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Rather than everyone commenting on this post, they are all encouraged to make their own post if they still don't have the art. Tag usage is counted on our tags page, and the more records are tagged the higher their number will be.
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Changed Resolved to Yes
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Here's the twitter link as some non-registered folks like to leave advice on posts.
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Venmo is not for business purposes as per their Terms of Service. Cashapp doesn't have buyer protection, however if you're using it for adoptables only it's fairly low risk for your customers. Technically Venmo is too, but I'm personally unaware of any repercussions for using Venmo's services for business. Neither option works internationally as a heads up. (Though you didn't ask. Many don't know this.)
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Client Blocked because of Disagreement during a commission
James replied to Luna996's topic in Advice for Artists
Yea, refunding would be best for both parties in this instance. No, we wouldn't accept a post that's about a personal disagreement. Choosing to block someone is a personal choice. If they somehow try and escalate the situation then we would review it. -
Oh yikes. Nothing is more stress inducing than getting a response like that. My instincts would also lean towards something being wrong. You can either deliver those links, or if you're willing to make changes or hear out the client you could open the door for them to talk to you. Something like "Hey! I've noticed my messages keep being read. I just want to check in and ensure everything is ok before I drop in the links?"
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Advice for an old beware, partially resolved.
James replied to nanomonstar's topic in Advice for Commissioners
Here's your twitter link, as sometimes members respond there too! -
Changed Resolved to Yes
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Advice for an old beware, partially resolved.
James replied to nanomonstar's topic in Advice for Commissioners
Are you asking for any specific advice? Unfortunately this reads more like a vent post and a quasi beware update, which is not what this forum is for. If you don't have a specific question your post will have to be removed @nanomonstar -
Am I fair for denying use of my intellectual property?
James replied to flucket's topic in Advice for Artists
I have no advice on the legalities, but I do have thoughts on the usage of your character: Without context it can be difficult to assess how out of the blue this was, but going strictly off of your text, I'd be hurt too. I've had a single long term RP partner since I was 14 years old. (I'm 34 now, and said RP partner is my husband.) I'd be deeply hurt if he considered using my main OC for such a public project without talking to me. Just in a general level that kind of a project would bring all sorts of levels of excitement. This is seeing your characters come to life! This is seeing a story that's previously existed in a private(ish?) setting come to a public setting. Whether or not you choose to license the use of your character or not, take into account what might happen to them if this project takes off. Would you be ok with that? Some comic creators hated seeing some shipping art of their characters, but had to give up because of the sheer amount of it and the tenacity of the fans. Can you handle that? -
Aw yea good catch. Didn't put the two together because, well, I'd never dream of doing that.
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Sounds like a typical reuse for a YCH, which isn't bad. Moat of us would recoup losses in this way.
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How old is this individual? I'm concerned that you almost got into contract with a minor. An adult should understand the difference between reposting work that doesnt belong to them and archiving their continued harassment.
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It might be time to get in contact with Instagram's abuse team. It's pretty obnoxious as a whole that they don't have the ability to report block evasion outright, but you can file a report with them.
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Just as an aside, the OP's main language isn't English. It was an artistic liberty commission where the studio would be given a loose prompt to follow, and the resulting character they made would be made into the suit. In this case, they were handed a mood board and the rest was up to the studio to design. Technically, the character was made by them with limited input from the client. Kind of like if you or me were handed a colourlovers swatch guide and "dog" as a prompt and the rest was left up to us to design. Hopefully that helps clear up any confusion about what the commission was!
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Beware foxyfluffstudios / alex-rose-nitya / Alexanderea Rose
James commented on Vinfang's record in Client Bewares
Hey just as a heads up, OP. Furry is very active on Facebook. You may still want to watch out to see if the bases are being used. Contacting the mods for the various groups before hand may help. -
Also, yes, we've seen the journal on Aisha's page. She's welcome to call us whatever names she wants in her own personal space. There's no need to send us any more messages about it. 🙂 The lying, however, is not appreciated. We have not censored you, and have allowed you to come and speak your side as well as accuse your client of withholding information to make himself look better. Even though you've conveniently done the same in your own space. The exact same conversation that you submitted to us is submitted here. When you contacted me privately about the contents of this post, I offered to you to comment anything that you'd like to contest publicly. So long as you followed our rules. You can be as petulant as you want in your personal space, but I will not tolerate lying. If you want to claim we've censored you, that's your business. But I assure you the same response you got now would have been the same regardless if your post made it through or not. The server admins of the Discord that originally kicked you out even agreed, and we have no idea who these people are. I hope you reflect on how you've behaved in the future, and take something out of this.
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Locking comments since this post has been resolved. Plus everything that was important to convey to the artist and the client concerning this transaction has been done. Please use the like feature.
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Alright that's enough. There's no reason to keep the image online after this has been resolved. We'll be censoring it on our side. The client only exchanged money with you after agreeing that it wouldn't be public.
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Changed Resolved to Yes
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They have no ability to delete posts. Our site is not a bargaining chip. We normally escalate cautions to bewares for holding resolution hostage in exchange for deletion. We moved from livejournal to a site that allows us to disable user deletion or edits to prevent this. I'm going to operate under the benefit of the doubt that you missed the various notices that we don't delete, and not escalate this to a beware. The big, bold red notices.
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Whoa putting my mod hat on: I'm gonna stop this conversation from both of you. @Luna996 @AishaSlayde Aisha sharing their side isn't libel. They're welcome to talk about it, and they provided evidence. Remember, libel is untrue things. Ethically releasing something not public can be considered harassment. It's why we make people censor a ton of stuff.
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Okay might as well rip off the band-aid because it's going to come up regardless. This artist's gallery is full of items that look referenced from porn or some kind of 3D render like Second Life. (There's no proof of tracing, so it's not fair to claim that without it.) There's nothing wrong with using references for poses, and we're not here to critique anyone's work. I'll leave it at that. The issue is that in order to produce their work it leaves very little wiggle room to handle characters that deviate from whatever sources they're using. Your character is not thin. She's got curves, and what was delivered... just plain doesn't. That's not a stylistic difference. That's an error. Your character doesn't match anything in their gallery, but clients don't often know how to tell whether or not what they're asking for is what the artist can produce in the first place. Rather than drastically changing the character to fit within their limits, the Artist should have declined your commission from the get go. You were looking for something that sounds stylistic, while they don't produce that kind of content. Should you have been nicer? Yea. You get more flies with honey. But being in a line of work that has a lot of customer service aspects means handling angry clients. Doubling down on getting a character wrong is exactly how you escalate a situation rather than deescalate.
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That last message is so ridiculous. It even repeats itself word for word like he's copy and pasted the response. I can't believe this person can be ok with behaving this way with multiple people.
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I just- my jaw hit the floor at how quickly they flew off the handle. And we have another post that's about to be approved on this artist. They received the exact same treatment. It's absolutely wild. Professionally, I'm annoyed they'd act like it's your fault that they agreed to do an OC design commission for a low amount and then get mad. Designs take a long time to hash out, and it's not your fault he drastically undercharged.
