Originally Posted by
CelestialBlade
I'm not really an artist myself, but I think there's a lot of factors at work that aren't very well understood until you're in the situation. Sure, it's a dick move to blow off fans of your work and such, but you're certainly not obligated to be friends with them, and I think gift art between artist friends is a natural occurrence. Every hobbyist has a community, and you wouldn't expect, for example, someone who's never shot a gun before to expect to be included in the NRA.
I don't think some people handle fame all that well, too. I'd wager a lot of artists that become popular started out just making art for themselves and it caught on. Sharing work online doesn't necessarily mean you're looking for a following, you just want to share with the world something you're proud of. I don't feel like that obligates you to anything. But even if you're bad at handling fame, at no point is it okay to do things like blow off criticism, treat fans like trash, or act like you're the best ever. That behavior exists, but I personally haven't found it all that widespread.
But like most things, I don't think it's very fair to judge or draw conclusions about it without having been in their shoes. And it's extremely rare that an issue like this is strictly black-and-white. It's interesting to think about though, how people handle fame that never expected it.
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