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The artist made a post on Twitter in late January 2024 saying they were taking on commission inquiries. I reached out expressing interest and the artist took up my commission spot. The original agreement was for a solo piece skirting the SFW/NSFW boundary, partial artistic freedom, making a reference to a movie line. The artist expressed high interest in the prompt and took my commission spot. Payment was made that same day for $200 (January 29th, 2024). The artist stated they would get on the piece "pronto". No correspondence was received for several months. I reached out that same year in August, September, and October, only receiving any response after October. Artist said they were busy with other commissions and would give me an update later that day. I received a loose sketch a couple days later giving a rough idea of the direction the artist wanted to work towards. The artist offered up a somewhat different idea, changed from a solo piece into a teasing SFW group piece. I expressed this acceptable as it still fit the theme and they were not asking for additional payment. No update was received since October '24. I sent another message in March '25 asking for an update. It is now the end of June '25 and I have received no response. The artist, however, made a post on Twitter within a couple weeks of my last message (April '25), and has made another post recently (June '25). All evidence points towards me having been ghosted. Some resolution through refund or completion would be preferred, but I'm not getting my hopes up. (close up pf the artist's offerings and prices for reference) Further attempts were made to contact the artist through FA Notes and email But the artist has not responded to either.
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Clicked their page today to see if it was disabled and it's pending deletion.
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undelivered product Caution: Koltheim/Siphonophoraeee
baja commented on lunaryeen's record in Artist Cautions
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incomplete work Beware: ____Kai_River_____
baja commented on CrimsonVexations's record in Artist Bewares
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UPDATE: Following more unwillingness from 0-ruff to communicate a refund, I reached out to Boosty to handle the refund for the undelivered content. Boosty refused to issue the refund, citing their Terms of Service that states all payments and donations are final and non-refundable. Both the artist and Boosty are now forcing me to follow through with a chargeback from my bank.
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help related to artistist i comissioned ghosting me
Eden replied to rathdakrogan's topic in Advice for Commissioners
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i commissioned a piece a while back from an artist that's been giving constant excuses and kept me on red for last 40 days, the project while paid for has been a constant nightmare artist excuse after excuse and with promises of updates. Idk what my options are other than a expose, i'm not popular nor do I have any connections, it was commissioned on FA and since the initial interaction their manager has left them, they've fallen into a cycle of working on it some things for a few weeks then disappearing and lately they only work on things once enough complaints arise... They've got a FA and I would like to find a way to report the account and see about getting them taken down for future commissioners to watch out for but I don't know whether that would be something that's right to do? if anyone else has been in a similar sitation i'm really wanting advice on what to do next? -
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undelivered product Caution: Koltheim/Siphonophoraeee
pockettmouse commented on lunaryeen's record in Artist Cautions
Basically same thing happened to me. Commissioned at Anthrocon a badge for my brother, haven't heard from them since August 8th. But they've posted on instagram 8 weeks ago. My badge didn't even get finished. -
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I would like to remind you both that now that lines of private communication are open again, that you have the opportunity to resolve this amicably. It's much better than to publicly show anger in a forum where lots of strangers can see you in a way you may regret later. Take some time to cool off rather than reply to each other in the heat of the moment.
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In addition to this, the customer recieved a message after winning the YCH where I mentioned that the payment will be in rubles not USD. If he didn`t agree to the terms he could have cancelled his bid. This simple.
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However, I has 2 situations when the payment doubled and both customers had succesful refunds. As I have mention ed to OP in notes, we could have tried to find other ways for a refund if needed but he decided not to reply to me but to make a post and try to mess up my reputation. Normally people talk things out.
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Howdy. This is Eden stepping in. I've been largely absent due to irl, so this post falling through the cracks is on me as I'm the one with the most experience using sites to pay Russian artists. I commission Russian artists almost exclusively. I'm sorry this post was not handled with the usual care that we expect for Artists Beware. To the client: The sites DO have their own internal exchange rates. Ruff was not lying about this. Some of the artists I work with regularly tell me which site is more favorable to them at the moment I am paying them. Conversion rates change daily. There should have been some grace here with the fact that the artist is ESL. I've found when it comes to translating, things can end up sounding more harsh than intended. It's dependent on your bank, but you can pay in RUB sometimes. Your bank may do the conversion for you with a small fee. Paypal via Lavatop will do the conversion for you. To the artist: If you want to make sure you do not lose so much money in the exchange by having clients pay in RUB, then you NEED to advertise that on your auction. It is easy to understand why a client would be upset if they are suddenly paying more than what they bid. Even a simple note like "Payments are only accepted in RUB, which means you may end up paying more than your bid." You can send refunds on Boosty. It requires your client making an "artist" profile, and you can pay them like they would pay you. Telling clients to "charge it back" themselves is dangerous for you and them as Boosty can terminate both of your accounts. Overall: This post is staying online, but downgraded to a Caution due to the issues with not advertising the correct currency. I have removed the claims at the end of your post. Normally we would have asked for you to remove this as it's both third party reports and unfounded unless proven. Either way, these complaints seem to stem from a misunderstanding on how these platforms operate. I am approving the artist's comment so that there is no accusation that we are hiding their criticism. I am leaving this comment to take responsibility and outline what changes we made.
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Please see my comment below.
