people get so entitled about digital artists and character designers specifically. could you imagine how crazy someone would sound if they said "we should boycott everything popular" about any other type of art medium or even job in general? if you don't like an artist's stuff, don't buy it. there are clearly people willing to spend that much on an artist if everything they make goes for hundreds or thousands of dollars. the thing i do hate though is when a popular artist actively encourages reckless spending and FOMO over their content just to get a higher profit out of it when they could easily make enough to cover living costs without resorting to such measures. on top of that, i also find a distaste for the extreme gap between how much popular art sells for vs how much non-popular art sells for - if you're not popular, you essentially have to work for slave wages to convince anyone to buy your art/adopts. but if you're popular, people will bid their rent just for a quick doodle. it absolutely feels unfair, but this is simply a side effect of living under a capitalistic society that prioritizes profits over humanity for everyone living in it. the only way to truly stop people from spending "too much" money on pop artists is to deconstruct the concept of money itself and make a complete overhaul of society. this is not feasible in our current social climate, though, so instead you should vote for political candidates in whatever country you're in who support policies that grant everyone the right to live. universal standard income, free housing, etc. fuck i went off topic and started ranting about politics sorry mod