Entitled Liar Fakes Own Death to Score Free Art

Many moons ago, when I was an internet-addicted high school student, I would see people with beautiful Livejournal layouts, profile photos, and backgrounds. Most were painstakingly created in Photoshop, dappled with effects that range from artfully old and coffee stained to seemingly glowing from within. The artists responsible would usually take commissions, either in the form of actual money or via trades. I could never afford such a luxury. Instead I became friends with other fan fiction enthusiasts who knew their way around a photo editing program and felt compelled to do nice things for me. I never, ever, asked anyone to do the work for free. It was clear even to a nerdy teen that it would be the wrong approach. Sadly, much of the world actually believes that artists and designers love their work so much that they would do commissions out of the kindness of their hearts. These people are wrong.

Twitter user @YanchaGogo shared a great example of this type of entitlement yesterday. It comes in the form of a text exchange where someone asks an artist if they can make a drawing in their likeness. The artist ( who is not @YanchaGogo) replies that they can - for the price of fifteen dollars. The message's sender said they couldn't pay, and after the artist sent a cheery and polite response the sender actually pretended to be their own mother, claiming that their child died in a car crash. Naturally, this led to a request for free art as a '"funeral gift."

The absurd message inspired other users to share similar exchanges, both of people pretending to have died in text messages (to get something they want) and of people who demand the world for the small price of free. 

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  • Organism - YanchaGoGo Manananggal VTu... ... @YanchaGoGo Some people would really rather die than pay an artist 1:25 PM · 2/17/22 · Twitter for Android 422 Retweets 20 Quote Tweets 24.7K Likes
    via @YanchaGoGo
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  • Font - YanchaGoGo Manananggal VTu... ... @YanchaGoGo This is the mom of [insert artist name here] unfortunately she died of Ligma. She has completed the art for your child but her final wishes asked you to pay her $15 to cover the funeral cost... 1:27 PM · 2/17/22 · Twitter for Android 457 Retweets 10 Quote Tweets 20.3K Likes
    via @YanchaGoGo

  • Yo gaby this is the surgeon

    Font - Deltari ... @Deltariii Replying to @YanchaGoGo reminds me of this why are you like this I'm gonna jump off a bridge if you don't reply Okay bye I'm gonna jump Dec 12, 2020, 2:50 AM YO THIS DUCKS HOMIE HE JUST JUMPED WHY YOU AINT REPLY TO HIM !!! DAWG HE FUCKING DEAD OMG Dec 12, 2020, 2:57 AM gaby it's me I'm in the hospital idk if ima make it Dec 12, 2020, 3:11 AM Yo gaby this is the surgeon
    via @Deltariii

    Twitter user @Deltariii shared a similar but cringier string of messages from a guy who was texting his crush in the wee hours of the morning. This guy went as far as to pretend that the surgeon somehow got hold of his phone after operating on the "jumper."

  • Font - 発 Lane Ray @LaneRay17Uhm ... "Yo gaby this is the surgeon" I'm deader than him rn smh 11:32 PM · 2/17/22 · Twitter for Android 186 Retweets 2 Quote Tweets 15.2K Likes
    via @LaneRAy17Uhm
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  • Communication Device - | Silver Wing haver @ra1byou .. Replying to @YanchaGoGo Same energy 15:08 1 You just cauysed a suicide how do u feel Ur literally still talking to me Im doing it now How should i do it Hi this is ronnies dad do you know ronnie Nope hes dead My babys dead So you've just found your son dead, and jumped on his xbox
    via @ra1byou

    Fake deaths are way less convincing on Xbox chat.

  • Font - Feesh ... @LongertonL Replying to @YanchaGoGo Same dms, different font H-hi...Can you draw me QvQ O-oh.y-you don't? Its okay. *Fake smiles* Its okay..l-i know I am annoying...I'm sorr.. *tears falling through my cheeks* B-bye.. *Runs away while crying waiting for you to chase me* *Got hit by a truck* *Smiles softly and dies* 4:35 AM · 2/18/22 · Twitter for Android
    via @LongertonL

    This one has layers of cringey lying.

