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https://artists-beware.livejournal.com/904784.html In July 2015, I posted a lost contact on this artist, but was never able to contact her. As she seems to have vanished from all her known accounts, posting a beware on her seems pointless, but this is still something everyone should be aware of in the extremely unlikely event that she returns and continues to accept commissions. All information is below. WHO: EyeKissa (deviantART) or iKissa (FurAffinity) WHERE: http://www.eyekissa.deviantart.com or http://www.furaffinity.net/user/ikissa WHAT: Traditional Design Commission ($10 USD) WHEN: The commission correspondence began on April 3rd, 2014. The commission was paid for on May 26th, 2014, after I approved a sketch. As of May 2016, the commission still hasn't been received and the artist has vanished, with the final conversation I had with her taking place in November 2014. PROOF/EXPLAIN: Since our correspondence was over two years ago, some messages have been deleted, but here is what I managed to find in my dA inbox. Read from bottom to top, please! April 2014: EyeKissa opened for design commissions and I sent her a note about one, including a form she specified for prospective customers to use. She replied that nine other users had ordered commissions before me and that my custom might take "up to two weeks at the most," which I agreed to. She also told me to wait until an approval sketch was sent to pay. May 2014: I didn't hear from EyeKissa in awhile, but she was progressing on her other commissions rather quickly, so I didn't mind the wait. On May 26th, she sent me a note and asked if I was still interested in the custom, to which I replied that I was and requested a species change, since it hadn't been started. She told me this was fine and to expect a sketch later that day. A few hours later, she sent me this note with a sketch included for my approval. I approve and pay. (The red box censors an email address.) November 2014: After this, I don't hear from her until November, when she unexpectedly offers me a refund. Here, I will confess that I was rude in my response, which I know now was unnecessarily guilt-tripping and could have been said much better. Essentially, I told her that I would accept the refund, but I was disappointed in her service because she had finished almost all of her other commissions, most of which had been paid for after mine. Someone who had been added to her to-do list weeks after me had their commission finished before me, which is why I was so displeased. Still, this was rude of me and I regret it. She responds with the offer to both refund me and finish the commission, to which I tell her that I don't expect her to complete the commission after she's refunded me. I receive this response, in which she tells me that she wants to do it, which is the last message I have on record from her. She claims she will send the refund the next day, but it was never received. I've sent follow-up messages, but none of them have been opened, as well as posted on her pages to see if anyone has been in contact with her lately. This comment on her page suggests that she might be overseas at the moment, but there's no solid evidence of this otherwise. If this to-do list is to be believed, there's at least one other customer out there who never received their commission. Before she vanished, EyeKissa was always pleasant to work with, so I'm sad that I had to post a beware on her, but the fact remains that she didn't refund me or complete a commission I paid for two years ago. It's a lost cause by now, but I hope she's okay. EDIT (06/05/16): Here is evidence that the artist has internet connection and has been on her dA account very recently. Someone drew her character and she added the image to her favorites just today. The notes I have sent her still haven't been opened, however, and she hasn't reached out to me. EDIT (06/23/16): After I received the note that is pasted in the comments below, I responded to EyeKissa on dA. She promised me a refund the next day, when I instead received notice that she was unable to make it to the bank, but would be able to the next day. One week passed with no response or refund, so I noted her. Five days later, the note still hasn't been read, so it seems like she has vanished on me once more. (I'll add screenshots of this as soon as I'm able.) EDIT (06/23/16): Here are the screenshots of the above transaction! Notes 1 (Read Bottom to Top) Notes 2 (Read Bottom to Top) The latter includes both the request for an update that I sent five days ago and the response I received to it literally thirty minutes or so after I posted today's update. The most recent correspondence promises a refund later tonight, but I've received nothing thus far. (I didn't intend to update this so frequently, or include literally every update as it comes, but a response happened to pop up today.) EDIT (06/30/16): EyeKissa has refunded me. This matter is resolved. (I also want to mention here that she has been extremely apologetic for her absence and has went through a great deal of trouble to right her wrongs. While it doesn't erase that this happened, I know she had no ill intent in the situation and I believe she's safe for others to commission!)

https://artists-beware.livejournal.com/902185.html WHO: Commissioner https://twitter.com/ShadowTheFox2 / http://www.twitter.com/ADshadowfox “Shadow” WHERE: Google Docs form & Messages exchanged via email & twitter DMs WHAT: Digital ¾ soft shaded badge, single sided printed, laminated & shipped 1st class usps, plus a rush fee to be bumped to the front of my queue WHEN: November 2015 PROOF: Story and Screen caps provided in chronological order after the break. It is a unique case of eCheck failure via paypal even though the invoice was clearly marked in paypal as Paid... Yet it wasn't when I cross referenced it with my active balance. 11/4/2015 - Shadow submitted a commission via my google docs form here http://fox.ci/z8HybCy https://www.dropbox.com/s/onevhf1lbbeqqpf/1.png?dl=0 - I Emailed him back his forms details https://www.dropbox.com/s/9m3nbli32xrhe9f/2.png?dl=0 - I sent an initial invoice https://www.dropbox.com/s/owut0bpvhbsy1x1/3.png?dl=0 - He asks on twitter DMs to put his as priority https://www.dropbox.com/s/01o5z0zccdr9a8g/4.png?dl=0 So I up the cost in the invoice to include my rush fee https://www.dropbox.com/s/utlz4h30csfr6f0/5.png?dl=0 - And he says he paid it, and I inform him I got an echeck https://www.dropbox.com/s/oj7nxc0cs53d1jr/6.png?dl=0 *This is the First Red flag I should have listened to when he says “Most payments go through but they get canceled later on” - E check email from paypal https://www.dropbox.com/s/3oq1ui70ps9jjbz/7.png?dl=0 11/6/2015 - I received a notice in payment delay via paypal via the echeck https://www.dropbox.com/s/n7yrrghzy0lw7ga/8.png?dl=0 - I inform him of this notice in DMs https://www.dropbox.com/s/0bhh3emigw4a53s/9.png?dl=0 About here is where in the middle of screen capping the conversations in twitter DMs today (3/25/2016) and writing up this beware he suddenly removed his name and profile image once I inform him today on 3/25 that I will be writing this beware. He is now a black circle as a profile image with only “.” As a name. Removing the Shadow @RMFC name he once had. 11/16/2015 – 11/18/2015 - I ask him to tell me what the payment reflects as on his end as I never received a payment canceled or confirmed from paypal. He tells me via twitter it showed as paid on his side so I began the work. https://www.dropbox.com/s/u3u5a0b5016ml5k/10.png?dl=0 - I checked the invoice link and trusted the paypal invoice stating it was paid when it was in fact not. ** https://www.dropbox.com/s/su3mzv1mif2xnhk/Invoice shown as paid.png?dl=0 **This is an issue and I explain later why* - I show him many wips via DMs and I completed the work and shipped it to him https://www.dropbox.com/s/ni90k2hze8g0osg/11.png?dl=0 - He confirms that the invoice shows as Paid on paypal but when he speaks to his bank they had actually canceled the payment due to no funds. We both agree we are both at fault on this issue https://www.dropbox.com/s/g7que2i1p1pq2h6/12.png?dl=0 However he does promise me he is no con man and will sort funds out soon. - This is next confirmed later by me physically checking my "Activity with Balance" in paypals detailed transaction log: I had actually never received funds. And Paypal never emailed me a second time stating it was ultimately never sent by his bank after the 1st email of “Delay in eCheck payment” on 11/6 https://www.dropbox.com/s/751a981pkbcjl43/Transaction not actually paid for.png?dl=0 I Should have verified this from the start when he said it was paid for but I trusted the invoice even though it was incorrect. From now on I have always confirmed payment was received by checking the detailed log with the active balance for reassurance. 11/25/2015 The customer received the badge. He also tells me he is trying to sell things on ebay https://www.dropbox.com/s/gddbc9ku58o0mv1/13.png?dl=0 11/30/2015 Now his “sister” DMs me randomly telling me a sob story about how Shadow feels so bad but is trying to get funds together. I acknowledge her and tell the customer not to be stressed. He tells me he is having a rough time and I do empathize https://www.dropbox.com/s/8e4avq8p4df9b8k/14.png?dl=0 12/6/2015 He used my art that he didn’t pay for and filled out a Fursuit form to a maker: https://www.dropbox.com/s/orxjlq29ge0asmm/12 6 Suit quote.png?dl=0 12/7/2015 He is still using the unpaid image as a profile image. I remind him not to until he has paid for it. Also commenting on peoples posts how he would pay $100 for things but when confronted says “It was a joke” https://www.dropbox.com/s/pice1tnq7yhrck9/15.png?dl=0 And https://www.dropbox.com/s/lg0dl9uo4i2lfmi/6MWZGRu_.jpg?dl=0 12/12-12/18/2015 On the 12th I ask for an update and he says he wants to mail the badge back. I explain that will not work. I do not hear back from him until the 14th when I confront him for using the art again as an icon after I told him a week ago not to. Says he will have the funds by that coming Tuesday. That day comes and goes and I don’t hear anything. This is when I warn him I will file an Artists Beware https://www.dropbox.com/s/d3u72vfp7g48s8q/16.png?dl=0 1/31/2016 I ask for updates in DMs and I am emailed back, more false promises and stories. He has a signature that he is actually in Job Corps https://www.dropbox.com/s/fbtdq2ha7glsx7y/17.png?dl=0 Further proving he has some kind of job er go income. 2/6 He says he will file his W-2 and pay me. I do not reply to him. See previous screen shot. 3/25 I catch him using the art, again (this time I took a screen shot before confronting him via DMs) He tells me his foster mom demanded all his return. I give him one last ultimatum May 1st to pay me or have an Artists Beware written up. I then see all the things I then list below ranging from 3/1-3/21 from him using the art over and over again and change my mind to submit the beware on Monday. The very last thing he says is to “Just put it up.” https://www.dropbox.com/s/n7jtwfzupuoztje/18.png?dl=0 Browsing through his timeline and notice he is using the art again and again that is still unpaid for: 3/1 Role playing again using the art I told him months ago to cease using it: https://www.dropbox.com/s/8jxbawfbav95l6q/23.png?dl=0 3/21 Using the art again https://www.dropbox.com/s/9ewreoinsshpfg4/21.png?dl=0 3/21 Also using the art attempting to get more art https://www.dropbox.com/s/age5ozi129cx6la/19.png?dl=0 Still continues to use the art in other places online besides twitter as well https://www.dropbox.com/s/pmgdoes5lv3hx7k/Steam screenshot.png?dl=0 Im done with the excuses. I will see to it that this was a unique case due to the fact that the paypal invoice was marked as paid even when it clearly, once I checked my account with balance history, was not. I have NEVER had an issue with Paypal invoices being marked as paid before and this case was very unusual. I even contacted Paypal them seves over the phone to express my concern over this issue being very unclear as a seller. From the start I felt very rushed by the customer, played and now used. I do not recommend anyone ever working with him again. He has had 5 months and still continues to use the unpaid for art that I completed. EXPLAIN: Tl;Dr: I’ve been strung along since November 2015 for a rushed badge that when we both thought it was paid, I come to find out it was not. Customer confirms it was paid and then says, after speaking with his bank, that it was not. I confirm this only after viewing the details transaction log in my paypal, and contacting paypal over the phone myself, to reveal and confirm that the invoice stating it was paid, come to find out it was actually not. Was given excuse after excuse and the client still continued to use the unpaid art, even going as far as using it as a reference to try and get free art from other artists. I’ve let this slide long enough. He hasn’t paid me and I don’t foresee him ever paying me. I held off on writing an AB for this long as the $41.25 for the badge was clearly not worth this headache plus the time dealing with him over and over again trying to be paid for work I already did and now having to write out this beware. It is a unique case in the fact that the Invoice clearly states it was PAID, but proper precautions were not taken by checking my detailed log to verify this. Since then, I have never accecpted echecks due to paypals faulty system in marking invoices as paid even after banks decline a transaction. Do not waste your time with this individuals business proposals. I will update this AB entry should he ever decide to pay me for my time.

