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    Beware: L00dwitch / Witchness / PastelHues

    By CrimsonVexations, in Artist Bewares, , 0 comments, 261 views
    Who: L00dwitch, Witchness, PastelHues
    Where: https://twitter.com/l00dwitch
    https://twitter.com/L00dWitchAlt
    https://bsky.app/profile/l00dwitch.bsky.social
    https://www.furaffinity.net/user/witchness/
    https://www.furaffinity.net/user/pastelhues
    https://www.patreon.com/c/Witchness
    https://l00dwitch.carrd.co/
    When: 10/04/2023
    What: Commission



    October 3rd - 7th, 2023

    Witchness posted that she was open for stream slots that were supposed to be done next day or the day after in stream, I filled out and submitted a form and she messaged me the next day saying that she would be sending me an invoice. I paid once it was sent and waited for her to post that she was streaming, which she never did.
    On the 7th she sent me a message saying her stream wasn't working and that she had to work out of stream. She sent me a WIP (which I approved of) and told me she would be finishing it next day. I didn't hear anything from her personally outside of her posting personal issues on her page.
     

     


     
    January 4th-10th 2024

    I honestly cannot remember the exact date but I ended up joining her server for commission progress at some point and she had a ticket system for that. I received a response from her on the 10th, explaining that she had a lot of "other people on (her) plate" but that she should finish my piece "in a couple weeks at most!" so I reacted with an emoji and waited.



    May 14th, 2024
    Since I hadn't heard anything from her since her last response I sent a message asking for an update since it had been five months without a word from her.

    June 27th, 2024

    She responded to me saying she was going through owed work and she was sorry for the delays.

    June 30th, 2024
    Her manager had sent me a message saying that Witchness needed updated information from me and sent me a form to fill out and reply with. I ended up having surgery and I think I cleared my notifications and missed Biba's message. 
    July 14th-15th, 2024
    I went to check on my ticket and noticed the response I missed, I apologized for not responding sooner, mentioning my surgery and replied with the filled out form. The next day, Biba responded telling me that it was fine and sent me a link to Witch's Trello so I could "keep track" and that she'd ping me again when there were updates.
     


    September 1st, 2024

    Another one of her managers/ mods replied to my ticket to tell me that Witch had said she'd be going through her tickets and delivering wips so I should expect a response soon.
    October 11th, - November 1st, 2024
    In October I was starting to get impatient after several empty promises, alongside Witch constantly taking on new commissions and doing huge adopt sheets and personal work and decided to message her. So I sent a message in the ticket thread stating that I understood that she was having issues but it was completely unfair that I had been waiting over a year for my head shot and that I understood she had a lot of commissions owed but I wanted an update.
    I didn't get a response until the 1st of November, where another moderator basically relayed what I had already known from her server updates and public Twitter posts. Mentioning eviction and stating she was in a bind because several people had been charging her back so she was taking the time to make adopts to make up for that and that they didn't have an ETA for me and wouldn't for a while. 

    I didn't respond because I didn't know what to say at that point.
     


    February 19th, 2025

    I ended up messaging again as I had seen her publicly taking on new commissions, I stated it had been four months and that I'd seen her taking and doing the new commissions. I was ignored and didn't receive a response until October.

    October 18th - 21st, 2025

    Another mod messaged me saying they "Reached out" (?) and that I should ping Witch on the following Monday. I was busy with IRL happenings and forgot to ping her until it was Tuesday and explained as such. Witch had replied stating that it was okay and that her mental health was doing better and that my wait time shouldn't be over 2 weeks. She said after she sent me a WIP, she'd be giving me a stream day where I could watch my commission be finished, and she was sorry because she had to do a lot of refunds.



    November 4th - 10th, 2025
    I messaged saying I was getting fed up from another false deadline, especially since I already had a wip from 2 years ago.

    She replied to me on the 7th, saying that she had thought she sent me a message letting me know she was going to be delayed. She apologized and said she "thought I didn't respond" and "was okay with the delay" because I @'d myself in the message. (I had replied to my form message.)

