Kage Hikoshi
I completely agree. It kept throwing me off seeing people posting the art of the requests in the requests thread @_o
Glad I'm not the only one. I don't want to seem like an a** by my request. I didn't mind it at first, I felt like it was treated as a 'pick up' area but the 'thank you/you're welcome' posts were getting longer and the request more spread out.
I like the couples idea, I also shy away from them but I want to improve so I will make myself do more.
The downside might be that the artist will feel obligated to give the offerers art before non-donors making the non-donors feel over looked. I do like it as way to get some gold in, plus couple requests are usually last to be picked if at all so it will be nice motivation.