https://artists-beware.livejournal.com/900218.html WHO: Peridotkitty http://www.furaffinity.net/user/peridotkitty WHERE: Furaffinity.net and Skype WHAT: 42 page comic with a Cover ( $1500/$3150 paid ) WHEN: June2015- Present(March 2016) PROOF: All payments First payment (Jun 14 2015) Second payment (Jun 28 2015) Third Payment (Aug 13 2015) fourth payment(Sep 29 2015) Incomplete cover work(From Peridotkitty's Trello): [COVER] NSFW Incomplete comic work(From Peridotkitty's Trello) [COMIC WORK][COMIC WORK 2] EXPLAIN: I work on an anthology comic project with my fiance which is set to be published. Both of us work on comics for this as well as hire other artists. Artist hired receive a retainer fee( I pay this) to start them off before moving forward. With hiring artist we also gather funders to be a part of the comic. There were three funders for Peridotkitty's comic (names are hidden at mods' request) Funders were invoiced through my paypal (I work under LLC) and funds were sent to the artist.Payments for hired artist were sent monthly until the full project amount was paid unless the artist failed to produce enough progress in a timely matter at the funders discretion, that progress being a minimum of 2 completed pages per month. Now if certain uncontrollable life situations occured, we are understanding and funders are notified of what's going on to give the artist appropriate time to recoup and catch up. If the required progression does not occur, then a refund is requested. Bi-weekly check ups were also required in order to make sure proper progress had been made and to keep the funders happy. Help to the artist for anything was always offered and provided if needed including editing, storyboarding, and scripting. The Beginning---------------- May 2015-June 2015 Discussion was made with Peridotkitty about the comic and how it would work out through furaffinity and eventually moving to skype.( Sadly,my notes will not appear past 1350 notes but logs are available [1][2])The agreed price was $75 per comic page(total of 42 pages) and a cover for $3150. During this process the idea of funders came about. Three were found and the retainer was sent on June 14th and a second payment on June 28th [SKYPE LOG 1][CASTING JOURNAL]NSFW More discussion was made about the comic and the script completion [SKYPE LOG 2] [SKYPE LOG 3] Sent another payment on Jun 28 [SKYPE LOG 4] July 2015-August 2015 References of the cast were provided in Peridotkitty's shared dropbox folder for the comic during this time. Conversations were friendly but quiet for July as my fiance and I were prepping for Anthrocon. Peridotkitty was contacted a bit about the dropbox progress folder set up for the funders which we shared with them to see the project progression. [SKYPE LOG 5] Anthrocon came and went and there was little communication regarding the comic until August 6 [SKYPE LOG 6] [SKYPE LOG 7] Correspondence during this month became harder and I believe this is due to Peridotkitty's Patreon and her owing a lot more work due to it. I was understanding of this and explained this to the funders.Another monthly payment was sent to her. [SKYPE LOG 8] [SKYPE LOG 9] No major progress was made to her sketches. September 2015-October 2015 At this point we became worried. I started to inquire about whether she needed any assistance with her pages.Attempted contact was made and became more difficult.No progress other than the sketches for the first couple of pages were done and Peridotkitty suggested that her public trello should be linked to the funders to keep their minds at ease. [SKYPE LOG 10][SKYPE LOG 11] [SKYPE LOG 12] [ SKYPE LOG 13] On September 25th, project structure was being changed where the freelancers were to sign a contract. Peridotkitty read the contact and found it to be fair. There was a tiny error in the contract (Wrong comic title) but was edited. (Contract will not be linked unless requested).Terms of the contract required a minimum of 2 completed comic pages monthly, withholding of monthly funds if progress was unacceptable yet gave the artist a chance to catch up in a timely manner before being fired and requested a FULL refund. PeridotKitty was set to fax the form...but she was told to wait until further notice due to the high cost of collecting faxes from kinkos. [SKYPE LOG 14][SKYPE LOG 15][SKYPE LOG 16] There was little to no response from Peridotkitty during October regarding the project and the funders were starting to get more agitated .On October 15th, she sent me a message that she had gotten a job which would take away more of her time [SKYPE LOG 17] November 2015-December2015 During November I hired my assistant Carmel in helping with correspndence with the freelancers. Communication became more sparce and Peridotkitty was spending most of her time doing other commission work and streaming. [SKYPE LOG 18] On November 15th, I dictated a note to Carmel to send to Peridotkitty seeing as contact with her through skype was becoming a major issue. In the note it was discussed the worry of the funders for the lack of progress and that monthly payments would be withheld until proper progress was made.[CARMEL NOTE 1] November 18th, Peridotkitty got back to me about withholding funds. During this discussion she also talked about making turnarounds for the characters. (Please note that this is not part of the project but her own doing). She even mentions that she was still refining the first page of the comic after months. [SKYPE LOG 19] November 20th, Peridotkitty was contacted again about the contract and the possibility of mailing it.Peridotkitty never provided the needed information. Afterwards the skype conversation fell silent. Rook dictated to Tia more notes to her on November 27th and two in December. [SKYPE LOG 20][CARMEL NOTE 2][CARMEL NOTE 3][CARMEL NOTE 4] January 2016-February 2016 Funders were pretty much unhappy with the major lack of progress and were ready to ask for a full refund. Contact was attempted again on January 4th with no response. Another note was dictated for Carmel to send to Peridotkitty stating that this is the ultimatum to keep her job. She was to complete the first 3 pages of the comic by the end of January and the next 3 by the end of February. Peridotkitty got back to me on January 11th and requested color armor references for one of the character as not having that stopped her progress. [CARMEL NOTE 5][SKYPE LOG 20] January was a rough month for us due to personal matters and getting the colors took longer than we expected. They were added to the dropbox folder on [January 28th] and because of this she was given more time to work. She had to finish the first 3 pages by the end of Febrauary.But it must be said that during the month of January, all of her sketches for the first 3 pages were not refined as seen in her progress folder and in her trello. Not even inked. Flats were added to the cover but it still wasn't done. Peridotkitty gave more excuses which we tried explaining to the funders...but their patience was pretty much over. [SKYPE LOG 21][SKYPE LOG 22][TRELLO 1: COVER]NSFW[TRELLO 2: COMIC1][TRELLO 3:COMIC 2] The pressure was on during February and I desperatly tried to get in contact with Peridotkitty. [SKYPE LOG 23] March 2016 In this time frame of 9 months she added flats to the cover and did incomplete sketches for the first 3 pages. Not a single page was completed. We decided to terminate Peridotkitty on March 20th and asked for a refend. During this correspondence Peridotkitty kept making excuses that not all of this was her fault and that blame should also be placed on me . I was patient, I was understanding, and I defended her when talking to the funders and kept them informed of her life situations but the lack of major progress after months was enough.She had the resources to do what she needed to do but didn't. She mocked me for paying in advance, for not having a signed contract and my overall position.The question of a refund was not responded to. What ensued was the following conversation: [Firing note 1] Initial termination note [Firing note 2]Peri's response. She takes little responsibility for not doing the work and adds the blame on me. [Firing note 3] [Firing note 4] [Firing note 5][Firing note 6](Question about refund. Peridotkitty did not address this) [Firing note 7][Firing note 8] [Firing note 9]Peridotkitty's attitude quickly shifted [Firing note 10] [Firing note 11] Her last response in regards to a journal I made which has nothing to do with this transaction. [Firing note 12] My last note to her where I cut off communication. I honestly had to step away. All correspondence has since ceased. On March 21st I filed a claim with paypal. Sadly only $700 of the money could be disputed. The claim was [closed on March 23rd] as Peridotkitty told paypal that ALL work was completed up til March and that I was just being an unsatisfied customer.This was through a phone call and we are requesting an email of what she said to post here. Paypal did not contact us to hear our side when making their decision so I filed an appeal. March 24th, our appeal was also closed and none of the money will be sent back. I am not fully blameless and there are things that should have been handled better. I dont think there's much of a legal standing in regards to the new contract...but that doesn't justify keeping money for work not completed from 3 people.A partial refund would be fine but after her insulting responses towards me I felt that I wouldn't be able to get a decent conversation out of her. Funders were notified of the loss and have been understanding and I am more than thankful for this. This is a huge lesson learned.I accept any critisim on my part to help me in my dealings in the future. [EDIT]------------ March 23, 2015 I forgot to add the final note she sent me in response to Firing Note 12 [Firing note 13] March 25,2016 edit Firing note 3 above has the wrong link. Correct link is below. [Firing note 3] March 26, 2016 update---- Peridotkitty has posted her side of this situation here and on her FA . Apparently her fiance was the one who sent the malicious notes against me (Firing note 9 and onward). Whether I believe it or not is another thing.I have discussed with my fiance the possibility of a repayment plan and she has left a message to her. "Rook was unwilling to deal with you at all... seeing as how an apology about how you or 'your fiancee' acted at the end; I'm sure everyone here can understand why. I wonder why you didn't put those up there so your fans can have context on why he stopped communicating with you all together. But if you are serious, it isn't about paying him back, it's about taking care of the 3 funders. He is willing to let you set up a payment plan of a reasonable monthly amount to the 3 funders. You can contact me for their information. He says you can pay back one their 575 and the other their 600 for a total of 1175. And that he will settle up the remaining balance with the 3rd funder himself writing off that amount as service rendered. It's more than you've done but he's going to make a show of faith as well as responsibility. He would like you to publically keep track of the repayment to those two funders, he also wants them to get the full 600 and 575, so you would be on the hook for the transaction fee amount as well." March 26, 2016 update 2---- Terms have been agreed to and Peridotkitty has been given the funder' pages to get their paypal information.Monthy payments are being scheduled. Although these terms have been agreed upon, I will not mark this post as resolved until both funders are completely refunded. I will be handling the 3rd funder's refund myself.

