>>7685464
Its only worth it for me personally if it involves physical media. Artist Alleys were always a fun time to get posters and stuff, but the real draw of course was getting cheap requests in, get a decent drawing of whatever character I was into at the time, throw em a tip, its all good vibes and the work that I get isnt just a drawing of an anime charcater with big tiddies that I like, but a memory.
Without that draw though I wouldnt even bother with commissions, like I'll maybe throw an artist a couple of bucks whether its patreon or Kofi or something. As far as getting actual art though Ive gotten to a point where, even though Im not great at art by any means, if there is some character that I want art of or a specific thing I want to be drawn, I just draw it myself. Even in a scenario where I could get art for free I dont see the point in bothering someone else.
If I were to pay an artist I would want like actual collaboration and stuff on like a bigger project, aside from that I just throw em a buck or two(cant even afford that anymore at the moment).
Like pic related was an artist I supported a ways back and got this request back from, but If I got into contact with this fuck again I would just pass him 5 bucks and not even bother to get some art from em even though they could do some good smut.