Not in the context of art or fanarts, but it happened at school that I used to think very highly of a person that later revealed to be pretty mediocre at best. It's not nice as feeling because you feel deceived in a way since people can be very good at being someone they are not.
I hope you will feel better.
Gekkotsuki
Unfortunately, I can't relate about what you're saying, but, damn, I'm sorry to read this, anyhow. I hope that you've separated from those people. They didn't deserve you, nor they also didn't deserve your time and patience to make drawings for them.
WACKYPOMKO (Updated )
I used to be Big fan of short fat Otaku, but the vtubers drama Made me really sad :(