    She gave me a WIP that I wasn't that happy with. In the time since I commissioned Witch, her style had changed a bit and one of the biggest changes was doing bigger bottom lips as well as a top lip. I told her it was mostly looking good but I had two complaints, the lips (as they're not my cup of tea) and then I felt like her face shape didn't look right, that her facial structure looked too long so I asked her if she could change it to be more like this other piece she did back around the time I initially commissioned her.
    She responded telling me she "couldn't edit the face shape" but she could fix the lips. She said the face wasn't different from the sketch besides "moving the eye down." She then sent an overlay of the sketch on the piece and then a separate image of the WIP with the fixed lips. I honestly did not feel like arguing this, I just told her the lips looked better. She responded to me two days later to say "good" and that it would be finished soon.
     


    December 10th - 12th, 2025
    Literally the day after I initially posted this Beware to Artist Beware (Dec 10th) she just so happened to message me to tell me my comm would be done soon. (Dec 11th)



    Then the next day (Dec 12th) she made a post in her updates about how she wasn't going to be able to work on commissions because her pen nib broke but then also said she'd be able to because she has her IPAD.

    Later that same day she stated she was ordering a new pen and would start work again on the 17th, it is now the 18th and I haven't heard anything.

     
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    Beware: DrakonicKnight

    By Bear, in Artist Bewares, , 0 comments, 88 views
    Who: drakonicknight, toadallyfrogs
    Where: Telegram: https://telegram.me/drakonicknight
    When: 04/23/2022
    What: Fursuit/ Fursuit Parts



    I am waiting for a refund for an unfulfilled fursuit head commission that was first discussed on April 23rd 2022 and paid for on May 2nd 2022. 

    Our first conversation took place in telegram on April 23rd - 24th where we discussed their availability for a fursuit head commission. In this conversation we discussed options and pricing. The result of this conversation was an estimate of $2500. I did not have a ref sheet at this time, so I commissioned DrakonicKnight for one at a cost of $95, which I paid on April 24th.


    Our second conversation took place in telegram on May 2nd. DrakonicKnight started and completed my ref in 4 hours. We then discussed final pricing for the fursuit head commission. I was quoted and invoiced $2628 at 11:20 PM EST. I paid the invoice in full at 11:25 PM EST. 


    On August 10 2022 I sent a message in telegram requesting a general timeline of when I could expect work to start. DrakonicKnight did not reply to this message until October 21 and informed me that work would not start on my commission until after MFF, which was held from December 1 - 4 2022. I patiently waited until after MFF but I never received an update. I occasionally saw updates on social media about other projects so I was content to wait my turn. I requested updates through telegram on November 14th 2023 and March 23 2024 but I did not receive a response. I attempted to call via the phone number on DrakonicKnight.com as well but I received no response.


    In April of 2024, 2 years after I paid for the commission and after not receiving any communication in any form for 1 year and 8 months, I hired an attorney. On April 23 2024 at the suggestion of my attorney I called again and left a message requesting a refund. On August 14 2025 my attorney attempted to contact DrakonicKnight via phone as well. Voice mails were left on the phone number listed on DrakonicKnight.com as well as the number associated with their second business, ToadallyFrogs.com. The summary of these voice mails was my attorney identifying herself as my hired legal council and simply requesting that DrakonicKnight reply to my messages on Telegram.

    On August 16 2025, after not receiving any response for 2 days, I sent a message on Telegram. I notified DrakonicKnight that my attorney had called. I requested a refund and warned that I would be taking legal action if I did not receive a response. I received a response an hour later. DrakonicKnight apologized for the lack of communication and offered either a refund across multiple payments or to complete and ship the fursuit head within a month. I requested a refund. DrakonicKnight said they would get back to me. On August 23, after not hearing anything for 6 days, I requested an update. I was offered $200 a month until paid. I requested $328.50 a month instead so that it could be paid by May of 2025. 


    The following is a month by month recount of the refund payment schedule we agreed to, which DrakonicKnight did not adhere to. I tried to be flexible. I accepted late and partial payments without penalty. Most of the time I had to remind DrakonicKnight multiple times before getting any kind of response or payment. I generally felt like I was not being taken seriously.

