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Oct. 2nd, 2011 at 11:45 PM mikastar Who: RejectedDreams Where: DeviantART, http://rejecteddreams.deviantart.com What: Traditional Art When: September 30, 2011 - Oct 2, 2011 Proof: In explanation. I must strongly caution anyone who receives an art request from RejectedDreams on DeviantART. He comes off all nice at first, but then turns around and belittles your work, changes his story around, and accuses you of scamming him. Here is my ordeal: I posted a journal stating that I was doing sketch commissions. In the past, it was understood that that meant pencil sketches, not cleaned up line work. Most people realize this when commissioning. Journal - http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a357/neko_83/proof1.jpg So I get a lovely note from RejectedDreams requesting a commission. I proceed to find out further info about his request. I also let him know my process, telling him that he may request changes to his image once I submit it to him, before the final image is complete. Note - http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a357/neko_83/proof2-1.jpg He thinks that's "cool." And even tells me to include the same type of tusks on his elephant that I had drawn on a previous piece in my gallery. Keep this in mind, because later on he tells me that's not what he wanted at all. http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a357/neko_83/proof3-1.jpg I send him a preview of what I sketched up http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a357/neko_83/Elephant_Sketch.jpg Then proceed to tell him that if he would like any changes, he may ask for them now. He is completely fine with the image and tells me to go ahead and clean it up. Cleaned up image - http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a357/neko_83/AchooElephant.jpg http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a357/neko_83/proof4.jpg I send him the cleaned up sketch as well as an extra drawing for being one of the first 5 ppl to note me for commissions. He is very unhappy with it and begins to ask why its not like some of the other commissions in my gallery, mind you those were digitally inked, line art commissions, not sketches, as I had specified in my journal. http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a357/neko_83/proof5.jpg I actually feel bad that he misunderstood the terms of our agreement and would like to rectify the situation, but before I can even reply to his note, he attacks me, claiming that I am scamming him. http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a357/neko_83/proof6.jpg When I do respond to him, in a very professional manner, he becomes even more verbally abusive. As for the "ton of details," he was never specific about them at all and never made any suggestions when I showed him the preliminary sketch. I even agreed to revise the drawing, but as you can see, he just blew past that with his ignorant ranting. http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a357/neko_83/proof7.jpg I then issued a refund and blocked him. There is no way I am going to do work for someone like that. I tried to be nice...I mean I'm pretty sure I addressed the issue in a very professional way. I have never had such an experience like that before. Please do not take requests or anything else from this person. He is rude, completely unprofessional, and immature. http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a357/neko_83/proof8.jpg I advise saving yourself a lot drama by avoiding this one altogether. 10/7/11 Edit: Just wanted to thank everyone who has commented for all their wonderful support and advice. I just recently found out about this community and am very happy that it exists!

celestinaketzia Oct. 1st, 2011 02:47 pm (local) Commissioner- TlaiLaxu 1. TlaiLaxu 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/tlailaxu/ 3. He's commissioned me multiple times in the past few months. 4. I could gush on and on as to why TlaiLaxu is a fabulous commissioner. He's clear, concise, patient, and a very, very kind and generous person. You will be lucky to work with him if you ever have the chance to. ? houndofloki Oct. 1st, 2011 02:50 pm (local) 1. Shibara 2. www.furaffinity.net/user/shibara 3. Just now! She finished the picture inside a month. 4. Awesome quality, reasonable prices, regular updates, quick turnaround time, and very polite/pleasant. Can't ask for much more then that! This was a super-smooth commission. Here's the picture I bought from her (it's clean) http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6590964 punkspacewafers Oct. 1st, 2011 02:52 pm (local) Strawberryneko 1. Strawberryneko 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/strawberryneko 3. All the time-- most recent was a couple of weeks ago 4. I'm usually extremely hesitant to do art trades with anyone, since i've been ripped off multiple times. I've done two art trades with Neko and each time was amazing. She is great at keeping me updated on the status of the artwork, very polite, and does an overall great job handling commissions in general. Two of the artworks I received can be seen here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6420183/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6376380/ The art is just exceptional and I always want to go back for more! houndofloki Oct. 1st, 2011 02:52 pm (local) 1. Sanurapanthress 2. www.furaffinity.net/user/sanurapanthress 3. A few times now! Most recently a couple weeks ago. 4. Sanura has a very clean, cute style and is always pleasant to work with. Regular updates of all stages, too! A couple pictures I bought from her (clean as well) http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6582110 http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6542577/ skittlewolf Oct. 1st, 2011 03:09 pm (local) Savvannahhorrocks 1. Savannahhorrocks 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/savannahhorrocks/ 3. Commissioned beginning of September. Received by end of September. 4. Extremely friendly, fast responses. Very accommodating and understanding. Absolutely amazing work. Completed item, shrink pendant for my boyfriend's birthday. http://i.imgur.com/iA8SK.jpg latiro Oct. 1st, 2011 05:04 pm (local) Re: Savvannahhorrocks seconded here's one sketch she made for me: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5950943/ doirn Oct. 1st, 2011 04:59 pm (local) 1. Tent/Immy 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/tent 3. We started a trade just last weekend and she finished my half a couple days ago! 4. I asked to do a trade with her for a couple of her Animal Crossing themed badges. We talked a bit and she is incredible friendly, not to mention was genuinely excited to work on them. She finished the first badge within a couple days, and the next was finished the other day! They look amazing, I just can't stop looking at them. ❤️ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6590976 latiro Oct. 1st, 2011 05:08 pm (local) PrinnyEX 1. PrinnyEX 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/prinnyex/ 3. got an icon on Sept. 15 4. she's very sweet and easy to work with. The "lovelove" animated icons she's offering have reasonable prices and well-done here's the icon she made me: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6504713/ adzuki Oct. 1st, 2011 05:24 pm (local) 1. Kiki-UMA 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/kiki-uma/ 3. Ordered a Dogeza icon from them (using now)Sept. 22nd 4. Super lovely to work with and received the icon. It's super adorable and it's fun to watch bow over and over again. adzuki Oct. 1st, 2011 05:26 pm (local) 1. Ricket 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/ricket/ 3. Purchased an animated icon Sept. 23rd (using now) 4. The artist was a lot of fun to work with, they had a wonderful personality and the icon came out looking exactly what I was hoping for. Amazing and awesome work! adzuki Oct. 1st, 2011 05:28 pm (local) 1. Dogbreath 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/dogbreath/ 3. Purchased one of the Halloween themed icons they are promoting now. (Using now) Get one! :3 4. Great at communicating and the work the artist did made my jaw drop. It came out disgustingly delightful, just as a monster icon should be. mssithy Oct. 2nd, 2011 09:26 am (local) Seconding Dogbreath, I've gotten several icons from the artist and they've all turned out gorgeous. Shown is an example of an icon with background ? poizenkat Oct. 2nd, 2011 10:18 am (local) Oh yes i remember getting a badge from them a while ago! Nice art and great service. adzuki Oct. 1st, 2011 05:31 pm (local) Last one I promise! 1. Fawnbaby 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/fawnbaby 3. Purchased one of the artist's "Noodle Baby" icons (using now)Sept. 29th 4. Augh! This icon is so cute! The artist claims to have taken too long but I received it the next day. (Sept. 30th) latiro Oct. 1st, 2011 05:47 pm (local) Re: Last one I promise! seconded! I've got the similar icon like that from her: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6485181/ adzuki Oct. 1st, 2011 07:00 pm (local) Re: Last one I promise! Augh that's so cute! X3 I'm so glad I got a slot when I did. isilbastet Oct. 1st, 2011 06:10 pm (local) great client 1. CharryZarry 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/charryzarry (nsfwness) 3. Past, present, future - when am I not working for him? 4. Always polite, professional but not overbearing, never ever complains about pricing, prompt with payment, good communicator, not afraid to say he is displeased but polite about his critiques, just an overall great guy. sbneko Oct. 1st, 2011 06:14 pm (local) Re: great client Seconding Charry! grey_jackal Oct. 1st, 2011 10:25 pm (local) Re: great client Thirding Charry! :3 He's AMAZING and so sweet. myenia Oct. 1st, 2011 06:18 pm (local) 1. Daggerleonelli 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/daggerleonelli 3. August, commission was initiated and completed within 3 days 4. Amazing work, fast turn-around, good prices! She created my character better than I did myself! She really captured what I was hoping for, and had it done in three days. Incredibly good turn-around! Here it is: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6358637 latiro Oct. 1st, 2011 06:38 pm (local) seconding DaggerLeonelli. The pics she made for me were terrific blackswan666 Oct. 1st, 2011 08:57 pm (local) Thirding about Dagger. She's a really nice person, her work is amazing, and her turnaround time is insanely fast. I totally love the images she's done for me thus far. ? snobahr Oct. 1st, 2011 06:31 pm (local) Saitenyo/Chelsea Brown 1: Chelsea Brown (her name is on her DA, linked below) 2: http://saitenyo.deviantart.com/ 3: Over the last couple of months. 4: I had commissioned her originally to do a logo for a startup business, but the situation changed during the ideation phase, so it turned into a simple two-person portrait. She was fantastic about the sudden change, making a slight mod to one of the figures, and swapping out eye colours. I would seriously, without hesitation, recommend folks throw money at her to make pretty pictures. circlingfreedom Oct. 1st, 2011 07:07 pm (local) 1. WolfyT 2. http://wolfy-t.deviantart.com/ 3. A lot over the past two years. 4. I think the shortest time I've had to wait is about 30 mins, to the longest being 2 days (and that was full colour bg piece.) Her prices are great. Right now she's having a Halloween sale starting from $1. In fact I love WolfyT so much I wrote her an ode, that's how impressed I am with her. (http://tsuyoikokoro.deviantart.com/#/d3khi0v ) chazthechemist Oct. 2nd, 2011 01:07 am (local) Seconding Wolfy! She's such a sweetheart, a real pleasure to work with, and her turnaround time is super quick! ❤️ danjiisthmus Oct. 1st, 2011 07:09 pm (local) 1. Grayalzz 2. http://grayalzz.deviantart.com/ 3. I've commissioned multiple peices from the from 2009 to now 4. She's very sweet and goes above and beyond for what she charges. There was an incident where she coudn't send some originals I paid for so she made me a whole new picture to make up for it plus high resolution scans of the lost originals. She takes awhile sometimes but is very good if you are patient! The new picture: http://grayalzz.deviantart.com/art/C-Here-come-a-new-LIFE-261001749 spiffystuff Oct. 1st, 2011 07:54 pm (local) 1. Stigmata 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/stigmata 3. a little over 2 weeks ago 4. I got one of their craked graphite portraits. Artist was extremely fast and communicative, my commission was done in less than 24 hrs ? (totally random question but, is there a way to make these recommended names searchable?) skanrashke Oct. 1st, 2011 08:18 pm (local) Good customer 1. Kiba Swiftpaw 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/kibbers 3. 2-3 months ago, shipped a week ago. 4. Had great references, always had prompt communication, very polite and just all around great to work with. blackswan666 Oct. 1st, 2011 09:01 pm (local) 1. Thornwolf 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/thornwolf 3. Two and a half weeks ago. 4. I've commissioned Thornwolf for a variety of images, but recently she was doing Nagel-style badges. See, I've been a Patrick Nagel fan since like, the early 80's (yeah, I'm that old ? ), and I had to have one of these badges! Between the time of inquiry to time of completion was mere days, and I totally love the badge (which I'm also using for my icon, BTW). Badge can be seen here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6493903 Thornwolf is a delight to work with and will definitely commission her again. spiffystuff Oct. 1st, 2011 09:45 pm (local) Yus, seconding thornwolf! She did the above icon last fall(?) and I love it! ... I also can't remember if I posted a good review of her or not when I got it ? Sorry if this is redundant. likeshine Oct. 4th, 2011 08:08 am (local) fifthing (is that even a word?)thornwolf (see icon) wolf_goat Oct. 2nd, 2011 05:59 am (local) Thirding Thornwolf, a definite fave of mine to commission! justblieve Oct. 2nd, 2011 09:40 am (local) Fourthing ? She's done several things for me (including the icon I'm using) and has always been a pleasure to work with magentainks Oct. 1st, 2011 09:39 pm (local) Awesome Clients :3 October is always a trying time for me since my birthday is cursed so I just have to do this :3 karma karma 1. Asphyxia Lemieux 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/asphyxialemieux 3. A few months back, but several times over the past year. 4. Asphyxia is a kind client with beautiful characters, extremely prompt payments, and an excellent attitude. They will let you know if there are inaccuracies in a design in an unconfrontational and friendly manner. They are always supportive and clear about what they want (with plenty of freedom on top, like a cherry one may say!) and when pleased with the results they let you know you did the job they were hoping for. magentainks Oct. 1st, 2011 09:41 pm (local) Great Clients 1. Icee 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/icee 3. A couple months ago, a few times. 4. Icee is a very sweet, very kind person who wants to see an artists point of view of her character. She's promptly pays, is supportive, and very kind. All around, she's fantastic to work with. eclairpuff Oct. 1st, 2011 09:43 pm (local) Good Customer - Felineelement 1. Felineelement 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/felineelement 3. First around Aug. 09, 2011, and then again a couple of weeks ago. 4. Very responsive and very polite! If you have a question to ask regarding their commission, she answera very quickly and is always excited to receive a sneak-peak and the finished product. She's been a dream to work with, and I would love to have more clientele with her attitude. saeto15 Oct. 2nd, 2011 11:25 pm (local) Re: Good Customer - Felineelement Seconding this one. She commissioned me at a con earlier this year, and she was fun to work with. ? magentainks Oct. 1st, 2011 09:44 pm (local) 1. Lady Loki 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/ladyloki 3. Past couple months. 4. Fantastic supporter of artists. Pays promptly, loves ideas and your directions. With a huge array of beautiful characters at her disposal and great stories behind them it's always a treat to draw for her. magentainks Oct. 1st, 2011 09:46 pm (local) Great Clients cont. 1. Svarta! 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/svarta-perlan 3. Past few months. 4. Svarta is so funny and sweet. Beautiful characters, prompt payments and great ideas. She's a huge supporter of artists and just an all around great person. :3 lackoflollies Oct. 1st, 2011 09:55 pm (local) 1. Bizarre 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/bizarre/ 3. I commissioned her about two weeks ago, and had my icon in my inbox (As well as one I got for a friend) within two days! ? 4. I bought two icons from her, one for a friend, and one for myself (using atm). They are easily the cutest things i've ever gotten. I would highly recommend her for future icons! Best part? $2USD EACH! TWO. DOLLARS. For something THAT cute and well done? Again, will recommend for EVER to EVERYONE ? lackoflollies Oct. 1st, 2011 09:57 pm (local) My friend's icon mwalimu Oct. 2nd, 2011 12:02 am (local) This happened a long time ago, but since it came up in one of the recent discussions here, I thought it deserved mention. 1. Mary Mouse 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/marymouse (among other places) 3. Midwest FurFest 2006 4. I commissioned a conbadge from her. She had it finished and I was able to catch up with her to pay and collect it the next day. The artwork was awesome and I continue to use that image as one of my avatars to this day. The only disappointment was that the hole punch for the badge holder was through part of the headfur. Later I scanned the badge and sent her a courtesy copy (as I try to do with all badges and artwork I commission, though it sometimes it takes me a while to get access to a scanner). She sent it back to me less than a day later, with the hole punch repaired in the virtual copy, and with the colors brightened as well. You can't tell it was there! poizenkat Oct. 2nd, 2011 10:19 am (local) Oh yes! Mary Mouse is great! celestinaketzia Oct. 2nd, 2011 09:08 am (local) -pancakes- 1. -Pancakes- 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/-pancakes-/ 3. Commissioned her yesterday for a chibi via Teenycom. 4. She's new, and her transaction with me was absolutely fabulous. Firstly, I had info and payment sent in the morning. By the afternoon she was already showing me sketches, and had the whole thing finished by that night. It was amazing! http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6602176 Here's my commission. :3 poizenkat Oct. 2nd, 2011 09:33 am (local) Dipper 1. Dipper 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/dipper/ 3. a few weeks ago 4. Dipper was a pleasure to commission. Fast replies, very sweet, and she finished it in GREAT timing! Her art is absolutely stunning and she REALLY pays attention to detail. I just LOVE the outfit and just about every little thing in this piece (hair, boots, tail, ears, headshape, hands, etc.) Well done and i hope to commission her again! http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6535330/ poizenkat Oct. 2nd, 2011 09:40 am (local) Corriezodori 1. Corrie 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/corriezodori 3. multiple times 4. As always i have commissioned corrie a few times this month. She never fails to impress me with her talent, especially at such a young age! http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6528033/ a picture for me and my girlfriend. She did a stunning job and added even more detail then i had paid for! Beautiful piece and i hope to print it and hang it up sometime! http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6473005/ A nice vore picture that was paid for and finished right away in a stream! http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6477742/ a beautifully done gift that i feel deserves to be shared. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6522753/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6445244/ Two collab commissions done by her and Ayriea. Both were a pleasure to work with and it was great to watch them being streamed! I hope to continue commissioning corrie on a regular basis. laurenashleyart Oct. 6th, 2011 04:40 pm (local) Re: Corriezodori Seconding Corrie!! She's got great communication and a very fast turn around! Highly recommended! poizenkat Oct. 2nd, 2011 09:46 am (local) Ayriea 1. Ayriea 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/ayriea/ 3. twice this month 4. It's always great to work with Ayriea. She IS my girlfriend, but when she's in business mode it's almost like she's someone else XD I commissioned her for two collab commissions (her and Corriezodori) and she did an amazing job! http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6522753/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6445244/ poizenkat Oct. 2nd, 2011 09:50 am (local) 1. slutslurpy 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/slutslurpy 3. about a month ago 4. Very nice to work with. I commissioned them for the unique art style and i was not disappointed! They did a great job on the picture of me and my girlfriend and drew us pretty well off the horrible pictures and descriptions i gave XD http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6461871 poizenkat Oct. 2nd, 2011 09:56 am (local) 1.Demicoeur 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/demicoeur/ 3. 2-3 weeks ago? 4. They was very nice and understanding when i had a small paypal issue (cant send in CAD unless im invoiced). They worked fast and did a WONDERFUL job at it! It fits the characters personality perfectly and is a very well done piece, especially since its called a sketch XD http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6519159/ I'm a big fan of their works and hope to commission them again! poizenkat Oct. 2nd, 2011 10:15 am (local) 1. Zipperface 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/zipperface/ 3. about a month ago 4. I've commissioned Zipperface quite a few times and i LOVE their art style! This time i commissioned them for a picture for my friend and a second one for myself. Their toony style is ADORABLE! They even decided to put more detail into my piece and make it more than a chibi! http://i.imgur.com/jBokh.png http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6507893 puritikoneko Oct. 2nd, 2011 11:13 am (local) Dawniie 1. Dawniie 2. http://furaffinity.net/user/dawniie or http://dawniie.deviantart.com 3. February 2011, July 2010 4. I have always admired Dawniie's style of art, so when she was open for commissions, I jumped at the chance. Her use of bright, soft colors is amazing, and she won't leave you disappointed. She has a decent turn-around time, and is ALWAYS open for communication and is very friendly with her responses. She also pays a great attention to detail and makes sure that you get WIPs during the course of her work. My works by Dawniie: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5275923/ (SFW) http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4183124/ (SFW, second over from the left) puritikoneko Oct. 2nd, 2011 11:22 am (local) Nekophoenix 1. Nekophoenix 2. http://duraffinity.net/user/nekophoenix or http://nekophoenix.deviantart.com 3. September 2011, January 2010 4. Nekophoenix is a phenomenal traditional artist, who I've only had the pleasure of commissioning twice. She did an absolutely outstanding job on the traditional piece I commissioned her to do, and when she wasn't able to complete it in the initial time she gave me as an estimate, she even went as far as to include some extra sketches in the package she sent me as compensation. A friendly person to work with, she will ship you the original and may include extra goodies in your package. My works by Nekophoenix: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6531711/ (SFW) http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6531662/ (SFW) latiro Oct. 3rd, 2011 07:41 pm (local) vrass 1. vrass 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/vrass 3. the commission was completed today (10/3) 4.I got to him for a speedpainting commission and watched him streamed it. it turned out terrific and he's pretty fast with speedpaints commissions here's the work I got from him: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6614346/ wickedtoff Oct. 3rd, 2011 08:57 pm (local) Re: vrass Going to second Vrass; Quick turn around, excellent quality work, just a pleasure to work with all around! latiro Oct. 5th, 2011 12:37 pm (local) Tsampikos 1. Tsampikos 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/tsampikos/ 3. paid him on June 12 and got it on October 5 4. he was offering some colour job commissions and I got in the queue for one. After a long wait, he finally got around to colour it for me (despite Livestream issues). Here it is! http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6623141 latiro Oct. 5th, 2011 01:13 pm (local) kuroseishin 1. kuroseishin 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/kuroseishin/ / kuroseishin 3. paid her on October 3 and finished today 4. I was browsing TeenyCom when I saw a post that she was offering some icons and I got an animated painting icon (which I've never seen before). Very pleasant to talk to, has a fast commission turnaround, and good prices for the icons here: http://teenycom.livejournal.com/1054632.html?thread=8176808#t8176808 laurenashleyart Oct. 6th, 2011 04:43 pm (local) Shikaro I really wish I could post this as a separate positive review- she deserves all the praise! Shikaro took a reference sheet commission Wednesday, details were exchanged Thursday morning, and the entire sheet, along with a preview sketch was all completed that very night! http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6615178/ 2 views, 3 detail shots, and information added for only 40$, less then a day's wait! This girl's work is hilly overlooked! Her queue is empty, and she's willing to do edits and revisions untilmshe gets your reference just right! Definitely recommend this girl. I'm also going back to hop in her queue ❤️ laurenashleyart Oct. 6th, 2011 04:47 pm (local) Re: Shikaro Highly* not hilly... latiro Oct. 10th, 2011 08:51 pm (local) suan-cat 1. suan-cat 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/suan-cat/ 3. from Oct. 7 to Oct. 10 4. she was surprisingly fast on the commission I got (it took approximately 2 days). She's also very pleasant to talk to and has some really cute art to boot. Here's the aforementioned commission I got: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6652861/ latiro Oct. 10th, 2011 08:59 pm (local) The_Jotaku 1. The_Jotaku 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/thejotaku/ 3. from Aug. 25 to Aug. 27 4. She's very quick on an Iron Artist commission I've purchased and she's awesome to work with, too http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6412343/ latiro Oct. 10th, 2011 09:02 pm (local) DarkIceWolf 1. DarkIceWolf 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/darkicewolf/ 3. finished on Aug. 29 4. she makes some marvelous realistic icons and definitely did justice on drafox!Loki http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6402198/ mmyesidosay Oct. 11th, 2011 04:28 am (local) 1) Moonspots 2) http://moonspots.deviantart.com/ 3) 2~ days ago 4) Artist is incredibly nice and was very pleasant to do business with. Her work is wonderful with very reasonable priceing, and I absolutely adore my commission ❤️ She also worked very fast, I was legitimately surprised to have it so fast! blaze_ignitus Oct. 13th, 2011 07:25 pm (local) Kayla-Na 1. Kayla-Na 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/kayla-na/ 3. First picture: 9/18/11; second picture 10/08/11 4. Details: Overall I have to say that the artist is, in all honesty, very professional in her conduct. Her communication skills were excellent, the quality of her work was as I had expected it to be if not more so. All in all, if there was an artist who I would most certainly recommend, she is one of them. For an idea of her work, here is the picture that I had purchased on September 18th: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6593140/ And here is the one that I had purchased on October 8th (there is a mistake in the secondary coloration of the dragon character but that is my own fault not hers, as I had forgotten to give her the reference of the character, believing she may have remembered from a picture I had commissioned from her before that): http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6666048/ If you are looking for an artist who is fair in her prices and has good turnaround time, Kayla-Na/MeltheHybrid (the latter here on A_B) is an artist I highly recommend. latiro Oct. 22nd, 2011 04:47 pm (local) Hoot/Dictator 1. Hoot/Dictator 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/hoot/ / http://www.furaffinity.net/user/dictator/ 3. from Oct. 21 to Oct 22 4. she's amazingly fast with the sketch commission I've ordered and is very pleasant to talk to. Here's the sketch: http://www.iaza.com/work/111023C/iaza18999276803800.png