https://artists-beware.livejournal.com/897763.html WHO: Huskynugget WHERE: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/huskynugget/ WHAT: Physical Art Badge WHEN: Commissioned/Paid December 22nd, 2015 / Paypal Claim filed March 6th, 2015 PROOF: Screenshot of commission entry saying it would be shipped Dec 26th-30th/Start of Commission & proof of payment This message is from January 26th, over a month after when they said they would ship. They did send me this image, proving that the commission was finished. Still not shipped by Feb 6th. I sent them on email on Feb 5th after they failed to reply on FA despite adding favorites on their account. Still nothing and hadn't heard from them by Feb 16th. Didn't hear from that that Thursday, but finally on Feb 23rd, they said they shipped it out. After not recieving anything... EXPLAIN: I commissioned this user for a physical badge on December 22nd, which they said in their original post would be shipped out between December 26th-30th. They finally sent me a completed picture of the badge On January 26th - nearly a month after the projected ship date. Though waiting so long was annoying, I wasn't too concerned yet, especially considering they sent me a picture. However, after that, it took them another whole month to get it supposedly shipped out. I would normally be understanding even considering this, but the artist never once contacted me first regarding this commission - it was always me sending them messages, asking for updates after not being contacted, and I even sent them an email once after not being replied to on FA. Their reasoning for being slow on shipping was because of snow and not being able to make it to the post office, and I get it - the weather gets fierce over on the east coast. However, after not receiving anything for nearly two weeks, they said they couldn't provide proof of shipping because they had just "dropped it in the mailbox." ...Despite their previous excuses. On March 4th, I very nicely explained why I was unhappy with this entire transaction, and asked for a partial refund. I felt this was fair, considering a) how long it took them to complete and ship out, b) poor communication on their part, and c) no good reasoning for why it took so long. They became defensive and said they were not trying to scam me (which I never claimed they were), and just gave me more excuses. They did offer to make me a full body badge free of charge, but I must admit that I'm no longer interested in working with them after this whole thing - for how long the first one took, I don't really trust them to complete and ship another one in a timely manner. I replied to them and told them all this, and they didn't respond. It hasn't been too long since sending my last message, but despite this, I decided to file a paypal claim after getting some advice on the matter from others in the community. They also said it was just a letter, so it's safe to assume that this was sent first class mail. While I acknowledge that mail could just be delayed, I've never had a first class letter take this long and actually make it to me. I also don't even have a high quality digital version, since they sent me a photo and not a scan (though I have no interest in owning digital art anyway, and the physicality of the art was important to me). Even if the badge does show up - which I think is unlikely considering my experience with buying/selling with the mail system - I still feel it's necessary to make this post based on their poor service. UPDATE 3/14/16: So literally a day after I submitted this post, the artist said the badge was returned to them in the mail. Thankfully they were quick to send it out again, this time with a tracking number, and showed me proof of shipping on top of that. I'm glad that it worked out in the end. ;-; Cause in the past, this type of situation has not for me, aha.

https://artists-beware.livejournal.com/892163.html WHO: Jace Wallace / Wakkawa WHERE: http://jace-wallace.deviantart.com/ & http://wakkawa.tumblr.com/ WHAT: $150 digital painting commission WHEN: November 26th, 2014; sketch received and payment sent December 12th, 2014 PROOF: Initial order: http://i.imgur.com/8VBVvr0.png http://i.imgur.com/szyi0dE.png Proof of payment: http://i.imgur.com/QV4EzFw.png EXPLAIN: Well, it's finally time for the official A_B post. I asked for advice back in June, and since the situation is more or less "resolved", it's time for me to put it all together and post this as a warning to others. I commissioned Jace at the end of November in 2014, the same day he put his commission post up. He's an art idol of mine and I'd wanted art from him for ages, so I jumped on the opportunity. He always seemed very professional to me, so a $150 commission seemed like a good idea at the time. The original commission post said they would be finished by Christmas (2014), and he sent me the sketch WIP on December 12th. http://i.imgur.com/Jy4btWg.png The WIP at this time: http://i.imgur.com/Vs5UUDe.jpg At that time, he said his plan was to send out more WIPs that weekend and have them finished the next week. http://i.imgur.com/TpYsWTe.png After that message claiming that WIPS would be sent out that weekend, I didn't hear from him again. In fact, he seemingly disappeared from the Internet altogether. Not too strange, possibly, considering it was the holidays. However, he had made a firm promise of a deadline, and with the commission being $150, I was a bit more wary than I normally might have been. I let the Christmas deadline come and go, but on January 10th I noted him asking for updates: http://i.imgur.com/keQ7LmU.png As it is still, it went unread and unopened. I continued not to see any activity on DA, Tumblr, or anywhere else. I was getting worried, mostly due to the $150 amount and the fact that I have been burned before. Since I hadn't seen him open my note, I decided to email him in hopes of getting an answer that way, on January 24th 2015: http://i.imgur.com/rvEROmB.png And I never got a response to that either. On January 30th, I sent Jace an email and a note on deviantArt telling him that I would be opening a Paypal claim. http://i.imgur.com/dDiUr7J.png As I say in the message, it was mostly to get the money back in case he was unable to access the computer as I didn't want to let Paypal's claim window come and go. Even with Paypal's claim window having been increased to 180 days, I felt uncomfortable enough to do it at this time given his complete lack of responsiveness. Jace must have seen the claim, for he mysteriously reappeared just a few days after I opened the claim. I received the next WIP on February 2nd, 2015. I cancelled the Paypal claim at this time, despite the fact that he made absolutely no note of it or that he had even seen it. http://i.imgur.com/S3umDjv.png The WIP he sent at this time: http://i.imgur.com/ZTqd2N0.jpg It was quite off putting to me that he made no mention of the claim or the wait much at all. But, then again, I felt a bit bad for filing the claim in the first place -- especially with his reasoning of mental illness. I figured, since he had given me an updated WIP, he would have the piece done pretty quickly. My response to him is here: http://i.imgur.com/kiuiFpu.png which he never responded to either. More radio silence. I sent him a note on May 15th, 2015: http://i.imgur.com/8gJHWmT.png to which I got no response. (I do believe he opened/read this note.) The next time I heard from him was in June of 2015, strangely and conveniently after I sent him a note telling him that I would be contacting my bank about the money (given that Paypal's claim window had then passed for me, by a few days) and posting an Artists Beware post about the situation. http://i.imgur.com/RXa81Ov.png (He was still active on tumblr during this time.) His response, with a slightly updated WIP: http://i.imgur.com/fwz0yd0.png The WIP at this stage: http://i.imgur.com/UHguQJN.jpg This was when I posted asking for advice on A_B. I was mostly just pleased to actually have him RESPONDING to me again, and at this point I assumed that if I went ahead and posted the A_B on him right then, I would NEVER get the piece. So I tried to get him to agree to a deadline. He then agreed to have the piece finished by the end of July, 2015. http://i.imgur.com/aIMFmDP.png http://i.imgur.com/YVLH7OX.png So, another month and it would be done. Obviously, that came and went. Surprisingly, he took the initiative to note me on his own on August 1st, telling me that his tablet had broken. (I had already seen him post about it on his Tumblr, which he was continuing to update regularly with paintings and posts.) Again, pleased that he was CONTACTING me and not ignoring me, I accepted his claim that he would have it done the next week. http://i.imgur.com/1Nk8ri2.png http://i.imgur.com/A3sUxI3.png Aaaand that didn't happen, either. He did not contact me again past that point, AT ALL. (I send him another note on September 3rd, 2015: http://i.imgur.com/BbhcdiY.png ) In fact, the only way I got him to contact me again was rather direct and annoying. On top of updating his Tumblr regularly while ignoring my messages, he had gotten into the habit of streaming quite regularly on his Twitch account. Sometimes games, sometimes painting personal works. I subscribed to the channel, and was receiving emails whenever he started streaming. At first I was just happy to see him working on something, and didn't interact with him. However, when he continued to ignore/"not see" my messages, I decided to bite the bullet and reach out to him during a Twitch stream. On October 25th, 2015, I entered his Twitch stream and inquired after my commission. He had his mic on, so I don't have a record of his responses, but here's the chat: http://i.imgur.com/jOrPowU.jpg Basically, he reassured me and told me a very long story about how he had gotten locked out of his DeviantART account AND the email account associated with it, so he hadn't been able to log in at all. He promised to email me after the stream. He sent me an email that night and he attached another WIP and claimed it was pretty much done, just needed to be cleaned up and tweaked. (Note: this was quite a small screenshot that didn't allow me to see closer details.) http://i.imgur.com/d7KZdbe.png My response: http://i.imgur.com/vW59uJl.png The WIP he sent at this stage: http://i.imgur.com/3kNQwSj.jpg And, again, that was the last I heard from him. I actually let him be for a while after that email, mostly due to how incredibly fed up I was at this point. Plus, he said it was close to being done, so I figured it wouldn't be long. Again, wrong. I emailed him on January 12th (3-4 months later) asking if he had any updates on the piece or on his situation. http://i.imgur.com/Lr2bYa6.png I got no response. He continued to be active on Tumblr, quite regularly posting text posts and art. So, on January 27th, I emailed him. http://i.imgur.com/1uUNoke.png Of course, I do realize asking for a refund at this point may seem out of line to some, but like I say in the email I figured it would be the easiest way to resolve it. I didn't want to wait around forever to get the finished piece and would have been satisfied with the file as-is and a partial refund, even 10% of 25%, ANYTHING so that I could FINALLY take it off my list and forget about the heartache. On January 28th, 2016, he emailed me and claimed the piece he had sent in October was the finished piece, minus the rendering of one hand. He then claimed he would send me the finished file as soon as he smoothed out the hand. As well as a quite P.A. comment about the fact that if this had been for a freelancing company, it would have cost me $2000. http://i.imgur.com/V2OP8si.png Half an hour later, he sent me the .psd of the 'finished piece'. It is almost entirely unchanged from the screenshot from October. And, to my dismay, it's quite rough and not as refined as the sample piece he used for his commission post. There's a part in one of the character's irises that bleeds into the eyelashes, really badly. The ear is a block of unrendered, unfinished painting. The male figure is very rough and untouched compared to the female figure. Overall, the entire thing is quite sketchy, quite unrefined, and quite unfinished -- when compared to his sample. At the very least, it is not what I would hope for after over a year of waiting for a $150 commission that had a much more refined example. Here is the final file he sent me: http://i.imgur.com/91E4qbU.png Note that it's barely changed (if at all) from the WIP from October. Over 3 months for that lack of work done on the piece. Here are some closeups of a few of the problem areas I identified: http://i.imgur.com/ePJmE2v.png http://i.imgur.com/FRBDd1n.png Again, here is the image he used in his commission post: http://i.imgur.com/t0PaIRP.jpg As it is, this situation is "resolved". I'm NOT happy with the piece, but I sincerely doubt he will ever give me any partial refund (the piece is, after all, 'finished' according to him) and I don't care to see how long it would take him to refine the piece more (I'd prefer not to wait another full year, really). And while I feel the end result is not in line with what he was offering, my complaint is about his unprofessionalism rather than the art itself. Art is subjective, and though I may not be happy with the piece, it is "finished" in his eyes. My gripe is his refusal to keep in touch, the constant ignoring of my messages, and the continuously broken deadlines. In the end, this is a beware to all other artists and commissioners out there. Do not commission Jace Wallace. I have no clue if he plans to ever open commissions again, but if he does, it's not worth it. This is hands down the most frustrating experience I have ever had with an artist. It's not even the year+ wait that bothers me -- I've waited that long before, I'll wait that long again. But EVERY time I attempted to contact him, I was ignored, unless I had made a direct claim that I would be pursuing action against him, or I approached him directly IN PUBLIC. (There were a few times when I commented on his submissions on DA or profile on DA, but he has hidden the comments at this point.) He set deadlines, and then he broke them with nary a word. He made excuses, avoided contact, and continued to be active on Tumblr regardless of the owed work. At least with other artists I've had this problem with, they disappeared entirely. With Jace, he was still active on Tumblr almost this entire time, just deliberately ignoring my messages on DA, Tumblr (where he was active, WHILE HE WAS ACTIVE) and via email. In the end, I feel disrespected, insulted, and disappointed - and I don't want anyone else to go through the same situation. EDIT: The final email he sent to me, after I submitted this A_B post and informed him I would be doing so.

