>>119269509- underpromise + overdeliver
- humbleness brownie points and people complimenting the ways in which you're prettier than your avatar
- no negative feedback from drawing yourself too pretty
- if you're not the artist yourself: the artist you hired doesn't have to worry about pissing you off by drawing you too ugly
- "realness" is currently in vogue (amateur internet content creators, parasocial relationships, #relatable comics, brands memeposting on twitter, etc)