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    Beware / Negi-Toro NegisGraphics

    By Flay, in Artist Bewares, , 0 comments, 65 views
    Who: Negi-Toro
    Where: https://x.com/NegisGraphics
    https://trello.com/b/RV8fWK9H/negi-commissions
    https://www.instagram.com/may0nnaixe
    https://x.com/NHellgound
    https://bsky.app/profile/negisgraphics.bsky.social
    https://linktr.ee/negisgraphics (Current Links)
    When: 07/09/2022
    What: Commission
    NSFW Content

    Initiated commission on the 9th July 2022, confirmed Payment of $140 USD the same day. Updated August 27th and was told there was a queue

    Asked for an update November 03. Was apologised to but then lacked any updates until I prompted in March 03 2023 where I was provided a crude sketch (Clearly done in panic when I asked for updates)


    July 5th 2023 he starts ignoring me and so I continue to ping him. He's still actively posting til Feb 2025 on this account. 

    So I hunted his Telegram down and started following his tele channel where I confronted him. Recieved a very baseline ink of the supposed "completed work" and then he proceeds to keep ignoring me



    It was only when I got fed up on his Trello account that he marks my commission as "complete" August 2024
    https://trello.com/c/Sq7OFnuG/50-flaydramon


    I joined his Telegram channel and started responding to all his posts. until he responded to me July 10 2025. Met with hollow words and a broken promise of a refund Up until February 2026 My last attempt and he's still ignoring me



    Finally he's just decided to ban me from his channel. I assume I'm "Bad for Business"

    To this date I've still yet to receive either refund nor art. and still not even read my messages.
     

     

    Beware: (RaveWonders/KitCat_Artist/Lunawolf.art)

    By Tanukily, in Artist Bewares, , 0 comments, 70 views
    Who: KitCat_Artist, RaveWonders, Lunawolf.art
    Where: https://toyhou.se/RaveWonders
    Discord: @kitcat_artist
    https://www.tiktok.com/@lunawolf.art
    When: 03/22/2026
    What: Adoptable



    TL;DR – Scam Warning: RaveWonders / Kitcat_artist / Lunawolf.art
    I sold my character Clairabelle for $50  Payment was sent through a third party who was allegedly scammed PayPal refunded the third party and charged me a $15 dispute fee The buyer stopped responding and hid the character Toyhouse support recovered the character and returned it to me Please do not harass anyone involved: this is only a warning to stay cautious Hello everyone! My name is Tanukily and I own a bunch of characters I write stories about.  
    Recently, I have been selling some of my character designs to help cover some bills while I wait for my summer job to begin. This has meant letting go of some characters that are very important to me.
    I started selling my Four Seasons Deer, which were the very first characters I ever created. I plan to redesign them in the future when I am able to but for now I had to let them go. It started with Napoleon (Winter), followed by Aurelia (Autumn), and most recently Clairabelle (Spring).

    The following case includes: Discord interactions between me and RaveWonders, Proof of Transfer History and Ownership, and finally the Paypal Claim Documents..
    For clarification: Naomi and Clairabelle shown in the screenshots refer to the same individual. They changed their displayed name during our interaction.

    Timeline of Events:

    March 20
    RaveWonders/Kitcat_artist asked to DM me on Discord. We talked about putting Clairabelle on hold until April 16. Since that was a long hold, we agreed they would include a small extra piece of art or a small character for waiting. Clairabelle is worth around $241, but I listed her for $50 because I just needed to pay my phone bill. Waiting almost a month for just $50 didn't really feel worth it, but with the extra character I agreed.

    March 22
    They told me they might be able to pay earlier around April 1 and asked for my PayPal ahead of time. I gave it to them. I even told them there was no rush and I could still hold until April 16 because if they needed that long it probably meant they were budgeting carefully, right?


    March 23
    Out of nowhere I received $40 from a completely random PayPal account. When I asked about it, they said it was from them. Later that day I received the last $10 and that finished everything needed early. Everything seemed normal so I transferred the character. After that they showed me art they made which I genuinely loved seeing. I always love seeing what happens to characters I created.

    Two different people sending money 


    Sending it their way then!


