I'd love to commission more art of my characters and friends, but then I think about all the times I've had to chase after artists for money back, or that one time an artist shat on my characters with no indication they didn't like the request, and then I don't want to anymore
@jakebe This is exactly me. The number of times I've successfully commissioned art and gotten it in less than multiple years afterward, I can count on one hoof.
Maybe two.
I don't have a whole lot of disposable income, and now the idea of getting commissions (outside of a few trusted artists) is basically 'paying money to be frustrated, stressed, and/or dissatisfied', and that sucks