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The artist made a post on Twitter in late January 2024 saying they were taking on commission inquiries. I reached out expressing interest and the artist took up my commission spot. The original agreement was for a solo piece skirting the SFW/NSFW boundary, partial artistic freedom, making a reference to a movie line. The artist expressed high interest in the prompt and took my commission spot. Payment was made that same day for $200 (January 29th, 2024). The artist stated they would get on the piece "pronto". No correspondence was received for several months. I reached out that same year in August, September, and October, only receiving any response after October. Artist said they were busy with other commissions and would give me an update later that day. I received a loose sketch a couple days later giving a rough idea of the direction the artist wanted to work towards. The artist offered up a somewhat different idea, changed from a solo piece into a teasing SFW group piece. I expressed this acceptable as it still fit the theme and they were not asking for additional payment. No update was received since October '24. I sent another message in March '25 asking for an update. It is now the end of June '25 and I have received no response. The artist, however, made a post on Twitter within a couple weeks of my last message (April '25), and has made another post recently (June '25). All evidence points towards me having been ghosted. Some resolution through refund or completion would be preferred, but I'm not getting my hopes up. (close up pf the artist's offerings and prices for reference) Further attempts were made to contact the artist through FA Notes and email But the artist has not responded to either.