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    Caution: Solari0m_

    By plutolemy, in Artist Cautions, , 0 comments, 594 views
    Who: Solari0m_
    Where: https://x.com/Solari0m https://vgen.co/Solari0m https://solariom.carrd.co/
    When: 03/02/2023
    What: YCH
    NSFW Content Resolved
    On March 2, 2023, Solari0m posted an 'emergency YCH' for $50. Immediately, I jumped on it. I had admired their art for a while and was genuinely excited to work with them. I got into contact with them in DMs and we began to discuss details on the same day. 




    I sent payment promptly, and she confirmed she received it. 

     
    On May 12th, Solari0m posted a tweet with a piece of NSFW art and the caption "I'm almost done with the ych, please send me a DM if yours is still missing!" so I promptly did on May 15th. And then again on May 19th. This is where the communication issues started. While she did confirm she got my message, she never responded beyond that, and from there, seven months passed. On November 9th, I reached out once more, and they provided to me was a sketch over of the YCH.

     
    At this point, they decided to redo the piece, because they didn't like how it looked. I was fine with this, because this meant that my art was being worked on. I received another work in progress in April, another sketch, which I loved and vocalized to them. I got a WIP two months later from them, which I confirmed I liked. 

     
    From there, I didn't receive word for another eight months. I requested contact methods through Bluesky and Whatsapp that ultimately went nowhere as a way of nudging them for the art. I was unable to get WhatsApp to work (this is my own fault), and no messages went through, but I did reach out to them on BlueSky, which led nowhere. 

    On January 17th of 2025, I requested a definitive due date. They didn't give me one, but said that they would finish it by the end of the day. This didn't happen.
    I told them that I didn't want the piece rushed and that it was okay if it took a few days, and then they provided me with another WIP.
    On the 23rd, they told me that they weren't feeling well, but that they were feeling better - I assumed this meant that they would once more work on my commission. I waited two weeks before wishing them well, expecting that I would get another WIP or... something. 

     
    On Monday February 24th, I requested a definitive due date again. They said they would have it done 'tonight (the 24th) or tomorrow (the 25th) at the latest'. This did not happen. 
    On March 2nd, 2025, I finally reached out with my ultimatum. They provided a small sketch as apology.

    At this point, I just wanted the art to be done and approved whatever they sent. 

    They said that they would send the drive link immediately and then didn't send it. When I asked them for it, they said that their computer had been updating for two hours.

    Today they sent me a link to the drive... which included all of the commissions they had done over the past two and a half months (some on the days that they had promised me they would get it done 'today, or at latest, tomorrow') at full resolution. This struck me as remarkably unprofessional. I was uncomfortable that they sent other clients files as well. 


    All throughout the past six months, they have regularly been completing commissions on their vgen, while consistently forgetting about mine. This was not a good experience.

    Caution: Koltheim/Siphonophoraeee

    By lunaryeen, in Artist Cautions, , 0 comments, 602 views
    Who: siphonophoraeee / isa / nico / koltheim
    Where: https://x.com/siphonophoraeee
    @koltheim on telegram and discord
    https://trello.com/u/koltheim/activity
    [email protected]
    https://www.instagram.com/siphonophoraeee
    https://www.furaffinity.net/user/koltheim/
    https://artfight.net/~koltheim
    https://toyhou.se/Koltheim
    https://nanomia.carrd.co/
    When: 07/05/2024
    What: Commission



    Original agreement: I paid 60$ in cash for a digitally illustrated badge that will be laminated and shipped to me after the con (AC24). 

    Proof of payment: It was paid in cash at the time of commission (first day of the con within 20 minutes of them the artist alley opening.)


    What happened: 
    The art was to be completed within 1-2 weeks, it was completed in 4 weeks (august 2nd, full res provided on trello on august 5th), no complaints there. 