https://artists-beware.livejournal.com/879013.html I feel like this is a rather unusual beware, but here it is, anyways. All information is under the cut! WHO: Paxerle @ deviantART WHERE: http://www.paxerle.deviantart.com WHAT: Contest Prizes ($8 USD, 1 Chibi, 2 Pixel Icons, 1 Custom Design) - Only the chibi was ever completed and sent to me. WHEN: Paxerle noted me on June 23, 2015 and requested that I enter her contest. The journal with the information has long since been deleted, as well as the results journal, but I believe I was announced the winner on August 2, 2015, as that's when my note to her about prizes is dated. This is still ongoing. PROOF: Screenshots will be linked below. As said above, the original journals with the contest information and results have been deleted, so this proof is based off of what has been said in notes and I hope it's sufficient. EXPLAIN: June 23, 2015: Paxerle contacts me about her contest, the theme of which is to design a character for one of her MYO Sushi Dog Slots. Sushi Dogs are a closed species belonging to another user, which is important because it means she had to have the design approved by the species owner and I can no longer revoke it from her without backlash from the species community. She did pay the species owner for the slot, but, as explained below, she never compensated me, the designer, for the design, which was the original agreement. (I apologize for the confusion of this; I know this is an unorthodox situation that might require additional explanation.) August 2, 2015: I decided to enter because I had no workload at the time and I liked her art, which was also offered as prizes. On August 2nd, the results were posted and I was announced the winner, but this journal, like the one with the contest information, has been deleted. I also provided her with my email address for the small monetary prize. August 21, 2015: Paxerle sends me one of the completed art prizes. I'm including this because I believe it shows that she's acknowledging owing me something, and I don't have much evidence of that, unfortunately. September 10, 2015: I sent a note about the monetary prize because I never received it and, as mentioned in the screenshot, other artists often send payments to me to the wrong email address. (My dA username is Bottled-Rottweiler; my email address has no hyphen.) She claims to have sent it and I let her know that I never received anything. As of this posting, this is the last I ever heard from her. She could have easily responded with a screenshot of the transaction if she actually did send me the money, so I believe she never did and doesn't intend to. Here, she also acknowledges that I'm the designer of the character to the closed species owner, who approves it. This is why I cannot revoke the design from her; it would be viewed as poor etiquette in the community and I could consequently be banned. I was hesitant to post this due to the complexity of the situation, but the general idea of this is, I entered Paxerle's contest and designed her a character, under the belief that I would receive art and monetary prizes in exchange. I never received them, so she now owns a design from me that I was, in a sense, not paid for. I hope I'm not overreacting to this, but the idea that she scammed a free design out of me has left a bad taste in my mouth. Additionally, she has paid people for adoptables and completed personal artwork in this time. EDIT (11/11/25: I want to place emphasis on the fact that this is an issue with an individual artist who failed to compensate me for a character design, not an issue with the closed species community. At the advice of the comments below, I did contact the moderators of the community for assistance, but this is a conflict between two individuals. I have no issues with this community and have always felt welcome there. 🙂

https://artists-beware.livejournal.com/865907.html I'm going to go ahead and post this beware because Echoen has given every indication that he refuses to resolve the issue. Post contains suggestive nudity, but nothing too explicit. WHO: Echoen http://www.furaffinity.net/user/echoen https://echoen.sofurry.com/ https://inkbunny.net/Echoen https://www.weasyl.com/~echoen https://www.patreon.com/Echoen WHERE: My specific issue is with his Patreon. WHAT: Digital commission which he used for commercial purposes without my knowing, much less my approval, despite the fact he agreed to my TOS when he commissioned me. My TOS has always stated that I reserve all rights to my work, conform the law for freelance creatives as opposed to, for example, work for hire. It should be mentioned that this was a €5,- commission and it cannot be reasonably assumed that the cost also covers any rights in addition to the custom artwork, much less commercial rights, nor was there any indication that the work would be used commercially when he commissioned it. WHEN: August 2014 until Juli 2015, which is when I confronted him. EXPLAIN: September 2012 I had a sale on "Itty Bitty Commissions" which is what I call a small, digital, flat-colour, 1 character commission (example). They were so-called "wing-it" commissions, where I would receive payment and a character description and draw it and the customer would receive the finished drawing. Echoen contacted me and told me he needed a badge for a convention. It was rather last minute, but turn around was fast (a few hours to a day usually) and I moved him to the head of the queue to make sure he had it in time, just to be nice. I also gave him several options (1, 2, 3, 4), all at no extra cost. Again, I was just trying to be nice and a good artist and give good customer service. And Echoen seemed really happy with the work, which he uploaded a week later.) I thought that was going to be that; customer was happy, I was happy, end of story. Right? Juli 2015 I find out he's using it as a header for his Patreon, which is receiving almost $300 a month. Now I have a Patreon, and I know I thought carefully about which image to put up as a header to hopefully draw folks in and support me financially. This is definitely commercial use, as it's effectively advertisement, and Pixsy (a site that helps you local potential abuse of your work, they work with legal partners) agrees with me, filing it under commercial matches. I contacted Echoen, telling him I'd license him the image if he wanted to continue the image for his Patreon. He responded by taking it down and.. Nothing. No "oops, sorry!" or anything. That said, he'd still used the image commercially for 11 months, even though he had agreed not to. I told him I still needed to be compensated for that use, and sent him an invoice for a $110, which is entirely fair considering how much he's getting every month. After this is pretty much devolves into him stomping his feet, making up nonsense reasons as to why he shouldn't have to pay and suggesting he received "legal counsel" which agreed with this point of view. The screenshots. Him. Me. Him. Me. I asked him to have his lawyer (typically, legal advisors are lawyers.) contact me instead and then he went silent. Artists beware, Echoen has no respect for you or your rights at all. He'd comment on my work the entire time he had my art up on his Patreon (with my name effectively cropped out of the art!) and we chatted on FA; he had every opportunity to ask me about the work or mention the fact he was using it on his Patreon and never did. He's pleasant to your face, but when confronted with the consequences of his own voluntarily actions he becomes patronizing and will attempt to intimidate you into relenting. To this day he still hasn't even apologized a single time for abusing my work. He takes no responsibility for his own actions at all but instead goes to extreme lengths to avoid it. I ignored some warnings about him and this exact kind of behavior in 2012 after I finished the Itty Bitty Commission, and now I wish I'd heeded them, refunded his 5 bucks and had the work removed. Please don't make the same mistake I made, avoid him. Useful link: List of common but invalid excuses to copyright infringement as written by an attorney.

https://artists-beware.livejournal.com/858039.html Hi! This is my first time posting here, so sorry if anything's confusing! I also didn't really want to post this because it felt a bit meager--but this has been eating away at me for the past few months. ;-; WHO: MamaGizzy http://mamagizzy.deviantart.com/ WHERE: http://mamagizzy.deviantart.com/ WHAT: PNG to an Adoptable WHEN: February 17th 2015 - Current Day PROOF: http://i.imgur.com/gJC4CFY.png http://i.imgur.com/p4a9uGx.png http://i.imgur.com/g3q9tJ1.png EXPLAIN: So I have experience when it comes to buying (and selling) adoptables. Usually after the purchase; it's always good to give the buyer the PNG for their purchase. But, sadly, this was not the case. I paid $10 for the adoptable and when I was told I would get the PNG late, I didn't think too much of it. I thought it'd be like a "you'll get it within a week because I am busy" sort of thing but to my dismay this did not happen. I waited three months before I contacted MamaGizzy again. http://i.imgur.com/6eyLqel.png 18 days later she replies, saying she didn't realize I didn't get my adopt. I got a little eager that I would finally get the PNG and I sent her a link to the adoptable page... Only to be ignored again. I had also anxious sent that "Hello" message in case she forgot again but I was still greeted with silence. And, as the screencaps suggest, she has read each of the last two notes but has not replied. I got to admit I'm pretty bummed over this. 😞 EDIT: I was able to receive the PNG. So this issue was resolved! ❤️

https://artists-beware.livejournal.com/855169.html WHO: mixideer, mixipony, miss-mixi, mixisweets WHERE: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/mixideer WHAT: Art trade: wing-it piece of my character for a custom furset of their character made on IMVU WHEN: initial conversation: March 29th, Finished my half April 13th PROOF: Album of images, some contain NSFW: http://imgur.com/a/TiJmI individual images will be linked in the story below EXPLAIN: Mixi approached me at the end of March asking about a custom furset made on IMVU. I proposed a trade over my normal currency of IMVU credits since I had already been watching her and liked her art. She said she could totally do that and requested I add her on skype. (http://i.imgur.com/UXN2FCS.png) On skype we confirmed an art trade (http://i.imgur.com/CfSy82F.png) I told her which character I would like drawn and gave her the first WIP (http://i.imgur.com/csLWyQb.png) I always give many WIPs as I work because I want to make sure everything is perfect. I had a slight delay in working because I had another commission that was paid in full, whereas I had not gotten the art for this one. I message her letting her know why I had been delayed and gave her more WIPs (http://i.imgur.com/uloGY9j.png) She says it's amazing and I gift it to her account (http://i.imgur.com/rKcoN5Q.png) Proof that I sent the skin over (http://i.imgur.com/8MB4HEZ.png) I can provide proof for each individual piece of the set but I am not sure that's necessary. Note: the price is high because I change the price from 0 personal profit to a high number after gifting it. This helps me keep track of what I have delivered and prevents anyone from accidentally buying it when I unhide it in the shop to be visible as an example of my work. Ten days after I have given her the furset I notice that I am not on her to-do list and message her on skype asking if I will be added to it. She says she is sorry for not having me there and adds me to it. May comes and goes and on June 11th I message her asking if she has worked on the art she owes me. She apologizes and said she is behind on work (http://i.imgur.com/TcXTXgc.png) Since me asking for an update she has posted a few gift art pieces and even did a freebie stream. She has also been posting a lot of YCHs. She has also posted journals for more commissions. I am a little anxious and message her again on the 23rd, expressing that it has been two months and would like an estimate on when the piece will at least be started (http://i.imgur.com/SKMQWfO.png) She was online when I messaged her but I did not get a response. I went to bed and woke up and still did not have a response. The morning after I messaged asking for information on our trade she was streaming. In the stream it was clear that she was on skype. As she checked messages when streaming (http://i.imgur.com/AHlRFWx.png) I decided to follow up my message since I knew she was online and on skype (http://i.imgur.com/ti9Dh1n.png) I understand not wanting to talk business during a stream and waited patiently for the stream to be over, figuring she would message me once people were no longer watching. The stream finished with her saying she was going to bed and I did not get any message back from her. Not even a simple "hey, I am sorry, I will have to message you tomorrow since it's late" After my messages had still not been responded to she makes a journal claiming to be on holiday and to have been gone over the weekend (http://i.imgur.com/hJA79Fs.png). This does not explain why my art has not been finished as I messaged her before the weekend she claims to have been gone during and she has been working on art both before and after this journal was posted. Her to-do list says "(I REPEAT, I DO NOT DRAW THESE IN ORDER, I DRAW THEM IN ORDER TO HOW I'M FEELING) Up to a few weeks wait or a few days of ordering, finished at least within the month." but it has been over two months since I completed my half and even longer since the trade was decided on. I am upset because I just wanted something, anything, drawn of my character. It was a wing-it piece so she could have easily used one of the YCH poses for it. She said she was behind on work but was actively taking and completing commissions and YCHs. I had to request to be added to her to-do list and now I have been actually ignored. Uploading products to IMVU is not free. I had to pay to submit those products and then pay to gift them to her. I have spent actual currency on this. This is not something I can get back. The only thing I can do is edit the products I have sent her with textures that are solid black with "Payment not recieved" in white across it. This will make the products useless to her but will still not get me my money back Update 1 - July 1st: Mixi has messaged me after seeing this beware (http://i.imgur.com/nwP355B.png) And I have responded (http://i.imgur.com/W2FEqzS.png) I also told her an amount and my paypal but the screencap cuts out and I figured it would be best to leave out since I would have to censor the information regardless. Update 2 - July 5th: I have not heard from Mixi after giving her the information she asked for in order to give me payment for the set. So I sent her a message asking for a response, (http://i.imgur.com/R1seooI.png) she has been online and has posted a new journal on FA in which she has removed me from her To-Do list, but still has not responded to me. Update 3 - July 8th: Still waiting on a response from Mixi despite her being active on FA, I message her again (http://i.imgur.com/Ja7rxvz.png) I am starting to question if she will ever get back to me. Update 4 - July 13th: I do not message people this often when waiting on art, but now this has become me waiting on payment for an already delivered good and I have not gotten a response from her in nearly two weeks while she has still been posting on FA. I send her another message (http://i.imgur.com/UQf8p4t.png) Update 5 - July 14th: After having been contacted by a concerned 3rd party, Mixi has sent me my payment. (http://i.imgur.com/ev3GZ4y.png) She has not actually said anything to me at all since the message she sent to me on the 1st. I have received my payment and so this can be tagged as resolved.