    - September 2024: Payment was not received on the 1st. I sent a reminder and was paid on the 2nd.
    - October 2024: Payment was not received on the 1st. I sent multiple reminders and I eventually received a partial payment on the 20th.
    - November 2024: I sent a reminder that November's payment + the remainder from October was due on the 1st. I received a partial payment on the 16th.
    - December 2024: I sent a reminder that December's payment + the past due balance from November and October was due. I received large payment that covered the past due amount as well as December's and part of January's payment.
    - January 2025: I sent a reminders on January 15 and 23 that part of the month's payment was still owed. I did not receive a response.
    - February 2025: I sent a reminder on February 3. I received a response on the 6th and I was informed that they would pay me as soon as possible but currently could not due to medical reasons. I said that this was ok and simple asked for updates whenever possible. I sent a second reminder on the 21st but I did not receive a response.
    - March 2025: I sent a reminder on March 8. I received a response on the 14th and I was informed that they would try to make a payment later in the month. I sent a reminder on the 27th but I did not receive a response. No payment was received this month.
    - April 2025: I sent a reminder on April 19. I advised that our agreed payoff date was approaching (May 1st 2025) and there was still a remaining balance of $1162.28. I did not receive a response or a message this month.
    - May 2025: I spoke with my attorney after not receiving any communication since mid march. She sent a letter to DrakonicKnight's email and physical address. I sent a copy of this letter via telegram on the 5th and requested a prompt response. I was told that a partial payment could be made later that week and that the remaining balance would be sent ASAP. I agreed to extend the payoff date to June 1st. I received a partial payment on May 22.
    - June 2025: I sent a reminder on the 8th. We agreed to a partial payment on the 13th and extend the payoff for another month. I did not receive this payment and I did not receive any other communication this month.
    - July 2025: I sent a reminder on the 7th and the 10th with the remaining balance. I was told that they would try to make a partial payment later that month. I did not receive this payment or any other communication that month.
    - August: 2025: I sent a reminder on the 4th. I was told that they were planning to pay the rest off in one bulk payment. After a few reminders additional reminders I received a partial payment on the 28th.
    - September 2025: I sent a reminder on the 20th. I did not receive a payment or a response.
    - October 2025: I sent a reminder on the 13th. I was told that they would pay off the remaining balance by the end of the month. I did not receive a payment or any additional communication.
    - November 2025: I have sent multiple reminders this month but I have not received any payment or communication.


    At the time of writing I am still owed $362.28. I feel like I have been flexible, accommodating, and more than reasonable through this whole process. The money is one thing, but the most upsetting aspect of this entire experience has been the sheer amount of effort I have had to put in to simply get a response from this artist. My advice to everyone reading this is to not commission this artist if you expect regular, proactive communication from them. If they need a refund, be prepared to hire an attorney.

    Beware: Cobalt SCW and Clutch Wolf

    By HariKuran, in Client Bewares, , 1 comment, 760 views
    Who: SCWCobalt and Clutch Wolf
    Where: https://t.me/SCWcobalt
    https://www.instagram.com/cobalt_linox/
    https://bsky.app/profile/scwcobalt.bsky.social
    https://www.instagram.com/clutchwolf45/
    When: 08/14/2025
    What: Commission



    This is merely just for the sake of having my side written down and documented. 
     
    I want to warn any artist to not work with either of these two. They are very demanding and impatient (and dont like to pay artists).
     
    I was first met Cobalt at Furlandia 2025 since they were the artist alley lead that year. 


    August 14th he reaches out about his badge being shipped, I mention I was at a con and had a foot injury but the badge just needed to go in the mail. He mentions his friend wants a commission of a digital painted headshot.



    I will admit, he got this discount because I forgot to update my prices on my website, so I agreed to do the price listed at that time for my own mistake. He sent stickers as references to this character and each one slightly inconsistent from the others. He also sent the reference on the expression the client, Clutch Wolf, wanted. Since I had just been at a con I did have a queue and I figured since Cobalt was the lead at a con he would understand that. 

    September 1st Cobalt reaches out again to ask for an update from me. I mention that I had work that had a deadline before Denfur so I didn’t have a chance to start it before Denfur.


    September 9th he messages me with a message from Clutch. He was getting worried on the wait and stated that he would request a refund if I didn’t have any progress for him within two weeks. I mention my queue, and I mention how long the painted headshots take since they are more detailed than my usual work. I sent a sketch and from that point on it was a lot of back and forth with edits.







