I admire but the character in question, they ship with my main fo.
I want to draw their character but I can't help but feel like it will rip me to shreds inside due to me having insecurity issues over this character.
Should I try to get over my feelings and try to draw something for them or do what feels comfortable for me?
Thank you for answering my question.
hi anon, i do not participate in art fight, but as someone who does commissions, here are my thoughts:
i understand the feeling of uncomfortableness and insecurity; i don't accept commissions if someone wanted to draw a ship involving my f/o or a selfship that happened to involve him. so i wanna stress that it's not a bad thing to feel that way. we all have levels of comfort that comes to our self ships, and you're not alone in that.
if it's stressing you out so much over the idea of it, then i would hold off on doing it. it's not a selfish thing to do because, at the end of the day, it's art fight. you're not held to any sort of obligation to do anything other than just trying to be kind and attack others while you receive attacks. if they have a different character that you could draw for them, then i would say it's better to draw that one!
on the flip side though, if you do decide to draw them their character despite the sharing, then i think that's a very admirable thing to do! and you don't have to explain the details over your attack, all you need to say is to the artist "i admire your art so i wanted to draw something for you!" and i'm sure the artist would appreciate it! they're not going to hound you on your non sharing or view it as a detriment. it's art fight at the end of the day! you're doing it to share art, draw, and have fun.
i don't want to dissuade you in any way, because i think you're comfort is MOST important, especially when there's no obligations in art fight. BUT the fact that you're considering doing something as a gesture like this despite not liking sharing is a brave and kind thing to do for someone you admire, and i think that if you are able to do so, then it's worth going for. i think it's worth attempting do to if you decide to attack them, but i also wouldn't fault you if you decide not to.
the choice is yours at the end of the day, but those are my thoughts on it.
