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Artists, regardless of their medium, deserve to be compensated for their work. However, there are potential “clients” who try to exploit these artists. Online these people are often referred to as “choosing beggars.”
Artists who have encountered this behavior turn to the “Choosing Beggars” subreddit, with over 2 million members, to call out people requesting free art.
Here are some of the most egregious examples.
1. “Customer Wants A Tattoo Artist To Issue Them An ‘Inconvenience Fee’ For Setting Them Up With An Artist Who Was An Ex-Con”
2. “Does This Work?”
3. “Can I Have A Birthday Discount?”
4. “I Draw Pieces Inspired By Historical Art Styles And Sometimes Do Tattoo Designs For People. Today I Had My First Choosing Beggar Experience”
5. “Do You Draw Arts For Free”
6. “The Disrespect To Makeup Artists”
7. “Found On My Tattoo Artists Instagram”
8. “Good To Know”
9. “Choosing Beggar Wants My Adult Coloring Book For 9,000 Exposure Bucks”
10. “I Can’t Believe These People… They Don’t Understand Nail Techs, Escorts, Artists, Ect. Actually Make A Living Off Of This”
11. “I Follow A Professional Painter Who Is Dealing With Some Corporate Choosing Beggars”
12. “Can You Draw Me?”
13. “I Paint And Do Calligraphy And Hand Lettering. Conversation I Had Last Night With My Cousins ‘Friend'”
14. “My Friend Got Shorted By A Pretty Major Influencer”
15. “Am I Making Sense?”
16. “I Started Actually Taking My Art Seriously About A Month Ago, And I Got My First Choosing Beggar… I Think I’ve Made It Big Guys”
17. “I Offered To Do Something More Simple For Free Only To Be Threatened With Reporting… I Don’t Mind Doing Free Chibi Art At All And Have Even Posted That I’m Doing Free Chibi Style But Yet Still Get People Asking For Full Body Detailed Work For Free”
18. “Person Beg For Free Art And Ends Blocked. Then Creates Another Account To Threat The Artist”
19. “This Happened To One Of My Friends On Twitter”
20. “A Brief But Insightful 4 Minute Conversation”
21. “Professional Photographer Wants Local ‘Models’ To Pay Her To Fulfill Her Own Vision”
22. “Life As A Nail Artist”
23. “‘Friend’ Begs Artist For Free Art”
24. “Well, That Escalated Quickly. Guess I Should Make My Hell Reservations”
25. “I Charge 20-50 Dollars For A Realistic Portrait And One Of My Followers Just Said I’m Overcharging (I Never Made An Advertisement, I Just Say Yes When People Ask Since I’m Just A Hobbyist)”
h/t: BoredPanda