been seeing this post on twitter being QRT'd by a few tickling artists and while yes the commissioner here comes off as rude, the artists i see QRT this are using it to act like how privileged you are to even have the CHANCE to commission them.
idk, as an artist who does commissions and as a frequent commissioner myself, luckily all of my transactions have been pretty positive for the most part, but i feel like, for example, if i know i have a delay coming up like an exam or a lot of work or something, I'll usually let the person commissioning know before they pay that It'll take longer for me to start on it due to X reason. that sounds reasonable right?
but some fetish artists that have been qrting or commenting on this are writing paragraphs and posting them as pictures being like "yeah if you DARE ever even ASK where your commission is at ANY point in time, i WILL refund you and you WILL be added to me and my friends blacklist forever <3 I'll send it to you when it's done."
obviously exaggerated for comedic effect, but it really did put it into perspective how many artists i liked are so high up on their horses, but this seems to be the norm?
I've got friends who have seemingly been waiting upwards of 3 months for a commission (with no queue) that they've paid anywhere from $60 to $140 and when i tell them to ask the artist for an update they immediately say they won't because they're afraid the artist will think they're rushing them and cancel the comm.
is this truly how some tickle artists act?
personally i feel honored when i get a commission, i see it as someone liking my art enough to pay me to draw shit for them, and i try to communicate whenever there might be delays or something might take longer or im in the middle of working on another drawing first, etc. but it just seems like plenty of artists are very eager for the "take your money" part but despise the "do the drawing you were paid for" part.
>TLDR; few tickling artists on twitter using a post about a bad commissioner to complain about commissioners they get asking for updates at any point in time, and acting like people should be honored for the chance to pay them $100+ just to get radio silence and maybe they'll get their drawing a week from now, maybe they'll get it 3 months from now but if you dare to ask for an update you're being incredibly rude and rushing them and WILL be put on blast