Jump to content
  • Staff Pick


  • Welcome to Artists Beware! 

    All posts have been reviewed prior to being allowed in.


    Comments are moderated:  Please review the Commenting Rules.  Comments that don't meet our rules will not be posted.

    If your post is resolved:  Contact one (1) member of staff or leave a comment, and we'll update your post!

    If you are the bewaree:  Review "I've been posted to Artists Beware, now what?".

    If a beware needs a tag update:  Post a comment!

    To contact a member of staff:  See the Staff page or fill out the Contact Us form.

    Posts are not deleted unless you can prove they are fabricated.  If this is the case contact one (1) admin, and we will help you asap.

  • Beware: Xhybora


    g0atmeal
    • Who: Xhybora / moradoDragon#8193
      Where: https://www.furaffinity.net/user/xhybora/
      https://twitter.com/xhybora
      https://aryion.com/g4/user/xhybora
      https://discord.com/
      When: 12/03/2017
      What: Commission
      NSFW Content

    Summary:
    In December of 2017, I paid the artist $110 to create a single character, colored animation loop. A rough work-in-progress was shown in January of 2019, but the artist has ignored contact since then and still has not delivered a finished product. 
     

    Timeline:

    12/01/2017: Xhybora contacted me via note on Furaffinity, asking if I would be interested in commissioning an animation from them. [1]
     

    12/03/2017: We moved our conversation to Discord, where we discussed the particulars of what would be made and how much it would cost. The final agreement was that it would be a single character, colored, looping animation for the price of $110. [2] [3] [4]
    Later that day they sent me a PayPal invoice, which I paid, and was confirmed to have been so by them. (I have the transaction info if needed, I just didn’t include a screenshot because it was under the artist’s real life full name) [5]
     

    04/16/2018: The artist messaged me through Discord that they would be providing a progress update soon. [6]

    06/21/2018: Concerned that it had been 6 months without any proper update, I contacted the artist asking for a progress update. The artist responded assuring me I would get an update the next day. [7]

    06/23/2018: Two days later, I messaged them asking about the update they had promised. I received no response. [8]

    07/27/2018: A month later, I asked more forcefully, this time specifically asking for a WIP. [9]

    08/02/2018: The artist said they would be going on a trip, but would provide a WIP as soon as they get back, claiming to have already started animating the commission. [9]

    09/03/2018: After another month of radio silence, I asked again about the WIP they had promised. [9]

    01/07/2019: After seeing a Twitter thread of several other people claiming to have commissioned Xhybora and never gotten a finished product, I delivered an ultimatum to the artist on Discord: Either provide me with a WIP or refund what I had paid. The artist responded that same day asking to talk. [10]

    They sent two rough WIPs [11], and I apologized for doubting them. The artist then admitted that the Twitter thread was true and that there were others who had been left hanging like I had, but the artist assured me that they were working to make things right with all of us. [12]

    03/27/2019: The artist contacted me via Discord saying that the animation would be finished in 2 weeks, but inquired if I would like more added to it. I told them I didn’t have the money to do so and they said ok. [13] [14]

    This would be the last I ever heard from the artist. I have tried messaging them on discord but have gotten no replies. I noted them on FurAffinity but have gotten no reply. I left shouts on their FurAffinity page, that have been removed by the artist, after which they blocked me on the site. [15]

     

    84F0E1EA-817D-474F-813E-D88C6C709556.jpeg

    3A191DC5-189F-4D73-8416-70C9EBD65381.jpeg

    18F82B13-522C-4CD9-9A4A-0094448D3321.jpeg

    0873AD4B-7328-490B-82E2-7F8C4D335302.jpeg

    A5D4BEA8-84E2-46C0-B1D5-D8533C32530B.jpeg

    8D18AD70-46A5-4463-B1C8-E717E0BFAAD7.jpeg

    447FDB2D-5D16-49B3-9B36-EB41CBC02483.jpeg

    237DAF3C-2396-42B1-9C59-206811BEB1C5.jpeg

    53072265-788A-4CB3-8FF6-CAA49B431319.jpeg

    99043569-7A76-4A94-9078-5F94FFF1D1F4.jpeg

    FC3B4FB1-9139-43DF-82A4-8A8F2B0F1282.jpeg

    C144F8DD-3D65-4CD3-87FF-5B25769A643E.jpeg

    714A7A1B-CA33-4DAD-B4C1-4C31C31C90B2.jpeg

    D7CAD004-15C6-46C4-B339-6A7E21B27D35.jpeg




    User Feedback

    Recommended Comments

    Very sorry that you were dicked around like this, OP. Your patience and willingness to give them the benefit of the doubt for so long through all of this is really commendable and I applaud you. I'd be sending civil but subtly passive aggressive emails and messages much sooner.

    The artist appears to have nuked their twitter and deleted most of their FurAff uploads, but not deleted either, so my guess is they want to go social media dark for a while. Hopefully for your sake it's to get all their work and business sorted out and put into order, but it's more likely they're hoping to wait for this to blow over and come back. Either way, again, my sympathies for your poor experience.

    Link to comment
    Share on other sites



    Create an account or sign in to comment

    You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

    Create an account

    Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

    Register a new account

    Sign in

    Already have an account? Sign in here.

    Sign In Now

  • Mod Note:  Bewares in the comments will not be approved.  Please submit your own post to add to our tag weight and metrics.

×
×
  • Create New...