Oct. 1st, 2011 at 1:29 AM marblestheskunk WHO: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/timitei/ WHERE: Furaffinity and LJ WHAT: A digital ref sheet WHEN: July PROOF: In explanation Well I saw Timitei's post in teeny com here: http://teenycom.livejournal.com/970882.html I followed it to their FA and commissioned them for 2 ref sheets, one of them was done in a timely mater but I still have yet to recieve the second one. I sent them the commission info in a journal which has since been deleted but here is a screenshot of when she said that she had lost my commission info and needed it again: She then did my ref sheet but still had not done the other one. She then deleted the journal with the info, and I guess forgot about my note describing the raccoon so I reminded her and gave her another description Time went by and she still has not done it, nor has she responded to ANY of my notes I've been sending her asking for my money back, they say on FA they are unread, here is the most recent one: She also posted this on august 31st, but has had a submission since then: This journal was put up out of the blue with no explanation of when she will be completing my commission, its only $5 but I still want a refund and feel that it is wrong and that shes probably doing this to others aswell, seeing the comments on teenycom.

Sep. 30th, 2011 at 6:51 AM coobiee Aye, hello there. I'm relatively new to all of this, including LJ, so please forgive me for any mistakes. I'm not really doing this for myself, but more for everyone who is still waiting and anyone who ever goes to do business with her. While her art is absolutely fantastic her business manners and time for getting things done is absolutely terrible. Though she is usually pretty good with giving refunds if you ask for them. WHO: Galagya, http://siedend.deviantart.com/ , http://galagya.deviantart.com/ WHERE: wolfhome forums/serenityisles forums WHAT: premade poses for the chats WHEN: September 9th of last year. PROOF: Since it's been so long I can no longer grab proof of me sending the payment for them also I didn't pay with paypal I paid with the chat's currency which is deltas. Although I did earn those through commissions so I guess it still counts? Here's the topic where everything is even all the screenshots are taken from there. EXPLAIN: September of last year she had posted a topic on Serenity which contained a presale of a premade wolf set she was working on. It was $25 Paypal/50 Deltas to preorder them all so I sent out the deltas for all of them because I'm a really big fan of her artwork. When she posted said topic there was a little preview of them already and she stated that they were just WIPs for now but she was getting close to being done with some of them. (screenshot) So I figured okay then it shouldn't be too long for them to be completely finished. Well that's where I and many people were wrong. March of this year she finally comments on her topic after not giving any of us any updates at all apologizing for not posting in so long and saying she had redone the poses. She asked us if we wanted to see them so far or if we wanted to wait and most people said they'd like to see a little sneak peak of the new ones. (screenshot) Well that never happened. More and more time went by with no more updates or even a preview of the newley redone poses. So someone finally sent her a PM on the forums asking for an updated and apparently she replied with this. That was on June 11th of this year. More time went buy and in August someone posted a comment saying they were keeping an eye on a topic she made over on wolfhome forums with premade sets. I decided I'd take a look into and to my surprise she had started another premade set without even finishing the one she started over on Serenity. (screenshot) On Augst 28th someone had posted what Galagya had said through a PM on a different forum. (screenshot) Later on that day the same person gave us an update for the 20th of August saying Galagya was going through a move and her family was visiting her. They also said that she was busy with making her own chat instead of working on all this owed artwork that people have already paid for. (screenshot) I figured that's okay, real life things pop up and can't be avoided so I just went about my way. On September 23rd, it had already been over a year since myself and many others paid for these poses, I seen on wolfhome forums that they were finally all moved into their new place and even had internet. I also seen a topic Galagya herself posted on wolfhome forums August 31st. Which can be seen here. More time passed and still nothing. Now back in April she made a topic on wolfhome forums selling puppies which people had to buy and then in a few weeks they were suppose to get the completed refs of the adult versions of those. By this time those people that had paid for those were starting to get a bit frustrated. Which I can understand, but that's a whole different story really. Lets just say out of all 10 of those people who paid $20.00 for a puppy have yet to see a single ref finished. Not even so much as a sketch. Anyways it's now September 30th she still hasn't completed the premade set. Not to mention she owes quiet a few peple things they've already paid for, but that isn't for me to get into. Many people have sent her emails and PMs reminding her about them and asking her about them and still nothing. No updates, no previews, no nothing. Now like I said she's generally good about refunds if you ask her for one, but sometimes she gets an attitude about it. No I don't have proof, just past experiences. This isn't really anything new for her since she's been this way for a really long time from what I've noticed. About a year or two back there were people who had been waiting 3 years for a commission. I'm not sure how that is now though I'm pretty sure she refunded everyone or something. But yeah if you ever go to commission her just beware of how long it could possibly take her and don't expect updates. She gives little to no updates. Her art is wonderful, but the wait and no updates isn't.

Sep. 25th, 2011 at 8:12 PM corriezodori WHO: Alex_Dachshund, AD_ARTS @ FURAFFINITY.NET WHERE: Furrafinity.Net WHAT: Digital art peice. THIS IS MY HALF: AND YOU CAN SEE that it was a trade. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5208869/ WHEN: 7 months ago we agreed on a trade, I completed my half fairly quickly, thinking I'd get their half. PROOF: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5208869/ My half He told me he had no money to do stuff. (YET HE KEPT BUYING COMMISIONS. This I dont understand) http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s195/pharokit2/Alex1.png http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s195/pharokit2/Alex2.png THEN After telling me he was going to finish my half, He opens up more commisions and trades KNOWING he owes people stuff (NOT just me.) http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s195/pharokit2/Alex3.png NOW THIS is what angered me. http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s195/pharokit2/Alex4.png he blocked me. This really is unprofessional and I really got cheated on this one. ? EXPLAIN: Basically all stated above. Alex and I agreed on a trade about 7 months ago, I finished my half. A few months pass, and I remind him... then a few more pass, I remind him Again. He gives me the "I cancelled it" thing (as seen on one of my other reports) and tells me I'll finish it. I then see he opens more commisions and trades. His EX actually tried to do his half FOR him, as an offer. I declined, and She threatened me thinking that I was insulting her. She said "I will make it hell for you" You can see this part here: http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s195/pharokit2/Alex5.png NOW I MUST SAY: ALEX (as far as was explained) did NOT put his Ex up to this. Still, Im unsatisfied because they did not finish their part. And it was agreed HE did his own part. After Alex limits trades to his friends only, he BLOCKS me. Which is completely the last straw. I would avoid this person... I thought they were pretty cool at first, But I got tired of being stood up and dooped. EDIT: HIS JOURNAL. http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s195/pharokit2/FireShotcapture117-IamawareIamonArtists_Beware_--Alex_DachshundsJournal--FurAffinitydotnet-www_furaffinity_net_journal_2757242.png He's Saying he was going to finish it and throw in more things. FLAW: WHY DID HE BLOCK ME? He's also got his watchers pissed and they dont even know whats going on. EDIT: He has finished his half http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6573474/ And apologized for the incident. :3 We have (as far as I know) made up. I dont like having bad relationships with people and I dont like senceless arguing. Current Mood:angry

