My way to weed out scammers is to simply ask questions about which one of my pieces did they see specifically that caused them to reach out, mention the contract that I use (signed and notarized) and that work doesn't begin until payment is cleared, contract signed, etc. They never ever have replied

Facts - and amazing art as well!

advantage of someone in a less well-off country because "those pennies would be like thousands to those people".

Seriously, your tiny band's demo is going nowhere bro. Stay in your lane. I tried to help, too bad you decided to not listen.

and they decide to take it as if it's a personal attack when you say "Wanting 3 album covers fully painted and rendered in that style for what you have as a budget is asinine unless you manipulate someone into working for pennies an hour" and then reveal themselves as being fine with taking

and learn new styles and techniques, but when I go to attempt it; it just feels so off. So you erase and try over and over and over again... until youre like 20 hours into a piece that is supposed to look sketchy and unfinished and flowy... but it doesn't. It just looks fucked.

Cause. Yeah.

some examples of work i've done.

Respectfully disagree with this one, I ended up enjoying it more than the original (which I hated actually). Is it great? Nope. But def not the worst of the year in my little brain 😊

God, I'm literally RIGHT HERE.... tag me next time ;) LOL

Each piece I cant go back and fix mistakes I see afterwards at all, and I see so many mistakes it's asinine BUT I spend way too much time nitpicking things and wanting to redo things instead of pushing myself to just make the next piece better.

It's a bad habit.

I did.
Technically but I dont make a living at it?
When I have jobs to do, yes.

I know I am of zero help.

You're welcome.

LOL