Why we do things... go though, and ask yourself these questions... ask yourself WHY... seriously, some people on this community need to do this.

Why do I draw?
- I draw for myself, I draw for others, I draw to share to those around on other communities to see what I am capable of. The most important thing to me is I draw for the fun of it, and whether or not I get comments. Never forget that you are the artist, that you are drawing things for yourself more than anything. No matter if it is giftart, fanart, or just some random picture that you threw together. YOU yourself did it, and chances are you did it because you wanted to. Not because you felt obligated to do so.

Why do I write?
- I write to tell my stories to everyone, I write to give everyone a taste of another skill that I have and I write for myself. Things that I type, things that I RP, everything I do is for more than just trying to gather attention or comments. Writing puts life into things, being descriptive and taking it to the next step with writing is something that can tell you things that pictures themselves CANNOT do.

Do I care about Comments?
- No, I don't. Comments are just a thing that makes me know someone wanted to take the time out of there day to show appreciation for something I have done. Just showing a picture or a story to others, or posting it on a community site and letting those around to see is MORE than enough for me.

Do I WANT comments?
- Comments are appreciated, yes. But I don't BEG for them, begging makes anyone seem like a child that craves attention. And getting pissed off because you don't get any comments yet someone else does further proves the point. Artwork, stories, etc. that you post are NOT a popularity game, they are things YOU posted to show that HEY! I did this for myself and others. They aren't something you posted for Fame and Fortune. I'll say it now, people who get upset because they don't GET comments on every little thing they post are attention whores, and if they don't get the 'attention' they crave they will almost always attack anything that gets attention more than them. You know it to be true, and if you want to get pissed go ahead. You're little rage will fall on deaf ears.

Do I want Giftart?
- No, honestly. Any and all Giftart is appreciated but it is NOT a requirement to get my attention, nor is it a requirement if I draw you something. Don't feel obligated to do me any piece of art unless YOU yourself want to. I'm trying to get my hand on doing more artwork for others around here. But I don't feel obligated to do so.

Do I DRAW Giftart?
- Yes, I draw giftart. I do it out of pure randomness or just due to inspiration at that time. Most people can see I draw my characters more often than not in the images. Why? Because my characters are there to add to the image and also, most of the scenes I draw them in are involved with their friends, or in some cases, their 'targets' I don't do it because I feel left out. I do it because it adds to the feel of the Giftart in general. Do I do solo character images? Of course I do, but most of the time I do more than one character for the simple fact that I need the practice and that it adds to a... 'story' of sorts to the images in the end. No one should feel ashamed if they draw their own character in a giftart image, sometimes, you have reason to do so.

In short, we do things for ourselves MORE than we do things for others. After all, you're the one drawing and 99.9% of the time you are doing that picture because you felt inspired to do so. Maybe you drew someone elses character because you felt the need to try and do so, maybe you drew the character because hey, you wanted to see how it looked in your style. ULTIMATELY in the end you did it for YOURSELF, not the owner of the character. TEF, the Community IS NOT a popularity game to me, and it shouldn't be a popularity game to others.

Popularity only ruins a good thing, it ruins the fun and it ruins the friendships that come up from it due to heated arguments and drama. I've seen many communities FALL to such things (I ran 4 Forum Communities, I was a Moderator on several others, I KNOW how bad Drama, Popularity, etc. gets) and half the time... Popularity goes to someones head and makes them feel they are 'better' than others. Do we need that? No... no we do not.

This might just get deleted later, really. I just typed it because I felt the need to do so... and it's 3:30am and I can't get to sleep... *shrugs* Ah well, hate me, love me... as it's been said. I don't care, often times. Comments tend to reveal the 'truth' behind people, especially when you read them several times.