As a note, in the end I am getting the item she made. However the entire ordeal of two and half / three years of stress regarding this commission really has pushed me to write this, especially since she's looking to expand her client base. I absolutely hate writing negative reviews about people, but I honestly am under the impression if you're operating as a business (taking money for goods/services), you need to also provide good follow-through, reputation, and customer service. WHEN she did reply, I will give that she was always very polite in dealing with me. I had planned on writing this for a very long time, and then debated it when it appeared I may be getting my item. I lucked out in getting my item. I'm not sure why, but I am grateful for that. Artist: Aurasoul http://www.furaffinity.net/user/aurasoul/ (active) http://aurasoul.deviantart.com/ (she got herself banned) My Issues My fiance ordered a plush in Fall of 2008 for a Christmas gift for the sum of $90. Basically we were strung along, yelled at, ignored for months. When concerns of whether or not she had the time to complete or would like to refund us partial (minus the parts already used), we were ignored. Basically every note was ignored for months at a time which lead us to be very concerned about whether or not this was going to be completed or not. The screenshots below also include a few conversations with Ratchet, her boyfriend/husband. Since he had been helpful in getting a refund with another person on AB, it seemed like a good idea to contact him if he was more likely to respond. As a note, Ty and I have no problems being patient. As we told both Aurasoul and Ratchet countless times, but we do request communication every half a year or so. (We rarely got that). Again. We got our item in the long run, but I would strongly encourage people who want to commission this particular artist to never pay full up front -- and be aware that communication issues will be a very big factor. My complaints will be under the cut. This is a very long dated issue Disclaimer Please feel free to commission Aurasoul or have dealings with Ratchet at your own risk. I know I would not deal with the pair again. Communication issues with Aurasoul is one big problem, but the other is Ratchet's attitude in the end as well. I understand that Ratchet may had been put in the middle of this, and realize that it may be stressful him, but this is also a product of Aurasoul's inability to communicate with her commissioners. I was NOT the first to turn to Ratchet in hopes of getting help. I understand his point of view in "not being her keeper (something he said before), however if I did the same thing, I'd expect my boyfriend/husband to give me a sharp poke to get my butt moving if I were slacking on these issues. Also, there may be some notes I've lost in the course of 2-3 years. I tried to be as thorough as possible. I cleaned out my FA box due to the FA hack leak about a year ago and I think I've mistakenly deleted somethings I had intended to keep. I tried to keep every single response from both my side and their's. --------------- NOTE: For the first YEAR of this ordeal, I was not involved. The notes I have are after I got involved when I felt that Ty was getting scammed and was out nearly $100. That right there pissed me off to no small degree. In fall of 2009 is when I got involved in this on behalf of Ty. In summer of 2011 we saw the an upload of the final item completed (and item was given to someone in EF con to deliver to us in the states. ) ----------------------------- In late October / early November of 2008 my fiance commissioned Aurasoul for a Christmas gift for me. He did pay the full amount up front. He was told at the time that the item would be completed by Christmas of 2008. When the time come and gone, Ty had spoke with her in regards to what was going on when January rolled around, he was told that she had school going on and that delayed her -- as well as still gathering materials for the item. Being the patient type, Ty sat on it. He sat on it more, checking in every 3-4 months for a progress report. Rarely did he get an answer. At this point, we had gotten little communication, no item, no progress report and Ty so far was out $90. Ty had faith in Aurasoul. Mine had started to wane when I was reading numerous complaints and witnessing problems ongoing in real time through Artist Beware and other channels, such as the banning of her DA account. Again, any limited time Ty got a response, it was an excuse. No confirmation of anything. No item. No progress. Communication was like pulling teeth. Due to she being in Germany, we assumed that maybe she was not as well versed with English as many of our other German friends.. So we often simplified the conversation so it would be better converted in translators if she happened to use those. ---- It was after the year mark had nearly rolled around in 2009 that I got involved. After seeing nothing other than Ty's money being taken, I decided it was time to get involved. I first and foremost contacted Aurasoul asking for her to reach out to Ty to get in touch with him. We did not try to reverse action Paypal at this time, because we honestly wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt despite negative reviews and give her a chance to complete the item. In the beginning she was very willing to respond. She had even claimed he had photos for us! It quickly declined from there, however. Some Screenshots: So after the one promise of seeing progress reports, she had dropped off the face of the planet again, despite her account being active favoriting and commenting on art / responding to people in general. All the while, I was watching my notes being a mix of being read and unread status in her account. It was clear my notes were being avoided. Again, as we stated in the notes, we did not mind being patient but do require communication and some effort to give us progress. If you say check back in X time, that's what we'll do and not a moment before. However if you blindly ignore us while clearly being active, it paints a very drastic picture. It is what prompted the following screenshot. --------------- Fast forward to the year 2010! It was at this point there were numerous negative posts about Aurasoul being posted up in various more spots and it was getting scary. Some were saying how she would outright destroy the item. A few claimed they got resolution through her boyfriend/husband, Ratchet ( http://www.furaffinity.net/user/ratchet ). I had high hopes with this option, because at this point we were worried we were getting strung along and the best option would be a refund since we never got progress photos. At first, Ratchet was helpful, and then he turned rude - my guess in frustration with many other people who had commissioned Aurasoul contacting him as well. I do not know this to be the case firmly, but I do know I was not the only one worried about a commission. I had very limited conversations with Ratchet. Color us shocked. Here was progress and Aurasoul didn't bother to even notify us. Not one bit. We were happy to see the progress shots, don't get us wrong. We had waited a very long time for this. Again this really speaks for her customer service / organization. She didn't notify us that we had WIPs to view. She didn't respond to our notes in a timely fashion. However, we were happy. This what we wanted. By this time we were really happy. Here was news that it was finished and ready to be shipped. We promptly supplied the shipping information and then waited. And waited some more. And contacted our friend who had not gotten the item and waited some more. Friend contacted me to see if anything was heard. We waited more. Eventually we just waited to hear back from Aurasoul. We hadn't. We saw she was being active so it prompted us to write more notes. Many of which went unanswered. I hate doing it, but I DID leave a shout on her page to get in touch with me (it was promptly deleted). We supplied mailing information (for the second or third time) on January 21st, 2011. I had waited in sending it again because I wanted to make sure my friend would still be willing to be a middle man in this situation. We waited some more! By this time I was concerned. Seeing how Ratchet had been helpful in the past in prompting Aura to respond, since it had been so many months, I decided to give him a shot again. I was taken aback by how just down right rude he was. Unfortunately in my clutter of notes I do not see my original first note to him regarding asking for progress on behalf of Aurasoul. I only have his reply after this one. So we're back to waiting again. No direct communication with AuraSoul through this whole ordeal. Frankly it angered me a good bit to have him snap when I see both of them active, commissioning art, and neglecting their own commissioners. This is hindsight I suppose. I was a little confused to see that Ratchet was saying the item wasn't completed at this time, but it was hinted/ready to be shipped by earlier comments/notes from Aurasoul. Somewhere down the road I thought to contact her again. After all, 3-4 months in between notes isn't too short of a time I'd hope. Especially since the last WIP was over half a year ago. Correction. About half a year ago when she said she was SHIPPING it. After that last one, I decided to wait a bit again. Like before, it was waiting and my friend waiting and nothing coming of it. Once again I started noticing her being very active on FA, but not taking the time to read/respond to anything. The next screenshot had information pertaining again to my contact's address. I've blurred it out for privacy's sake but the meat of what was said is there. Despite me having sent the address numerous times before, I was requested again to send it. Again no final photos of a finished product, but just the idea of getting it and getting this ordeal over was a blessing. The last few conversations were of me confirming with my contact about it not arriving, and bringing it to Aurasoul's attention. She said it was still there and had not had time to ship it. At this point we had not seen any photos of the final product. I was not contacted directly, and would have missed the uploads (as I had when she originally uploaded WIPs) if I weren't watching her on FA. Holy cow there it was completed.. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6346025 http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6346032 Creatively since EF Con was right around the corner, to save on shipping fiascos (as one unfortunate person in Artist Beware had dealt with) I asked if she was going and could drop it off to my contact directly. While Aurasoul wasn't going, she had a friend who was. It was agreed (and this can be seen on conversations/replies in the actual finished product) that it'd be dropped to my contact. TL;DR Version I finally am getting my product and it looks good from what I can see in the photos. My contact is bringing it to me when we meet up at a US con. While Aurasoul has been very polite in her responses to me, her responses in general are like pulling teeth. She is not timely or professional in this manner. I do not recommend anyone paying full price for anything up front. Ordeal has taken place over the course of Fall of 2008 to Summer of 2011 to get sorted. I'm probably missing things. I tried to keep this as short, but as thorough, as possible. (Yes I could have written more believe it or not!)

Sep. 22nd, 2011 at 10:54 PM scenceable I guess this post is mostly a warning against dealing with this person. However, if there's anything you can suggest that I can do at this point, I'd love to hear it! ? Who Kate Sjoberg, AmandaKathryn (Deviantart and ebay), RedWyvrenStudio (Etsy) Where Ongoing through ebay, etsy, and deviantart What Well she sells unicorn sculptures that run $100+, but my issue is regarding other parts of the transaction. I'm just going to copy paste what I wrote in my own journal. I've never posted in this community before so I apologize if I leave out any information. I'm not really sure what to do with this. The seller here is an artist who I've been a fan of for ages. (Kate Sjoberg, AmandaKathryn, RedWyvrenStudio) I bought a fairy from her in 2006, and then bought a few unicorns, and commissioned a pegasus at the end of 2008. With the commission, I found her communication a bit shaky, like she wouldn't respond to messages every time and that type of thing. My first issue was a mermaid I bought from her in early 2009, she started the bidding low and the auction ended low. She charged me $35 for shipping, and it ended up only costing $12. I messaged her 4 times over a few weeks to get the money back to no response, and after weeks (I guess after that 4th message) finally I go to paypal and see she has refunded me $14. No paypal note, no reply to my messages, no apology. And the difference in shipping was a decent chunk more than $14, but at least I got some back. So I didn't press the issue, and left positive feedback anyway. Now ship overcharges piss me off in general so after that I didn't buy from her for almost 2 years. (I should add, money and falling out of collecting contributed to this as well) Then in Novemeber 2010 I bought two large unicorns, one was $135 and one was $125. The description on all her auctions says the items come with a COA (certificate of authenticity) and they didn't. Also, one of the unicorn's bases was broken. I contacted her through etsy about the break and the COAs. At first she had great contact. And then... nothing. However, against my better judgement, I bought a unicorn in February 2011 from her, which was sold with a "new version" of her unicorn tutorial. Here's our entire conversation through etsy. So, I would like to point out here a few things. First of all, I never got a refund or any sort of money back due to the broken item. She never looked into the claim or got back to me on that (look at the dates on the messages) and I ended up fixing the base at cost to me. The pegs are really expensive and hard to find and I used my own. I would also like to point out that she doesn't apologize at all about an item arriving broken. A few others things... she didn't tell me beforehand that the COAs would be sent separately- I had to ask. The description says they come with COAs. Also, again, she never mentions before I pay that the tutorial would be shipped separately or that it would take time to complete. I knew that info through DeviantArt comments only. Also regarding her last message to me- the COAs were NOT in the box with Dream. I never got them. After messaging her on etsy and getting no response I gave up. I hate chasing people and figured, whatever, let it go, just don't buy from her again. But it bothers me to this day every time I think about it. It's to a point where I want to sell them because I can't enjoy them properly due to these issues. The two unicorns I need COAs for I bought in November 2010. The unicorn that was supposed to come with a new version of the tutorial was purchased in February 2011. So recently, as in the end of August 2011, she posted on DA and I commented about something else and she responded. So I figured hey, she's around, I'm going to send her a note. Why not, might as well mend things if I can. Here are those. The following are messages through DeviantArt's note system So, I realize the tone in my first DA message was quite different from that last one. But that's it. Not only am I done with buying items from her, I am spreading this to others too. Again, I would like to point out that in the message I got from her in August, she did not apologize ONCE for a huge issue that is absolutely her fault. The thing is, they're PAPER. To appease me all she had to do was print two pieces of paper, sign them, slap the old tutorial on a disc, toss all 3 in an envelope and send them out! There is nothing hard about that. Ignoring messages and failing to do something so simple for your customers really just illustrates how little you care. And on a more personal note... I would also like to mention, because for those not familiar with the artist I think it's important- they're not cheap. I have 8 pieces by her that were $100-$200 each. (Sorry! I put this bit in for my LJ friends, I don't mean to mply that her work is overpriced or anything like that!)COAs and such might not seem like a big deal, but if I want to resell them at any point they're not worth much without the COA. As for the tutorial, she charges $13 for the old version and the price for the unicorn I got was started higher because it came with a tutorial. So I bought it largely because of the tutorial. So in many ways it's not that big a deal, not like never receiving an entire sculpture. However, in principal, I didn't receive what the description stated. In the end, I'm leaving this transaction feeling taken advantage of... it doesn't matter what business you're in, that's never something you want to do to your customers. ? If anyone has any advice on what to do, I'm all ears. At this point, I'm moving on and never dealing with this person again. It's really unfortunate that things have come to this because I'm honestly a big fan of her work.

This was originally denied to A_B because the artist gave me extra art when I did not ask for it. I feel this should be posted here because Leelee has made me wait for a year w/o any responses to my e-mails or notes when she disappeared on FA, also the fact that when I DID get in contact w/ her I had to ask MORE THAN ONCE for a responce... At this point I STILL do not have my half of a trade and am re-submitting this.. Who: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/LeeLee/ leeleemoreau Where: FA / LJ What: Digital Art trade When: Well over a year ago. http://pics.livejournal.com/ryunwoofie/pic/0000c5x8 (My half started on May 30, 2010) Proof: Long ago when I was active on a collection community I was inquired by Leelee about doing a digital trade. Unfortunately that thread where we worked out the details has been LONG lost. We agreed, passed info between us via LJ PM's but those have been purged as well a loooong time ago. Before I realized NOT to delete information until a transaction is complete. I do admit I dropped the ball for deleting those. My half was completed a long time ago, well before I even saw a sketch of hers. I do admit I took a while before I got to it, but I decided to hold off on sending it to her till I saw some form of her half. She posted it http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4027253, and for the longest time that was the last that I heard from her. She seemed to have fallen off the face of the internet for a while, and I can admit I honestly forgot until I randomly posted on the submission. I've also sent e-mails before that were never answered. I also didn't keep up w/ her journals on FA either. My fault again I suppose.. Finally getting some contact from her we have talked it out, apparently her computer was broken and sent off or something, to where she didn't have the file on hand. So she claimed she was going to finish it when it's returned. So I'm waiting on her to color it I guess. She did however draw me a lovely little extra for my wait. (Which I will admit I flipped out a bit because I thought she was trying to give this to me instead of our agreed trade) But I still mark this as beware for her random absence and lack of communication and ignoring when inquiring about said trade. I apologize for the lack of initial communication between us. I just hope the facts given are enough. Update: I have just asked if she would just color the smaller image she posted on FA because I am at this point tired of waiting. She’s cranking out art right now so I don’t see why she can’t color it too. Even if she does color it I stil think this beware is valid enough to be posted. Update2: After she decided to ignore my question on the submission I noticed her faving and comminting elseware. She ignored me again. So I decided to wait till morning and note her. My note to Leelee and her response. http://pics.livejournal.com/ryunwoofie/pic/0000fhs0 Thanks for being mature Leelee, once again appreciated.. Still no straight answer if she's gonna do it or not. Update3: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6547634/ I still don't understand why she keeps mentioning the 'make up' art as if I should have accsepted that instead of what we agreed on. Or maybe I'm just missunderstanding her or something... IDK Update4: Talked it out w/ Leelee and she thuroughly aplogized. The 'make up' art was also a missunderstanding on my part. I guess I made it unclear about that being a replacement. Everything is cool and there is no hard feelings. Anyway this is resolved.

Sep. 8th, 2011 at 9:31 PM poizenkat WHO: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/alexdachshund/ http://www.furaffinity.net/user/adarts http://www.furaffinity.net/user/alexwienerdog http://www.furaffinity.net/user/xedwardx http://www.furaffinity.net/user/nagaitora WHERE: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/alexdachshund/ WHAT: Sketch trade WHEN: not too long before this was posted, i finished it pretty fast. he deleted all of his journals. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5859202/ PROOF: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5859202/ http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/18/alexdacca.png/ both of which prove that he agreed to it. EXPLAIN: He opened for sketch trades and agreed to do one with me. not long afterward i finished my piece and he approved. since then i only reminded him once since he seemed to be busy. very recently (screenshot posted above) he opened for trades and i reminded him about it and he replied saying that he will not do it because he cancelled old trades? I know it's "just" an art trade, but time is money and we had an agreement. I demanded that he either finish it or pay me back, but he does not have enough money to do so? I charge only $6 for two character sketches. he has sent me this note in reply after deleting all his journals. "I can do your trade I guess ? But it will have to be after I finish all my commissions I owe. I am really sorry. I forgot about it until you reminded me and I no longer have the notes or journals of what you wanted done. Here is my current list: http://tinyurl.com/3u4s8r7" but i dont know when he would ever finish it or IF he would ever finish it. It's been quite some time now and he's changing his story now so i am a bit confused as to what's going on. Edit: he ended up completing it after giving me quite a bit of trouble. I dont see what the problem was, especially if he couldve had it done so fast. http://www.iaza.com/work/110909C/iaza15286097663900.jpg

Sep. 8th, 2011 9:28 PM corriezodori WHO: Alex Dachshund @ Furaffinity WHERE: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/alexdachshund/ WHAT: It was agreed as a digital peice, A rave picture for a picture of one of my chars. It was so long ago I cant even remember what I wanted. ? WHEN: About 7 months ago, here is my half: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5208869/ (NOTE: For pictures like these, I charge about 20$+) PROOF: http://imageshack.us/f/18/alexdacca.png/ EXPLAIN: .7 months ago, we agreed to a trade. And I finished mine, as seen above. He said He'd finish his. I kept reminding him after a month later, so I waited again... he was busy. So I was like "ok~ :3" And 7 months pass. he opens many journals stating "trades open" (I only found this one) So I reminded him again. he quickly shied out. I dont know what to do here... X__X any help? he offered to finish it after he finished some commsions, but he keeps taking commisions and getting backed up again. And now because of incidents like this, I CANT do trades with strangers.

