#you can more easily manipulate art out of an artist by simply sending a funny/interesting idea and not phrasing it as an art request at all

[terminaltimeline]

Hey can you do a drawing about Luke and Jamie at the wrestling ring?

And Luke and Jamie are star-crossed lovers?

No.

And - permit me to go on a slight rant - when requesting art from someone, consider these:

Do they have requests open? (No)

Does the artist usually draw the kind of thing you're requesting? (No, and for future reference I barely draw Jamie, barely draw ship art, and only draw LukeJamie very occasionally)

Is your request phrased in a way that's easy to visualise? (No, my mental image of what the requested drawings would look like is vague at best, especially the second part, like what, you want me to draw the two laying dead on the ground in pools of their own blood with their hands almost but not quite touching? Them crying and singing Airplanes a la Twilight Sparkle and Mordecai? Actually wait that would be really funny I might scribble that later lmao) (anyway as you can see, requests that are annoyingly vague end up being either ignored or become a very obvious Monkey's Paw setup)

Which reminds me, is your request a piss-easy shitpost like a silly redraw of a meme? (No, I turned it into one but that's not the same thing)

Is your request phrased in a way that tries to sell me on your concepts, to get me just as enthusiastic about the ideas as you are? (No)

Are you offering monetary compensation? (No)

IN SUMMARY: No. Your request format blows and you asked the wrong person for the content you're seeking to see drawn, like asking a hardware store employee to get you to the dairy aisle but as it turns out the hardware store is not even open for business and the guy is now looking at you like he saw an unfortunate pitiable creature. Also your request was unclear, wasn't funny, and didn't even try to convince me of the value in creating what you're looking to see.

If you want free art, I expect you to also put in some effort into presenting your ideas in a fun and engaging manner. And also make sure that the artist has requests open, send them an ask about it if you're unsure. They are closed by the way.

#terminal talks #vague requests involving more than one character are annoying even when I have requests open #anyway you should at least make a request that's funny if you're going to ask for something outside the artist's usual wheelhouse #thanks for asking this on anon btw so I can go off with basically zero guilt about it #by the way #you can more easily manipulate art out of an artist by simply sending a funny/interesting idea and not phrasing it as an art request at all #it's a bit of a gamble but shockingly artists tend to like drawing things that catch their attention #this works best when asking for things of the type that the artist already likes to draw