completely agree about the free work thing. but at the same time, how many of you are actually buying art and supporting the people who

yeah but how many of us can actually afford to buy art all the time? rent, bills, food - shit's expensive.

let's be real, I'm broke and my support is usually in the form of a well-crafted paragraph of encouragement

I'm investing in art by buying a midnight pizza and watching YouTube tutorials on how to make my own stuff, it's the art-world version of broke artist union membership

How many people actually have the means to regularly purchase art and support artists these days?

f that, if you're offering free work you're devaluing the whole industry