Beware: Cyberwolfdragon

People not doing their side of an art trade is a fairly common occurrence, but somebody actively requesting trades, acknowledging and acting pleased with what the trader drew for her, lying about being "almost done" with her own side, then pretending to not exist, is quite possibly doing this on purpose.  I can't even find hard evidence she can draw at all.

21 hours ago, rikki said:

For future art trades, I would strongly recommend setting hard deadlines and not providing the full image without some form of heavy watermarking to the other party. Some people may not even finish their end until they see some progress, that way if things stall out? You didn't spend too much effort on your part.

And this is just something I observed in the overall post and how you communicated with the artist throughout this endeavor.
It isn't right that the artist left you on read, but much of your correspondence regarding a follow-up to the trade does not state intent.

Yeah I definitely have learned from this aha, I do generally screenshot it now to check if everything's okay then wait for them to post something, since usually whoever I'm trading with finishes before me, I post a screenshot with the PNG grid background and a transparent scribble of my name over it to show that I'm done, then they'll usually send their part then I send the whole version.

21 hours ago, rikki said:

Being spammed with nonsense doesn't make someone want to respond, especially if you are unfamiliar with them. While you're both doing the work for fun and in your spare time, it is another form of a transaction and communication should be a bit more formal so there's no mixed messages in the event that things go belly-up for whatever reason.

This is also part of the reason I was a bit hesistant with uploading this too -- at that point I was mainly just starting to do stuff in the art world, art trades etc, and just getting better at art, so I have changed how I speak online to a great degree. I do agree I could have acted a lot better, but honestly I'm just so tired of it now so

But tysm for the response :0

On 5/27/2022 at 1:33 PM, bimshwel said:

People not doing their side of an art trade is a fairly common occurrence, but somebody actively requesting trades, acknowledging and acting pleased with what the trader drew for her, lying about being "almost done" with her own side, then pretending to not exist, is quite possibly doing this on purpose.  I can't even find hard evidence she can draw at all.

This is actually the first time that actually occured to me, wow. I have not had much coverage to the less happy side of the art world since I tend to stay away from people involved in any conflict in general, so I didn't even imagine that someone would ask for an art trade while not being able to make art.. that really rubs me the wrong way, I hope that's not the case and it's more a motivation thing or something, but I don't know. Tysm for taking the time to comment though :>

Art trades not being completed often is sad but true. I've actually been ghosted and straight up blocked several times during them, and even by the same person twice.

My own advice which has worked okay for me when i still did trades is insisting that you won't share yours until they confirm they're working on theirs and then you both exchange them at the same time. That or ask for wips and exchange them similarly.