So I have noticed some people complaining about not being featured in followers pictures or anything.
And that the people making the followers pictures only pick the “popular blogs” or their friends.
I just have a couple things to say.
Firstly, the person making the followers pic has the right to pick whoever they like to put into the followers picture whether that blog is popular or not.
Secondly, why can’t they include their friends, their biggest supporters?
Thirdly, just because they didn’t include you doesn’t make them ungrateful or appreciative of your existence.
fOURTHLY, if you’re constantly saying how much you wish to be in a followers picture it’s kinda making you sound like you want your OC to be drawn for free and that’s kinda….?? :V what
5thLY, if your blog is filled with reblogs, barely featuring anything of your OC, chances are, you’ll probably never end up in a followers picture.
SIXILY, a lot of us artist bloggers have hundreds, thousands of followers. We can’t draw everybody now, especially since some of us have complicated style.
/DRAMATIC DROP TO KNEES./
HAVE MERCY
WE’RE ONLY HUMAN
WE CAN ONLY DRAW SO MUCH PONE IN ONE PICTURE
While I make it a point to include lesser known blogs in Papi’s hive, if they take the time to send in a reference at least, this is a very VERY accurate breakdown. People put in who they want to put in to their own work, and it takes time to do so.
I understand it looking like a circlejerk when a handful of people are including one another in appreciation posts, but there’s reason to that. People appreciate friendship and interaction. If you take the time and effort to talk to someone like a person, instead of like some sort of art machine then they will be more likely to appreciate you as a person and a friend.
It’s perfectly alright to be upset when you see someone not include you in a post, but it’s not alright to complain to the artist about it because it was their choice, and they had their reasons.