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  • BEWARE: Dias_Doodles


    KatMaxwell
    • Who: Dias_Doodles (REDACTED/COMET/ROOKIE)
      Where: Twitter.com/Dias_Doodles
      When: 07/16/2019
      What: Commission
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    Message added by James,

    There were more messages in the original submission of this, but due to the fact that they concerned the artist's mental health struggles they had to be cut.  

    On July, 16, 2019 I commissioned Dias_Doodles (redacted on discord) for a full painting piece for $75 CAD after helping them pay $16 CAD for art supplies on July, 10, 2019 with promise of a colored sketch, later sending another $7 CAD for a steam game on February, 1, 2020 in agreement to receive yet another small sketch.


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    The next 9 months was spent with Redacted avoiding any conversation about the status of the commission all while showing off work made for themselves and other customers instead of mine as well as plugging their Patreon link.

     

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    Around 9 months after the main payments i get some progress on one of the color sketches

     

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    This is promptly followed by another 4 months of the same behavior towards my commission progress

     

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    After being in the dark for all this time i decided to interview Redacted's other customers about their experience and warning them about my own, to which Redacted exploded when finding out.

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    This was the final message from Redacted before I blocked them on all services.

     

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    None of my pieces were ever finished, nor do i want to work with them again for a resolution, I have had enough.




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    I will never get this behaviour! I had devastated loss in my family, surgery, serious mental/health issues, traumatizing events, uni, etc AND i still FINISH my commissions within few weeks/months without speaking to my customers in this tone.

    This is NOT acceptable, and the guilt tripping is just too much.

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    Absolutely horrid behavior. It does not matter whether you may or may not have agreed to long waiting time. Avoidance when asked to communicate about the commission is always a bad sign.

    Also someone offering good customer service should not feel threatened by a customer seeking out previous customers for opinions, but rather welcome it. If you give good service, previous customers will reflect that

     

    P.S: Your notification count is making me faint!

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    Wow, this is one of the most unprofessional and rude artists I have ever seen! I'm so sorry that you went through this. It's such childish behaviour. You really can't act like this as an artist 😕

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    I am going to echo everyone else with just how awestruck I am at how this artist reacted. Not even a modicum of professional behavior, just devolution into a full blown temper tantrum of telling you to shut up over and over.

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    "Waaaahhh, I can't discuss the job you paid me to do right now cos of my fragile glass mEnTAL sTaTe"

     

    Nek minit:
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    Is this real life? What am I witnessing here?

    But wait - there's more!(?) Oh boy, you'd be forgiven for thinking this person hasn't even GOT a 'mental state' left to salvage by how far off the handle they flew (over a completely reasonable request). 

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    2 minutes ago, cknsausage said:

    "Waaaahhh, I can't discuss the job you paid me to do right now cos of my fragile glass mEnTAL sTaTe"

    While I did approve this, let's not have any more comments from anyone straight up mocking him.  Anger, avoidance, ect. are all symptoms of mental health problems.  It explains his behavior, but it certainly doesn't justify how he behaves.

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    I don't even have words for this. OP your patience with this behaviour was out of this world.

     

    There's a reason my block list on sites like FA and DA are so huge. I would never ever want to work with an artist who treats people like this. You cannot demand respect and such without giving it yourself. 

     

    Mental health issues should never be an excuse for this kind of behavior. This is why so many stigmas arise for this exact thing. 

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    I'm not sure how to CC everyone who commented on this post but thank you so much for the support.

    The simple act of compiling all this information before blocking them and getting help from a good friend who directed me to this website has lifted a massive mental stress from my shoulders and i honestly feel like a completely different person!

    I've never had this type or level of support for my troubles but im so thankful that i have friends who could open my eyes to the gaslighting the artist in question put me through for so long, because now i can see how blatant it was.

    My hope is that one of these days ill take one or two of the sketches that wasn't finished and pay someone who would be comfortable doing this work for me but that's still some time away.

    again thank you all, please continue being a positive influence on the people around you!

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    On 8/23/2020 at 8:22 PM, Celestina said:

    While I did approve this, let's not have any more comments from anyone straight up mocking him.  Anger, avoidance, ect. are all symptoms of mental health problems.  It explains his behavior, but it certainly doesn't justify how he behaves.

    I agree with you there, but I see this excuse over and over again on AB and frankly, if you can't handle the heat you should not be offering commissions. It stops being a hobby then, and starts becoming a business transaction. 
    I guess I just have zero patience for these types pulling out the 'mental state' cards over and over as an excuse to dip out on owed art. 

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    10 minutes ago, cknsausage said:

    I agree with you there, but I see this excuse over and over again on AB and frankly, if you can't handle the heat you should not be offering commissions. It stops being a hobby then, and starts becoming a business transaction. 
    I guess I just have zero patience for these types pulling out the 'mental state' cards over and over as an excuse to dip out on owed art. 

    This isn't an agree or disagree situation. I'm saying straight up comments of that nature will not be approved. You can criticize someone's behavior without mocking them.

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    I've been at this for... far too many years, and I've never ever seen an artist straight up rant and swear at their customer in such hatred before. Wow. 

     

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    I'm not sure if anyone is aware of this. but the artist twitter account has been deleted or changed but from searching the old twitter handle there seems to have been harassment coming from a few individuals. considering a few of those comments were only making the situation worse.

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