i don’t consider myself a big artist or a professional artist by any means but it’s absolutely buck wild to realize that for the past three years there’s been a group of people who like my art enough to consistently pay me for it

not that you need to be a constant financial supporter to appreciate someone’s work. there are people who have never paid me a cent but always have nothing but nice words and encouragement

but it’s insane to think that there are people who see my stuff as having any monetary value — to the point where a vet bill for my darling little ed that was over $1k only put me back $200 because of people who commissioned me to help pay it

idk the point of this thread but i feel immensely grateful for the people who supported me during that time, and all times before and since. supporting smaller artists is a wonderful thing to do