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I didn`t do a refund because on boosty the payer initiates the refund. You`re basically blaming me outloud for the thing I cannot do lol. And instead of a proper conversation in order to clarify how exactly you can get your money back you made a post on me)) so mature (no)
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My husband and I commissioned ViewtifulBeck back in December of 2023 on twitter for a fully rendered piece with a background and it ran us $100, which is a lot of money for us to be spending on a commission. It was not my first time commissioning him and my prior commissions were met with reasonable communication and delivered within a reasonable time so I vouched for him when my husband was searching for an artist to draw our dnd characters together, except this one we’ve been waiting longer than a year for. It feels like we’ve been chasing him through social media (twitter, bluesky) and his email to get in contact with him. I even had my husband message him to his email. I’ll post the screenshots below of our entire conversation history regarding this commission only. Proof of payment of the Paypal invoice. First hiccup of communication met with a WIP. We both forgot about a paid comm for 5 months and then silence for 5 more months with no reply back. This is when I ask my husband to send an email to see if he might just only be active through his email at the time. No response to this as far as I know. Finally get a response back after chasing him to bluesky in which he promises it by the end of the day. We really wanted to give this artist the benefit of the doubt so we were willing to wait a few more weeks but with no communication or wips since, we figured we were just out $100 and no product to show for it. He did do my last two commissions within a reasonable amount of time and this was the only issue I’ve had with this artist but this was a really expensive commission for us. Recent contact to the artist, no response was given.
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January 18th–22nd I was browsing FA and saw that Shinjoui had posted a Valentine's YCH that I liked and wanted to buy as a gift. I placed a bid, and a few days later Shin replied, telling me that they were ending the bidding early and sent me a note. I was busy IRL and didn’t respond right away, so they sent me another message saying, “Hi?” I replied as soon as I was available, paid them through Boosty, and sent them the characters. They responded, saying thank you and that the characters were cute. Note: The bidding was tiered, and because I bid under $80, the finished quality was supposed to be just a sketch in the same style the YCH was already in. I also wouldn’t be getting the NSFW alt. February 19th Valentine’s Day came and went without any word from them. I checked their FA and saw them posting that they were taking sketch commissions with a three-day turnaround. I was a bit peeved but thought that maybe they’d be finishing mine soon, since they were opening for more commissions. February 23rd They had posted a sketch from the batch from the 19th, as well as another post opening for more sketches with an even shorter deadline. So, I decided to message them. I sent a note asking for an ETA and mentioned that I thought the YCH was supposed to be done by Valentine’s Day. They responded, apologized, and said they’d finish it soon. They also offered to draw a gift to make up for the delay. I replied, thanking them for responding. Three weeks went by, and on the 27th they posted a few openings and three finished commissions before going radio silent. March 15th I sent them another message, saying it had been two weeks (I apparently can’t count), and I was checking in again. I said I didn’t mean to be pushy, but it felt like a long wait for just a sketch. I checked today (May 1st) and saw that they have deactivated their page. Also, I don’t have proof of this because I forgot to take screenshots and their page is now deactivated, but I had, at two separate points, left shouts on their page after my note from the 15th went ignored for another two weeks or so. I left one asking them to reply to my note, and another about a week later saying that I felt like I was being scammed. I’m not expecting to see them come back.
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So back in February I had seen a Multi-slot YCH posted by Kai (here) and opted to snag a slot, as I had previously gotten work from them before. We had communicated in notes about payment methods: Proof of payment: I am normally a patient person so I had waited months, periodically checking their profile for updates. It hadn't been until I had seen public callout comments on their profile and submissions complaining about not having their commissions completed. This is when I began to worry because by this point, I was beyond the chargeback period which was a mistake on my part. It appeared that Kai had gone full MIA once the comments began to callout inconsistencies and continued posts for other YCH's. I requested a refund via shout on their profile that went ignored: I also tried privately messaging them but my note has gone unread as well, like many others: I had even tried to see if they were active in their own discord server but they're not. Other users who were also victims mentioned trying and not hearing back from Kai on various platforms. So now it just seems they took off and I'm out $60. As of currently, my note has been left unread. :')
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I'm not surprised. I did order something from her in 2014. I did get it, but the communication wasn't the best. I'm sorry this happened to you, and about your brother.
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On March 21, 2025, I won a collab YCH slot from 0-ruff at the bid of $95. The payment per the auction description was to be done on Boosty or Hipolink, which I have used with other artists in the past and am familiar with the platforms, so I had no issues placing a bid with these conditions. Despite the bid being made in USD and Boosty showing USD amounts, 0-ruff insisted in payment being made in rubles. I informed 0-ruff that I was unable to make the payment in rubles as Boosty would only permit me to do payments in USD and asked if this was acceptable. I have always done business with Russian-based artists on Boosty like this with no issues in the past and saw no reason this time would be any different. To my surprise, 0-ruff tried to make an argument that Boosty has its own currency exchange rate (?) and that I should pay $98 instead of the $95 bid I placed. I was unsure about this since this didn't sound right, but I made the payment for $98 regardless and sent my information. 0-ruff then claimed that they did not receive the full payment amount and insisted I pay them more. I was confused because I had already paid more than my winning bid for the YCH and had the receipt showing it, so I questioned them, repeating that Boosty shows payments in USD and I had made the full payment they asked for. When I went to go check on Boosty again, I noticed 0-ruff had then upped the payment from $98 to $100 after I had paid. I confronted 0-ruff about this and provided screenshots of my completed payment, their updated price, and the Google currency exchange (which they claimed to be using) which showed I had already paid the full amount they asked for. 0-ruff continued to make some claims about currency exchanges not being stable and that each platform has its own currency exchange rate (?) and that they only used Google's exchange, which also showed I had made more than the payment I needed to. At this point, I no longer felt that 0-ruff was following fair exchange rates and business p