    There were some edits that were literally me adding fur in a spot where he asked to remove it, and I would follow the redlined pieces to make sure. I did forget one edit, but that comes into the conversation later. After all this back and forth I finally mention that I followed his notes and mention that if this keeps up I will start charging for edits. Around this time as well I was on vacation to get married, which I sent a message to all my clients stating where I would be. 


    Around October 4th Cobalt reached out for an update. I mentioned that I hadn’t worked on it since returning home, but it was on my list. Then on the 8th he messages me again asking about it. At that point I was working on it little bits at a time while doing the kinktober challenge. Then I send him an update, even stating much hasn’t been done, but it’s being worked on.

    October 12th is the same as the last few times, but I mentioned being at BLFC for the week.

    The next day I get a call that my grandmother passed away. After giving myself time to calm down, I notify all my clients about the situation, including Cobalt and Clutch. The next morning I wake up to a message from Cobalt that made me angry and upset. He claimed to be sorry for my loss but proceeded to say that his friend would force a refund if he didn’t get his commission completed soon, preferably that Friday. I reply back in the most professional way I could at the time, but starting to defend myself. At this point I felt like I was being taken advantage of and I was just getting tired of how I was being treated, especially after that message. This is also when I start to remind them that my Terms of Service states that I do not do full refunds past the sketch stage. I didn’t message them again until I finished the piece.


    I send the full res files and I am immediately met with more edits. Since this edit was one I overlooked I offered to do it for free, then he threw more at me. I mention that the other edits will need to be paid for, but I will do the one I said I would. He offers me $10 which is honestly laughable. He mentions that Clutch doesn’t pay for edits on things and I gave him the decision. I get $25 and do the edits, or they just use the piece I sent over.



    October 24th he sent me an image that he took my art and fixed everything himself. Yet another devastating message he sent. I was away for the funeral of my grandmother and I was just done with all this stress. I tell him that I will not approve of him drawing over my art to fix up what he refused to pay me for. I also mention that it’s a huge no in the art world and it’s the fastest way to anger artists. He claims to be sorry, and I had to mention my price again for the changes and I am not entirely sure what Clutch had to say, but I am glad it wasn’t said at that time. The day I return home Cobalt messages and says that they are still requesting for his modified version to be approved, like what I said before was some sort of joke. At my wits end with this, I finally (and still somewhat professionally) speak my mind. Cobalt then tried to throw the blame on his friend but it was both of them. I told him he was part of the problem and before blocking I stated I was doing that and that they are blacklisted. 
     
    Thanks for reading all of this… I know it’s long and repetitive, and the screenshots make this all very clear, but I really don’t want to see other artists go through this nightmare like I did. I also want to mention I already spoke with the Furlandia con chair and action will be taken how they see fit. So please don’t go after the con, they weren’t involved in this.
     

    Beware: Kocha Gobiton/Gobiton Studios

    By CaptainTeo, in Artist Bewares, , 0 comments, 673 views
    Who: Kocha Gobiton
    Where: https://bsky.app/profile/kochathegobiton.bsky.social
    https://bsky.app/profile/gobitonstudios.bsky.social
    https://x.com/Gobiton_Studios/
    https://www.furaffinity.net/user/gobitonstudios/
    When: 05/03/2023
    What: Fursuit/ Fursuit Parts



    Summary: I commissioned Kocha for a fursuit. This took over a year longer than the promised build time after they became increasingly hard to contact, once the suit was finished, they just didn't send it out for several months with no explanation, then, when it finally arrived, it arrived with broken and unfinished parts, parts that weren't what we agreed on and were flimsy and difficult to wear, and some parts that were just outright missing. On trying to talk to them about this, they ignored my comments about the many negative parts, refused to speak to me again for months, told someone else to tell me to e-mail my issues to Kocha, then responded to that e-mail by blocking me.
    I originally reached out to Kocha on March 2nd 2023 to ask about making a full fursuit of my spider sona. They were initially very excited to do this and opened a spot for me so that we could do that. After some discussion about designs, the invoice and agreement were sent on May 2nd 2023 and I signed/paid them on May 3rd 2023.