    Proof of Transfer History and Proof of Creation:
    All of this information is publicly available at: https://toyhou.se/10479852.clairabelle/ownership



    The next following days are relatively expected, right?
    They showed me all the cute art they created with the new character.


    April 4
    I got a scary PayPal email saying the person who sent the $40 filed a dispute. I was so confused. I completed everything on my end.


    When I looked into the case details, it showed that RaveWonders/Kitcat_artist had apparently been asking multiple people for money using different emergency stories that had nothing to do with our agreement of receiving commissions
    I tried messaging them several times. No response.
    While gathering my ownership proof on Toyhouse, I also noticed the character suddenly disappeared. At that point I was honestly worried they deleted the character and ran off with the art. They were online a few times but completely ignored me. It just looked extremely suspicious.



    PayPal outcome
    I submitted my evidence showing:
    • I was the original designer
    • I completed my side of the transaction
    • This involved a third-party situation I had no control over
    PayPal still ruled in the other person's favor. I do understand because they were also scammed, but it still left me taking the loss.
    So in total I lost:
    • $40 refund
    • $15 dispute fee
    • My character (at the time)
    I did submit an appeal because I shouldn't really be punished for someone else's scam. Unfortunately, Paypal did not accept the appeal either which still leaves me at a total loss of around $55.

    Resolution
    At this point I honestly was just at a loss, but I sent a ticket to Toyhouse explaining everything.
    Within a few hours they responded and THANK GOD the character wasn't deleted, they had just hidden her.
    Toyhouse returned Clairabelle back to me and closed their account.
    Huge thanks to Toyhouse support for that!



    Beware / Notice
    CLAIRABELLE IS NOW BACK IN MY POSSESSION.

    If RaveWonders/Kitcat_artist is using the character anywhere, it is unauthorized. As for the money, I will find another way to cover the loss. I will make more characters if I need to.
    If anyone knows the person who was originally scammed or has contact with Kitcat_artist, I would appreciate the chance to talk and better understand what happened, since I still have yet to receive a response.

    Beware: KitsuGalaxy

    By Kitten, in Artist Bewares, , 1 comment, 900 views
    Who: @KitsuGalaxy
    Where: https://x.com/KitsuGalaxy
    https://t.me/kitsugalaxy
    When: 07/05/2025
    What: Other (Explain Below)

    Resolved
    At Anthrocon 2025, Kitsugalaxy had a booth selling custom fursuit spray packages.

     
    I commissioned Kitsugalaxy for a custom spray on 07/05/2025 and paid $150 with my credit card. 

     
    We exchanged telegram contacts for correspondence, and I sent my character reference. 

    Communication from Kitsugalaxy first stopped around August. I had to send a few messages and then bring up a refund for the vendor to finally respond. 

    Artwork WIPs were given.


    A rough finish date was given, and the artwork for the scent was completed. However, directly after that, the vendor stopped communicating once more. 


    I had to escalate in order to get a response.
    I was told that the package would be shipped on Saturday, but the date continued to get pushed back.

    Once more my messages were ignored. I had to send an escalation again to get a response, and it was apparent that the vendor had outright lied about shipping the package. 


    I was given a tracking number and the promise of a full refund to make things right. I gave it a few days and waited to see if the tracking would update, but the package had still not been delivered to the post office. 



    The refund was delivered, and the package was dropped off. 
    In the end I did not receive exactly what I had paid for, the promise for the bundle being:
    4 bottles of signature spray, 2 bottles of mystery spray, artwork of your OC with your chosen smell, stickers of your OC, and a mystery goodie bag. 
    What I was given instead was 8 bottles of my signature spray, and that is it. 

     
    However, since I was given a full refund, I accept the delivery as-is and have chosen to stop communicating further with this vendor. 
     