https://artists-beware.livejournal.com/854962.html WHO: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/vov (NSFW Content) Unsure if there are anymore.. WHERE: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/vov (NSFW Content) WHAT: Digital Pin-Up WHEN: 2/18/15 Initial contact was made. The entire transaction seemed shady… PROOF: Details and Transaction Notes: 2/18 http://i60.tinypic.com/2lmvxxh.jpg Paypal Receipt: http://i60.tinypic.com/5fhnjl.jpg Follow-Up Strange Question: 2/19 http://i58.tinypic.com/2r5evj4.jpg Update? 3/25 http://gyazo.com/a6b0248bce418ed5ddd388a8cc2c372d My Follow-Up 4/9 - http://gyazo.com/1d9f15879e59b0cbec604a1e7f30eb13 Was in hopes of having it completed for my birthday. – No response received from artist. 4/18 Questioning if it is too late to cancel since I had not heard back: http://i.gyazo.com/ac6e89d1b852c0587499d2dc4a3e9156.png EXPLAIN: The whole entire transaction had seemed shady from the start, however a few people I know on FA had commissioned this artist as well, so I jumped on board myself. The notes explain the reason for my discomfort with the artist. I very rarely follow-up with trusted artists, and even when I do it’s 60-90 days out.. I always feel like I am a bother asking for an update. In any event – I hadn’t heard any responses back from this artist at all, only one person had their commission completed out of the batch of 4. Recently, today, the initial thread was deleted and the artist posted another commission opening. http://i57.tinypic.com/whjm1e.png (NSFW) This same submission was reposted multiple times. I aimed to question if the prior batch would be completed and found that I was blocked. (PROOF) http://i57.tinypic.com/2uynau1.png To date I have received no sketch, update, response, or anything from the artist.

https://artists-beware.livejournal.com/847883.html WHO: Rach Verity, rachykins WHERE: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/rachverity/ trello with an insane backlog: https://trello.com/b/kDddOtiK/commissions-list WHAT: Digital art WHEN: First discussion on June 20th 2014, agreement and payment on june 25th 2014. Still waiting on art or refund. PROOF: Initial agreement on a journal post: https://archive.is/7XgP4 Relevant bit: http://i.imgur.com/be3gpyl.png Confirming through note: http://i.imgur.com/8us9VDu.png Payment: http://i.imgur.com/VtHrbzD.png (I actually gave $75 because I got a deal on the regular price of $100 and felt bad about it) EXPLAIN: Well, it all began a while ago. I needed a char sheet for a new character and since I commissioned her before and didn't have any problems with her, save for a single commission who was a bit late, but ot critically yet, I decided on rachVerity. Since I still had some details to work out, I started by just asking for her price, not yet a commission: http://i.imgur.com/hXPk5p5.png She answered that it would be about $100: http://i.imgur.com/NaTAO36.png Shortly after that, she made a journal about how she'd do "anything including ref sheets" for $60. I got a spot for that: https://archive.is/7XgP4 Relevant bit: http://i.imgur.com/be3gpyl.png which she confirmed through a note: http://i.imgur.com/8us9VDu.png Payment: http://i.imgur.com/VtHrbzD.png After some problems due to FA losing notes, I sent her the full description on June 25th: http://i.imgur.com/ll2uYbq.png which she confirmed: http://i.imgur.com/npdmUu3.png Just a couple of days later I sent her a note about how I'd like that ref sheet before another (pending at the time) commission, which she ignored, the other commission was posted a few days later: http://i.imgur.com/Ob04dxb.png I didn't care too much at the time because it was great and only a couple days later, I just felt like I should mention that. About 4 months later with no update, no word, no anything, I decided to inquire. I was kinda pissed at the time because while keeping me (and others from what I could see) waiting, she gave away one commission/YCH after the other and constantly made journals about how commissioners would surely get their stuff, which never happened. (During the whole time waiting, there hardly were a week without a commission journal going up, which still do, just go check her journals). Since I actually wanted that ref sheet as soon as possible and it was obviously not happening, I decided on cancelling the commission and getting a refund. Nice as I was, I offered to wait a bit for it because she posted in journals about getting a new place to stay and I know that this eats up money faster than garfield eats up lasagna. http://i.imgur.com/QGu9qK9.png She confirmed at the time that she would refund it: http://i.imgur.com/W8WkOD4.png She even offered to make it up with a free piece of art: http://i.imgur.com/dc11llr.png (I declined that one as it felt not right accepting that to which she said that I'd get at least a 50% discount on future commissions. I somehow don't think that's gonna happen) Another 3 months later I just asked what was up. I offered to convert it to a wing-it if that was easier (note that a wing-it is obviously less work than the char sheet it should have been): http://i.imgur.com/vIUrkSP.png She said that would probably be faster and that she rather saves for her birthday instead of paying her debt: http://i.imgur.com/BHqTNoS.png (didn't mind so much back then but I gotta say that's pretty shitty) I answered that it was up to her, refund or wing-it. 18 days later she actually sent me a message herself asking if she didn't owe me money: http://i.imgur.com/dXVkjQl.png I answered that we actually just discussed that and that she wanted to do a wingit instead. I again gave her the option to choose either. Even though $60 would be $15 less than I paid, at least it would be something.. She answered yet again that she'd rather do a wingit: http://i.imgur.com/iaAfkTD.png Now, I thought I sent a reply to that, but checking my outbox a bit later and nothing was there, so I confirmed that about a month later, which she in turn confirmed: http://i.imgur.com/kYgO4yY.png After yet another month with no update, art or refund, I just decided on a little reminder: http://i.imgur.com/kJpeSak.png Which she initially confirmed, while acting like I should feel bad for the reminder: http://i.imgur.com/xD3z8jr.png This kinda set me off, after 10 months of being really patient and obliging (in my opinion), offering to take a wing-it instead of the money, or even $15 less. I decided to answer in the same way: http://i.imgur.com/zLUex8R.png Her answer to that, "well, I'm in a bad mood so I won't say sorry", was the last straw: http://i.imgur.com/CFMaTgZ.png I don't think I'll ever get my money (or alternatively an image that is not half-assed). And I'm actually quite sad for it, I commissioned her plenty of times before and was always happy with the result, but somewhere has to be a stop or I'd still beg her for the money in 2 years. By the way, I found she had an entry here already: http://artists-beware.livejournal.com/829923.html Just thought I'd put that in a new one because of the time difference TL;DR: Asked for a character sheet to be done as fast as possible. Did nt get it. Cancelled it after quite some time because I wanted that char sheet and went to a different artist. After waiting for the refund for a while, I offered her to do a wing-it instead if that was easier. Got neither refund nor wing-it. EDIT June 1st: Got a wing-it, I think this can be considered resolved

https://artists-beware.livejournal.com/834579.html WHO: Skylar Young on Facebook; I don't know of Furaffinity or any other place she offers her services. WHERE: https://www.facebook.com/para.dox.7758 WHAT: A fursuit costume piece; four-colored goat tail. There was no set completion time but it was said that the product would be started as soon as money went through, as seen in the screencap. WHEN: Payment sent December 22, 2014, when it was promised it would be started in four days, when the payment went through. Still relevant now ( March 14th, 2015, at time of posting ). PROOF: Discussion of transaction, and me trying to contact them at all. I am Taxi Pony, any mention of her name is blocked out per community rules:: http://i.imgur.com/q4CgoDs.png Paypal proof of payment:: http://i.imgur.com/gr1W0Re.png Evidence of her continual activity since commissioning the tail can be seen just by visiting her facebook. EXPLAIN: I contacted them on December 22nd as they had made a recent post about being in financial troubles, and knowing they were a local suit maker, I decided to commission them for a tail for one of my suits. The above log shows me commissioning them. All was good and it was a fine, active conversation for a little bit, then I sent the money and we discussed possible future business ( I was wondering about getting hands and feet for the costume as well ) and then we went our merry ways. From then on, there was literally no conversation. I sent multiple messages just asking for a response at all, and preferably a picture of the WIP tail ( which, according to her promise, should have been started already ), and despite Facebook confirming that my messages were looked at, there was never any replies. Meanwhile she was posting just as regularly as always on her Facebook, reblogging, so on. I even got a little desperate a few times just to at least be ACKNOWLEDGED and commented on a couple of her posts. I only started getting aggressive once I realized these comments on her posts got deleted afterwards, even those not related to the business. As of right now there has still been no contact and I have started a paypal claim to get my money back as if she doesn't find her customers important enough to even say hello to then I doubt she finds them important enough to give paid-for product to. I'll admit I did a bad thing that isn't at all relevant to our business transaction, but I feel like the lack of contact and deleting posts may be related to it -- her boyfriend made an unsavory post that made me really mad and I called him out on it. I've learned since that Skylar is very protective of her boyfriend and anyone who says anything bad about them instantly gets on her naughty list. Again, nothing to do with the business transaction, but it's just further evidence of the lack of professionalism with this maker. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND COMMISSIONING THIS MAKER. She refuses contact with her clients and prefers to work on personal things over commissioned pieces. I know of someone else who posted a beware on her recently as well, so red flags all around. The lack of professionalism should be enough to keep future clients away.

