(On mobile and I cannot spell)
For some context I'm 18 doing full time college, dog sitting, and trying to get a second job for more pay. Usually I take one art class per quarter in college and this time it's a figure drawing class which has homework sketches that can take up to 5 hours to finish. I also started to make a new webtoon comic on top of all that. I got over 15 pets of my own to take care of too so i am super busy most days and any free time I have I want to spend it on myself.
So, usually I make painting sketches you name it for relatives because  I Used  enjoyed them and liked seeing them happy. They're old people in Ohio with nothing else to do except bug their grandkids :). Anyways lately more and more people have been asking me to make them paintings (some not relatives too) and my mom has decided to promise all of them that I will make them whatever they want. Before this was no problem but as I said I'm starting to get busy. The supplies are exspensive to buy too. Now as much as I like art i have a certain thing about making it for other people. I hate it. I cant make what I want, I dont get to keep it, and they're this pressure to make it as best as it could be. I like to draw for myself and it makes me happy.  These paintings also can range from book sized to me sized too.
My family has this idea too that birds are my best thing I make but I havent enjoyed painting birds since middle school (when I was obsessed with it). Its boring now and I am starting to get mad at these art requests people are giving me. I told my mom I didnt want to do these anymore or at least  not for free and she said I was being rude because it's easy for me to make them art. Sure I can make a painting in a day but it wont be that good, I'll hate it they'll love it should be no problem. Dont give me shit about me "bragging about being good either" I'm not the best I'm not saying I'm the best I'm just saying that people want to me make them free shit and I dont want to anymore because I'm not a little kid who doesnt need the money anymore.
So am i the asshole for wanting to either turn down or request pay from family for me to make them art?
