User blog comment:Shimmering Brony/M.U.G.E.N character sprites/@comment-1358834-20121128234105/@comment-5136744-20121128234639

I try to be as respectable with requesting as possible. When I see requests are open, I try to ask politely, and if a request is denied, no big deal. I just move on.

Actually, if Plasma is reading this, there's an interesting story behind my DA Bibarel Icon, it actually started with this guy who makes these cool Pokemon icons on DA. At first I asked if he could make Bibarel, and he said... nothing. No comment. Then I asked how I could earn one. Again, no comment. Then I asked if I could win it in a contest. No comment once again. Then, finally, I just made one myself, and that even made the other person smile. And you know something, the icon came out alright. Not as good as the other person, but not too shabby.

So I guess the moral is: If at first you don't recieve, try try yourself.