https://artists-beware.livejournal.com/819893.html WHO: Vejiicakes WHERE: DA Account/Tumblr WHAT: $50 for two sketch fanwork pieces WHEN: The artist solicited sketch commissions in exchange for donations to hurricane relief in the Phillipines in late November 2013, with delivery promised within 1 - 3 weeks. I made a donation and my commission was accepted on 11/24/13. PROOF: Original post date (original post at artist's DA) Pricing and estimated delivery Proof of payment Acceptance (1, 2, 3, 4) Update requests and responses (1, 2, 3, 4, 4.5 (between the two emails in the previous cap), 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) Reimbursement request EXPLAIN: After my commission was accepted, I made my first update inquiry 1/2/14. I got a quick response regarding my place in line and hopes that commissions would go faster after the holidays. I requested updates twice more over the next two months with no response. The next update was a group email sent by the artist in March 2014 saying commissions would take longer than anticiapted. Since then, the only sign I've seen that my commission has been worked on was a WIP in August 2014. I requested one minor change on each piece, and there's been no progress since. Save for the group email, I've had to initiate contact every time to get an update, the artist will go weeks or months without responding, and there's always a fresh excuse for the lack of progress. She relegated the donation commissions to a "fandom" email she admitted she doesn't check often, has missed multiple self-imposed deadlines, and as time has passed, I've had to resort to alerting her on Tumblr and DA weeks after sending emails to get a response. My last request for an update was 1/4/2014, which she's opted to ignore (I've seen her active on Tumblr, so I know she's had internet access and seen the alerts I've sent letting her know she has mail). On 1/21/2015, I finally sent a request for either a realistic ETA or reimbursement, alerted her on her Tumblr the same day. I alerted her on her DA a week later, but there's been no response. I've been a fan of Vejii's "Authority" fanwork for a while, so this has just been a disappointing experience all around, from her initial delivery date (unrealistic given the amount of work she later admitted she took on), to her increasingly poor time management as this has progressed. Even taking the time spent in queue off the table, 5 - 6 months is lousy turn-around time for a couple of sketches, and having to practically hammer down an artist's door to get updates is never acceptable. ETA: Issue resolved. Artist reestablished contact on 2/1/15 to finish artwork and offer a partial refund for the wait.

https://artists-beware.livejournal.com/818643.html WHO: Swizzlestix WHERE: Inkbunny: https://inkbunny.net/Swizzlestix (banned) And Furaffinity: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/swizzlestix/ WHAT: I ordered a colored, cell shaded commission with three characters and no background. Cost me $110 http://s1258.photobucket.com/user/blackenedtoastedtoast/media/paypalpayment_zpsld1wabua.jpg.html WHEN: I ordered the commission in august, 2014. While I have had him be slow on commissions before, he always got them done. This time seemed longer than before and when Inkbunny went out of their way to email everyone that were owed by swizzlestix, then I knew something bad was happening. http://i1258.photobucket.com/albums/ii535/blackenedtoastedtoast/inkbunnywarning_zpsdxiltibm.jpg http://s1258.photobucket.com/user/blackenedtoastedtoast/media/inkbunnywarning_zpsdxiltibm.jpg.html PROOF: http://i1258.photobucket.com/albums/ii535/blackenedtoastedtoast/inkbunnyorder_zps7xwhx4v1.jpg http://s1258.photobucket.com/user/blackenedtoastedtoast/media/inkbunnyorder_zps7xwhx4v1.jpg.html EXPLAIN: He has put a journal up when he got booted off of IB. http://s1258.photobucket.com/user/blackenedtoastedtoast/media/furaffinitywarning_zpsut9d0vjn.jpg.html?sort=3&o=2 But that was over a month ago and I have emailed him twice and put a FA note up. The note has not been read and the email never got any replies. http://i1258.photobucket.com/albums/ii535/blackenedtoastedtoast/emailwarning_zpshvmgtfyb.jpg http://s1258.photobucket.com/user/blackenedtoastedtoast/media/emailwarning_zpshvmgtfyb.jpg.html http://i1258.photobucket.com/albums/ii535/blackenedtoastedtoast/furaffinitynotewarning_zpsfvihgbgv.jpg http://s1258.photobucket.com/user/blackenedtoastedtoast/media/furaffinitynotewarning_zpsfvihgbgv.jpg.html I hate to put someone up on here but he has several months to even get a wip ready. As of today, I know of one person that has received their commission since the journal been in place. I would already have put up a chargeback if it wasn't for the fact paypal has a 45 day limit, which is long since expired. (Added some links due to small jpeg sizes. Hope they help. )

https://artists-beware.livejournal.com/796376.html WHO: SUGARFACTORY WHERE: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/sugarfactory WHAT: A box with fursuit accesoires, which was included in our deal about buying a second-hand partial. WHEN: I started contact around April 2013. It's now been 17 months since I didn't get the box she promised she will send. PROOF: Where to start 😉 These are screenshots from skype. She said she would include the extra if I would fo with the buyout deal ($1100) http://i.imgur.com/QtCV0nw.png . 8th May 2013, promising more stuff: http://i.imgur.com/XUg5km9.png & http://i.imgur.com/UtPbn1i.png 19th May 2013: My box arrived but not everything was included (the extra's). Checking with her http://i.imgur.com/xIsrPXo.png 25 June 2013: Promising her a box in return: http://i.imgur.com/uSDOOl7.png 27 June 2013: She wanted to include in the box a set of extra handpaws since the ones I got in the buyout deal weren't in good condition. http://i.imgur.com/rJqIAot.png 11 November 2013: http://i.imgur.com/H4zkB2V.png Telling her to skip the handpaws if must because I really would love my stuff at some point. 13 January 2014: She keeps stating she will send the box and is working on it... http://i.imgur.com/qlbJykT.png 15 March 2014: I've send her my box, with worth over 120$ of stuff. http://i.imgur.com/vpXY2ev.png Also she promises me a tracking even without sending anything. 21 March 2014: She lost the tracking it seems.. http://i.imgur.com/RQF0RGV.png 25 March 2014: Yes she lost it http://i.imgur.com/rMwlRp6.png And I never received the package since. but wait a minute? the fursuitaccesoires weren't included? 9 May 2014: http://i.imgur.com/9ThsE7g.png An excuse for not sending the box. 21 May 2014: http://i.imgur.com/N0XGVzF.png Saying to stop putting anything in the box extra and just send it to me. May 2014: Ignoring me http://i.imgur.com/T7cBgaL.png 5 June 2014: I wrote a message to her that I was despressed with not getting anything http://i.imgur.com/Ohuuz54.png . also http://i61.tinypic.com/1zdma9u.png saying that I would love to pay to get it here 24 July 2014: She's sending a box soon, because she's selling another suit, asking her if she will send mine too.. http://i.imgur.com/aF9XYi5.png 29 August 2014: Her fursuit she sold, has arrived at the new owner. Mine again... not send. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/14401597/ Today (27 September): https://twitter.com/sugarypuppy/status/515870207848374272 First time I ever EVER see a picture of stuff that would been send my way. But where's the bandana's? Jail-Plushie? Only recognizable thing is the tail. I can give you a lot more screenshots if you like. EXPLAIN: Sugarfactory sold her fursuitpartial "Jail" from OneEyedDoe in April 2013. She said if I would get the buyoutdeal instead of bidding, I would get extra's. As you can see in the links, she later promised more and more stuff. I was so exciting and I thought we were really friends. THANK GOD I've received the most important part: the partial. The fursuit is with me and I'm suiting with it over 1,5 years now, I'm really thankful for that. It surprised me that she didn't send everything that was in our deal in that first fursuit box (19th may). Also later suddently, in a second box that never arrived, she said that the fursuitstuff weren't included (25th of March.) One thing that made the package take long was that she commissioned extra handpaws because mine were a bit old now, at Autumnfallings. But they took so long that I said to her to get her money back, leave them out of our deal, and just send me the box. I also though that sending a box back, would help our friendship. I did send a box with Dutch treats and candy and toys, but never got a box from her back. Lost? Never been send? I'm not sure. The problem since the beginning was: - She said she will send it <..insert day here..> - She said it failed <..insert excuse here..>. Really, she gave every excuse possible. No money, sick, floodings, postal office closed, adress lost, busy, ow and when she had no money I offered to pay the shipping, but she refused. I even have PROOF that she send out other boxes and stuff as well.. but why not MINE? (The second fursuit she sells 29 August) The only thing I said over the last YEAR was "Please when will the box be send?" and than the above steps took place. She stated later that, this box she owes me are all GIFTS and she can take the time she needs Update (29-9-2014): Sugarfactory promised to send out the box this Monday. The content is discussed. I will update when I received a working Track&Trace. Update (6-10-2014) Package send 1 oct. Tracking works and it's on its way to Europe About the critique in the comments below: Yes, I used some inmature language and was angry. I read the termes about keeping it polite on this forum but I didn't always keep that in mind and I'm sorry for this.

https://artists-beware.livejournal.com/773561.html This complaint follows a client who has not paid for a commission. The pictures below are a few examples of the ongoing attempts at getting at least some of the pay. What happened: About four months ago I was doing a number of commissions for users online, through Furaffinity, Furry4Life and Deviantart. I was asked to do a commission of a full body fursona for £18.00 which at the time equated to $30.00. I had seen this username Dragonf94, sometimes called Draco, online and they knew others I had already done work for, so I agreed. I work by sending the picture in low res to get approval at various stages of completion and then usually ask for half before finishing the picture. In this case I was a little more foolish and offered to do the whole piece, as the price was quite low for my work. Early on, Dragonf94 claimed others had refused them work and it had hurt their feelings. I didn't ask and did the picture regardless. I did a few reiterations and the picture was done after about three weeks due to a waiting list. The client was happy. I sent them a very low res and they still seemed happy. I then awaited payment in order to send the full res. Evidence: I messaged them through the site, through email and skype as requested. No payment came. I consistently asked them if there was a problem, and at first they didn't seem to reply. After a while, I threatened to name and shame them as I noticed them using the incredibly low res picture as their icon. They then began the excuses, ranging from mental illness, to homelessness, to insomnia, to all kinds of problems. Sometimes it was because the paypal information was wrong, so I sent it again to all of his emails, but I know he has received the information as I use paypal very often. Then, his mother was no longer his guardian, he had been adopted, all manner of problems arose. The client was never rude, but the excuses were all I ever heard and they kept getting more severe, so I offered to leave it for a short while so they could sort out what was happening. It began in March and I heard nothing until around April, and then mid-May, each time prompted by myself, not by him. Not sure if these very sudden stories were true, I enquired about them. I kept putting back the time again, asking them for some evidence - by this point the client said he needed paperwork from a therapist and then could get a job because he was homeless. Until then, he could pay me nothing. I was unable to prove that they were lying, though it seemed strange that it all happened only after the picture was finished, and that a homeless man was able to email me at all (let alone had neglected to mention any of it beforehand). I asked if they would prefer paying in five dollar instalments over the course of months to help them. I received no reply to this offer, though I mentioned it several times. After investigating (and waiting for many, many weeks for updates on the situation) I doubted the excuses and began to realise he had no intention of paying me. Whenever I stopped emailing, it all went very quiet. However I was eventually informed he had gotten a job. I asked again. Again, I got no reply, despite consistently enquiring about what was happening and if and when he would pay. I asked him if he wanted the picture or not, but his answer was always: I will pay eventually. Four months or so down the line, now in June, I have given up. I did the work as he was happy and I feel I have been taken as a joke. No contact comes unless I instigate it, no answer to the questions about how I can help him pay, just excuses ignoring my suggestions to sort the problem out. Had I not told him to remove the low res I doubt it ever would have happened and he didn't seem to understand why it bothered me. I am tired of waiting. Now I know why no one does work for this person. Dragonf94 or Draco, who gets commissions through FA, F4l and Second Life, will never pay you in my experience - so don't waste your time like I did. The picture remains on my hard drive until future notice. I have yet to hear any further from him at all. Edit: I have also become aware that he operates on Deviantart looking for commissions, but due to the large number of hidden comments, I am inclined to believe he has experienced other problems with either commissions or other artists on there. This is also under the name Dragonf94, but he may have multiple accounts.

