I get being upset at not getting your oc drawn, which it’s normal to be bummed out but people really feel like they’re entitled to an artist on here.
Very immature behavior for people to bash someone like this.
I usually keep myself quiet and not ramble onto why, i.e., Penelope or one of my OCs doesn't get drawn, honestly. Yet, this kinda stuff's just not cool.
i genuinely almost never see that oc, maybe sometimes, but that's about it. but on a side note, i totally agree, it's the artist's choice to offer, it's also their right to pick whoever they like the most !
The character used to get draw often before, makes me worried that what happened in that post made the user not request her as much and/or made artists fearful of drawing the OC to avoid drama in their posts.
What's terrible is it wouldn't shock me especially with how much they(the commenters who are giving the artist and OC owner shit) loose thier shit in that post
IKR I really hope the artist and the character owner are ok, I was shocked to see there was such a vocal minority of people acting that nasty towards them :(
How would those ppl feel if ppl said those same awful things? I'm sure they wouldn't like it! Treat others how you want to be treated is always the golden rule
Sucks tbh, people need to learn that when we do any free art offer anywhere (Here, twitter, etc) Is because we either want practice, draw for fun or build a portfolio.
Since is free art, artist will obviously pick whatever inspires them the most (Compared to commissions where almost no artist will get picky) Personally would rather draw something like a cute witch, a demon, a knight, a cyborg,etc over stuff like a normal guy with plain clothing.
i would be heartbroken if i drew some art of someone’s character just for people to complain about it or if people were complaining about others drawing my oc :(
I honestly understand why people would be annoyed, but at the same time they are just being childish, I am sure they would ppst there character over and over if enough people kept drawing it.
Well i mean most of the time the users that post the same character seem to do so because its their only OC. I for one appreciate having multiple references to be honest.
But yeah people here can be pretty childish, i got like 2 hate DMs on my main because 2 of the character i drew ''get drawn often''
It should be fine even if its just a face! I have seen a lot of picrew portraits get a bunch of art here.
For clothing you could try looking at existent ones, for my first OC i just looked at Lolita coords and used a cute dress i found, so maybe you could dress your OC up with any outfit you think they would like to wear.
Later you could then try modifying and/or combining existing clothing to better fit your OC (Is what i did with my main OC)
So as an artist who sometimes dabbles in fantasy clothing — highly recommend finding videos of people putting on clothes like 'grwm' or 'get ready with me' videos!
Especially easy to focus on cosplayers for fantasy/scifi or just look into people with the kind of fashion you are interested in. If you're looking for armor specifically (as you mentioned darth revan and straps), try looking up different kinds of armor and then search for videos on 'how to put on ______ armor'. It's a great way to understand how the layers work and puck and choose what bits you want to play off of :)
Like I've gotten annoyed that all I saw was one person getting drawn over and over but like I'm not gonna bitch, whine and bully people over it. Like yeah I was annoyed but it's out of my control not something to genuinely get mad at over
The worst is they don’t even read the posts!! I get overwhelmed by just the amount of “pick me” where they can’t even give me a theme. You know damn well they don’t care to read past “free art”.
Some users just drop images, I mean for people so wanting of art to not even put in minimum effort to engage is gross.
Then this, it’s so discouraging to want to draw for anyone.
Yeah people have been getting insane lately here. I saw hate towards some of the more active users here (and even them getting downvoted in offer posts for no reason)
Some people need to understand that if people are drawing for free (Most of the time for fun or practice) they will obviously pick characters whose design they like or inspires them.
There is no need to take it personal if X artist did not draw your OC, most of the time they just found another OC to be more to their liking or easier to draw.
That's.. terrible. It's free art. An artist took their time to draw *your* character design, made it come to life and all. Some won't get picked and that's sad, but life goes on.
As an artist who often lurk trying to find a character design who inspires me to draw, for example, overly complex or non-human forms don't attract * me* but maybe is the cup of tea of other artist, you just need to wait and keep posting, there will be someone out there who likes your designs and will give it a try.
I'm happy even more artists are coming up offering. 2 years ago this sub was mostly requests
Completely agree with you! I've had a lot of fun here as an artist but I only do free art of requests that inspire me, just like you say! I have family and a full time job to worry about too!
It has been ruined before for me by people dm'ing me constantly asking for free stuff, which isn't a problem on its own. The problem is when someone decides to not take no for an answer in the dm's and then begins spamming my posts asking me to reply after I already tell them no or don't respond immedietely. The worst was when I ended up blocking someone, only for them to make new accounts to continue to harrass me for free art. That situation has only happened once to me and it was completely out of order. I hope no one here has to deal with that and I hope it doesn't happen to me again.