Sep. 8th, 2011 at 8:06 PM thaily I hate writing these things, but I hate people using artists are doormats even more and even though this guy is local to me, he has internet so no-one's safe. It all started with a retweeted message that someone was looking for an artist in the area to design a mascot for a site and create 12 illustrations of said mascot for said site. The tweet came from the guy's intern but she's not the problem here so I won't mention her by name; I want to keep her out of this entirely, I've accidentally interned for people with how do I put this politely diminished moral judgment. I don't blame her, I only hope she doesn't pick up on his sordid (and I use the following word in the most liberal sense) business practices. But I digress, the company in question is called Tenno Media, Peter Bierhuizen is the person this post is about. He appears to be the owner and sole employee, save for the aforementioned unfortunate intern who has since left. The site the designs would be used for is fitness-ferdie.nl Because this happened locally, i.e. in the Netherlands, I will provide translations of our correspondence as well as screenshots for any Dutch speaking person to verify that the translations are accurate. I invited the tweeting intern to look at my site and mail me if she liked my work. First e-mail. "Sending you an e-mail following your tweet. I design websites as a side job and my boss has asked me to design a character. Simply: a frog in an orange shirt with FF on it. A reference to Fitness Ferdi, a web shop where people can buy fitness appliances and goods. Of Ferdi, the frog, he thinks he'll need 12 drawings (illustrations) that will be used in various ways (websites, flyers). I don't know what kind of budget is available. This would kind of depend on the amount of time the designs will take to make. Vaguely said, but if you think you can create Ferdi I would like to receive a message. Kind regards, X" First reply, I explain my process, how many hours I will need and how much I charge; minimum wage is about €9,20 for my age bracket. This will be relevant later. "Hello X, I can definitely design a fitness frog. My hourly wages are €10,- ex. taxes First I will make a few sketches to your specifications, about 6 sketches will take 2 hours, so you can decide what kind of design you'd like or if you'd like to see more sketches. As soon as you pick a design I will customize it until you're satisfied, how that long will take depends on you (plural). From a sketch to a coloured vector (which can be resized to any size) takes about 4 hours x 12. With the cost are also commercial rights, I only retain the right to include the illustrations in my portfolio. - Kind regards, E. Palli (my real name, I use my real and artist name interchangeably)" Second e-mail, with this sketch attached. I sized it down. I told them I can do 6 sketches in 2 hours, they ask for 10 in 3, I comply. "Hello X, Hey E. I've discussed it with my boss and we'd like to get about 10 sketches (3 hours of work) of different kinds of frogs. One illustration we can picture is a frog in a circle, met a happy smile. He's wearing a sleeveless shirt which reads "FF" across his chest in white letters. The plan was that I was going to do the sketches myself, but I think this will cost me too much time, which is why I went looking for an illustrator. I've included the first sketches, so you know what direction we want to take. Once we've received the 10 sketches, we'll see how it goes. We'll have to think of the poses we want. Kind regards, X" I send them these sketches a week later to help them nail down the design they want. "Without shirt, it will be added later. Small: [link] Large: [link] Did you have an address I can bill? Kind regards, Thaily" Get an e-mail a week later, but there's been no mention of a deadline or anything, so I'm not too bothered. "Hey Thaily, I only work Tuesdays at Tenno Media at the moment (the company you drew for). My boss is going to look at the sketches one of these days and as soon as I hear back about it I'll contact you again. You can send your bill to Tenno Media. [blanked address] I really like your sketches, nice style! Greetings, X" Listen to me smalltalk, yap yap. "Hey X, Thank you, I hope your noss (typo) likes them too :P - Kind regards, Thaily" While I asked for a billing address, I hadn't billed them for the first batch of sketches yet. Keep in mind; 10 sketches, 3 hours of work, €10,- an hour = €30,- so far. "Hey Thaily, We had a little meeting and we'd like to see another ten sketches. Some comments: The head can be fairly human, like the middle frog (touching his upper arm). The body can be broader and more muscular. This will be another 3 hours of work. Furthermore we'd like to see sketches of Ferdie: 1 holding weights. 2 spinning on a bike. 3 running on a treadmill 4 flexing his muscles 5 holding a sign 6 pointing left or right 7 in a round logo, like in my sample sketch. Because of my internship I stop working at Tenno Media after next week. You can mail the sketches to my boss at [email protected] en/or [email protected]. The contact will be via Peter. He is my boss. Ferdie will be the mascot of FitnessFerdie.nl. The web shop for it is being perfected and is temporarily placed at this url: [obsolete link]. Maybe the site's lay-out will help you with your sketches. Have a nice and greetings, X" I take a little over a week to respond this time because I suddenly got slammed with unexpected work; friend told me at the last minute he had gotten me an art panel at a convention, so I suddenly had 3 days to prepare for an art show. Augh. "Hey Thaily, How's the frog coming? :) Greetings, X" I managed my art show, then did the second batch of sketches and sent them to both the intern and Peter, the intern's boss whom was now my contact. I explain, for a second time (first being in my first e-mail to them) that they need to settle on a design before I can start on the final illustrations. I've even made it easier for them by putting all the sketches on the same sheet and lettering and numbering the heads and bodies so they can just tell me which body and head they like best so we can combine them and move things along. "Hey X and Peter, Sorry for the delay, I was told at the very last moment that there was an art panel reserved for me at an art show. Here's the second batch of 10 sketches; I added numbers and letters so you can easily indicate which combination of heads&bodies you like, as soon as we decide on a design I can start on the sketches for the illustrations. Small: [link] Large: [link] - Kind regards, Thaily" At this point I decide I'd like to get paid before we go any further, so I send Peter the bill for 20 sketches; 6 hours of work is €60,-, plus taxes the total came to €70,80. Again I remind people this is essentially minimum wage, this will be hilariously relevant in a moment. "Dear Mr Bierhuizen, Here is my bill for the 20 sketches. - Kind regards, Thaily [I attached the 2 specified bills as PDFs, they are from Gear-IT.nl which is my husband's company, because it was easier at the time]" Here's where it took a sudden and sharp turn downhill; the intern gone I was left to deal with Peter who (perhaps after being faced with a bill and the realization that yes, I expect to be paid for my time) suddenly felt all my work was unsatisfactory and unusable. He says he's looking for a specific type of frog, but despite being prompted to tell me which design comes closest to what he wants, he decides he wants to back out of the deal without paying me for the work he has already commissioned and has already been provided. "Dear Thaily, I have looked at the sketches and I'm missing that which X asked for. X gave a whole list with situations and positions that we wanted to see sketches. However I don't see any of these positions. So I can't do anything with your sketches. To be honest I couldn't do anything with the first batch of sketches because I asked for (at least X) what I wanted. So I'm not very happy because you're sending me 2 bills for things I can essentially do nothing with. I'm looking for a particular type frog (see the list of X further down in the mail (was the same list translated further up)) depicted in a number of fitness related poses but I have received none of this. So I'm going to stop because I'm not sure this collaboration is going to be successful. I hope to have informed you sufficiently. Kind regards, P. Bierhuizen Tenno Media]" Assuming the best, that he is merely confused, I explain for a third time that he has to pick a design before I can do the illustrations from the list. I don't wanna do 12 sketches only to have him change his mind about the design before I can finalize. Plus it would cost more, I'm trying to save him money. "Dear Mr Bierhuizen, The sketches are to determine the design of the character, once the design is to your liking (the customer picks a design they like or a combination of designs they like) I will finish the sketches; the 12 sketches of the character on a bicycle/with weights etc. so all the illustrations will be to your liking and consistent. I have only billed you for the 20 sketches at the price we agreed upon beforehand. - Kind regards, Thaily" TL:DR, Peter still fails to understand simple things. 2 notes about that. 1. I was completely bewildered by his failure to understand this simple procedure. First you decide what the mascot looks like before I draw the mascot doing various things. It's not rocket science. And I know it's not me because I've designed numerous characters for various people, if anything people are excited when given choices and the chance to customize the character to suit their personal tastes. I've never had problems with anyone in this matter. 2. He says that if he makes me do the sketches he'll have a spent a fortune before he has anything that looks anything like something he can use; in addition to the procedure I gave him my time estimates and hourly rates beforehand. This only became a problem the moment he actually had to pay for completed work. Allow me to iterate; a fortune. Literally, he uses those words; "Een vermogen". Minimum wage. Aw yeah, I be ballin' with my €10 an hour! "It clearly describes what X wanted to see. I'm sorry but I think your work method is kind of too vague. If I let you make the sketches I'll lose a fortune before I see anything that looks anything like what I want. I don't think that can be the plan. If you included what I wanted to see a la, but this isn't the intention." As a side note I should indicate that he dropped all civilized pretense, as well as his ability to capitalize, punctuate and spell (I'm fixing this in the translation for legibility's sake), giving the impression he can't be bothered with it anymore. I know how he feels, so I give him an ultimatum, pay or lose any claim to the work. "We can do 2 things: - You pay me and you can use the sketches and designs, if anything to give to another designer to finalize the work. - You don't pay and I will sell the designs to a third part to compensate for my financial damages and you cannot use the sketches; so you can't pass them on to another designer without infringing on my copyright." He takes a few days to respond. "go ahead and sell them. i can't use them and will never use them" So, he had all my info ahead of time, knew what he was getting into and is not backing out of payment for work he commissioned and has already been completed; breach of contract. I inform him I will be letting my colleagues (hi guys!) know about him since you know.. Whether or not I manage to mitigate my financial damage, he's still breaking his contract and likely to do it to the next person as well. "Okay, I'll my colleagues know that you break your contracts. Good luck (with your future endeavors)!" This, perhaps predictably, leads to further deterioration in his ability to communicate like a professional. "My god, you are such a vengeful type. I'll tell your colleagues that you (read Gear IT) simply don't deliver what is asked for and that YOU are really (and easily provable) not delivering on your obligations. THAT my dear is actually the real problem. I ask A but get B. Think about that and stop (zeiken, crude Dutch for taking a piss; bitching, moaning, whining, carrying on etc.) pissing on about it, toddler" I iterate, Gear IT is my husband's IT company, we just sent the bill under that name because it was more convenient at the time; I didn't have a PDF and was too busy to make one, but the bill was specified and obviously from me, this is was not in dispute (just that he had to pay it). I correct him since well, Hiryu doesn't do illustration and design, he does hosting (sites, Minecraft servers etc.), security, domain registration and so forth. So if he wants to complain about the right person (i.e. probably lie his pants off) he should complain about Spirit Link Studio. "- Not Gear IT, Spirit Link Studio. - Be sure to present all your "evidence", k? :D" Further breakdown in communication and him not understanding simple things. "So why do you send bills with Gear IT on it. I added it just in case you forgot. Fucking (fokkin = Dutch white trash way of saying "fucking") vague as far as I'm concerned. Read your mails there's enough evidence that you don't deliver on your promises. I've had enough of this stupid pissing on. I'm going to stop replying." I explain simple things with small words. "Because it was easier at the time. Good luck (with your future endeavors)! :D" True to his word, he has yet to reply. But it's only been a day or two and sometimes he takes a week to respond, so there might be more swindling man-child rage to update with later. So uh, in short; don't work for this guy. He only likes your designs until the first bill shows up, then things quickly deteriorate into ignorance, lies and cussing. In a related note, if anyone wants to buy a frog adoptable, I have some available here ? Edit: Thanks for the input guys! Yeah there might have been a miscommunication, the "customer" was vague and told me to draw another 10 sketches "kinda like X". Had he gone "Oh that's not what I meant, I meant Y." the miscommunication could have been dealt with in a civil and mature manner. It wouldn't have been a problem. Unfortunately he immediately broke the contract by pulling out without paying, not to mention the condescending attitude and crass language. I managed to stay civil even after he said he wasn't going to pay for my time, so I don't understand his outbursts at all. In years of doing commissions, he is only the second unhappy customer I've ever had, and it's due to his own lack of patience, understanding and basic manners. I'll probably stay away from similar contracts for the time being, because they cost more time and aggravation than they're worth (especially when you're not being paid) and if I do take a design contract, I'll make them pay part up front like with normal commissions. Lesson learned, I'm moving on to my paying customers ?

Sep. 7th, 2011 at 12:13 AM tijgerhuis This isn't a Beware as much as it is calling attention to blatant ignoring of a paying customer. Papaya's an amazing artist, don't get me wrong, and a really nice person. I'd just like this situation resolved, after six months of waiting, four months lacking of any communication whatsoever outside of short conversations at conventions, and recently, outright disregarding any messages at all. You guys have probably seen her around. http://furaffinity.net/user/papayafruitsushi I'd hate to give the wrong impression here. Again, all I'm hoping to do with this is bring attention to the situation, get some input, and get it resolved easily. Back in February, Papaya posted an FWA thread for badge commissions, and I jumped onboard right away (I'm Toraie). After the conversation there, I sent a PM through FA detailing the character, commission, etc., which was replied to promptly. I wasn't able to pay until the week after, and I let her know. After she claims here to have sketches, I go ahead and pay right away. FWA comes and goes, and I don't get a chance to talk to her, but having to deal with college and many other things, I don't get in touch again until right before ESG (bottom email), where I only hear from her that she's left all commissions back at home, and that she'd try to find them before too long. At this point, having waited a good three months since I paid, I barely want it anymore. Sometime in June (top email), I remind her through email, because she'd explicitly stated all contact was to be through email and not FA notes. No reply. And then it's time for Megaplex. I caught her for a few moments there, and Papaya told me it was in her room, and that she'd get it to me before I left. I left without hearing anything from her, though. A few days after that (per her journal saying she was busy and needed a few days), I send another email (bottom) giving a day that I'd like a reply by. I've already paid, so I really should be able to do this. No reply. The following week, another one (top email). Nothing. All I'm seeing are journals saying she'll be in touch with commissioners soon. And finally, I leave a shout on her page asking if she still uses that email for business. It's a fair question, but it got shoved off before it got replied to, and then others' commissions start getting posted. I can understand slowly working through commissions, but failing to answer simple questions like in my emails is unprofessional. I'd like to emphasize the absolute lack of communication here - surely, if you've got the time to post a commission, much less be working on it, you have the time to fire off a quick yes/no email. It's not about the money here, though I would like it back rather than having the commission finished. I'm just leaving a public notice here, because private communication sure isn't getting the job done.