    Beware: Ahxyll

    By Aether, in Artist Bewares, , 2 comments, 57 views
    Who: Ahx / Ahxollotl / Ahxyll / Dak / Skitty / ashh#3693 / snakeskins0710
    Where: https://allthefluff.wixsite.com/my-site
    https://www.deviantart.com/ahxyl
    https://x.com/ahxollotl
    https://www.furaffinity.net/user/ahxyll/
    When: 07/03/2025
    What: Commission

    Resolved
    Early July of 2025 I commissioned an artist I found on a furry social media site Ferzu.com. (The name on the site was Skitty. Unfortunately since that date they have deleted their Ferzu account so I do not have the original contact messages, but they continue to operate on Furaffinity and Deviantart.) The first set of screenshots show the connection to their first discord account used as our primary contact method: ashh#3693. The average turnaround time for their art pieces is stated to be a few days. (Also, apologies for the white space in screenshots, working Windows 11 has been a bit of a challenge, I'm not as technically savvy as I used to be.)

    After seeing their style, I reached out vai Ferzu DMs, and the conversation moved to Discord for payment and updates. The entirety of our conversation will be posted below.

    I should've seen a Paypal payment under 'Friends and Family' as a red flag, but I was naive. With a $35 payment for a ref sheet in their style, I was excited and eager to see a long-awaited character in a style I thought would fit. So, after confirming payment information, I sent the money.

    After a month with no update, I began to reach out as politely as possible. I understand that artists are people with lives and I was in no rush for the commission, but this is when a pattern of ghosting began to emerge. I did my best to limit my expectations and give space. They would reassure me time and again that they would be working on my commission.

    At this point in our communications, they had deleted their Ferzu page, and after the past month in silence, I started to worry more. After doing some searching, I was able to find a FurAffinity account linked to the discord account they had gone silent through.

    Seeing that their Furaffinity was active, I reached out. I was a bit afraid of an immediate ghost, so I asked at first to see if they were taking commissions. Once I received a reply, they sent me a new discord account to message.

    After adding them, there was three days of silence as they did not respond, so I sent the first (and unfortunately up to this point today, the only) message.

    If anything, I want this to be a cautionary tale not just for people looking to commission this person, but for anyone looking for any commission that you should not send payment as Friends and Family. I got lucky that this was only a $35 loss, but it could've been much more. Get a timeline on commissions, and hold them to account. Again, I understand that life happens, but open and honest communication is necessary for any kind of relationship to work, whether personal, business, or other. Thank you for your time and I wish you a good day.

    Beware: @RyanYeenArt

    By Rose, in Artist Bewares, , 0 comments, 40 views
    Who: RyanYeen
    Where: https://x.com/RyanYeenArt
    When: 01/16/2025
    What: Commission
    NSFW Content

    On the 17th of January 2025 I reached out to Ryanyeen for a commission 



    I talked to him saying I wanted to get a full body nsfw commission with me and two other friends, while also wishing him well.

    He lets me know that the deadline for commissions with him is 6 months and we discuss how the payment with it will go.

    his full body commission price is 250 with an additional 220 for each extra OC however the price for it was quite a lot, i was hesitant to go through with comming him but seeing his art be so high quality i figured it'd be worth it.

    We agreed on the payment later on being 670 and i explain to him what I'd like to be drawn for the commission, it being me spitroasted by two friends.




    There was a few red flags which I probably should've acknowledged and avoided him for, such as him having no Que, no slots and asking for the money up front, but because he looks to be a relatively trust worthy looking artist on the surface and he posts art pretty often I assumed he'd be worth the money.

    I ended up paying the 670 USD to his paypal which was almost 1 thousand dollars in my own currency and I was content with waiting for 6 months since well, that was the deadline he set for himself.

    Proof of payment:


    I gave him the ref sheets of me and my friends and left it for a month to let him do his thing, 

    I reach back out on February the 12th and asked him if he had a que, since i felt like someone like him would have plenty of commissions and it isn't clear when he'd start work on mine.

    I recieve no response from him which is gonna be a bit of a trend throughout this, and i sent him a gif on february 27th to get his attention.

    He eventually responds to me on March the 3rd, he doesn't say that there's any que but he says he'd hopefully do a sketch for me in march.
     


    I haven't recieved any word from him so far so I reach out to him again on the 17th of march asking if he has started with the sketch, to which he responds saying he'd do it later that day, but then had an issue with his teeth which caused him not to be able too.



    This was still pretty early on and I'm more patient and understanding about it, on the 21st of march he does get around to doing the sketch, however I asked if he could swap em around since my raven friend wants to be the one pounding my butt.





