Jon Arton is an artist from Birmingham, England.

He draws incredibly detailed and realistic portraits that he often posts on his Instagram.

People started messaging him to ask for free drawings.

Arton started drawing stick figure art in response to people’s request for free art.

An artist from the UK is teaching people that art doesn’t come free by trolling them on Instagram.

Jon Arton, from Birmingham, England, draws incredibly detailed and realistic portraits that he often posts on his Instagram.

As his following grew and people saw just how brilliantly Arton was able to render people’s faces, fans began sliding in his DMs asking for free drawings. The artist thought he’d have a bit of fun teaching his followers a lesson.

"As a full time artist who relies on selling art to survive, these requests come as a real treat and it means a lot to me to be given the opportunity to put the years of practice, time and the expensive materials into a free drawing of your face for yourself," he wrote in a sarcastic Instagram caption.

Rather than explaining to the people who had the audacity to ask for free work, Arton decided to give them exactly what they asked for — a work of art that is worth nothing.

Every now and again I try to do free drawings! I really appreciate all of you for following, liking and commenting on my Instagram. It really means a lot to me so when I can, I like to show my appreciation by accepting some of your wonderful free drawing requests in my inbox. As a full time artist who relies on selling art to survive, these requests come as a real treat and it means a lot to me to be given the opportunity to put the years of practice, time and the expensive materials into a free drawing of your face for yourself. Here’s a few of my personal favourites. 👈 swipe for more! P.S thanks to the people that took this in good humour 😉 A post shared by art artist artsharing (@jonarton) on Aug 19, 2018 at 5:44am PDT Aug 19, 2018 at 5:44am PDT

"It’s not an easy task creating fine art from poorly taken, out of focus selfies with snapchat filters but I’m no average artist," the artist wrote. "I have become a master at enhancing your plain, mediocre faces."

He even tried his hand at capturing the elusive Harry Styles — for free of course.

As I’m now over 45k followers I thought it would only be right in giving you, the little people something back. My DMs are full of free drawing requests so I thought, why not do a few more! Nothing gives me more pleasure than offering a few down and out people who can’t afford a piece of art the opportunity to own something priceless. I imagine these stunning pieces will be passed down from generation to generation as one mans (me) example of selfless generosity. I don’t expect adoration or applause all I ask from you is a handful of likes, a few follows and maybe some comments such as “lol” and “this Jonarton guys real swell!” Thank you all! A post shared by art artist artsharing (@jonarton) on Sep 7, 2018 at 1:00am PDT Sep 7, 2018 at 1:00am PDT

So, next time you want a portrait of your face, maybe have some sort of payment ready.

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