Did a 2022 art bingo. One of the things to mark off was if you were asked to make free art in 2022. Reflecting back, yeah, last year I got asked to make more free art than in previous years.
The most memorable one was a former coworker asking me if I could do a free tattoo of her child. It was memorable because it was two things I hate getting asked wrapped in one question. Getting asked to do free art is already demeaning. Idk how it became a thing, but for the last few years I've noticed a weird idea that every artist can do tattoos, it's an entirely different skillset though. I just don't get it, never will, and hate when people ask me about it.