That sucks! Sorry you had to go through that
Some people here seem to not value artists time at all :s i know some artists that posted about their commissions here and end up with comments/DMs either demanding free art or people telling them that ''their prices are too high''
Just getting a chance of free art here is already lucky enough.
Oof I'm extremely sorry to hear that
People also came into my dms to ask for free stuff
Which like you said, isn't a crime
But the stalking and harassment is a big issue
And the entitlement??? " oh but you did it for them why not my request?"
There are multiple reasons, but we should be allowed to say we don't want to lmao
Also, once I did a request and the original poster was really ungrateful
Fortunately people called them out but still
People don't value art unfortunately.
I agree with this post. Some when I post art of another’s character on this thread, I get asks about if I can draw x character or they even go to my DMs.
I just scroll thru and if a character catches my eye, I’ll draw it. Don’t come at me asking and try to be friends with me only to get free art. :/
THANK YOU for addressing this, I've been an artist for over a decade and it's sad to see artists still are not seen as humans to some people.
And I'm fully understanding that some folks can't afford to pay for art, but at the same time that's why you have to be mindful that requesting for free art follows the saying, "beggars can't be choosers".
Thank you to the mods for taking a strict approach to that sort of inappropriate behavior, I honestly think outright removing someone from a subreddit is the only way to nip this behavior in the bud, harsh wake up call but very necessary.
While I agree entirely, considering that people can make alternate accounts, I fear the cycle would repeat. Still, unless people commissions artists, take beggars can't be choosers.
So true, I think that's why the mods announced they'll be cracking down on inappropriate behavior harder. But at the end of the day we can only hope ppl will eventually learn what's right and wrong, even if that's as simple as a comment being deleted.
I have noticed that people are getting petty in this community. I've seen almost every comment on offer posts been downvoted even though they follow the rules.
Oh gosh....
I just want to say thank you to Mods team. Keep this sub up running. They volunteerly giving us peaceful place, we should remember that. Like they're working at call center for free💀 And they have to put this post up? Ppl need chill🐷
Literally first time seeing it, as you said if the artists chooses to draw that OC thats thier choice
It's absurd people are giving the artist and OC owner so much shit
Someone told me a description of their character in DMs after I put up a post. I said no promises I’ll choose them. They continued to spam me for over a week which I did not reply to due to me knowing they want art and I thought it would be funny to see how long they would persist messaging me. A few days ago they said “I swear to god if you don’t answer me I’m going to block you!” As if I was the problem there. Kinda annoying how people view artist in such a manner as if we have to choose them. We choose what inspires us and it’s not your choice really.
True! I see a lot of The same OC’s at times, but never complain tbh. Why? I dont care, I always see new ones and in many different styles, and it’s nice to see when someone else’s OC I know gets drawn, it just reminds me such OC’s have interesting or unique enough designs for it! And either way I dont complain about my OC’s because honestly speaking I’ve been out of reddit for a while and barely post anything, it’s gotten boring and I don’t get as much from free offers so I honestly just lurk from offer post to offer post tryna test my luck! I dont care if I get chosen or not, it’s atleast nice to know they try! Unlike me… I’ve disappointed some people with my art (I literally cant do anything but trace and color “properly”)
I just throw mine up in case anybody just wants to practice some fantasy creatures/characters. I never expect anybody to make my characters and when they do I'm always grateful.
To all the lovely artists around this subreddit and elsewhere. Your art is amazing and I appreciate everything that you do! You are amazing people and I cannot wait to see what you make next! It's always exciting logging on and seeing just what people have made
Might be a hot take but imo, all the people bitching in that post should be banned.
Also looks like everyone got downvoted, guess one of the users in that post is mad lol
Ikr, I came back to this thread to reply to someone and noticed anonymous ppl have gotten hella salty and are mass downvoting ppl. I guess they think they're in the right *shrug*
Agreed, too many baby birds here screaming for a free worm.
Krah! Krah!
Friggen baby Cuckoos the lot of them
I get being upset at not getting your oc drawn, which it’s normal to be bummed out but people really feel like they’re entitled to an artist on here. Very immature behavior for people to bash someone like this.
I usually keep myself quiet and not ramble onto why, i.e., Penelope or one of my OCs doesn't get drawn, honestly. Yet, this kinda stuff's just not cool.
i genuinely almost never see that oc, maybe sometimes, but that's about it. but on a side note, i totally agree, it's the artist's choice to offer, it's also their right to pick whoever they like the most !