They commissioned me a piece with 2 characters, NSFW edit plus quite a complex BG. I’ve lost original description at this point, but they were completely fine with my initial sketch as you can see here. Price wasn’t an issue either. Instead all I got is 3 payments, ~50 usd each. Then they proceeded to tell me that they had “issues with payment”, which I suspect to be completely made up as no other customer since then had them. Also they were able to pay it partially, so they obviously had no problems. My bad for being naive and working without properly committing to the part where I have to get full prepayment after the sketch, but that’s just how I used to roll with it. And then I decided to reach out to Boosty staff. They said I had absolutely no issues on my side and… When I said I’m putting it on a hold till they fix it, they just blocked me. Everywhere. Without ANY explanation. They also don’t answer my Emails So far I’m simply blocked by them on all platforms. And I’ve seen their character being drawn by other artists so… They just took advantage of me and left. Small notes: I slightly cropped out DMs due to them being just filled with Troubleshooting Boosty, I can send full convo, but it’s just bloated with useless for the case information. Also, I got to the colouring stage when they blocked me, I sincerely want to attach the file, but site freaks out. It’s kinda irrelevant anyways. Also, I accept payments via Boosty and have a no-refund policy not because I want to, but due to me being simply having literally no other choice. I always make sure Customers are getting what they deserve, don’t wait for years and are fully informed about all these factors.

teahound May. 1st, 2011 04:29 pm (local) 1. Lolmary/Lolitsmary/Lolautumn 2. http://furaffinity.net/user/lolautumn 3. Many times over the past year! 4. Mary is always SUPER sweet and fun to work with, and really breathes life into the ideas I give her. She's a great communicator, too. <3 Edit- Examples: http://pics.livejournal.com/teahound/pic/0006qdwh http://pics.livejournal.com/teahound/pic/00077zqp http://pics.livejournal.com/teahound/pic/0007hxgx Edited at 2011-05-01 04:31 pm (local) quailbrander May. 1st, 2011 04:53 pm (local) Nanuka 1. Nanuka 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/nanuka/ 3. Quite a few times over the past year and I hoping to continue 4. Nanuka has always been professional and an awesome artist to work with. She's quick with communication and is always available for contact when I have questions. Her art is amazing quality and her turn-out rate is very reasonable. And, she's got a great knack for bringing my characters to life through her style. Examples: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5476864 http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5174636/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5528363/ (Could be NSFW because of some nudity. Mine are the first 4 along the top.) teahound May. 1st, 2011 05:52 pm (local) Re: Nanuka Seconding this, I got a bookmark from her recently (as well as other commissions in the past) and service from her is stellar. <3 hellebore May. 1st, 2011 04:54 pm (local) Kobraa 1. Name of the person/company you recommend. Kobraa/Kob 2. Link to their website or art page. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/kobraa 3. Approximate time period of when you did business with them. Off and on for about a year. 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!!) Kobraa is very efficent and detail oriented in his work. He charges very low for most of his works and keeps up great communications. His anatomy is killer and he's trying his hardest to diligently improve as an artist in general, and I believe his works show this. I would post links but these are commissions that I requested in private. huskie666 May. 1st, 2011 05:07 pm (local) Some of my fave clients include: 1. Kace 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/kcravenyote 3. Pretty regularly over the past *thinks...* 8-9 years or so? :3 4. She's easy to please and very patient and really seems to enjoy what i make for her! :D 1. Rein 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/amaterasu1 3. Also a regular for the past year or two. 4. He's really patient and also reallyreally seems to like my stuff :0 Also he gives me a great oppertunity to draw bawkbawks and has some silly ideas X'D 1. Blaze 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/blazelupine 3. Commissioned me pretty regularly for about a year n a half.. tho i do anticipate a return soonish? :3 4. I enjoy that he wants to commission me to draw Balto fanart and such :P~ Plus he also seems REALLY pleased with what i do for him. 1. Casidhe 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/casidhevixen 3. Regular client of mine for the past 3 years or so. 4. Has really cute vixen characters and all around totally nice guy <3 1. Chakat Sunset 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/sunstreak 3. Regular client for the past 3 years or so as well. 4. Supremely patient! They also give me a good excuse to draw chakitties! :D 1. Chakat Goldfur 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/goldfur 3. Longtime client and friend for the past... forever it seems o.0 4. Also super patient! And has a whole range of awesome characters - also has helped me get published in zines here n there and uses my art to illustrate his stories :3 1. SilverFoxWolf 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/silverfoxwolf 3. Regular client for the past... 6 years or something like that o.o 4. Has an awesome werewolf character, likes to pair him with my characters/fan characters, very flexible and patient client! <3 And those are my top favorite clients! n.n TREAT THEM NICE <3 sbneko May. 1st, 2011 06:27 pm (local) Ashi/Pawprintstars 1.Ashi/Pawprintstars 2.http://www.furaffinity.net/user/ashi and http://www.furaffinity.net/user/pawprintstars 3.ive been commissioning her for a couple years now, so no real timeframe. 4. I've been a huge fan of Ashi and she's a great artist to work with. Fast and reliable and if she eve does get a little slow, she keeps you in the loop. She's always ready to answer questions, doesn't get annoyed or ignore you. Her work always looks just how you wanted it, sometimes even better! I do recommend giving her artists freedom, I've always gotten the best work that way. A few commissions I've gotten from her: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5605987/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5597389/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5597083/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5560877/ crisis_the_hat May. 1st, 2011 08:59 pm (local) Marcusstratus 1. Marcusstratus 2. http://marcusstratus.deviantart.com/ 3. Recently for a second time within the past couple weeks, and first time last year. 4. Fair prices (and willing to work within a budget), extremely durable results, and good in communication. Haven't been disappointed yet! So far I consider them a go-to for custom steampunk apparel or like stuff. So far this is what I've gotten from them: - http://Marcusstratus.deviantart.com/art/BlazeTBW-Commission-162789650 - http://Marcusstratus.deviantart.com/art/BlazeBTW-Commission-2-206227204 torikonero May. 1st, 2011 09:04 pm (local) LimeCustard 1. LimeCustard 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/limecustard/ 3. Roughly 4/25/11 to 4/29/11 4. I commissioned LimeCustard for a colored sketch of my fursona. After giving her refs she asked for some additional anatomical details, due to my fursona being transgendered. I went into some anatomical detail and she was very accommodating. She worked extremely hard, produced extremely quickly, and was amazingly pleasant to deal with. I'm looking forward to getting more stuff from her in the future. x3 http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5638246 Finished product. tech_rex May. 2nd, 2011 12:45 am (local) 1. TrashedBat 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/trashedbat/ 3. Late December, Mid-April 2011 4. I commissioned Trashbat in December for a bug eyed and recently in April for a watercolor sketch and ATC of an old character of mine. I'm currently in the process of revamping the character, so I only had a few refs and a gist of the character in a descript. Trashedbat nailed the character and his attitude perfectly. Pic in question http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5626981 1. Slug 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/slug 3. Spring/Summer 2010 4. I commissioned Slug for a RPG sprite icon, unfortunately her list happened to be full at the time. When Slug finished her current commissions, she took the time to note me ask if I was still interested in an icon (of course I was). I adore the icon (currently I do not have a link to it). She was very professional, I have a unique icon, and I was floored that she contacted me when she was open again for icons. She definately takes her clients into consideration, and I'll be commissioning her agian. nauro_chan May. 2nd, 2011 02:14 am (local) 1. Arito 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/arito 3. Quite often over the last year or less. 4. He is a great guy and super patient. As well he brings new ideas and challenges my way often. He always seems to like what I draw for him and enjoy when I do get to work with him. Plus his main character has an amazing color combo that I love working with. 1. Rosa 2. http://adoredolt.deviantart.com/ 3. She has been getting stuff from me for the past 4-5 years now. 4. Great friends and artist, she always seems to point me in the right direction if something is wrong. Very patient and sweet, always really laid back about what is going on. I always look forward to working with her. 1. Nyth 2. http://aethanyc.deviantart.com/ 3. 2-3 or more times in the past year. 4. Ridiculously patient and no matter what I do for her she seems to love it. Super sweet and an absolute joy to work with. I look forward to working with her in the future more. 1. Fayin 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/fayin 3. 1-2 pieces in the last month or so. 4. Quickly becoming a favorite customer. Really sweet and a lot of fun to talk to during and after the commission process. Has had great ideas every single time I've worked with her as well as adorable characters. I really look forward to future business with her. Some amazing people I've worked with most have been in the last year or two. jennyhusky May. 2nd, 2011 12:31 pm (local) Kashmere 1. Kashmere 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/kashmere 3. Several pieces between 2009 and today 4. Kashmere is the nicest artist I've ever worked with. She does incredible traditional work and usually has the finished piece uploaded for you within a week or two. She is always kind or polite and does her best to capture the vision you have in mind. Youll gasp when you receive the original in the mail because the scan never truly does her art justice. She always keeps the commissioner updated on how thier piece is coming along and always always replies to notes in a timely manner. If you want an amazing piece of traditional art, she is definitely the artistto go to! http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5608905/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5480041/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3780567/ conigliomannaro May. 3rd, 2011 04:03 pm (local) polymorphicgirl 1. Polymorphicgirl 2. http://polymorphicgirl.deviantart.com/ 3. Around January or something 4. Well, I'm actually friends with her so communication was pretty prompt and smooth, but she's very professional and doesn't ask payment until she delivers the sketch. Once she gives the sketch and you give her the ok, she begins working on the inking and coloring; however, she won't obviously send you the finished piece until she gets her money, which I believe is pretty fair. I asked her two commissions, six characters of mine for characters sheets, no background or anything, and in about one month and a half she had delivered both of them, inked and colored. This is the finished product, the six kids at the bottom of the image. I am commissioning her again because from experience I know she will take a reasonable amount of time, will keep me up to date with the status of my commissions, and will produce a quality drawing for an affordable price. poizenkat May. 3rd, 2011 07:19 pm (local) Ayriea 1. Ayriea 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/ayriea 3. last week 4. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5679465 she did an amazing job! its just adorable and she did it very quickly and was VERY willing to correct the few mistakes she made! as usual, a wonderful experience. im excited to commission her again! poizenkat May. 3rd, 2011 07:26 pm (local) 1. mushroom kitty 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/mushroomkitty 3. not too sure, probably a month ago? 4. she charges very little and had me updated right away with sketches for approval. she also was very willing to correct the mistake and they are just ADORABLE! http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5684281/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5684292/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5684295/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5684298/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5684301/ poizenkat May. 3rd, 2011 07:28 pm (local) 1. mary mouse 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/marymouse 3. less than a month ago i believe 4. Her badges are simply amazing! she was quick to reply when i asked her for updates and drew the clothes i requested her to draw on Li-Li PERFECTLY! i just cannot wait to receive my badge in the mail and wear it at cons! http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5666160/ poizenkat May. 3rd, 2011 07:34 pm (local) 1. corrie/eachom 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/corriezodori http://www.furaffinity.net/user/ eachom 3. about a month ago as well 4. this was her first time drawing babyfurs but she did an excellent job! she even gave me a little discount! http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5618278/ i also got an icon from her that was finished in just an hour after i paid! http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5652757/ poizenkat May. 3rd, 2011 07:35 pm (local) * http://www.furaffinity.net/user/eachom poizenkat May. 3rd, 2011 07:42 pm (local) 1. uyu 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/uyu 3. about a month ago as well XD 4. just about the cutest style <3 i just ADORE the piece i got from Yu and would love to commission them again! http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5591838/ i was even given a gift!! http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5625618/ poizenkat May. 3rd, 2011 07:49 pm (local) 1. eittey 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/eittey/ 3. not too sure, about a month as well i believe 4. though theres a bit of a language barrier what i wanted was completely understood and drawn VERY well and they were finished so quickly too! http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5598652/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5604094/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5604186/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5604274/ http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5589965/ poizenkat May. 3rd, 2011 07:56 pm (local) 1. Naoki 2. http://naoki-wolf.deviantart.com/ 3. less then a month ago 4. shes really sweet and great to work with. her chibis are ADORABLE and to be honest she charges too little for something of her work quality. http://naoki-wolf.deviantart.com/art/CA-Li-Li-205067737?q=gallery%3Anaoki-wolf%2F13198750&qo=4 http://naoki-wolf.deviantart.com/art/CA-Foxfairy-205373919?q=gallery%3Anaoki-wolf%2F13198750&qo=3 http://naoki-wolf.deviantart.com/art/CA-DKitty-205692309?q=gallery%3Anaoki-wolf%2F13198750&qo=2 http://naoki-wolf.deviantart.com/art/CA-Yoko-206135419?q=gallery%3Anaoki-wolf%2F13198750&qo=1 casteddreams May. 4th, 2011 04:53 pm (local) Vera 1. Vera 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/vera/ 3. Been about 2 years since I first started working with her. 4. Never had a problem with her, ever. Always does an absolutely wonderful job on all my characters, clearly pays attention to details. I never have to typically very wait long at all for the pieces I commission from her. She's also been very kind and easy to work with! casteddreams May. 4th, 2011 04:57 pm (local) Huskie666 1. Huskie666 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/huskie666 3. For MANY years, LOL. 8-9 years perhaps? 4. I've always ALWAYS loved working with her. Every piece I've ever gotten has been spot on and totally awesome. If there has ever been a wait, it's always been worth it. She's always very kind to me, and an absolute joy to work with. She's managed to make all my characters look wonderful. casteddreams May. 4th, 2011 05:03 pm (local) Fetalstar 1. Fetalstar 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/fetalstar & http://fetalstar.deviantart.com/ 3. Since summer of 2010, I believe. 4. I've commissioned her several times, and she's always been a joy to work with. She provides you with with progress images for each stage, which is lovely. One of the reasons I like her is her ability to draw anthros and humans, in fact I originally commissioned her for some humanoid characters the first time around. She gets things done in a very timely manner, and she's extremely kind and very easy to work with. saelethil May. 15th, 2011 11:45 pm (local) Jojo- (I hope it's alright that I'm posting this for a friend as he isn't a member but really wanted to promote this awesome commissioner) 1. Jojo- 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/jojo- 3. March 31st to now 4. Been commissioned by her several times now and she's amazing to work with. Always responds to notes promptly and she pays upfront and quickly. She gives me artistic freedom with everything (but will happily give help if asked) and doesn't require WIPs. Love her, she's a doll to work with. Most recent commission finished for her: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5749309 saelethil May. 15th, 2011 11:50 pm (local) Re: Jojo- OH, my bad. The finished commission is slightly nsfw (upper nudity) ;~; latiro May. 18th, 2011 10:43 pm (local) Chevi/Shizuworks 1. Chevi/Shizuworks 2. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/chevi http://www.furaffinity.net/user/shizuworks/ (her commission account) 3. since March 2009 4. I've been an awesome repeat customer to her for a long time and she's a very pleasant person to work with or talk to. She does awesome work with numerous commissions I've paid her for, especially in her Ustream sessions. She deserves all the praise and whatnot the most recent commission I got: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5766807/ (contains some blood)

