How to approach your fav artist (who are you??)
Friday, July 15, 2011 at 2:58 am
I was reading this post recently on Tumblr about how to approach or be friend with an artist you follow. Some good tips.
So here’s one advice that’s not there and is probably my personal biggest bug. Tell me who you are! This apply mostly on the Internet, especially on IMs. Start your first message by saying who you are. “You don’t know me but I’m a fan”, then you can start with the chit-chat. When the very first message I get from someone not in my contact list is something like “omg my cat just took a dump in my bed!” I’m wondering, who’s this nutjob?? And not in a good way.
Also, maybe we’ve talked before. But if you post on my blog under the Pikachu2099 alias, I probably won’t know who you are when you write on Windows Live under DirkDigglet3099.
I don’t like asking “do I know you?” to fans because it sounds kind of pretentious, but sometimes I don’t have a choice. Even worse in my case, I’m very visual and have a better memory for faces than names. So please help my memory a bit. :-)
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on July 15th, 2011 at 3:06 AM
inb4 for the next 12 months I’m gonna get “my cat took a dump in my bed” IMs.
on July 15th, 2011 at 9:55 AM
lol it might still happen
on July 15th, 2011 at 10:36 AM
“You don’t know me, but I’m the guy who took a dump in your bed.”
Ice broken. 8]
on July 15th, 2011 at 11:49 AM
I’m scared that might happen…
on July 15th, 2011 at 12:03 PM
I all ways start off with Hello hello my name is Enima Montoya you killed my Father! prepare to die! lol kidding
Its funny you made a post about this,I was Just talking to my friend about this exact topic a week go about how people just randomly follow you and never say who they are or where they know you from.. I all ways try to say where I know you from and say I’m a fan if its a artist or some one I’m following there works if thats the case…
on July 16th, 2011 at 12:31 AM
It’s Inigo, actually, and nah, you want something like “Hi, I’m the guy who’s going to poop on your cat tomorrow. Hope you like shitwaffles.”
on July 16th, 2011 at 3:46 AM
Hi, you don’t know me, but I’m… Batman.
Sorry, not into scat play.