I just wanted to let everyone know, if you get somebody asking you if they could use a picture as a reference and then ask for your Discord or phone number, they are probably not to be trusted.
It starts off as this:
“Hey sorry can I use one of your profile art pieces as a guideline or pose for an art project?
You'll be credited”
“What your username to send you friend request on there for faster response I don't really get notifications on DA ?”
(Which is fair enough, but I don’t feel comfortable giving that out, so I replied no)
“Oh what's your cellphone number then let's chat better on how this works“
(Of course my reply was no.)
“We need else where to chat better that's why I'm asking for discord it's alright I can offer this to someone else”
(…offer what? You asked me for a reference.)
Just know, you can contact me through messages and the comment section, you can even contact me through YouTube, but I don’t feel comfortable on giving out my phone number. And if somebody