I used to believe everyone did, but I know better. Some people don’t like it from people they don’t know. Others don’t like receiving it from anyone at all. What do you think about it?
I personally like writing giftfic. I don’t do it all the time, because if I did I would never write the stuff I like the most (as no one else writes the stories I really want). But how happy people have been when I have? Has always made it worth it.
Receiving it is always nice too. Especially when people have made the effort to write the specific tropes/pairings/whatever I love. After all, most of them are rare. It’s always appreciated.
I’ve not written a lot of them, but I did do that occasionally, and it’s nice to make specific people happy =) For me it’s a bit like filling prompts in kinkmemes: ideas I wouldn’t have written on my own, targeted at a specific person… except when I gift a fic to someone it’s a surprise which also means it’s someone I know enough to know their tastes without needing a prompt, so it’s a bit more personal.
I never received giftfic, but I would be happy to!
I’ve done a couple of giftfic! A couple of gift comics. But I have done far more general art exchanges/trades. Artfights. I have been a backup for art events and filled out for people who couldn’t fulfill theirs.
I have flexibility to draw somethings beyond my interest. Against my will I have to fight myself to even draw certain things for my stories. Even if they are structurally very simple (like cars, buildings). Thankfully though most people only want characters made of flesh drawn so I don’t have to worry about not being able to fulfill anything that would take too much time.
However when it comes to writing I don’t have that flexibility. Heck, there’s a lot of stuff I’d love to write but I can’t quite get my brain in the right headspace for! Maybe it will be something I can grow into one day but for now, no. Any giftfic I do have to involve things I am also into.
I’ve gotten a few gift arts, always a lovely surprise! Most of the ones I had gotten happened in one Artfight. You are the only person who has written giftfic for me!
It’s cool to see another writer who’s also an artist on here :D And I admire your ability to draw things outside your interest, I’m trying to develop that discipline as well. I used to draw only “fun” things that were directly related to my fandom/area of interest, but I’ve since become interested in making fancomics. And in order to be really good at making them, you need to be able to draw lots of boring/difficult things, like buildings, cars, airplanes, etc.*
*Cars and airplanes are awesome, since a lot of my fandoms include them in fun contexts, but for whatever reason I feel immensely bored even thinking about drawing a house in perspective. Though I could probably make it fun with study/practice
