Lately people have been asking me if I take requests and I always tell them "NO," but I have started to wonder if "request" is the word they really mean. Like I wonder if they mean "commission," so I thought I would take a moment to explain the difference.
So when people come to me and ask "Do you take requests?" to me what they are asking is "Do you work for free?" The answer to that is "No, I do not work for free," because I have other stuff i need to do and its not fair to the people willing to pay me to draw some thing.
If you ask "do you take commissions?" which means "I am willing to pay you to draw some thing" the answer is usually "