Art Harassment

[Skittles]

Art Harassment

If it comes to the attention of one of the mods, or admins here that someone is being a bully just so that they can gain art from the artist of the forum. Sometimes it has been found out that they will IM, PM, the artist, or harass in another way until the artist takes their request, even if the artist says no. An example is, someone who comments that a person's art is really good, or the best, and wish he/she wishes he/she could get more art. But then the artist will say that they are very busy, only do trades, or something to that extent, and then the bully will go on a guilt trip, or insult the artist until the artist takes the request, or the demands are met. And this is the worse at times, when people do gift art for an artist, and then expect art back in return, even if the artist has stated that they don’t want to.

This will not be acceptable, and it just goes against the common courtesy.

We here on the Victoria Region, are lucky enough to have artist that are kind, generous, and giving. Some places don’t have artist like this. And these artist should be treated just the same as you want to be treated, as a respected member of this forum, and not to be tricked into doing something that the artist would rather not want to do. Now you all should know that art is all about creativity and there for should be treated as thus, while also the artist are not just machines to fill the demands of very person who ask for art.

And this announcement is to just let everyone know that if we find anyone using this sort of behavior, that it is not accepted her. We, the moderating, and admin staff, will punish those who are caught doing such acts. And yet, we cannot be there for everything, and the artist must/should take precautions as well, if they are suspecting that this might happen.

Artist, if there is someone here on the forum who is harassing you for art, you don’t really need to do the art for him/her, you can just block them from your IMs if need be. And if it is becoming to extreme for you to handle, you can hide your AIM, MSN, and Yahoo addresses to prevent this from happening. You can also let a moderator know of this happening, I would suggest you tell me(due to I’m in charge of this area), and we will address the situation. Yes, we all know that it is hard at times to say now to people, so as a warning, you should take some steps to prevent this from happening to you.

To those who are being the bullies, you will not be allowed to get away with this, and you will be warned twice before being banned for a couple days. Due to this actions are just and insult to the artist, and to the integrity of this forum, and most of all to yourself.

These issues could potential drive away an artist. It will NOT be tolerated, end of story.