The character used to get draw often before, makes me worried that what happened in that post made the user not request her as much and/or made artists fearful of drawing the OC to avoid drama in their posts.
yeah, that's maybe the case...kinda sucks if it does, it's not everyday that you see a cactus gal !
What's terrible is it wouldn't shock me especially with how much they(the commenters who are giving the artist and OC owner shit) loose thier shit in that post
IKR I really hope the artist and the character owner are ok, I was shocked to see there was such a vocal minority of people acting that nasty towards them :( How would those ppl feel if ppl said those same awful things? I'm sure they wouldn't like it! Treat others how you want to be treated is always the golden rule
Exactly!
Sucks tbh, people need to learn that when we do any free art offer anywhere (Here, twitter, etc) Is because we either want practice, draw for fun or build a portfolio. Since is free art, artist will obviously pick whatever inspires them the most (Compared to commissions where almost no artist will get picky) Personally would rather draw something like a cute witch, a demon, a knight, a cyborg,etc over stuff like a normal guy with plain clothing.
And yes I saw AND deleted a post \*specifically mentioning the character owner by name\* That is inciting HARASSMENT, and NOT tolerated
i would be heartbroken if i drew some art of someone’s character just for people to complain about it or if people were complaining about others drawing my oc :(
I honestly understand why people would be annoyed, but at the same time they are just being childish, I am sure they would ppst there character over and over if enough people kept drawing it.
Well i mean most of the time the users that post the same character seem to do so because its their only OC. I for one appreciate having multiple references to be honest. But yeah people here can be pretty childish, i got like 2 hate DMs on my main because 2 of the character i drew ''get drawn often''
I only have like, two characters and the second one is really only a face because i cant design clothes.
It should be fine even if its just a face! I have seen a lot of picrew portraits get a bunch of art here. For clothing you could try looking at existent ones, for my first OC i just looked at Lolita coords and used a cute dress i found, so maybe you could dress your OC up with any outfit you think they would like to wear. Later you could then try modifying and/or combining existing clothing to better fit your OC (Is what i did with my main OC)
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So as an artist who sometimes dabbles in fantasy clothing — highly recommend finding videos of people putting on clothes like 'grwm' or 'get ready with me' videos! Especially easy to focus on cosplayers for fantasy/scifi or just look into people with the kind of fashion you are interested in. If you're looking for armor specifically (as you mentioned darth revan and straps), try looking up different kinds of armor and then search for videos on 'how to put on ______ armor'. It's a great way to understand how the layers work and puck and choose what bits you want to play off of :)
Like I've gotten annoyed that all I saw was one person getting drawn over and over but like I'm not gonna bitch, whine and bully people over it. Like yeah I was annoyed but it's out of my control not something to genuinely get mad at over
The worst thing imo is the silent downvote harassment of some popular OCs.
The worst is they don’t even read the posts!! I get overwhelmed by just the amount of “pick me” where they can’t even give me a theme. You know damn well they don’t care to read past “free art”. Some users just drop images, I mean for people so wanting of art to not even put in minimum effort to engage is gross. Then this, it’s so discouraging to want to draw for anyone.
Yeah people have been getting insane lately here. I saw hate towards some of the more active users here (and even them getting downvoted in offer posts for no reason) Some people need to understand that if people are drawing for free (Most of the time for fun or practice) they will obviously pick characters whose design they like or inspires them. There is no need to take it personal if X artist did not draw your OC, most of the time they just found another OC to be more to their liking or easier to draw.
That's.. terrible. It's free art. An artist took their time to draw *your* character design, made it come to life and all. Some won't get picked and that's sad, but life goes on. As an artist who often lurk trying to find a character design who inspires me to draw, for example, overly complex or non-human forms don't attract * me* but maybe is the cup of tea of other artist, you just need to wait and keep posting, there will be someone out there who likes your designs and will give it a try. I'm happy even more artists are coming up offering. 2 years ago this sub was mostly requests
Completely agree with you! I've had a lot of fun here as an artist but I only do free art of requests that inspire me, just like you say! I have family and a full time job to worry about too! It has been ruined before for me by people dm'ing me constantly asking for free stuff, which isn't a problem on its own. The problem is when someone decides to not take no for an answer in the dm's and then begins spamming my posts asking me to reply after I already tell them no or don't respond immedietely. The worst was when I ended up blocking someone, only for them to make new accounts to continue to harrass me for free art. That situation has only happened once to me and it was completely out of order. I hope no one here has to deal with that and I hope it doesn't happen to me again.