thornwolf Sep. 1st, 2011 10:21 am (local) Leopardhound 1. Name of the person you recommend: Leopardhound 2. Link to person's website or art page: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/leopardhound/ 3. Approximate time period of when you did business with this person: Beginning of August 4. Details: I had been interested in one of her "chibi" drawings for awhile but she was closed, so she asked me if I wanted to be waitlisted. She contacted me a month later and asked if I was still interested, so she said I only had to pay once a sketch was completed (and by sketch, her sketches look like a finished piece, wow!). My anniversary with my boyfriend was in a week and I asked her if it was at all possible for her to finish it before then, that I'd happily pay extra for the rush. She said it was not necessary (I did anyways, cuz..yeah that's like NO notice) and that she could complete it in time. Not only did she complete it in time but she did an EXCELLENT job and I'm very happy with the outcome: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6335925 celestinaketzia Sep. 1st, 2011 10:23 am (local) Artist - Amalara 1. Amalara 2. http://amalara.deviantart.com/ 3. About... a week ago? 4. I commissioned her for two headshot sketch commissions. I sent payment and the commissions were completed within 48 hours! They are beautiful, and she is a wonderful person to work with. http://amalara.deviantart.com/art/COMM-Aire-255179732?q=gallery%3Aamalara&qo=2 http://amalara.deviantart.com/art/COMM-Rosellia-255179608?q=gallery%3Aamalara&qo=3 mmyesidosay Sep. 1st, 2011 01:45 pm (local) Re: Artist - Amalara Just wanted to say I had the same experience with commissioning Amalara. She was very pleasant, talented, and fast. http://amalara.deviantart.com/gallery/32231284#/d46suav (Sorry if this isn't allowed, figured since it was the same artist, I shouldn't post a separate comment? :X) oceandezignz Sep. 2nd, 2011 02:10 am (local) Re: Artist - Amalara Put this one in as a thirded on Amalara. Wonderful, quick artist to work with who knows their stuff! I purchased from her a gift-sketch for my friend J.L and she was through the moon with it. I was too, she got the character down well, and did I mention quick? I was told the next day, but got it like half a beat later the same day pretty much! The comm: http://amalara.deviantart.com/art/COMM-Laz-255521155 kalika_tybera Sep. 1st, 2011 10:47 am (local) Painted Dog NAME: Painted Dog LINK: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/painteddog TIME: Commissioned in August 2011. WHAT: Commissioned a wedding caketopper sculpture. DETAILS: Painted Dog was excellent to work with. She worked quickly and produced a great quality sculpture even with the tight deadline date. She was very easy to communicate with and professional and I would recommend her anyone looking for a lovely sculpted commission. alex_dachshund Sep. 1st, 2011 02:58 pm (local) Re: Painted Dog Commissioned her as well for a derp sculpture (http://www.furaffinity.net/full/5306000/) and I was very pleased with how mine came out, despite her leaving out my wristband by accident. Will definitely commission again! Love her work! poizenkat Sep. 1st, 2011 11:11 am (local) Corriezodori 1. Corrie 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/corriezodori 3. beginning of august 4. I commission Corrie quite often. She is an amazing and talented artist and does not continue without approval. She prefers to do her more complicated commissions live so that she could get fast feedback. It's always a pleasure working with her and i very highly recommend commissioning her for things like references and comics along with the usual stuff. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6351301/ I threw her some concepts and she came up with the outfits AND the character's design as well http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6291937 poizenkat Sep. 1st, 2011 11:18 am (local) Killercupcakes 1. KC 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/killercupcakes 3. Beginning of august 4. I commisioned them for a nice reference of Blue, the pitbull mix. I gave them a detailed description of Blue's bodytype, hairstyle, personality, etc. and they did a wonderful job and portrayed Blue perfectly! http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6403258 I was updated constantly with more sketches to approve and KC did a beautiful job on it! I'd also commissioned them earlier for a tag/badge of Li-Li http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6273824/ It was done very fast and i was emailed a sketch to approve, which was very nice since most artists dont do that for something so small teacup_werewolf Sep. 1st, 2011 11:25 am (local) Zooni 1. Zooni 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/zooni/ 3. I want to say three days from order to finish 4. My icon is the commission, it was fast, courteous and the icon looks quirky and awesome. She is a great person to commission if you have more human characters since she does those wonderfully. poizenkat Sep. 1st, 2011 11:37 am (local) Stubbz and Ska 1. Brooke and Charley 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/stubbz/ http://www.furaffinity.net/user/ska 3. august 28th done two days later! 4. I commissioned them for couples icons for me and my partner and was contacted right away with a sketch for approval by charley. literally less than an hour after I sent payment! I was constantly updated by Brooke with the lines and colors! http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6408758/ 0acorn0 Sep. 1st, 2011 12:11 pm (local) 1. Dipper 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/dipper 3. I'm still doing business with her 4. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5526440/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6147018/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6359627/ Great person, amazingly talented, and very affordable latiro Sep. 1st, 2011 02:09 pm (local) seconding Dipper here. She's very awesome to work with celestinaketzia Sep. 1st, 2011 03:25 pm (local) Thirding Dipper. She did two beautiful commissions for my fiance and I. 0acorn0 Sep. 1st, 2011 12:13 pm (local) 1. Soraroni 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/soraroni 3. Still doing business with her. 4. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5978521/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5978527/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5978530/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5978536/ Very quick, very cute art, but she really undercharges herself. 0acorn0 Sep. 1st, 2011 12:15 pm (local) 1. Skulldog 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/skulldog 3. February 2011 4. Icon set (that wasn't posted by the artist). Was affordable and extremely timely and the expected quality. drone_dragon Sep. 1st, 2011 02:25 pm (local) Seconding Skulldog! She's ultimately awesome all around! poizenkat Sep. 2nd, 2011 07:43 am (local) Oh yes! Skulldog is always a pleasure to work with! 0acorn0 Sep. 1st, 2011 12:16 pm (local) 1. Unnie 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/unnie 3. About a month ago. 4. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6226309 Great quality and very timely, undercharges themself alot. celestinaketzia Sep. 1st, 2011 01:17 pm (local) I second Unnie. 0acorn0 Sep. 1st, 2011 12:18 pm (local) 1. Pirate-cashoo 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/pirate-cashoo 3. A few months ago 4. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5861479/ Exceptional quality for the price, I feel that she undercharges herself. Such beautiful work, and very timely. 0acorn0 Sep. 1st, 2011 12:20 pm (local) Now for some who've bought from me: 1. Xetsa 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/xetsa 3. She's a repeat commissioner, so business is ongoing 4. Always great with communication, pays right on time, and is a constant sweetheart. 0acorn0 Sep. 1st, 2011 12:22 pm (local) 1. Chloe.hydraconis 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/chloe.hydraconis 3. Past two weeks 4. Paid on time, has great communication and is easy to work with. Bought an icon and a sketch. latiro Sep. 1st, 2011 02:15 pm (local) Razzek 1. Razzek 2. http://www.furpaws.net/user/razzek/ / http://razzek.deviantart.com/ 3. since 3 months ago (last one I got was done in July 28) 4. she's very easy to communicate, has a very fast commission turnaround, and really easy to work with. Here's the two sketches I've got from her http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6388115/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6388079/ snowhawk Sep. 1st, 2011 02:37 pm (local) Drake/centaurdg 1. Name of the person you recommend (please also put this in the subject of your comment): Drake (centaurdg on FA) 2. Link to person's website or art page: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/centaurdg 3. Approximate time period of when you did business with this person: Aug 27-29, 2011, two previous commissions from mid-August 2010 4. Details (Here's where you tell us why they are so awesome! What made the transaction go so well? Perhaps link to the art or suit you bought/sold if you feel like sharing. Please mark NSFW if the subject matter is adult!!): Drake is one of my favorite customers. He's pleasant, has awesome characters that are a joy to draw, is very communicative, and very prompt with payment. I have always enjoyed working with him. (Art done: 1 (side-boob), 2 (boobs), 3 (MLP-themed)) alex_dachshund Sep. 1st, 2011 02:47 pm (local) Champ 1. Champ 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/champ / http://captainted.deviantart.com/ 3. August 21 4. Commissioned Champ for a connecting tailwag icon set for me and my mate. Paid him August 21 and it was finished the next day! LOVE how it came out. He is actually a close buddy of mine and he is a very nice person to do business with! I also commissioned him several times in the past as well! Current icon was recently done by him. Connecting icon set: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6367248 latiro Sep. 1st, 2011 05:47 pm (local) Re: Champ seconded Champ alex_dachshund Sep. 1st, 2011 02:49 pm (local) TaviMunk 1. TaviMunk 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/tavimunk 3. Sometime in mid August. 4. I've always wanted one of Tavi's adorable babyfur badges and I decided to commission him for one! Took a while to finish it but I love how it came out in the end! It came out far better than I imagined and Tavi is an awesome guy to do business with and he occassionally streams his commissions! My badge: http://www.furaffinity.net/full/6279730/ alex_dachshund Sep. 1st, 2011 02:52 pm (local) Jinxsis 1. Jinxsis 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/jinxsis 3. Sometime in mid August. 4. Commissioned her for a tailwag charm and it was done relatively fast! Very cheap and affordable prices! I'm still waiting on the charm to arrive though, but other than that I am very happy with how it came out! My charm: http://www.furaffinity.net/full/6353098/ alex_dachshund Sep. 1st, 2011 02:55 pm (local) Falvie 1. Falvie 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/falvie 3. Sometime in late August. 4. Commissioned her for a feral simple shading picture of my fursona. It took a while to finish, and she had accidentally left out important details like my famous black necktie and wristband ? but other than that I am very happy with how it came out. The texture is a great touch! Will definitely commission her again! Finished picture: http://www.furaffinity.net/full/6394390/ thistlewolf Sep. 1st, 2011 03:22 pm (local) Wolfyu 1. Name of the person you recommend (please also put this in the subject of your comment): Wolfyu 2. Link to person's website or art page: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/wolfyu/ 3. Approximate time period of when you did business with this person: Within the past two weeks. 4. Details: Commissioned one of her headshots ( http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6289692 / http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6382278 ) and it's absolutely lovely. ? High quality, quick turnaround, AND she sent them out, despite an already bargain price. She's quick to respond, friendly, and professional as well. starcharmer Sep. 3rd, 2011 08:20 pm (local) Re: Wolfyu Seconding everything you said about Wolfyu. I commissioned a headshot as well [http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6382278]. It turned out beautifully, she shipped it to me without charging extra for shipping [I sent extra anyway as a thank you]. It was done really fast at a very low price for the high quality. Professional and awesome, she really paid attention to the refs I gave her. cappucola Sep. 1st, 2011 04:10 pm (local) 1. Gibbons 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/gibbons 3. mid august 4. quick to respond and and great quality work. Also very polite! here is what I purchased: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6202244/ (Deleted comment) mazzbest burd Sep. 1st, 2011 07:32 pm (local) Re: Goregoat on fA I'm not a mod but I'd love to see Etsy and other sites recommended! Link | Reply | Parent | Thread | Delete | Spam | Screen | Freeze | Track This Select: sbneko Sep. 2nd, 2011 04:22 pm (local) Re: Skahlly Seconding Skahlly! zackfig Sep. 1st, 2011 08:07 pm (local) Risu-chan 1. Risu-chan 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/risu-chan/ 3. Between 4 and 2 weeks ago. 4. I purchased a commission for 3 bookmarks, and prior to that, 3 sketches. They came out awesome /)^3^(\ cesarin Sep. 1st, 2011 08:21 pm (local) 1.- Aerokat 2.- http://www.furaffinity.net/user/aerokat 3.- 3 times in the past months, will do it this month again 4.- Ongoing silly comic and a cute cesarin hugging a plushie (see icon) Also bought comics from her during Anthrocon and some bookmarks back in June. demonofdreams Sep. 1st, 2011 09:05 pm (local) Kasai/RéJean 1. Name of the person you recommend: RéJean Dubois 2. Link to person's website or art page: http://kasai.deviantart.com / http://www.signalburst.org/rejean/ 3. Approximate time period of when you did business with this person: February 2011, also in October 2010 4. Details: Commissioned full-body sketches and gave him artistic freedom. He translated the characters extremely well through posing and body language. In addition, the February commission was completed one day after paying him. Polite and prompt in his communication, works down his commission list fairly quickly. Would go back to him once I save up again. Received work: http://kasai.deviantart.com/art/Commissh-Sheyani-183488756 (October 2010) http://kasai.deviantart.com/art/Commissh-Karl-Eisenberg-197957032 (February 2011) demonofdreams Sep. 1st, 2011 09:28 pm (local) Budgie/Seranatra 1. Budgie 2. http://budgie.deviantart.com / http://seranatra.deviantart.com (sketches account) 3. June 2011 4. Commissioned a waist-up sketch with soft colour. He makes sure that he has your permission on what he can and can't change. The commission was worth every bit. He's not doing his full illustration commissions, but his sketches are wonderfully simplistic and amazing all the same. I'll let the art speak for itself, the ref sheet I gave him is in the description. http://seranatra.deviantart.com/art/commission-arcturus17-214823960 squirrelly_kaku Sep. 1st, 2011 10:58 pm (local) VeloxFox (Commissioner) 1. Name of the person you recommend: VeloxFox 2. Link to person's website or art page: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/veloxfox 3. Approximate time period of when you did business with this person: July 2011 4. Details: VeloxFox commissioned me for two pinups of her characters. She is very polite, a courteous customer, prompt with payment, and a treat to work with. One of my favorite customer's have I had to work with to this day. ? squirrelly_kaku Sep. 1st, 2011 11:10 pm (local) Re: VeloxFox (Commissioner) *One of my favorite customers that I have worked with to this day. ? Wow, I chopped up that sentence really bad. Sorry about that. XD; celestinaketzia Sep. 2nd, 2011 09:03 am (local) Re: VeloxFox (Commissioner) Seconding Veloxfox. ? poizenkat Sep. 2nd, 2011 07:48 am (local) Fexazaur 1. Fex 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/fexazaur 3. about a month ago-yesterday 4. My friend recommended i commission Fex and I am sooo glad i did! She finished my hoodie fast and asked for feedback quite a few times! Her hoodies are very well made and feel and seem professionally done! Note that i dont have MINE yet, but I've worn my friends hoodie from her and could NOT tell that it was hand made! Absolutely stunning! http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6420386 poizenkat Sep. 2nd, 2011 07:51 am (local) 1. Doirn 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/doirn/ 3. very recently 4. I saw Doirn advertise her $5 icons and me and my partner decided to get a couples set! It was done super quickly and we LOVE the outcome! Id highly recommend her and hope to commission her again some time! http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6403228/ poizenkat Sep. 2nd, 2011 07:54 am (local) Brindledcashew 1. Almond 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/brindledcashew/ 3. about a week ago? 4. I really LOVE Almond's style! The faces are adorable and its just pretty unique! My friend had commissioned them before and since i LOVED the outcome of her sketchpage i knew i had to get one! http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6388389 poizenkat Sep. 2nd, 2011 07:57 am (local) Tamathavega 1. Tamatha 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/tamathavega/ 3. the day before the badge was finished 4. Tamatha was an amazing artist to work with!! My badge was done the day after i sent payment and i got it in the mail SOOO fast after that! Not only that, but her badges are ADORABLE! http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6369158 celestinaketzia Sep. 2nd, 2011 11:51 am (local) Commissioner - Werefox 1. Werefox 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/werefox/ 3. Numerous times through the past few months. 4. Werefox is a fabulous commissioner. He is kind, patient, and very lovely to work with. Keep in mind that he is deaf, but is very patient when it comes to working past the communication mixups that sometimes happens. ? fletchprint Sep. 2nd, 2011 12:46 pm (local) 1. Sevalprincess on furaffinity 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/sevalprincess (the art I did: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/sevalprincess) 3. 4 months ago 4. Sevalprincess was polite and patient throughout the process. It was my first ever commission, so she took a chance on me delivering what she asked for. I did the (admittedly) stupid thing by not requesting payment until after I had given her the art, but she paid the money promptly. selunca Sep. 2nd, 2011 07:45 pm (local) 1. Name of Person: Thornwolf 2. Link to person's website or art page: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/thornwolf/ 3. Approximate time period of when you did business with this person: Begining of august, and late august. 4. Details: I commissioned Thornwolf twice in August, both times she was extremely pleasant and went out of her way to make sure I was satisfied. She even shipped some prints for free because it was my birthday! AWwwwwe!! Shes an amazingly fast worker and the quality you get is just stunning. The arts: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6147092/ (Commissioned begining of august, took like.. less then a week.) http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6331275/ (Commissioned end of Aug, took like two days.) Thank you! clockworkshadow Sep. 9th, 2011 02:52 am (local) seconding Thornwolf! I'm intending to reuse my fall icon come october! sovy Sep. 3rd, 2011 01:16 am (local) 1. Name of the person you recommend (please also put this in the subject of your comment): Wyndsong 2. Link to person's website or art page: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/wyndsong/ 3. Approximate time period of when you did business with this person: All through August 4. Details: Very quick turn around on all the commissions I got from her. I got three back-to-back-to-back commissions from her in the same amount of time it usually takes for an artist to send me a sketch for approval. rileycostello Sep. 3rd, 2011 11:10 am (local) Commissioner: RainOubliette 1. Name of the person you recommend (please also put this in the subject of your comment): RainOubliette 2. Link to person's website or art page: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/rainoubliette/ 3. Approximate time period of when you did business with this person: About a month or so ago 4. Details: She commissioned me for a 8.5x11 mixed media piece. (finished product: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6125307 ) She was AMAZING to work with, one of my favorite commissioners EVER. She is super pleasant, prompt with payment, very easy-going and is just all around awesome. rileycostello Sep. 3rd, 2011 11:11 am (local) Commissioner: Anbessa 1. Name of the person you recommend (please also put this in the subject of your comment): Anbessa 2. Link to person's website or art page: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/anbessa/ 3. Approximate time period of when you did business with this person: About a month or so ago 4. Details: Anbessa commissioned me for a 5x7 mixed media piece. Very easygoing, awesome commissioner- one of my favorite clients to date! Let me know when the piece ( http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6320001 ) arrived, too, since it was international (very helpful). I definitely recommend this commissioner! tombstonerider Sep. 3rd, 2011 12:45 pm (local) Commissioner : Serling 1. Name of the person you recommend (please also put this in the subject of your comment): Serling 2. Link to person's website or art page: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/serling 3. Approximate time period of when you did business with this person: Various! It's now been several times over the course of a few years. 4. Details : Serling is always very free with ideas, the subjects are fun and highly enjoyable, and never the same thing over and over again. He's very patient and has fun ideas. I couldn't ask for kinder! torikonero Sep. 6th, 2011 09:05 am (local) Aressa 1. Aressa 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/aressa/ 3. About two weeks ago 4. I commissioned Aressa for a series of pictures for a friend of mine. He was great to work with, and sent tons of progress pictures. :3 I was very happy with him, and I would definitely do business with him again! http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6321274 (SFW, involves weight gain) latiro Sep. 11th, 2011 10:08 pm (local) Dipper 1. Dipper 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/dipper/ 3. latest one I got was done in 9/9 4. she's very professional and a sweet person to talk to. Here's the pic she recently did for me: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6465324/ latiro Sep. 13th, 2011 02:35 pm (local) dossun 1. dossun 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/dossun/ 3. September 13 4. I commissioned him for a themed commission and choose a horror theme since Halloween is getting near. He's quite fast with it and here's the result (warning: contains some gore): http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6491109/ latiro Sep. 14th, 2011 07:52 pm (local) DoDeDo 1. DoDedo 2. http://doe.drangolin.net/ 3. paid her on September 11 and got it 3 days later 4. she was offering some discount wing-it commissions and so I hopped in and emailed her for one. She finished the pic today and I was so happy with the results and the fast commission turnaround http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6498792/ latiro Sep. 28th, 2011 09:12 pm (local) VexinglyYours 1. VexinglyYours 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/vexinglyyours/ 3. paid her on July 14 and got it on September 28 4. she was advertising a summer commission package in June and I've got the bronze pack for $15 (it contained a sketch, a flat colour, and two icons, one of which I got for a friend of mine). She's very reasonable to work with, though it took a while for her to finish them. Highly recommended