    On the same day of completion, they asked for my address which I provided. 
    Since August 12th, I have had no contact from them on telegram, which was the only social media i was provided at time of purchase. on their trello, they say they ship Friday's, being that mine was completed on a Friday, I figured I'd wait a week. and another week. and another. 


    I never received any update, so I texted on September 2nd.
    (this jumps ahead showing future messages, but basically them asking my address was the last message I received personally from them.)
    Through digging around, I found a twitter which they were active on, but I don't have a twitter account. I asked if my SO could contact them as they have a twitter, and he was successful in contacting them on September 19th on my behalf.

    The reason they claim for not shipping my supposedly printed badge is that they moved and have yet to find a place to laminate my badge. My SO tried to follow up weeks later but further communication was unsuccessful. After more digging I found their email in their trello, and again, had my SO contact them on my behalf (they check their email more than I do). Yet again, unsuccessful.

    October, November, December, January... no response. On any platform. I have yet to have my badge shipped or a partial refund or anything. (I no longer need the full-res as it was posted on their trello.)

    Beware: ____Kai_River_____

    By CrimsonVexations, in Artist Bewares, , 2 comments, 1,536 views
    Who: Kai_River, kaireevers, werneragzal, kai_reever
    Where: https://www.furaffinity.net/user/kairiver
    https://www.patreon.com/kaireevers
    https://boosty.to/kaireevers
    https://hipolink.me/kai_reever
    https://buymeacoffee.com/werneragzal
    https://picarto.tv/KaiReevers
    When: 12/13/2023
    What: YCH



    2023
    December 13th
    Kai had posted a reminder for one of their multi-slot YCHs. I liked this one a lot and decided to comment asking for a slot and Kai sent me a note asking for details and gave me a payment link.

    December 14th
    I had something happen with power going out at my house so I was unable to answer right away. He sent me another note the next day asking me how I was doing and I replied with my situation from my phone.

     
     
    December 15th
    When I was able to get to my PC I replied to his first note with the characters, asking if he'd be able to draw them before I sent payment. The character's species has a specific blocky head-shape and aren't supposed to have foreheads/ protruding brow bones so I told him that. He said he'd have no problem drawing their head-shape and to let him know when I sent payment. I went ahead and sent it and mentioned that I forgot to ask him if the cigarette in the piece could be changed into a vape instead and he replied saying he received payment and had no problems with changing it to a vape.




    I'm going to post the character references I sent him so you can see the head-shape and details on them that become relevant later.
    2024
    July 19th
    I hadn't heard anything from Kai but he posted a journal saying he was done with his medical school exams and now had time to work on his queue. He was going to be working in the order of when the YCH's were listed vs bouncing between who ordered what slot first and was doing the YCH's in batches for each month. Mine was set for September.
     
    December 3rd
    I checked in on his journal and saw another person had been asking in November if the deadlines were still accurate as they were waiting for a YCH from October and November. I commented as well, asking if the queue was still accurate as I would have been waiting a year for the piece on the 16th..

    2025
    January 5th
    Kai uploaded his first post since people had been asking for updates and it was a reminder for a YCH and he continued to ignore everyone else. I ended up commenting on the reminder stating:
    "I don't mean to be rude, but why are you taking on more slots when you haven't finished the ones from over a year ago? Everyone has been patiently waiting and asking you for updates on your "deadline" journal just for you to ignore us for months and come back to take on even more commissions.
    You need to either finish your queue and/ or begin sending out refunds. Otherwise it looks like you're just trying to run with our money. :/"
    I also went and copy pasted it onto the YCH he had the reminder for with the same thing. There was someone who commented wanting a slot and I warned them that Kai had a queue of over a year and they removed their comments.
     

     
    A few hours later, Kai ended up responding to me and the other two commenters on the journal with a copy paste message saying:
    "I'm sorry for the delay. I was not able to use my strength to the full and the three-year burnout has taken its toll. I took a month off in December, which kind of helped, so I will update and make a more accurate list of deadlines soon, but by name. So that each of you can keep track of my work.
    I'm really sorry for the wait."

