I've gotten a bit of pushback in my own circles of fandom, like seeing myself talked about on discord servers and during livestreams as "someone who's just showing off" or "someone who will do anything for attention,"

W H A T.

I don't fucking understand people who say shit like that. Whenever I see an artist post a commission, I'm so happy to see that someone helped fund that artist's well-being and creativity. And when I see the same person pop up for commissions? I just think they're a damn patron saint to artists spreading the love. My dream job is to throw money at artists forever and have my own museum of badass art I found throughout the world to help promote these artists. I sadly don't have this kind of cash, thus I have my tumblr to share art. And I always bookmark artists I love so I can commission them if I have an extra splurge of money out of nowhere. Hell, even at conventions, I try to save up money so I can commission an artist at the artist alley or whatever. And those artists are always so damn grateful and that makes me happy in turn.

So to know people view that as showing off? Or wanting attention? I just... what????? Not to mention the comics you commission and write a script for the artists and stuff is like... par for the course when you do that? Like the fact you have direction and an idea is really key for what you want. Like if you wanted to do a sequential art piece and the artists asks what you have in mind and all you do is shrug and go, "Well, I just like this ship, so as long as it involves them." That's uh... super unprofessional. It's one thing to give an artist room for their own artistic expression; it's another to not even give them a clue as to where to start.

Sigh. Fucking people.