WHO: FA user Battenburgcake [nsfw/adult account BloodSugar] WHERE: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/battenburgcake/ WHAT: 2 full digital pieces WHEN: Inital note, agreement and paid on April 8th 2011. First commission received May 20th. Second commission still not received, August 31st 2011. PROOF: Initial Commission offer: http://s1115.photobucket.com/albums/k549/NomOnMomo/?action=view&current=commission1.png Artist accepts commission: http://s1115.photobucket.com/albums/k549/NomOnMomo/?action=view&current=commission2-1.png Payment proof: http://s1115.photobucket.com/albums/k549/NomOnMomo/?action=view&current=paypal1.jpg First note send asking about commission status: http://s1115.photobucket.com/albums/k549/NomOnMomo/?action=view&current=commission3.png Note read by artist: http://s1115.photobucket.com/albums/k549/NomOnMomo/?action=view&current=commission4.jpg Other notes recently sent and no response: http://s1115.photobucket.com/albums/k549/NomOnMomo/?action=view&current=unreadnotes.jpg EXPLAIN: I commissioned Batten for two pieces, a one character and a two character, on Apr 8th, 2011, 11:02 AM. The total came out to $25 and I paid it via paypal in full on Apr 8th, 2011, 11:01 PM. I recieved my first commission May 20th and since then I have not gotten my second piece or heard from the artist after sending them notes to both accounts. I don't mind if it takes the artist a while to complete something, because I understand things happen outside of our control sometimes, so long as they let the commissioner know what's going on, or that it's going to take them some time/they will be unavailable etc. However, I haven't received a single note from them or a reply to notes I have sent them. Since it's past 45 days, I can't dispute it via paypal -_- Any advice? :s I know it's just $15 but that could have gone to a more responsible artist :S

Aug. 16th, 2011 at 2:27 PM undertow26 I'm not sure if I want to call this a beware. I feel bad putting her here because the transaction started out really awesome, but it declined from there. WHO: Neemeister neemeister.deviantart.com WHERE: Deviantart WHAT: $85 two character commission. WHEN: Beginning of May/June 2010 until now. PROOF: The exchange. She asked me about some details about the story and my characters, so my replies are omitted for personal reasons. [Censored by mod for lack of censoring. Paypal screencap is valid] EXPLAIN: I paid for a commission in June 2010 of two of my characters. In the beginning, the transaction went smoothly, but she required payment upfront. This was fine with me, I've done it before with good results. Since she was going through a tough situation I made the mistake of sending the full 85 USD to her account instead of half/half, which she said would be alright. Everything was fine, I was really excited about this commission. Almost three months go by and I don't get any progress. I understand that she had other commissions before mine so I wasn't really worried at this point. I sent her a message inquiring the status. Since she wasn't on dA very often. the exchange spanned from Aug 30th to Oct 1st. I omitted some unnecessary stuff, hope that's ok. The changes requested was for one of the characters who I redesigned. She went silent for a while, and closed her commissions in December. I was going to ask her about the commission again, but saw her reply to someone else's inquiry on her commission journal saying she intended to get to them. Reassured, I forgot about the commission. Until April/May of this year. I was a bit frustrated at this point. She stopped uploading to her dA gallery. It wasn't the time that got to me, it was the lack of communication. I sent a reply on her dA journal. And it was hidden. By now I'm getting bad vibes. I can understand hiding the comment but she didn't even reply. Irritated, I sent a note to another of her customers. I took out her screen name for privacy reasons. But it looks like I'm not the only one who hasn't received art from this artist. [Removed by mods for proxy] Doing a search on her screen name, I found some accounts on different websites, one that was last visited in July of this year. So I don't think she's out of internet. I sent her another note asking for the status of the commission and it sits unread in my inbox. I'm rather upset that I had to come here in the first place because this started off so promising. I don't want to assume the worst, but it appears that she's been recently active on other sites which isn't a good sign. I'm thinking of issuing a chargeback since I paid with a credit card, but I think too much time has allotted since the initial transaction. I will happily mark this as resolved if she gets in contact with me again, but right now it seems unlikely that I'll ever get the art. =/

Aug. 14th, 2011 at 8:18 PM thebrokentape WHO: Vaughnblondtail -> www.vaughnblondetail.deviantart.com, www.furaffinity.net/user/vaughnblondetail WHERE: Furaffinity.net/Deviantart.com WHAT: $75 commission from me WHEN: Initiated beginning of June 2011, finished June 24th PROOF: 1: http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae340/ABrokenCassette/Picture32.png 2: http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae340/ABrokenCassette/Picture33.png EXPLAIN: So this guy commissioned me to do a series of seven colored images for $75. As is my usual policy, I asked him to pay me half up front and then the second half when the piece was finished. He sent me the first half of the money without any problems, but then comes the trouble. After finally finishing the piece I told him that I had it ready, and if he was set to send me the second half of the money. He said he was, and so I sent him the image with a watermark. He said that he loved it, but then promptly told me that he didn't have the rest of his payment yet. ? I feel a little cheated and pretty frustrated because this guy also has decided to not respond to any of my attempts at communication (it's been a month and a half now with no word.) I've provided a few screencaps of conversations we had.

Aug. 2nd, 2011 at 8:27 PM korsetkoat WHO: http://kura-ou.deviantart.com/ http://suzaku-ou.livejournal.com/ WHERE: Initiated contact on teenycom post, did business over dA notes. WHAT: I ordered a lineart of a new character that had never been drawn before. We agreed on the price of 15$. WHEN: Ordered the lineart October 24th, 2010. EXPLAIN: Ordered the commission October 24th 2010, paid on the 25th. Checked up on the status of my commission on November 15, 2010. Checked up on the status for the second time on December 2nd, 2010, received a WIP. I asked for changes to be made. Checked up on the status of my commission for a third time on December 29th, 2010, received a second WIP. There were a lot of things that I asked for at the very beginning that were ignored/forgotten, and for some reason the slot for the tail that was in the sketch disappeared in the second WIP, so I asked for that to be put back in. I never got a reply to this note. Checked up on the status of my commission a fourth time on January 29th, 2011. I noticed that they made a teenycom post asking for more commissions after telling me their scanner wasn't working, so I hoped they had it fixed and we could move on with my commission. This is also left unanswered. Finally, the note above is answered on April 15th, 2011. The commission still isn't finished and I felt very snubbed being ignored while they kept trying to sell commissions. I asked for a refund. We had a back and forth about me asking for a refund. Continuation of above. Tired of arguing and tired of them, I conceded and agreed to let them finish my commission. Checked up on the status of my commission a fifth time on August 1st, 2011. Currently unread and unanswered. I'm just irritated that it's taking 9 months to get my commission, especially when it looked almost finished in the second WIP. I'm obviously not going to get my art or my money, but I want to post a beware, and ask for some advice. EDIT 1: Here's the photobucket album that includes to two WIPs. EDIT 2: After posting this entry, the artist has contacted me.

Aug. 2nd, 2011 at 7:55 PM bladebandit This is in regards to the following post: http://artists-beware.livejournal.com/488291.html (Thanks again to all those who gave advice!) WHO: Poisonousvixen URLS: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/poisonousvixen/ https://inkbunny.net/PoisonousVixen http://poisonousvixen.sofurry.com/ There's also another account which appears to be an alternate account of hers on FA, but I don't know if I should mention it as I'm not 100% sure! WHAT: This minor beware is with regards to their rude behaviour and disregard to T.O.S. They have been banned on FA for art theft/ban evasion. I don't know any exact details of this, I'm afraid! However, the following comment provided me with further info on her, and perhaps why more details/further bewares on her may be needed: http://artists-beware.livejournal.com/488291.html?thread=17570915 More screenshots of her rude/curious behaviour (Note that NONE of these are related to or directed at me! Just providing more proof to back up my case): http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c297/DarkCerberus/Screen1.png http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c297/DarkCerberus/Screen2.png http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c297/DarkCerberus/Screen4.png http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c297/DarkCerberus/Screen5.png http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c297/DarkCerberus/Screen6.png http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c297/DarkCerberus/Screen7.png Also; these are rather interesting and contradictory: http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c297/DarkCerberus/Screen3.png http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c297/DarkCerberus/Screen8.png Screenshotted from her (Banned) deviantART account. Of course, I can't really speak for any of this, as they're not my personal experiences. However, I felt I should provide more proof of her behaviour as I don't have many screenshots of the rudetowards me! PROOF/EXPLAIN: This first part is about the commissioning process. I don't have much to go on with this, as I (stupidly) deleted the notes in question. In short, I just wanted it over with and to get it off my mind, but in hindsight...do I regret it. So for the first part, I just have a 'my side of the story' as such. Poisonousvixen approached me for a commission, explained what they wanted, payment sent, all without a hitch. They were very kind and polite at this point - lovely person! It wasn't until the commission was completed that I encountered problems. After sending the file, Poisonousvixen was incredibly rude about the corrections that they wanted. They kept talking about how I'd gotten their character's colours wrong (She said something about 'My character is blue, not turquoise'). She then proceeded to send a note entitled 'List of things wrong' and stated how unhappy she was with the commission and the many things she wanted me to correct. I apologised and fixed what she wanted to the best of my ability. After which...she suddenly, and simply, sent a note which said 'PERFECT!'. Confusing. Upon uploading it to her FurAffinity gallery, she didn't link back at all - something which I ask of in my TOS and something which just minutes before, I'd asked her to do in a note, and she'd agreed to. I posted a comment politely asking if she could link back to my original submission and/or my FA page, as I had originally asked her. I remember her asking 'Why?' before deleting the submission (Presumably to get rid of my comment?) and reuploading it correctly...but with a few rude words in the description about being 'spammed' in the comments. Confused, I just left it be. I can never be bothered to deal with rude people, and it was at this point I proceeded to delete the notes...learn from my mistakes, I guess? Ugh. This latter part is with regards to my TOS. In my TOS, I state that I only allow re-uploading to FurAffinity galleries. I also state I'm happy to make exceptions to this of course, but only if people ask for permission first, and give clear links back. It came to my attention however, that Poisonousvixen had uploaded my art to their SoFurry and Inkbunny galleries, without my permission and without asking...and with no credit or link back whatsoever. I know it's only a minor thing, but I thought I'd best let them know that they hadn't asked for permission and hadn't linked back to me. I proceeded to make an account, simply so I could report the images to the admins. I posted a comment on the submission, which read: "Hi there, I didn't give you permission to post this on here...could you please remove it? Thank you." (Screenshot of this comment, with cropped out username and userpic: http://pics.livejournal.com/bladebandit/pic/0007qpaa/g194 ) I don't have a screenshot of their original submission however, as she deleted the image almost immediately. Within minutes...she'd reposted it. Here's the description under the new image: On the plus side, I now have a link back. But...the coldness and the rudeness in the description utterly astounds me. Reported the submission to the admins again, still awaiting a response. A while later, I found this comment thread under the submission: Rude again, and also incorrect. Edited out the top person's username, and will edit the userpic out if requested! In short, Poisonousvixen was incredibly rude and showed a disregard to my TOS, even when I spoke to them politely. Quite a few people have mentioned their problems with her. So hopefully this post will spread the word and warn people to stay away! Let me know if anything's missing and I'll edit to the best of my abilities. Apologies again for the lack of screenshots on the first part! ?

Aug. 2nd, 2011 at 5:13 PM greenflavordink EDIT: Issue resolved. Thank you everyone for the advice, my friend FINALLY heard back from Abby and my refund is currently being cleared through paypal. First off, apologies if this formats incorrectly, for some odd reason LJ's posting looks all weird and it's been years since I actually made a post. ---- For my friend’s birthday (March 3’rd) I told her I would pay for a $30 commission from an artist of her choice. I’ve never really commissioned anyone before, so I just stepped back and let my friend work out all of the details and I forked up the cash when prompted. She has been waiting close to 6 months and no sign of the sketches, and on top of that the artist seems to be avoiding any and all attempts at communication. My friend was the one who did most of the communicating (but since I’m the one who actually paid for the commission and am out the money I decided to be the one to post here), and they used to keep in contact through various websites, so I do apologize if it gets jumpy. WHO: tumblr: neversayneverland y!g: blackcoffee dA: pukio LJ: prosodi My friend referred to her as Abby, so for the sake of simplicity that’s what I shall do. WHERE: http://neversayneverland.tumblr.com/ http://yaoi.y-gallery.net/user/blackcoffee/ http://prosodi.livejournal.com/ y!g is apparently where she does most of her business. WHAT: Three coloured digital sketches. WHEN: March 3’rd 2011- My friend’s birthday. I told her I would pay for a $30 commission of any artist she wanted. March 5’th 2011- My friend communicated with the artist, and they accepted the commission. I sent out the money to the artist via paypal. I’d asked that they let me know when/if the money went through, since I’m always worried I’ll email it to the wrong person or paypal just won’t send it over properly. A few weeks had gone by and I never heard from Abby about the money, so I asked my friend if all was well. My friend did not even know if Abby received the payment and shot her a message on tumblr. April 4’th- Abby responded saying that yes she did get the money and that she would work on my friend’s commissions that weekend. May 4’th- Once again my friend was able to get a hold of Abby and asked how things were going. They had stated that school was practically slaying them, but that they would be able to work on them that Saturday. May 14’th- My friend sent an AIM message to Abby saying that Saturday had come and gone. The artist logged out an hour later without saying a word to her. May 29’th- My friend emailed her and this was the first time she mentioned a refund. No response. June- More time passed. My friend tried to get in touch with Abby a few times on a few different websites. She noticed that Abby would post things occasionally on tumblr/lj/chats. Eventually my friend broke down and asked the artist’s roommate if Abby was alright and to pass a message along saying that she’d been trying to get in touch with Abby for awhile now. The roommate said she would tell Abby. July 3’rd- When that last live journal message went unanswered I wrote up an email and sent it to the only form of communication I had with the artist, the email they gave me to send their payment to. I stated that if they did not email me back from them by July 15’th 2011 I would write up a post for artist_beware. July 15’th- I did not receive a response. I got bogged down with work and was unable to log into AIM (however I check my email religiously) and double check to see if my friend heard from her, I decided to hold off on posting to artist_beware to ensure that no mistakes were made. July 30’th- I finally logged back into AIM and started collecting material for this post. My friend wanted to try one last time to get a hold of Abby, with a new deadline of Monday August 1’st, 2011. August 2- I finally sent in this report to artist_beware. PROOF: Artist accepted commission. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/kinabaki/Commission%20Issues%20for%20artist_beware/commissionproof1.jpg Artist said they received payment. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/kinabaki/Commission%20Issues%20for%20artist_beware/commissionproof2.jpg Paypal statement showing money had been sent/received. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/kinabaki/Commission%20Issues%20for%20artist_beware/commissionproof3.jpg Artist’s missed deadline. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/kinabaki/Commission%20Issues%20for%20artist_beware/commissionproof4.jpg Artist ignores my friend/their client. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/kinabaki/Commission%20Issues%20for%20artist_beware/commissionproof5.jpg Requesting refund. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/kinabaki/Commission%20Issues%20for%20artist_beware/commissionproof6.jpg Trying other methods of getting a hold of her. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/kinabaki/Commission%20Issues%20for%20artist_beware/commissionproof7.jpg Asking roommate to let the artist know she is missed. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/kinabaki/Commission%20Issues%20for%20artist_beware/commissionproof8.jpg Formal request of a refund from the person who actually sent the money. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/kinabaki/Commission%20Issues%20for%20artist_beware/commissionproof9.jpg Final warning before posting here. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/kinabaki/Commission%20Issues%20for%20artist_beware/commissionproof10.jpg Here is a lj post made by my friend, pretty much saying her thoughts on the matter. It was originally private but I asked that she make it public for the sake of this post. http://robotlizards.livejournal.com/120661.html And here is the artist’s lj, showing that she’s spent time online since she’d started ignoring my friend. http://prosodi.livejournal.com/ EXPLAIN: I’m not trying to be a villain here. I realize that when you play the game of life that stuff comes up, especially when you’re in school. I’m in art school myself and I know how sometimes you’ve got to put outside projects aside so that you can get your pressing assignments done. However, I feel that ignoring emails, pms, tells, and all other what have you’s for as long as she has is just rude. This is where my discontent mainly lays. If anyone has any suggestions of how to handle situations like this, I’d love to hear it.