     
    He hid my comment on the YCH reminder but didn't hide the one on the YCH itself.
     

     
    Eleven hours later got a note from him telling me that he had been burnt out from work and that he actually had finished my YCH with a link to the piece.
     

     
    It mostly looks nice but there are several things off. Kai didn't even try editing the head-shape outside of erasing the nose and adding slit nostrils and missed a few key things that were on the character's references (Horn rings, Nyx's collar and neck fluff), he also didn't change the cigarette.)
    I feel like given the amount of time it took for him to respond to me that he went and rush did the piece because otherwise I don't know why he wouldn't have just sent it to me beforehand. I messaged him back asking for changes but that note has been left on unread and I sent him another on the 26th which has also been ignored.
     



    I'm almost certain that I am not going to get a response anytime soon and he's just running off with several people's money. I really think people should stay clear of him unless he does a major turn around.
     
     

    Beware: Wulfchow

    By Zyflair, in Artist Bewares, , 2 comments, 1,255 views
    Who: Wulfchow
    Where: https://twitter.com/wulfchow
    https://t.me/wulfchow
    https://wulfchow.com
    https://bsky.app/profile/wulfchow.bsky.social
    When: 07/05/2024
    What: Commission

    Resolved
    I have commissioned Wulfchow at the Artist Alley @ AnthroCon 2024. The commission is for a digital drawing with a scene commission, which was verbally explained in person at the booth to be a fullbody with a background. Scene commissions are shown to be offered on their social media, but the price is not shown as it was sold out at the time of posting on July 6, 2024.


    Payment was done through Square, so there is no use of PayPal. Instead, the only proof is my bank statement, showing that I had ordered from Wulfchow on July 5, before the scene commissions were sold out.

    On July 5th, we had exchanged Telegram messages to establish contact. Afterwards, I attempted to reach out for updates, where the screenshots include specifically my mention of a scene commission.



    The Trello link is all of their currently owed work from AnthroCon 2024, including the scene commission they agreed to do: https://trello.com/b/6FFKY0ug/post-anthrocon-24-queue


    There has been no indication of a response since my check in on November 16, 2024. The artist instead updated on their Twitter that they will correspond by email instead, despite claiming to respond to all outstanding DMs.

    I have reached out to them on the email they publicly supplied and am still waiting for a response.

    Artist Beware: ectoflorist/kettucutie

    By jadewolf, in Artist Bewares, , 0 comments, 667 views
    Who: ectoflorist/kettucutie
    Where: https://www.furaffinity.net/user/kettucutie/
    Discord: ectoflorist
    https://ectoflorist.tumblr.com./
    https://toyhou.se/ectoflorist
    When: 03/17/2024
    What: Commission
    NSFW Content

    I  began a commission process of a two page a comic from ectoflorist/kettucutie on Februrary 16th 2024. The artist seemed nice and welcoming at first.  The total for the commission was $70, although I was given the option to put a down payment of $20 first and pay the rest at a later date and agreed. 




    After sending the $20 down payment for the commission, the artist sent a rough sketch of the first page of the comic.


    On March 17th 2024, I then had the rest of the payment, which was $50,  and sent it to them as well. Both transactions were made via  CashApp.


    I've waited until April  23rd and April 28th 2024 to as for an update on the commission. But was greeted with a bit of a hostile reply.

    After apologizing, I waited for a response, unfortunately, the artist became unresponsive.
    I waited for months sending check up messages while trying to be respective of the artist's space as much as possible.
    However, the artist did not respond at all.

    Strangely, as I made the transaction and contacted the artist on Discord, they still seem to be active on there.


    Unfortunately, the artist's Furaffinity page has been inactive for months, and there's no other place to reach them other than Discord.

    On January 22nd I tried contacting the artist through private message on their Tumblr. However, they have blocked me and had not sent a reply.


    The artist is currently still posting on their tumblr, reblogging posts from others even though they've not sent a response.

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