    I don't recieve any new information or updates regarding the art in the next month and I don't recieve any word about how he's doing with it either even after reaching out to him, I didn't want to be an annoyance to him so i only reached out once every few weeks.

     

    On april 29 he apologises for the lack of communication and explains what's causing him to be absent and I let him know it's alright and to take his time with the art, and I end up giving him space for far longer, assuming me asking him for updates constantly isn't helping him at all.



    two more months passes by and it is complete radio silent from RyanYeen, it was now the middle of the year and I paid for my art back in january which means the deadline he set himself is just about up, I reach out to him on june the 12th more annoyed but still trying my best to be polite, I let him know that I've paid a lot and I'm not satisfied that I've only recieved the incomplete sketch, even asking him for a refund.



    I was expecting him to not be willing to refund and I sort of accepted that I may not see my money back ever again but I still remained hopeful that he'd complete it overtime since he said he'd focus on completing overdue commissions including mine.

    over a month later on the 29th of July i still recieved no new updates regarding the commission so i reached to him, he responds two days later saying he's catching up with comms and that he'd send updates of mine later on that week.. I never recieve those updates.



    August the 3rd was when my and my two other friends patience had completely run thin and i end up sending him this pretty long message which.. Was probably a bit overboard but I was growing more furious that I've paid so much just to still recieve nothing, basically threatening to let other people know about this.

     

    Throughout all of that i basically give him 1 month to complete the art or at the very least do *something* or at the very least refund my money or else I and my friends would spread the word that he's a fraud.

    He responds saying the piece would be finished by the end of the month and that I'd get more updates, I don't recieve any new updates that week but he does post a new update fixing the main mistake of the sketch being my friends sonas being in the wrong spots.


    I end up letting him know that the shark sona isnt that buff and he ends up fixing that too and began doing more actual progress with the art .. ignore this being underlined, i dunno how this happened







    this is the most amount of progress I've seen with the art piece during my time with him, he still makes a few mistakes here with my raven friends eye colour and the dick colours but apart from that its all looking promising.

    But then he suddenly stopped and went quiet, I reached out to him on october 9th asking for an update, he responds the next day saying a new update will come next monday, monday passes and i hear nothing from him.

    I reach out to him on thursday that week asking if there was any new updates, while also correcting the mistake I didnt notice with dither until then.


    He didn't respond till the next day when i pointed out dithers ears were also incorrect and were meant to be backwards.



    He goes quiet once again and i reach out to him on the 16th of november asking him for any new updates


    he sends the fixes to me the next day and asks me for a thumbs up before he continues with the rendering, to which i say yeah and that I'm glad to just be hearing from him



    After this i once again go another month without hearing him or getting any new progress, even though he seems to have actually locked in a bit with the art I've basically given up hope with him completing it at this point.

    He reaches out to me on the 1st of january 2026 saying he'd complete my art next week saying its his top priority, then silence, I reach out to him once more in february asking him if there's anything new, he says the same thing that it'll be finished next week.. And to this day I still haven't heard anything from him. 



    During this time he was still drawing a lot on his main account and his after dark account, even making and offering slots for YCH's while he was neglecting the commission I've already paid him for, ironically enough his most recent art post being him saying he's going to get locked in to completing overdue commissions. There was even a period where he added (WORKING ON COMMISSIONS) or something like that to his twitter name but I don't have any screenshots or anything to back that up so you'll have to take my word for it.





    I'm in a weird spot where I can no longer be refunded because he has at least done 50% or more of the work with the art, but he's so reluctant on not doing the commission i paid him for despite still drawing and offering YCH's.

    Unrelated but i ended up creating this and sending it to those two friends today saying "Oh my god look its finally complete, it's beautiful!"



    It was a funny joke but yeah.. I made sort of a call out post on twitter pinging Ryan and accepted that I'll never see the art fully completed noir get a refund.





     
     



    New update!


    The day after I called him out on twitter and wrote this to here he just so happened to complete my artwork and sent it to me.




    I hope Ryan can get his shit together since I do know he is an amazing artist, I feel like if he had slots and a que you could look at, and maybe talked to his clients more he'd be far more improved but for now, I really don't encourage anyone to commission from him.
     
     

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