  • A difficult choice

    Organ - Lepus Marj @Lepus_Studios ... Replying to @YanchaGoGo Fake My Own Death Pay $15 JAKE-CLARK.TUmBLR
    via @Lepus_Studios
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  • Font - Mr. manhwa fan ... @Mrlcey10 Replying to @YanchaGoGo Same energy IAN text me if anything i'll be here since u don't like me anymore sorry i wasn't the one good guys always finish last goodbye YOU TOOKA SCREENSHOT OF CHAT! IAN u screenshot to make fun of me with your friend. thought u was the one now u just. memory tell my momma i love her hi this is ian's mom he took his life 2 minutes ago did he mean anything to you?
    via @MrIcey10

    Totally normal thing for a mom to do when her son dies.

  • Font - Flower ... @bambis_bluebell People really think that they can trick people by saying that someone who loved them saw their dead body and just went "wait let me grab their phone and message their friends" like wtf 7:52 AM · 2/18/22 · Twitter for Android 1 Retweet 216 Likes
    via @bambis_bluebell

    @bambis_bluebell chimed in to marvel at how utterly ridiculous these lies are.

  • Vehicle - Txxxx - ENVTuber ... @TtotheX Replying to @YanchaGoGo How they felt after writting that "Sometimes my genius is... it's almost frightening" 3:44 AM · 2/17/22 · Twitter for Android 45 Retweets 4,977 Likes
    via @TtotheX
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  • Font - SAINT Saint & Sinner ... @SGamining O MO Replying to @YanchaGoGo I really hate it when people try to con artists out of their time and efforts. Like you said, $15 is a steal. But faking a death, throwing a tantrum, insulting artist really need to stop. If they died, I'm sorry, certificate of death please. It's rude to ask yeah, so is conning 6:23 AM · 2/17/22 · Twitter Web App 36 Retweets 1 Quote Tweet 2,929 Likes
    via @SGamining
  • Font - Zolfax ... @Zolfax Replying to @YanchaGoGo "I am sorry for your loss. Funeral requests are charged $10 extra, the total is $25. With this you are further allowed to present the ordered art at the funeral. Take this chance to make their funeral one to remember!" Funerals are SUPPOSED to be expensive. Else you didn't care. 4:15 PM · 2/17/22 · Twitter Web App
    via @Zolfax
  • Product - Nick ... @AphonicWanderer Replying to @YanchaGoGo Had an interaction similar to this a year ago. People really try their hand at taking advantage of us artists. I use people like this as an example of what not to do to artists. I don't just hand out free art Oh, how much do you charge?? For a profile picture, I'd say 15 USD Just in case you are in a giving mood :) Guess you are fnot ONTACT I was just curious about the price FREE ART You got talent but you are a dick DUTIT AINTFREE SURE
    via @AphonicWanderer

    Finally, @AphonicWanderer shared his own experience with an entitled fan. The asker shared a picture that they wanted drawn, and sent it to the artist saying "Just in case you are in a giving mood." The presumptuousness is galling. 

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  • Font - View Profile Today 11:55 AM If you draw my spartan I will legit use it as my profile pic Just in case you are in a giving mood :) If you pay for this as a commission, I will legit get it done Message..
    via @
  • Light - Just in case you are in a giving mood :) If you pay for this as a commission, I will legit get it done I don't just hand out free art Oh, how much do you charge?? For a profile picture, l'd say 15 USD Holy, well either way im poor af Soooo00 Yeahhh II just ss one of your posts and use it as a background for my phone
    via @
  • Font - FUN FACT: ARTISTS DON'T ALWAYS HAND OUT 00 FREE ART! ALWAYS WILLING TO PAY UNTIL THEY FIND BO OUT IT AIN'T FREE. SURE, JUST USE SOMETHING YOU CAN GET FOR FREE! Hey look man, I was just chill, and yes ive had artist draw pictures of me for free Replied to your story FUN FACT: ARTISTS DON'T ALWAYS HAND OUT 00 FREE ART! ALWAYS WILLING TO PAY UNTIL THEY FIND BO OUT IT AIN'T FREE SURE, JUST USE SOMETHING YOU CAN GET FOR FREE! Im not willing to pay im poor I was just seeing if a cool guy would
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  • Font - WILLING TO PAY UNTIL THEY FIND BO OUT IT AIN'T FREE SURE, JUST USE SOMETHING YOU CAN GET FOR FREE! Im not willing to pay im poor I was just seeing if a cool guy would be cool enough to draw a picture Guess you are not I was just curious about the price You got talent but you are a dick So the guy who expects an artist to work for a complete fucking stranger for free? I have a right to say no. I have a right to make it a commission. And then you're going to take some of my art for yourself
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