Changing Room (Patreon)

Looks like this image can only exist on Patreon now.

I always ask commissioners permission to post artwork before I do. This commissioner allowed me to post but then a few hours later kindly asked for it to be taken down.

Their reasoning is interesting and something I’ve always been curious about in the fetish art scene, which is the ethics behind using real people in fetish artwork.

The commissioner started to be paranoid someone would recognize this girl and that the artwork would be viewed as mean instead of sexy. I absolutely get that, so of course respected their request and deleted it from live socials.

Curious what your thoughts are on this topic. Is it ok to use people’s likenesses without them knowing for art such as this? Personally I’ve been fine with it mostly because my art isn’t very realistic, I basically just use the hair style and outfit from reference pics. Never had anyone message like “a hey that’s me!” I can definitely see how photo-manips could be problematic in this area since it’s easier to recognize someone, but a drawing? 

What do you think?