owl_song Aug. 1st, 2011 11:02 pm (local) Brindledcashew 1. Brindledcashew 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/brindledcashew/ 3. Commissioned ~July 15th, received art July 20th 4. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6160286 I commissioned brindledcashew for a long overdue (i've had the character for years!) ref sheet of my personal character Jello. I noted her about a quote, saying I was willing to pay above what her price list said for all the details I wanted. She totally went the extra mile and didn't charge must more than the list price. She worked very quickly and the finished product was absolutely perfect! lilclaudy Aug. 1st, 2011 11:31 pm (local) 1. Veetanitu 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/veetanitu/ 3. Commissioned ~July something, received July 15th. 4. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6127310 I commissioned Veetanitu a bit before she was publicly open for commissions. She showed me the sketch during the process to make sure everything was well done. She was very professional in our conversations, fast but with good quality in the end. I love the finished job, she did it exactly as I wanted it to be done. glacidea Aug. 2nd, 2011 12:05 am (local) 1. Reilaa 2. http://reilaa.livejournal.com/ 3. I've commissioned them four times, but the most recent was in...July? 4. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v161/wtshu/commissions/6_2.jpg I bought a Heather Mason charm from them. I've bought from them before, but I am just so impressed with the quality. I mean the personality shows through! I feel like it could get up and walk. I've commissioned things before, but never felt the personality shine like with this one. Just amazing ❤️ alex_dachshund Aug. 2nd, 2011 12:06 am (local) LusoPakak 1. LusoPakak 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/lusopakak/ 3. July 29th, received: July 30th 4. Luso was offering cheap $2.00 commissions one day and I decided to get one! I requested my character be draw sitting in a bowl of mashed potatoes and gravy since it was a cute idea and Luso happily agreed and drew it the next day! He was super fast and nice to talk to! He does super cheap commissions often so his prices are really affordable! Finished commish~ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6217547/ latiro Aug. 2nd, 2011 12:11 am (local) Falvie 1. Falive 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/falvie/ 3. commissioned her on July 23 and got the pic on 4 days later 4. Falvie has some fantastic artwork and some brilliant use of textures and colour choices for her drawings. She's very cool to work with, and I've been very patient with her throughout. Here's this awesome pic I've commissioned: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6201932/ alex_dachshund Aug. 2nd, 2011 12:11 am (local) nagi-wolf 1. nagi-wolf 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/nagi-wolf/ 3. July 23rd, finished July 28th 4. This person was offering $10 glowing icon commissions and I really liked how they looked so I decided to get one. They looked so freaking cool! They were nice to talk to and easy to understand since English wasn't their native language, and they showed me WIPs and even did a slight edit when requested. Finished commish~ My icon: http://www.furaffinity.net/full/6223337/ Montage of the entire batch: http://www.furaffinity.net/full/6229406/ alex_dachshund Aug. 2nd, 2011 12:16 am (local) melissar1 1. melissar1 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/melissar1/ 3. The commission journal they had up is now deleted, but as an estimate, probably mid July. Finished July 24th. 4. Very very cute toony style and great art! I commissioned them for a toony picture of my fursona playing video games and the commission came out better than I expected! Very nice and polite and the art is so adorable. ? Finished commish~ http://www.furaffinity.net/full/6181075/ latiro Aug. 2nd, 2011 12:21 am (local) WhiteMantis 1. WhiteMantis 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/whitemantis/ 3. June 15, done on June 16 4. she was offering some sketch commissions, so I decided to buy one. She finished it very fast and it came out absolutely terrific! And to top it off, she has an affinity for jester (like I do) ? http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5947241/ if she's offering commissions again, I'll be more than happy to do business with her again alex_dachshund Aug. 2nd, 2011 12:21 am (local) jerrybluesky 1. jerrybluesky 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/jerrybluesky/ 3. Twice I commissioned this person. Cannot recall the first time but the most recent time is around mid July. First commission was finished back in December 29th, 2010 and the second time was July 20th. 4. Very great style. Communication was a bit delayed at times, but nothing too bad. He managed to deliver the goods both times I commissioned him. The first time I commissioned him was for a "Take On Me" inspired icon and the second time was for a heraldic design watermark thing over on TeenyCom. Icon: http://www.furaffinity.net/full/5011143/ Heraldic Design: http://www.furaffinity.net/full/6153946/ Definitely recommend this guy! ? justblieve (68.238.151.193) Aug. 2nd, 2011 03:18 pm (local) Re: jerrybluesky JerryBlueSky/Rockerbot27/Julian_Wilbury is actually a "she", just fyi ? Link | Reply | Parent | Thread | Expand | Delete | Spam | Screen | Freeze | Track This Select: alex_dachshund Aug. 2nd, 2011 12:30 am (local) MaryMouse 1. MaryMouse 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/marymouse 3. July 15th. Commission finished July 18th. Received in the mail sometime later that week. 4. I commissioned Mary for a custom Certified! species tag on July 15th. I was so excited to commission her for this. I was wanting one so badly and I was so happy to be her first Certified dachshund for her custom batches. :3 I told her I wanted one badly and if she would be willing to wait if I saved up the funds for the tag. She was very understanding and even let me buy it for $20 instead of $25 since I had inquired to her about one before she even started selling custom tags publicly so I was super grateful for that. She finished it in no time, sent me the badge file, a high res file of my character only, and an icon file. That was so freaking nice of her to do that! ❤️ Not done. She asked for my mailing address and I gave it to her and she shipped out my tag the next day. Once I got it in the mail, I was surprised to see that not only was there a tag, but ANOTHER COPY as well, and they both were laminated and had clips! AND, and there is another and, she included the original paper sketch as well! I was so speechless and happy that I got so many nice things from her. That was a great deal. She is probably one of the best artists I have ever done business with to be honest. She was kind, polite, professional, and included so many great things for only $20! Finished Commish~ (Reposted on my account) http://www.furaffinity.net/full/6142009/ poizenkat Aug. 2nd, 2011 07:09 am (local) Re: MaryMouse Seconding this! Marymouse was amazing when i commissioned her for a fullbody badge a few months ago! I cant wait to get my 'certified' badge! mssithy Aug. 2nd, 2011 04:13 am (local) CurioDraco 1. CurioDraco 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/curiodraco/ 3. Commissioned end of June I believe, finished in July 4. NSFW http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6152100 We wanted something gentle, nothing violent or hardcore and she captured that mood perfectly. She also took great care in making sure the pose was to our liking. She was great about keeping us updated about her process. Really nice artist and great to work with ? kalika_tybera Aug. 2nd, 2011 05:29 am (local) Sekhmet NAME: Sekhmet / FireLioness WEBSITE: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/melo666 TIME: Commissioned in June 2011. WHAT: Commissioned a 3x4 size conbadge in traditional media. IMAGE I RECEIVED: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6188392 DETAILS: Sekhmet was great to work with! She did not take long at all and the art embodied everything I'd asked for and more. Her expressions and use of colours are phenomenal and she is very easy to communicate with. kalika_tybera Aug. 2nd, 2011 05:29 am (local) Arpad NAME: Arpad. WEBSITE: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/arpad/ TIME: Commissioned in June 2011. WHAT: Commissioned a painty style conbadge done in traditional media. IMAGE I RECEIVED: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6227146 DETAILS: Very friendly and communicative, and did not take long at all either to complete the artwork. His attention to details and colours is amazing and he was a total pleasure to work with. shout_of_joy Aug. 2nd, 2011 06:48 am (local) Scenceable/Janine Haq/Quequinox Art 1. Scenceable/Janine Haq/Quequinox Art 2. Personal Art page at http://quequinoxart.com/ (My commission is currently displayed at the bottom of this page) Facebook page/commission list at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Quequinox-Art/211337422224954 DeviantArt page at http://scenceable.deviantart.com/ 3. Commissioned her in April 2011, commission completed and shipped in July. 4. Janine was a dream to work with! She e-mailed me with sketches and photos of commission progress every step of the way, was very open to any suggestions I made, and went out of her way to make sure I was informed and pleased with the commission. She likes to work on a bunch of commissions at once, but is steadily finishing some while she starts others, so there is always a sense of process and progress. And I was very delighted with the completed results. Exceptional packaging for the shipping from Cananda to the US, and her pricing in my opinion is more than fair given the amount of materials and time she puts into each piece. Here is another photo she took of my commission http://quequinoxart.com/uploads/2/9/1/5/2915211/5406814_orig.jpg Can't recommend her enough if you love equines, unicorns, or related fantasy creatures! poizenkat Aug. 2nd, 2011 06:54 am (local) Oceantiger11 1. oceantiger11 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/oceantiger11/ 3. about a month ago, perhaps? 4. She made me a Li-Li doll for only $30! It's just about the cutest thing ever and i have a keychain so i can attach it to my pants and take it everywhere i go XD She even started before i sent payment! She was really sweet and made me a free badge for being one of the first people to commission her. I would love to do business with her again. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6183261/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6201737/ poizenkat Aug. 2nd, 2011 06:56 am (local) corriezodori 1. corriezodori 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/corriezodori/ 3. less than a month 4. It is always a pleasure commissioning corrie. She works hard and finishes her commissions in a timely manner. She also pays attention to detail and did a wonderful job on my Partner's fursona. I continuously urge her to raise her prices, her art style and shading is outstanding! http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6207761/ torikonero Aug. 2nd, 2011 06:57 am (local) Huskie666 1. Huskie666 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/huskie666/ and http://www.furaffinity.net/user/huskie-commissions for commissions. 3. Roughly 2 weeks 4. Huskie666 offered a deal in which one person would buy an item from MissMonster's online store for her in exchange for a breed badge. I had been wanting one of these for a while, so I pounced on it. I bought the item and had it shipped directly to her. Before the item even got to her, she was done with my art. Not only that, but she is by far one of the best artists I have ever had the pleasure of working with. She queried me for details about my character that NO artist had ever asked about. She researched my species and made sure each and every line and marking was accounted for before starting the work. Then, less than a week later, she was done. Everything was perfect. A couple of days later, she mailed the item to me. It came in perfect condition, and I can't stop looking at it. Huskie666 provides top-quality products quickly and with a level of customer service I didn't realize was possible, much less executable by someone who clearly does a LOT of commissions. I honestly can't wait to commission her again! torikonero Aug. 2nd, 2011 06:59 am (local) Re: Huskie666 Oh...it would probably help to show y'all what she did. XD Derp! http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6086818/ poizenkat Aug. 2nd, 2011 06:59 am (local) Havoc - 2x2l 1. Havoc/2x2l 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/2x2l/ 3. less than a month 4. Her art is beautiful! I commissioned her for a badge and it was done exactly when she said it would be done! I love how it came out and how cute and happy Li-Li looks! She was also very sweet, willing to wait a bit for me to send payment. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6163825/ poizenkat Aug. 2nd, 2011 07:01 am (local) 1. zipperface 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/zipperface/ 3. some time the beginning of last month 4. it is always a pleasure commissioning zipperface! Their style is adorable and they are willing to wait till they are done with the piece for payment, actually it seems that that's what they prefer XD I really love the piece they made for me and my partner and i find it absolutely adorable and to be exactly what i imagined if not better! http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6088051/ mazzbest burd Aug. 2nd, 2011 11:39 am (local) ally_kat / laughingsatyr 1. I'd love to give a positive shout to Ally_kat/laughingsatyr 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/laughingsatyr/ 3. Approximate time period of when you did business with them: I just paid the last payment on a needfelt of my fursona. While I have not received it in person yet, I want to point out how amazing she is. 4. Details: I asked her last month about a commission, I paid half up front with a promise of the other half the next month. I did not expect her to begin working until I was paid in full but she told me she would have it done by the time I had the second payment sent. Man was she right. I got to be her first commissioner for her needlefelt work and I hope other people will commission her in the future because she was amazing to work with. She showed me so many progress shots and really kept me informed and updated on the progress of my item. She is very kind and let me know anytime she showed me a photo that I could have her fix/change things. She really turned my idea into something awesome. Of course you can see it here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6135848 Check out her galley, she has a SUPER ADORABLE baby Grpyh for sale that I really would like to see go out. -- She did just this past week give birth to a baby boy so her replies may be a bit slow if you want to contact her about a commission. This is also the reason I am posting a positive review before the item is sent to me. I told her not to send it until she recovers, I trust her 100% to send the item out when she does. I've known her online for years. marus_puppy Aug. 2nd, 2011 11:54 am (local) Unyko 1. Unyko 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/unyko/ 3. Late May/Early June (I forgot to post about her last month, but I will now!!) 4. I took part in her Finish This Sketch! commissions where she had a sketched out pose and you gave your character details to put in it. I thought it was a really neat idea and so I thought "why not?" She finished it within a day, essentially, and she was so sweet even though we both had a goof on clothes colors. XD I would definitely buy another from her! Here's the finished picture: http://www.furaffinity.net/full/5855260/ danjiisthmus Aug. 2nd, 2011 01:57 pm (local) Re: Unyko Have to second unyko ❤️ She's a sweetie and even went crazy on this commission when my boyfriend donated to help her fish ? What she did for us for way too little money ;w; http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5956738/ slyminera Aug. 2nd, 2011 01:58 pm (local) OrangeWolfenNetwork 1. OrangeWolfenNetwork 2. http://orangewolfennetwork.deviantart.com/ 3. June 8, 2011 4. First things first, this was a request/gift as she's a good friend of mine. xD This is the finished piece, my main fursona 'Silverfox': http://orangewolfennetwork.deviantart.com/art/Buri-Cat-212202607 I watched her draw the entire thing over Sketcher on AG, it only took about an hour or two since it was just a lightly shaded color image with no background. If I had money to give her for true commissions I would (I actually got her a gift over the weekend as a thanks, and we doodle each others' fursonas all the time). She's pretty fast with her art and does an excellent job; she's extremely pleasant to work with and tends to be casual with communication but still keeps it professional. She's also recently started taking more furry commissions through FA but I'm not sure if she'd want me to post the account publicly (she wants to keep her DA and FA accounts separate for personal reasons) so I'd be more than happy to link it to anyone who's interested via PM. She'll draw just about anything, I think there's only a couple things that are off limits. lilclaudy Aug. 2nd, 2011 02:29 pm (local) 1. Squidtape/Rewty 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/rewty/ / http://squidtape.livejournal.com/ 3. Commissioned ~July 26 and got the icons on the 29th, earlier than the date we aimed for. 4. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6214098 I commissioned her because she was doing a special of $5 icons if one was a gift for someone. So, since my husband's birthday was soon, I went and got it. She was nice and professional, even though I told her that it didn't need to be on my husband's birthday, she wanted to make that mark. Yet, she finished it earlier and still very well done, she did a great job. I seriously recommend her. casteddreams Aug. 2nd, 2011 03:27 pm (local) Grau 1. Grau 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/grau 3. July 29th. Received today, August 2nd. 4. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6238307 I commissioned them for a $5 sketch commission. Grau was very easy to work with and very pleasant. I just got the sketch today and I'm thrilled with the outcome! They included all the details I had asked for, and did so perfectly. Plus, only $5 for a full body sketch! casteddreams Aug. 2nd, 2011 03:32 pm (local) Mab 1. Mab 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/mab/ 3. July 29th. Received same day. 4. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6215012/ I commissioned Mab for a $20 inked sketch of my character and the female version of my husband's character. I let her have a fair bit of freedom on this, and she ran with it. The outcome was gorgeous and nicely detailed. She was also very kind and easy to work with. Not to mention I got it the same day! casteddreams Aug. 2nd, 2011 03:38 pm (local) Falvie I'm also posting about Falvie. 1. Falvie 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/falvie/ 3. July 23rd. Received same day. 4. Commissioned a fully colored non-anthro commission for $60 CAD, of my husband's character and my character together. What I got was something gorgeous and very cute at that, I was very very happy with the outcome! Falvie was also very easy to work with, and very sweet as well. I also got the image the same day! alexandrew Aug. 2nd, 2011 03:59 pm (local) theJotaku 1. theJotaku 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/thejotaku/ 3. July 31, received on the second 4. Commissioned a two person sketch of me and my boyfriend, received a VERY nice quality picture that was both cute and fitting personality wise, and more unique than most two-person sketch commissions tend to be. The artist was very easy and nice to work with, even with my uhhh complicated (to put it nicely) character, and was very cool about waiting until the next day for my check to come in. Not to mention the incredibly reasonable price! ? Finished picture: http://i.imgur.com/lQHha.png latiro Aug. 2nd, 2011 04:12 pm (local) Patto 1. Patto 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/patto/ 3. since early 2010 (recent one's done on July 23) 4. I've commissioned her for some coloured sketch commissions for $45.50 CAD of my character as a dragon/fox hybrid. She's pretty fast finishing it and it came out terrific http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6173064/ Patto's got some awesome artwork and very cool to work with. Definitely recomended vexinglyyours Aug. 2nd, 2011 04:28 pm (local) Viral_Divinity 1. Viral_Divinity 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/viraldivinity/ 3. July 27 - 28 4. Commissioned her for a speedpaint commission of two characters that was done during a stream. Very nice person, beautiful art and fun to watch. Went back the next day for some more. ? http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6203485 latiro Aug. 2nd, 2011 04:28 pm (local) DaggerLeonelli/Majime 1. DaggerLeonelli/Majime 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/daggerleonelli (FA) / http://majime.deviantart.com/ (DA) 3. recent one's done in July 19 4. when I last commission her, it was for one of the $10 icons she was offering. I emailed her for one, and she finished it on the 19th of July and it was marvelous here's my personal favourite commissions I've got from her http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5653637/ (NSFW) http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6238713/ (the icon in question) celestinaketzia Aug. 5th, 2011 09:54 am (local) Re: DaggerLeonelli/Majime Seconded! I love love love the icons she did for me. vexinglyyours Aug. 2nd, 2011 04:31 pm (local) Fetalstar 1. Fetalstar 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/fetalstar/ 3. July 1 - 18, have done business with the person before then 4. Commissioned for a simple CG image (NSFW!) http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6141681/ Constantly keeps you updated. Very professional! latiro Aug. 2nd, 2011 04:36 pm (local) Re: Fetalstar seconded she's very awesome to work with and as a result, I was one of her long-time repeat customers. Heck, I even commissioned her for one pic as a birthday gift for WhiteMantis (as I'm such a nice gift-giver) I can't wait till I get my latest commission (when she's open again) casteddreams Aug. 3rd, 2011 03:14 pm (local) Re: Fetalstar Seconding as well. I've gotten several pieces from her, and all of them were great! Very nice gal too. ? houndofloki Aug. 3rd, 2011 08:52 pm (local) Re: Fetalstar Thirding Fetalstar! I've bought a few pictures from her and they all came out great. Very good communication and pretty quick turnaround, too! Definitely recommend her ? fetalstar Aug. 5th, 2011 12:59 am (local) Re: Fetalstar /SOBSOB You guys! ❤️ vexinglyyours Aug. 2nd, 2011 04:39 pm (local) fydbac 1. fydbac 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/fydbac/ 3. Did business once in June and the first two weekends in July. 4. Artist does sketch streams in the first two weekends of every month and has a very fluid style. Fun to watch her draw. Commissioned her about 5 times, I believe. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5938361/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6056529/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6087504/ (third image; NSFW) http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6087562/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6119163/ (first image, NSFW) latiro Aug. 2nd, 2011 04:44 pm (local) SavannahHorrocks 1. SavannahHorrocks 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/savannahhorrocks/ 3. commissioned her on June 9, finished on June 17 4. when she was offering sketch commissions, I immediately emailed her for one of my character, Loki, juggling. And since it's a little difficult, she charged me $30 and so I sent the cash to her. June 17, she finished it and it was amazing! http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5950943/ latiro Aug. 3rd, 2011 02:06 pm (local) KUBIKitsune 1. KUBIKitsune 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/kubikitsune/ 3. pm'd her for them on July 20, completed them on July 31 4. I commissioned her for two commissions and both of them turned out terrific. She's extremely professional and has a fast turnaround on commissions http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6244760/ (one that she'll post soon) http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6244657/ hollso Aug. 3rd, 2011 03:20 pm (local) Abanob 1. Abanob 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/abanob 3. Initiated 20th July, completed 26th! 4. I commissioned them for one of their Iron Artist coloured sketch. They were lovely to work with and were professional. I gave them a theme and my character, and it turned out perfect! Work safe: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6192835 ishaway Aug. 4th, 2011 03:23 am (local) Arpad NAME: Arpad WEBSITE: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/arpad/ TIME: At Anthro Con 2011. WHAT: Commissioned a two character ink image. IMAGE I RECEIVED: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6035462/ DETAILS: Very easy to communicate with, since all communication took place at Anthro Con. Before the end of the con he asked if he could take the inks home and throw some digital coloring on them. I said yes. He also mailed the original inks to me! sisterskift Aug. 11th, 2011 04:49 am (local) Zenia 1. Zenia on FA 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/zenia 3. July 6th, 2011 (my mate commissioned her a short time after that) 4. Zenia makes $5 doodles that are loose and flat colored that I wanted to get. I was short on cash, but I wanted something as a gift for my mate and I. She was very pleasant to work with, completed the doodle within 24 hours (cheap, fast AND good? what) and it turned out adorably. Here's the art: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6073120/ Here's what my mate commissioned this month from her: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6269967 Her "normal" commissions are also very impressive and I hope to be a commissioner in the future. latiro Aug. 18th, 2011 05:54 pm (local) Caltroplay 1. Caltroplay 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/caltroplay/ 3. commissioned her a week ago (August 11); completed today 4. an extremely professional artist, she's very easy to communicate. I've commissioned her for a full coloured pic right there: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6339968/ straychowchow Aug. 30th, 2011 12:18 am (local) LovelyBee 1. LovelyBee 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/lovelybee/ 3. August 27-August 29 4. Amazingly sweet and wonderful to work with, very reasonable prices and one of the fastest turn arounds I have ever had (2 days!) http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6405621 Is the piece I received. Very high quality and stylish. Also received a huge version for printing if I wanted to! teekchan Aug. 31st, 2011 05:21 pm (local) Toastehh 1. Toastehh 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/toastehh/ 3. Aug 25th - Aug 26th/27th 4. Very quick to respond, and despite the fact that I asked for something that wasn't on their price list, they still accepted. I got it a day later and was super pleased! Check them out for super cute, and cheap work.