     


    Start date was May 1st 2023, with an estimated completion time of 3-6 months

    Through this time, they were very nice to me and very easy to talk to and work with. This continued for a few months with regular updates about materials arriving, build milestones, etc. On September 28th 2023, Kocha told me that they would be sharing photos of the body suit soon. This was the last time that I heard from them for two months, and, from this point on, contacting them became increasingly difficult. After trying to ask for updates during that time, they eventually replied on November 20th, apologising for being so busy, offering to cover a portion of shipping costs and add some extra props, and a new completion date of November 31st to December 7th, which was fair enough. We then spent some time picking a pattern for a bandana as one of the extra props. This is the only one ended up being included in the finished product, and the others were never mentioned again.

    After this, another 1.5 months passed with no contact, and the new completion date was missed. They then contacted me on January 26th 2024 to say that they were dealing with a lot of personal issues at the time. I didn't want to add extra stress to them during that, so I decided to be lenient and lay off while giving them some extra time to get things in order. After a few months of waiting, I decided to reach out again to ask how things were going. I didn't hear from them again until three months later on April 20th 2024, to apologise for being so absent and promising to give a full update with photos on April 28th. This date was missed again. They did promise to completely comp shipping costs, though, which is a gesture that I really appreciated.

    A few days later, they messaged me again, admitting that they had just left my suit in a corner because they hadn't been able to get one of the promised parts right and apologising for hiding that from me. I agreed for them to try it with a different material because I wasn't too picky about it, but was upset that it was stalled for so long because of something simple that they just didn't tell me.

    I finally received a photo of the mostly finished body suit on May 3rd 2024 (now six months after the original completion date), and explaining what was left and that they'd get it finished up over that weekend. Another ten days passed with no contact, at which point they replied to say that they'd need another week to finish it. I heard from them again two weeks later (May 27th 2024), at which point it was still not finished but they sent me a video of the head and body suit being worn and that they'd get more photos "tomorrow". I will say that the suit looked amazing, at this point, and I was very happy with how it looked in the video. They then messaged me again on May 30th to say that the photos had to be pushed back "a couple days". I then didn't hear from them again for over a month.

    After I sent a few more messages asking if I could please have an update, they sent me a photo of the suit in a box on July 3rd and saying that it would be "shipping this week". We then had some brief conversations about the photos and updates over the next few days, until they stopped responding again on July 9th.
     

    Kocha finally responded again on July 21st - the suit had still not been sent out, but they sent a couple of photos of it, and asking for confirmation of my shipping details to get the label finally printed off. I then didn't hear from them again for another couple of weeks.

    Another quick message on August 4th after I asked for an update, explaining why and that I would receive the tracking information by Tuesday (August 6th) (they also asked if I'm a Pokémon fan, and to this day I still don't know why because it was never mentioned again). Tuesday passed with no tracking information and I sent some more messages asking for an update over the following weeks.

    Finally, they messaged me on August 22nd, apologising and finally giving me the tracking information. As it was finally sent out, I considered this probably finally over. We had some discussions over the next week about suit maintenence so that I could prepare, and some other general conversations.

    The delivery was separated into two. boxes. The first finally arrived on September 3rd. The head was (and still is) very good and I'm very happy with it. The hands seemed strange but I didn't know what to think of it because the rest of the suit hadn't arrived. Some extras were included in this box, including the bandana and some keychains and stickers and a very nice card apologising for how long this took. None of the other promised props such as the eyelids were in it, though. The other box containing the suit arrived on October 3rd 2024. I was extremely excited, took some photos with it, and sent some messages about how much I loved it. I was too excited to really think about any negative details at the time, although I asked some questions about some of the things that I noticed at the time. These questions went completely ignored when Kocha responded the following week.

    I came back to the suit the next day to realise that one of the wires holding the arms together was snapped - it hadn't even lasted for a single day. They responded on October 8th to say that it's fixable if I have a sewing needle, and I replied asking if they could explain how to do that. This is the last time that I ever heard from them. I asked a few times over the following months if they could respond, particularly as our signed agreement said that they would help with repairs and costs of any errors or damage if I told them about it in the first seven days (which I did). Out of desperation, I talked at one point about trying to return the suit and claim my money back, although I never had an opportunity to actually do that and really didn't want it to come to that anyway.

