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  • Beware: daemionfox - Shon Howell / king_cheetah

    Eden

    By Eden

      • Who: Shon Howell / King_Cheetah
      Where: Furaffinity / Deviantart
      When: 05/01/2009
      What: Commission



    ORIGINAL POSTING DATE:  March 15th, 2011

     

    WHO: Shon Howell / king_cheetah

    WHERE: Furaffinity / Deviantart

    WHAT: Commssion work and Retail book (two different things)

    WHEN: May 2009 and October 2009 till current


    PROOF:
    I originally contacted Shon Howell for a commission based on a comic I was working on.
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    and was responded to almost immediately.
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    I sent payment immediately, Shon was known for cranking out work like mad.
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    And let him know
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    EXPLAIN:
    After a month without hearing anything at all (including receipt of payment), I sent him a note to make sure that he had all the info he needed.
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    And got a "Working on it note"
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    And then nothing. Not for a while. I sent out a couple of pokes (notes and shouts, unfortunately, the shouts aren't available to screencap) just to see where he was on it. This note is still listed as "unread". 2 emails went unanswered.
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    I received a response on Sept 23rd 2010 (almost a year since my commission) saying he had sketches and would be finishing them up soon, but I never heard anything after that.
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    Even a quick note 3 months later resulted in nothing (This too is unread)
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    I like to think that I'm fairly patient with things. I don't mind if artwork is late, but I'd like to be kept informed, especially if I've paid in advance. However, this is not the only problem I've had with Shon Howell/King_Cheetah.

    One of his comics, done with Phil Gibson (who is an awesome guy, really), had their first book printed back in May of 09, and I ordered a copy.

    Phil, as a favor, signed it and sent it with postage included to Shon, to be signed and shipped.

    It's, to my knowledge, never been shipped. (Receipt for the book follows)
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    During this entire time Shon's been posting art on his FA, he's got his up and down times, but he's been posting fairly regularly.



    Conclusion:

    Beware. Shon Howell is a lousy communicator, and you'd do much better working with just about _anyone_ else. Getting updates out of him is like pulling teeth, and getting anything you've paid for is exponentially harder.

    Edited to fix broken image names

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