James

Howdy!

We went ahead and marked this as resolved for you, but I had to remove the cap from your comment as it had the artist's name uncensored.

4 hours ago, LadyKurai said:

Quality looks about the same to me, it's always hard to compare existing animals in a semi realistic style to made up creatures. I'm pretty sure I would have messed this up aswell, many of the areas the artist got wrong don't look entirely clear to me. The horns kinda read as brown dots (maybe markings) in the hair so unless the artist went to hunt for more reference pictures in your gallery that could be an issue.

I would suggest to be specific with the areas artists typically get wrong and/or mention the species somewhere on the page to avoid future headache.
 

 

I said something similar in the mod chat. The ears I know I would have done like a lop bunny. It really needs a note on the ref, because it's a very common way to do ears.

Heyo OP, while this was approved as a beware because she agreed to do changes and is now ignoring you.  The quality looks the same to multiple mods, so we didn't approve it on that account.

1 hour ago, InklopBunny said:

My charms have been shipped.

Hooray! Let us know when it's in your hands so we can mark it as resolved. 

Heya folks. Quick mod note not to offer services (even free) in our comments. This includes offering to edit someone else's work.

@SilverNares

Howdy! Your comment was not approved as secondary accounts must have definite proof provided that they are the same person. Only same name, same email, or same characters/ art. Were you able to grab screenshots before they deleted?

Howdy, everyone.

I've had to edit nearly every comment coming in, so:  Vani's pronouns are they/them.

(As a note to users we know there are duplicate caps;  The IPS system isn't being nice as of making this post.)

Unfortunately, Teahound has had issues delivering for a number of years.  I'm glad you got your money back in the end.  This is being marked as resolved, but will retain the beware tag.

Hey OP!  Have you been able to find out if the others were traced, too?  Also has the artist responded to you about this?

Hid your post for a split second to censor the Paypal cap and fix the ordering of caps.

Also want to double check that you did get the rest of the money so I can mark this as resolved.

Okidokey time to pop in and call dogpiling. Scourge is going to be the last person to have their reply to Zuazhes's comments approved.  Please use the like feature from here.

3 hours ago, Zuazhes said:

OP knew of Toast as a person and financial state.

It does not make the artist look better, but this doesn't make Eelowyn look good either.

Eelowyn can contact me if they want their 6 to 8$ back so badly

Artists are businesses not charity cases. If you can't get an item that at most should be 2 hours of work done in 7 months, then this may not be the field for you. 

When a client asks for a refund and no work has been shown to them, nor the trello is updated, then all work must stop and a refund should be issued. It's the artist's job to maintain the administrative side of their business or outsource it. Punishing the client for not keeping a trello up to date is unprofessional. This stops being a hobby when you take someone's money whether it be $5, $10, or $1000. 

Edit: I also want to point out the artist's prices are drastically low along with the discount for a second one. When you're suffering from a queue a mile long and are also trying to survive off of your art it's imperative to raise your prices the highest your market can bear. Not only for the sake of your hands, but also for the sake of your clients. If you can make the same amount taking half of what you normally do, then there's time to chip away at the backlog.

I get it. Not everyone has the luxury to not spend what they haven't earned. I've been doing commission work for over ten years, and have been there before. However excusing this artist's current behavior doesn't do them any good, and it belittles those of us who strive to offer a good commission experience to our customers.

1 minute ago, Zuazhes said:

I commissioned Toast for over 300$ and never ever had any problems with her.

You know Toast for quite a time and still decided to commission her.

I think what you lack is mature communication skills.

You having a good experience doesn't negate OP's bad experience.

While we will be happy to let individuals come and speak about their positive experiences in this thread, bear in mind that when you tell someone they lack "mature communication skills" when the artist made a show of saying "GUESS I NEED TO WASH MY CLOTHES IN THE SINK" it doesn't make the artist look any better.

Yikes, the attempt to guilt trip you for asking for your money back is absolutely a beware well warranted.  "Excuse me I'm going to go wash my clothes in the sink".  How... is that your problem?  If the sketch was done, then why not just show it to you??

1 hour ago, VosurAekira said:

Just to help clarify and cross-reference (last comment on here)
https://artistsbeware.info/beware/submissions/client-bewares/client-beware-geckorobot1-r331/

Also, would it be an idea for the Beware here to be in the Client Bewares instead of the Artist Bewares?

 

For future reference please contact a mod if you see a category error rather than leaving a comment.

20 hours ago, JSuits said:

Drowsy and I worked out a re-payment plan in Feb of 2019-- and as of August 2nd 2019, they have been refunded the full amount with no missed payments along the way. We are currently working on refunding others who have requested as well in as timely a manner as possible~!

@DrowsySeal can you please confirm this is yours?

2 hours ago, VosurAekira said:

Since he just proved who he was with that setup, would it be an idea to include his twitter-tag as well?

OPs can't change tags.  🙂  For future reference if folks need a tag update, the best route is to contact someone from staff.

Hiya OP, after a lot and lot of digging and going down rabbit holes, it appears this user is a serial tracer.  They trace commissions, get caught, and then bail to the next username.  Unfortunately, even if you got your commission, it wouldn't have been likely to be legitimate.

I went ahead and attached tags to all the usernames I found linked to them.

Went ahead and approved your comment @Tythius  Thank you for the proof.  I've also found more accounts that link up with them.

Hey @Tythius your comment was hidden as positive IDs for "same accounts" must either be:

• Same art posted to both accounts
• Same email address
• Same real life name

If you have any of those please PM any mod, and we can get that tag for the old name added.

Howdy OP!  We went and removed mentions of the second account.  While we found lots of links to the other account, if it is true this Seoir person was impersonating them then it wouldn't be fair to link to their account.  We'd rather err on the side of caution.