Atp I'm just hard blocking people that beg or guilt trip people for free selfship art. Like, I'm over seeing artists in this community be disrespected in that way.
Please support your artists ✨
I get it, I went years without being able to commission art or not having any people offer me any. Of course we all wanna see ourselves with our babes. It sucks.
But to sit around and cry and whine and act entitled to a service because you can't afford it, isn't okay. It's demeaning. Art is hard work, it takes a lot, it's time out of someone's day, it's a skill that's been practiced that not everyone has.
"How do I beg for free art without it sounding bad?"
Uhm, you don't.
It's just ugly behavior. I may not be an artist myself but some of my best longest standing friends and my partner are and I've seen how soul crushing it can be for them to see people behave this way. It's disrespectful, please understand that. If someone gives you free art? That's so cool and that's so kind of them to have made the effort for no other reason than they wanted to, but you are not ever entitled to that.
Artists are to be valued. Always.