Edit: Got a DA account, sent her a note and gave her two page shouts... she ignored me. I can see she's responded to other people, and to one of them she said she wishes the trolls would shut up. >_< THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF: http://artists-beware.livejournal.com/390145.html#cutid1 WHO: Eclypse of FA / Leathurkatt on DA WHERE: http://leathurkatt.deviantart.com/ http://www.furaffinity.net/user/eclypse/ WHAT: A Celtic pawprint badge costing $15 and paid for with cash and in person. I had the understanding that it was traditional, but I don't have proof of that. WHEN: I paid for it in November of 2009. The last I heard from her until this summer was in September of 2010, saying she would finish the badge and also try to send me at least $10. Then, on June 23rd, 2011, she sent me the... "finished product" in an FA note. EXPLAIN: This started out as a situation involving an artist who was ridiculously flaky and bad at communication and never showed me any proof that she'd worked on my art. You can read about this part in the previous A_B entry about her. I had pretty much given up on her. Then she sent me the finished product in June 2011. It looked NOTHING like what I'd asked for. I wanted a paw with the colors magenta, purple, and blue and some Celtic hearts worked into the design. I also asked for a name and paid for a solid-color background. But I was just so sick of dealing with her that I didn't bother responding at all. A few weeks later, I looked at the image again and got suspicious. It appeared to be a recolor of another badge in her gallery, and the file name of mine had "cougar" in it. I looked at her commission queue and saw that another person had commissioned her for a cougar paw. I contacted this person, and it turns out the artist sent both of us the exact same image, which had been drawn for the other person's trade a year and a half ago. The image in Eclypse's gallery is a recolor of the paw she drew for the trade, not the other way around. I should have realized right away she was a liar. When she sent me the completed image, she claimed that she finished the artwork, then lost it, and thought she'd have to start over again. The file she "lost" had been created in January of 2010. Well, in September of 2010, she claimed that she had the lines done and just needed to finish it. The person who traded with Eclypse has been in contact with Eclypse on DA. I don't have the details of their conversation, but I know Eclypse has been extremely immature and rude. Eclypse claimed that she sent me the wrong image, then said what she did was completely acceptable, then blocked the person. I will let said person know about this A_B post, in case she wants to add anything to it. I myself have not been in touch with Eclypse. I sent her a note on FA saying, "Over a year and a half since I commissioned you, and still all I get is the same exact image you made for someone else. Wow." She has not read it. If she doesn't respond here, I'll have to resort to getting a DA account, because she is obviously active there. I have no interest in her art after this mess and plan to demand a refund. I don't want to get a DA account just to chase after her but that seems to be my option. PROOF: In this gallery I have screenshots of the paw she sent me, the traced paw from her gallery, key parts of our conversation, her price list, and her queue. http://pics.livejournal.com/paula_mino/gallery/00008qs8 I hope this is an okay way to share the images.

Jul. 24th, 2011 at 12:32 PM animewolfchick I TOLD MYSELF THAT I WOULDNT NEED TO DO THIS BUT I CANT LET THIS GO ON. DO NOT Commission http://www.furaffinity.net/user/stellary OR the collab account http://www.furaffinity.net/user/spaceinvaders!! Stellary is RUDE and UNFAIR in the way she accepts and produces commissions. What i witnessed when i attempted to commission her through spaceinvaders. (please read the dates! 1. as soon as i gained interest (over a month ago) i got this: http://i52.tinypic.com/m90ymd.png so i thought, fair enough they want to be payed right away and paid up. (since they were coming out twice a week at this point i figured id get mine within 1-2 weeks as there wasnt many before me in the que) 2. i sent a note to stellary's account to inform her i noted her on spaceinvaders as the note had not been read in a few days and i wanted to contact her before she started. i asked if it was okay to get a sketch WIP before she continued. her responce: http://i56.tinypic.com/wgq7oj.png which was a tad snappy but i left it be. 3. since then i hadnt seen a sketch WIP even though she claimed to have sketched MOST of them out here: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2477103/ (which was posted a month ago) 4. LAST WEEK after reading this (after it was posted on her page recently): http://artists-beware.livejournal.com/441258.html in an attempt to just see what was happening with my commission (with no intent to rush because i understand people get busy) i kindly asked for an update.( http://i51.tinypic.com/j93ss2.png ) Alex (stellarys partner) then responded very rudely to me: http://i51.tinypic.com/2aj409c.png 5. i decided enough is enough! so i asked nicely for a refund. in which alex agreed to do. i then got THIS from stellary: http://i54.tinypic.com/o86l5k.png 6. i no longer responded and received a refund shortly after. Stellary on artists beware before: http://artists-beware.livejournal.com/441258.html <-- someone experianced another problem with her. id also like to mention within this time space until earlier today stellary has completed: 1 Trade 3 Requests 3 Personal Art Peices 1 Commission AND tried to take on MORE commissions: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2550809/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6165025 She is also trying to take donations: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2556699/ If you agree that all this should NOT be happening to commissioners PLEASE spread the word! EDIT: Alex Has Apologized for the rude comment she personally sent me which is of-corse accepted.

Jul. 31st, 2011 at 9:00 PM nightfell WHO: Baroo/Doctori-Lightning WHERE: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/doctori-lightning/ http://myfur.net/profile/Baroo PROOF: http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r279/nightfell/Art Micellaneous/Baroo_ABpost.jpg?t=1312159399 http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r279/nightfell/Art Micellaneous/BarooFA_ABpost.jpg?t=1312159437 EXPLAIN: After putting down non-refundable deposit on a fursuit head commission, Baroo can't decide if he wants to proceed with the order or not. He has cancelled and un-cancelled with me multiple times during this entire transaction and finally sent me a note saying I was " not being slightest bit understanding about this. If you are going to make me wait almost a year for a fursuit head then at least lower the final price or purchase materials to show you are serious about providing your client with the most satisfying service as soon as you are able to." I'm honestly baffled and very disappointed that this had to happen. I've done hundreds of art commissions and over 10 suit commissions never had anyone lash out so negatively. The MyFur message and FA note screen caps pretty much explain the entire situation, but it gets a little messy/hard to read since there are a lot of one-liners. May12- I was first contacted by Baroo on MyFur for a fursuit head commission. I provide a quote after being given a reference sheet May 26- I receive a 20% deposit of $90 via PayPal and confirm that he has been scheduled for October 2011 completion in time for Halloween. July11-Baroo contacts me that he might have another head commission opportunity for a cheaper price and asks if the deposit is refundable. I tell him unfortunately not but to let me know of his final decision before the end of the week so I can reschedule my Fall 2011 work queue if needed. July 13- Baroo officially backs out of the commission and asks for a refund, despite the fact I had already informed him that the deposit was non-refundable. However I told him I was willing to work out an art/fursuit part exchange that totaled $90. He expresses interest and asks for a list of prices which I give him a link for. I take him off the work queue and schedule in another commissioner who wanted fursuit parts from me. July 14- Baroo changes his mind and decides to get the head commission but wants to pay “ just pay very VERY slowly”. I tell him no problem, I can reschedule him for January 2012 which works well for his budget and since I only deliver completed suits when they have been paid in full. July 14- Same day, Baroo sends me a My Fur message asking how much I charged for handpaws and for illustration art combos. I’m rather confused at this point since he cancelled with me, wanted the commission again, and now wants to go through with the trade/exchange? I roll with it and tell him to choose what he wants and I’ll give him confirm the price. July 25- Baroo sends me a FA note saying he wants the fursuit head commission. I tell him fine, but I have to rescind the exception I made regarding the art/fursuit for deposit trade if he decides to cancel with me again. July 27- Baroo contacts me regarding a conbadge commission. This is somewhat not relevant to the A_B post, since the transaction took place with no problem and the art was delivered. July 30- Baroo asks if the commission can be done earlier if he pays me more money. I remind him that Oct is already taken and if his financial situation hasn’t changed, I didn’t suggest changing the Jan 2012 deadline. July 31- I get this note. I recap the situation and inform him to reconsider what his note means and request for him to be patient. He sends me this response and an hour later he says he sends another note saying he still wants the fursuit head. In my reply, I tell him that I did not want to do business with him and will be refunding his $90 deposit and posting on A_B. Fellow artists, please be careful when dealing with this individual.

Jul. 30th, 2011 at 3:03 PM lackoflollies Edit of an Edit! She sent me.. $10.. when.. I paid her $6. ? I'm sending $4 back, I don't need extra money, and I refuse to take it. Edit: She sent me this very lovely note: http://i52.tinypic.com/14tuf7n.jpg Now this lovely LiveJournal entry: http://pics.livejournal.com/lackoflollies/pic/00003pcw My first REAL post, bear with me. Yes, I am AuroraBorealia. WHO: RainbowJokerHound / Dog-Bone WHERE: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/rainbowjokerhound/ http://www.furaffinity.net/user/dog-bone WHAT: 2 $3 icons when she was having some kind of offer, journal is here: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2120709/ It has been capped in case she deletes or modifies it. WHEN: It had been a month or two before I noticed trouble. I asked for updates, first she said her desktop computer or laptop was not working and she was unable to do digital art, but she had been submitting digital works while stating that. So, again I asked for updates after I presumed it was fixed, and she got VERY rude with me, stating I had to wait my turn just like everybody else. As of then, she has been continually submitting things digitally, and ignoring me when I asked for updates. NOW she's saying I never paid her. http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2417369/ Edit: She saw my paypal screenshot and apologized for saying that, so that's situated. Everything else, however is still valid. This journal she says she owes me two icons, and my unanswered comment about updates. PROOF: http://i54.tinypic.com/r0v3o1.png Paypal transaction proving I sent the money for this. http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2120709/ Journal EXPLAIN: I commissioned her in February because I had wanted some new icons, and noticed she was open. So I sent off my details via PM, and sent her the $6. I wanted for a month noticed she had completed every one else before me. I aske dher how my icons were coming once, and she said she was anable to do digital work because her computer was broken and she lost the files, I said alright and went on my merry way, I figured things would look up. A month or so later, maybe more, I notice she started submitting again, and when I asked for an update I got a nasty PM stating I needed to wait my turn just like every one else. Once I find the screenshot of this I will add it into the post. It is now July, and i've flat out asked for my money back. However, she is now stating I never paid her, which in the above screenshot, and based on the paypal in her journal, I totally did. This is the first time i've ever had issues with an artist, so I waited WAY too long to file a dispute, let alone properly save and record messages pertaining to this due to being a victim of FA leaks, I delete my PMs regularly, so i'm desperately searching for proof i DID get to add to this post. So, this is just a little beware to avoid this artist.

Jul. 19th, 2011 2:55 PM nathanial WHO dust-bite/Torrian Dear/EEEEAAGULLLL WHERE: dust-bite/Torrian Dear, EEEEAAGULLLL on Subeta WHAT: Waist-up couple piece WHEN: April 23rd-Present PROOF: I commissioned dust-bite on April 23rd. I didn't commission her through deviantart, but through Subeta, where she's known as EEEEAAGULLLL. Here is a link to her artshop and my post where I originally commissioned her. My friend and I commissioned her at around the same time; she commissioned her for a head-shot, where as I commissioned her for a $30 waist-up couple piece of my two characters. She got the sketches to both of us at around the same time, however she finished my friend's very quickly afterward whereas after I OKed the sketch and paid her... nothing. Here is a screencap of my payment. Here's the sketch: After about three weeks of no contact, and after she set up a chibi auction before finishing my piece, I sent her a PM on Subeta asking how things were going. Unfortunately Subeta didn't have a working outbox at the time, so I can't show the message I sent, but I assure you it was a very polite inquiry. In the mean time she was updating her DeviantArt quite frequently, and while it stated that she was moving, she still had the ability to respond to messages and post the odd sketch here and there. Wondering if she just wasn't checking Subeta, I sent her another polite message on DeviantArt on June 1st. Within a couple hours, she had read it, but didn't repsond (and still hasn't responded.) Since then she has actively been posting on both DeviantArt and her tumblr (dust-bite.tumblr.com). Some of them are old commissions, some of them are new. She even had time to draw a kiriban image for someone on DeviantArt, and work on her comic and website, orange-zombie.com. Getting a bit frustrated with the fact that she clearly had time to respond to my message/finish my art but chose not to, I decided to send her an e-mail on June 30th to the address she has listed on her DA page. Still polite, but I haven't received a response. At this point I just want my money back, but I don't know how to get ahold of her other than the methods I've tried already. She won't reply to my messages. I have a feeling she's purposefully ignoring me because it says on her commission journal (which I didn't see until after I sent her the first note on DA since I commissioned her on another site) that she will 'take longer if bugged.' "Please be patient when you commission me. Don't rush me, it will only make me go slower. Asking for updates is a little stressful, but I'll provide them." I didn't really think I was rushing her... I just want to know if she ever plans on finishing my art, and if not, if she can refund me. It's true that I haven't asked for a refund yet, before anyone mentions it, but I'm kind of a doormat and I'm afraid of doing it until she actually replies to me. I realize now I probably should have mentioned that in my e-mail. Unfortunately I can't dispute this, not only because it's been over 40 days but because when I sent the money I didn't realize you shouldn't send payment as gifts. Sweet.