    By this point, the excitement had waned and I realised that, after all this time, I was stuck with an unusable suit that I'd got to wear exactly once after paying over $4,000 CAD and waiting for twice as long as the promised finish date, with no way to get the maker to help me make it wearable. On February 24th 2025, I reached out to another maker in their group and they contacted Kocha for me. I had a discussion about the details suit with this maker and they agreed that Kocha should be helping with the repairs. The other maker I spoke to was also understandably busy, so, on top of it being difficult to contact Kocha, it took a while to discuss everything. Kocha told them on April 5th 2025 to tell me to send an e-mail to Kocha about the issues with the suit so that we could finally get it sorted out. It took me a while to do this because I was so worn down by everything and very busy with the season leading up to my own convention work, but I got the e-mail sent to them on May 27th. Kocha never responded to this e-mail, despite them requesting that I send it.

    I sent one more message to Kocha on July 18th to ask if they could respond to the e-mail. They never replied, and I looked a while later to see that they'd actually responded to it by removing me on Telegram and ignoring all contact. (you can see that they have no profile picture if I look at their profile while logged in, but they do if I'm not logged in).


    I haven't heard from them since. They've been active elsewhere in that time, but now I have no way to even contact them, so I'm completely lost on what to do and upset beyond words that I paid so much and waited for so long just to receive a suit that I can't wear and apparently will never be able to, with no way of recourse. I really didn't want to post this, but I don't know what else I can do, at this point.

    Beware: ClockworkCarousel / Clockwork Carousel Creations

    By eyebrawler98, in Artist Bewares, , 0 comments, 3,035 views
    Who: ClockworkCarousel / Clockwork Carousel Creations
    Where: https://www.furaffinity.net/user/clockworkcarousel
    https://toyhou.se/ClockworkCarousel
    https://twitter.com/ClockwrkCarousl
    https://twitter.com/ClockworkCarou1
    https://www.instagram.com/clockworkcarouselcreations/
    https://linktr.ee/clockworkcarouselcreations
    When: 08/29/2023
    What: Fursuit/ Fursuit Parts



    So, in the summer of 2022, I was in the market for getting a fursuit head made of my gray fox, Kigali (The ref pic included should be the same as the one I sent them given the timing, as I don't have much art of my OCs).



    The design itself was easy enough, though I had the money and figured since this was likely going to be the only head I'd ever get, that I'd want something cool. I went onto getfursu.it to look for people that were taking comms, worked with the features I was looking for, and most of all, were trustworthy. After some searching, I came across Clockwork. Around the same time that I had come to them for the commission, they had started some raffles, so I knew they had experience in suitmaking.








    I filled out their comm sheet and was quoted for about $1700. I sent the first half as down payment, then the second half a week or two later. They had a queue, so I knew I wouldn't be getting updates right away.



    As the months went on, I'd reach out to see how they were doing occasionally as I like to be friendly with those I get stuff from. The messages in the pictures I provided are all the times I checked in, so its not like I was pestering them either.

    I had ordered it in Aug 2023, hoping it would be ready for the following June.


    As shown in the proof, in April 2024, they said I was next and that they'd be giving me progress updates in May. That never happened, and I didn't hear back until I reached out again at the start of June.




    They said it wouldn't be up to standard by the time I had originally planned, but I was ok with that. Due to different things going on in my life and work being hectic, that was the last time I reached out to them until the end of Jan 2025.


    I asked how they were doing and to my surprise, they told me that they were cancelling the commission as they believed they were unable to complete it in a timely manner.

    They said that they would start sending a refund in pieces each month until I had the whole thing. That Friday they promised the first part would be sent came and went with nothing.


    I did the same in the middle of April, still no reply. At the end of April, I did mention the situation in the replies of a twitter thread. It caught the attention of people, but after mentioning them by name after working through the nerves, still nothing. I did express that I had hope considering they did offer the refund... But as of now, I have yet to see any of my money back.








    As I'm typing this, I did notice that their paypal logo matches a second twitter account named Clockwork Carousel Creations, but neither account was linked on their furaffinity. I figured that after a year and a half of waiting for the commissioned piece, and then 7 months of waiting for a refund process to even begin, that it was time to take things here and warn people if they do open fursuit commissions once again.

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