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  • Artist Caution - Rajii


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    • Who: Rajii
      Where: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/rajii
      When: 04/03/2019
      What: Commission
      NSFW Content

    Message added by James

    This submission has been moved to the Caution category given the artist acknowledged this and apologized.  Please note, Cautions is a category for items that are not quite fitting for a Beware, but individuals may still would like to be aware of.

    Artist sells regular monthly YCH auctions, purchased a spot at significant auto-buy price and paid promptly. Item was completed and no further contact from artist. This weekend the artist posted their latest batch of finished commissions and I noted that mine was posted - as well as another near duplicate piece featuring another character from the same base sketch. The artist resold the same sketch to a second regular commissioner without notification to the auction winner/original buyer. No mention that this was a possibility was in the auction terms, nor in any terms of service the artist provides. For the significant price paid, I feel it is reasonable to assume the exact sketch would not be reused as a base for additional work. Evidence below:

    Original YCH Auction Posting: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/31055673/ (NSFW)
    My completed commission: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/31414530/ (NSFW)
    Second piece from same base: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/31414687/ (NSFW)

    I did contact the artist and they did confirm that they sold the piece twice. All that was offered was an apology and statement they would avoid doing it in the future. However, I did note a second set of identical pieces in the recent postings - I cannot speak to the situation of those and will not link them here, but it gives evidence that this may be a recurring pattern and makes me doubt changes will be made to their practices.

    While I don't expect any resolution from the artist (they did deliver a completed piece as commissioned), I did want to warn the community about the incident given the high profile of the artist and high cost of their work. Buyers beware.

     

     

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    I feel like he should add this in his TOS or something that the same/similar sketch could be reused, otherwise we get this situation. Which..I would have an issue with as well.

    I'm sorry OP. I could only imagine getting a piece from such a great artist only to have it sullied like this 😞

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    I had someone sell off the sketch for an art trade (their part) that I did with someone. It's really not chill when artists do this, unless its specifically a base or multi slot.

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    I've had a lesser known artist do the exact same thing to me a year after I won a YCH for them. I don't mind buying mutli-slots if I'm told beforehand but going in thinking you're getting a unique piece only for the base pose to be reused again is disheartening. Thanks for the warning, if I ever do commission this artist I'll ask beforehand if they're going to reuse it.

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