No one has ever talked to me like that....
In the category of typical cattle
A foreigner wrote it, and an artist friend of mine gave him my contacts. He started whining to me that she was so good at drawing, but she wouldn't take the order and asked me to persuade her.
I said that I couldn't influence her decision and that the only thing he could do was take the order from me.

It started with comparisons between me and her - like I have a simpler style, fewer details, muscles, fur, worse rendering, worse quality, and so on

I say ok, I'll add more details and muscles, here are my examples
Is he your best work??
Do you think you could have achieved such a quality as hers? Can you repeat her style?
I'm not, it's disrespectful to her and to me. I can only consider your wishes in my style.
He is a completely different level, this art is better than yours.

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It is difficult to communicate amicably and ignore such belittlement, so the block is justified.
It's amazing that I didn't bend over for the order and swallow this shit.

But in the meantime, you can appreciate the portrait, how well and in detail it was done.

If anything, the client of the portrait and the person in question in the post are different people.
Appreciate yourself and send them far and for a long time.

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