anon who said, "until your commissions are done or whatever". sorry if it came across as normalizing behavior but emphasis on the whatever; i do not care how much, if any, money you spend on your hobbies. do whatever.

despite that, and despite this being a writing based hobby, a lot of people here do care about the appearance of those little 100x100 squares. plenty of us put in the time to source and crop or draw things ourselves to save money. some of us spend the money to save time. i'd argue the vast majority of us have done both at some point. it doesn't make either method better than the other. do whatever makes your heart soar in this hobby.