In April I made a twitter post about looking for an artist who had commissions open and LilDogMeat replied to my tweet. I decided to commission them because their art looked cute and was in my price range. They originally said they would have a sketch for me by that Saturday and never had anything to show. In my experience with other artists I've always had to wait a bit but they always delivered so I didn't choose to message LilDogMeat about it until some time later. They claimed issues with their laptop and I was fine with waiting. This was my mistake as the window for a refund through paypal has long passed. I have waited a year for this commission with LilDogMeat no longer being responsive (likely moved on to a new Twitter? They aren't active anymore).

On August 1, 2021, I reached out to Tori through google forms to apply for a 3D bust commission. It was on August 2, 2021 that I was contacted through Twitter DMs letting me know that my character had been selected for the slot. I replied on August 3, 2021 and was given a paypal invoice the same day. The cost of the 3D bust shot was $150.00 USD, which was something I had actively saved up to purchase. I had wanted a 3D bust of my character for awhile and it seemed that it had practically fallen into my lap. I was really excited to work with Tori and was hopeful things would go well, especially since they were incredibly active on social media and had done a pretty incredible ArtFight piece that really caught my eye. Communication was great at first. I got pretty regular updates and when they couldn't provide one, I was usually always notified and they typically got in touch with me awhile after. This didn't bother me at first because I always ended up getting a WIP shot in the end. I get it, life gets in the way, most of us work day jobs or we're in school. It's fine. A little patience goes a long way and god knows we all need some patience with how the world has been. Issues started up when I did not hear from Tori as regularly as before, which started up in September of 2021. They'd go a month or two without saying anything, but usually got back to me whenever I'd gently nudge them for updates. This really isn't an issue, but it was a lead up to a bigger problem. After January 9 of 2022, I did not hear from Tori for over six months. They posted about a move that had not gone well in late February, which I felt bad that they had to go through such a thing, so I didn't nudge them again until April, then June. It was only June 21 that I ended up hearing from them and this was after I posted a small beware. I got some WIP shots, which I was very happy with. Things seemed to get better for a bit until they decided to ghost me again. The last I heard from Tori was August 24 and this was after I became incredibly frustrated. My messages were being read, but I was not being communicated to. At this point, I just wanted my files. I have had people reach out to me who are more than willing to finish what Tori will not. They have not read any of my messages since August 24 of this year. I'm at the end of my rope and beyond frustrated by this entire ordeal. I know I have a semi-finished product, but it is not being given to me by an artist who has horrid communication skills and even worse business practices. The last thing I want to do is damage someone's career but this is entirely unfair on me. I do not advise anyone to commission Tori if they ever return to social media. I am deeply upset with myself for not issuing a chargeback when I still could, as $150.00 USD is not a small amount of money. All DMs are organized 1 - 19, please read them in numerical order.

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

- Original agreement + Proof Casual conversation about the Salt Queen ideas. We started Feb 23rd. They ended up sketching her out extensively. - Proof of payment I asked for a paypal invoice, so that I could keep track of the transaction. They confirmed payment. I received the gif immediately and was extremely pleased with it. I used it on my commission website as well as my curious.cat. - Any relevant correspondence Spine Breaker was friends with my partner first. I met them through their work on my partner's persona, Salt King. Often described as Spine Breaker's muse, Salt King was a design they made based on my partner's likeness, rights to the character was always Spine Breakers. My partner has never claimed to own the design or want it. Salt King art was only used as discord profile pictures and steam profile pictures. Spine Breaker would send me random sketches or finished pieces of Salt King, and other finished works, but no Salt Queen progress. March 19th is the last I saw any related work of any kind on Salt Queen. I liked their art so much.. I wouldn't have spent 300$ on their work if I didn't like it. I'd always message them about their newest Salt King works that they would send my partner! - Refund Request Half a year of random conversations later, I asked for a refund on Sept 21st. I had started to doubt their desire to finish the commission long before this, but wanted to wait it out for as long as possible.. I was honestly so excited to see Salt Queen design finished by them. October 12th was our final correspondence. Below is a message they sent to my partner the same day as my refund request. My partner felt like he could do something about the situation and inquired on his own. Receiving this excuse below as the reason why they didn't work on my commission this year. The fact that Spine Breaker tried to say I didn't like their work still baffles me. This whole thing was an insult... A slap to the face. I said nothing and waited on the refund. Yes, I too am an artist, my income is 100% made from freelance artwork. But I commissioned THEM for the Salt Queen because of their amazing work! (Work I believe far surpasses my talents.) I didn't design Salt Queen myself because I wanted them to.. I'm still very confused by this logic... Or why this wasn't brought up to me long before we reached this point. I waited until November 1st for the 100$ refund, nothing was received, not even a message. With no communication at this point, things started to feel personal. I removed the artist from my socials November 1st. Below is the inflammatory message they sent my partner a day later on November 2nd. Absolutely none of this can be explained by me. I was always honest with the artist, always excited to see their work, and honestly felt lucky to be so closely associated with them through my partner. If they ever had any sort of ill feelings towards me, it was never brought up with me. And with 200$ spent, I wasn't really sure how to act around them. After sending the message above to my partner, they blocked him, making this a very odd personal attack. I was never refunded anything. And he lost a good friend in his attempt to mediate. Beware this artist.

Back in January 2022, I contacted scaretactik via email to inquire about a commission. I originally came across their art via twitter and at the time and still since then, their display name has always read as their commissions being open; they have taken more comms & emergency comms since. I did read in the artist's carrd beforehand that they can be slow with completing comms, but I admittedly still didn't expect to be waiting over a year later– this and the lack of communication and other surrounding details has me unsure of whether the art will be completed, hence why I am submitting this beware. Here's the initial email from January of 2022 and a receipt for the PayPal payment: Before sending the payment, I instead DM'd scaretactik on twitter since they stated it as being preferable, and that's where we would continue to communicate up until October of 2022: After January 2022, the next time I heard from scaretactik was when I reached out 6 months later in July to ask if an update was available. Scaretactik got back to me and brought up being agreeable to a deadline, so I asked if a month following this would be alright but that I would also just be happy to receive a WIP rather than the full finished piece. I did not receive an answer to my response/I did not hear back from scaretactik further at this time: The next time I spoke with scaretactik was when I reached out a second time in September of 2022, another 2 months later. I was told that I could expect to receive a WIP shortly and that they were appreciative of my patience; I did understand that they had some things going on so I was still content to wait at this point: However, I did not receive a WIP/any further messages from scaretactik at this time until I reached out again in October. These are the last DMs we exchanged before moving over to discord: Scaretactik soon after messaged me via discord with a WIP on the 18th. It was very barebones, but I was happy to finally receive something and stated being okay with the idea they were going for: The next time I heard from scaretactik was on November 4th then the 7th when I received another update, though the sketch/idea had been changed. I liked how it was looking so I didn't mind the alteration and also gave it my okay: After this, I received another update on November 10th, but the sketch for my piece had once again been changed. I didn't mind the revision so I gave it my okay as well: This is where the periods of silence started up again. I reached out a month later on December 11th to inquire about any possible updates and to ask if scaretactik had a trello or queue tracker. I did receive another picture of my piece, but there didn't seem to be any progress made and again, it had been revised without my knowledge. This time, I was unhappy with the direction of the unexpected revision, so I wasn't entirely sure how to respond & initially forgot to and didn't get back to scaretactik until the 14th when I voiced my concern: This is the last time (December 14th of 2022) I have heard from scaretactik. I've reached out again on February 19 of this year and more recently on March 15th, but neither of my messages have been replied to. I don't know at this point if I will receive my comm or if the quality will be what I paid for/if more unexpected changes will be made since it's now going on 5 more months of silence, so I'm submitting this beware: I don't mind waiting as long as needed but do feel forgotten about and am just disappointed with how communications & updates have been handled. I would be glad to still receive my comm but dislike pushing for updates and am already exhausted with this situation; I'm open to hearing from scaretactik and working something out, I harbor no ill will towards them.