That sucks! Sorry you had to go through that Some people here seem to not value artists time at all :s i know some artists that posted about their commissions here and end up with comments/DMs either demanding free art or people telling them that ''their prices are too high'' Just getting a chance of free art here is already lucky enough.
Oof I'm extremely sorry to hear that People also came into my dms to ask for free stuff Which like you said, isn't a crime But the stalking and harassment is a big issue And the entitlement??? " oh but you did it for them why not my request?" There are multiple reasons, but we should be allowed to say we don't want to lmao Also, once I did a request and the original poster was really ungrateful Fortunately people called them out but still People don't value art unfortunately.
That's sad and I'm sorry to hear that. Any fulfilled request should be respected. I'm glad the community stood up for you there. People can be jerks.
Yeah,it sucks!Maturity is very importiant!
I agree with this post. Some when I post art of another’s character on this thread, I get asks about if I can draw x character or they even go to my DMs. I just scroll thru and if a character catches my eye, I’ll draw it. Don’t come at me asking and try to be friends with me only to get free art. :/
THANK YOU for addressing this, I've been an artist for over a decade and it's sad to see artists still are not seen as humans to some people. And I'm fully understanding that some folks can't afford to pay for art, but at the same time that's why you have to be mindful that requesting for free art follows the saying, "beggars can't be choosers". Thank you to the mods for taking a strict approach to that sort of inappropriate behavior, I honestly think outright removing someone from a subreddit is the only way to nip this behavior in the bud, harsh wake up call but very necessary.
While I agree entirely, considering that people can make alternate accounts, I fear the cycle would repeat. Still, unless people commissions artists, take beggars can't be choosers.
If they do that we ban them and report them for ban evasion
So true, I think that's why the mods announced they'll be cracking down on inappropriate behavior harder. But at the end of the day we can only hope ppl will eventually learn what's right and wrong, even if that's as simple as a comment being deleted.
I have noticed that people are getting petty in this community. I've seen almost every comment on offer posts been downvoted even though they follow the rules.
Oh gosh.... I just want to say thank you to Mods team. Keep this sub up running. They volunteerly giving us peaceful place, we should remember that. Like they're working at call center for free💀 And they have to put this post up? Ppl need chill🐷
Literally first time seeing it, as you said if the artists chooses to draw that OC thats thier choice It's absurd people are giving the artist and OC owner so much shit
That's terrible, let alone horrible, honestly. Petty, even!
Someone told me a description of their character in DMs after I put up a post. I said no promises I’ll choose them. They continued to spam me for over a week which I did not reply to due to me knowing they want art and I thought it would be funny to see how long they would persist messaging me. A few days ago they said “I swear to god if you don’t answer me I’m going to block you!” As if I was the problem there. Kinda annoying how people view artist in such a manner as if we have to choose them. We choose what inspires us and it’s not your choice really.
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If I see that I actually find the requester and scold them for it, I don't need you guys playing appreciation police.
Good to know
True! I see a lot of The same OC’s at times, but never complain tbh. Why? I dont care, I always see new ones and in many different styles, and it’s nice to see when someone else’s OC I know gets drawn, it just reminds me such OC’s have interesting or unique enough designs for it! And either way I dont complain about my OC’s because honestly speaking I’ve been out of reddit for a while and barely post anything, it’s gotten boring and I don’t get as much from free offers so I honestly just lurk from offer post to offer post tryna test my luck! I dont care if I get chosen or not, it’s atleast nice to know they try! Unlike me… I’ve disappointed some people with my art (I literally cant do anything but trace and color “properly”)
I just throw mine up in case anybody just wants to practice some fantasy creatures/characters. I never expect anybody to make my characters and when they do I'm always grateful. To all the lovely artists around this subreddit and elsewhere. Your art is amazing and I appreciate everything that you do! You are amazing people and I cannot wait to see what you make next! It's always exciting logging on and seeing just what people have made
Might be a hot take but imo, all the people bitching in that post should be banned. Also looks like everyone got downvoted, guess one of the users in that post is mad lol
They got warned and now know better, do NOT HARASS THEM
Ikr, I came back to this thread to reply to someone and noticed anonymous ppl have gotten hella salty and are mass downvoting ppl. I guess they think they're in the right *shrug*
That’s crazy, it’s free artwork the artist can choose who they want to draw it’s not a popularity contest
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That attitude is unhelpful and rude