So true.
It's sad that a lot of people think "Oh, you draw? Don't you have something better to do?" or that it's some dumb past time.
Too many people don't care about art anymore. It's really a shame. Unless it has to do with movies or makes them a profit, who cares. -cry-
I think one thing that irks me most are 'original characters' that are pretty much recolors or slight alterations of screen shots or someone else's art.
They flood a good deal of the groups I'm in..