[identity profile] featheredragon.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] artists_beware

Nobody should commission this artist.  He is entirely unreliable.   99% of the time he does not respond to e-mails and it is impossible to get in contact with him.  He gives no explanation for his behaviour; in fact, he normally says nothing at all!   I paid him for a commission at Anthrocon 2009 and after months of trying to contact him unsucessfully (he had removed his FA and did not respond to e-mails) he finally got in contact with me around Nov/Dec.  Last I spoke with him through e-mail in late January where we appared to have reached an understanding regarding commuication--although apparently not.  He said he would have my commission done by now.  I've been trying to contact him for a status update for the last three weeks and have gotten no reply.  He is active online; noticably his DA account but no matter what forum or method I try to use to contact this person he does not reply.  I have gone though great lengths to be patient with him and have been very vigorous in trying to contact him and to explain how I was becoming extremely frustrated at his lack of communication.  I am convinced now that he is either a crook or grosely incompetent business person, and definately not to be trusted with business.  I also happen to know I am not the only one who has been having trouble contacting them.  A fellow fur contacted me on FA to ask if I had heard anything from Mekoryuk since they had also paid for a commission and had heard nothing back.  Also, I will add that the artist himself has posted his name online (eg. his DA account) so I am not violating his privacy by including it in this post.  So, in conclusion: Avoid this person like the plague.  Mood regarding artist: Extremely disatissfied and now angry because they stole my money.  I hardly ever get angry but after months of being frustrated with trying to contact this person to find out what is happening and getting no reply I am now angry.  

[[Edit: Pasting links from comments below:]] Here's some evidence: http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/2500/evidencegg.jpg http://mekoryuk.deviantart.com/ http://www.furaffinity.net/user/Mekoryuk [[Edit: July 25, 2010: New information.  See my last post below.]]


JULY 2011--UPDATE:
Please read: http://artists-beware.livejournal.com/315864.html?thread=18212824#t18212824 .

Given the developments in this thread since the OP, I want to summarize my lastest opinion of the artist:

-- He is curteous when communicating. 
-- He normally takes a very very long time to reply but eventualy does.  (This is all or mostly due to an unfortunate medical condition that slows him down a lot.)  Perhaps he has improved since last year but I don't know.  I would advise that in addition to his e-mail new commissioners to ask for his phone# if he is willing to give it since contacting him online is (in my experience) unreliable.
-- He is not a crook.
-- He does very good work.
-- He appears to be well meaning. 
-- People looking to commission should probably pay him after the commission is finished or (depending on the cost of the commission) pay him a small depost upfront and the rest upon completion.  They should also be prepared to wait well over a year for work to be completed.

In short, it appears that this artist is well meaning and honest but, although I wasn't aware of it at first, is the unfortunate victum of hardship beyond his control.  He appears to be dealing with it admirably.  People should excercise caution when commissioning him only because he may be very hard to contact and takes a very long time to finish commissions but otherwise people will be happy with his work.

I will update this thread again once I recieve the finished commisison from him.

Date: 2010-04-08 12:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] zareonianwolf.livejournal.com
If you sent him notes via FA/DA, had he read them and ignored them or simply not opened them? Not disputing you, simply curious. It sucks that he's yet to follow through on his half of the deal. I'd consider contacting him for a refund.

Date: 2010-04-08 12:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kurenaipaladin.livejournal.com
Yeah. Some people won't even open those- I myself won't. I just tell commissioners to send emails only.

Date: 2010-04-08 03:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kurenaipaladin.livejournal.com
Ahhh.

I do advise to go by the rest of the commenters as well and gather what proof you have. If commissioned at a con you should have a receipt I believe!

Date: 2010-04-08 04:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] zareonianwolf.livejournal.com
Well, if you sent him notes on DA did he look at them and then discard them? Should show up in your outbox much in the same way as FA. It'd be a bit more skeevy if he's read your notes and ignored them, but if he's simply not getting them...

Anyway, seeing as it's past the deadline and you've yet to see your finished product (or have you gotten any progress on the picture at all? A rough sketch, maybe?) it's time to insist on a refund unless the picture is done right at this instant or is very close to being completed.

Date: 2010-04-08 12:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kurenaipaladin.livejournal.com
You might want to add links to his da and fa pages just in case. :)

Date: 2010-04-08 01:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cesarin.livejournal.com
*cough cough* well If you want someone to pick up your commission, Id be happy to do so :P

Date: 2010-04-08 03:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kurenaipaladin.livejournal.com
Am i the only one that finds these sort of comments exceedingly tacky?

Date: 2010-04-08 03:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kurenaipaladin.livejournal.com
"Hi you just got ripped off, commission me instead!"

eeeh...

Date: 2010-04-08 04:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cesarin.livejournal.com
I apologized if I sounded a bit.."tacky" :/

Date: 2010-04-08 07:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thaily.livejournal.com
No I agree, this isn't the place for commission vultures to circle.

Date: 2010-04-08 02:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] baronyiffington.livejournal.com
Have any screen caps of communication between you and him? I'm not suggesting anything, but evidence goes a long way with claims like this.

Date: 2010-04-08 03:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thedancingemu.livejournal.com
you should edit your original post with this and the links to his DA and FA galleries, keeps everything more organized :3

Date: 2010-04-08 02:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] stormslegacy.livejournal.com
I think a lot more details are needed:
what was commissioned? How much? Was it promised for the convention? Were there any due-dates given? What was said in the communication?

Without any of this it's a rather vague warning. Evidence in the forms of screencaps and receipts would be great.

In the future, get a receipt for any transaction done at a convention, it does wonders for adding to the legitimacy of the claim.

Date: 2010-04-08 05:30 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] stormslegacy.livejournal.com
I totally agree, it doesn't matter what the amount is, being screwed is being screwed. I just wanted to make sure it wasn't something like "It's been 3 days, why isn't my fursuit done yet?" type of issues. This isn't, a 30 minute sketch should be done at most a week after the con. No excuse for it not being done yet =/

On a different note, I'm pretty sure I did a commission for you as well at AC, wicked crazy late at night though.

Date: 2010-04-08 02:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrst4nkr.livejournal.com
That's a shame. You're a wonderful commissioner to work for.

:)

Date: 2010-04-08 06:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] frazzled-niya.livejournal.com
Good luck! I hope everything gets resolved quickly!

Date: 2010-04-08 07:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thaily.livejournal.com
If you commissioned him at AC, you should let the AC staff know that this artist is using their facilities (artist alley/dealers den) but not producing the work you paid for. They might reject him from the alley/den and keep him from doing it to more unfortunate saps this year.

Date: 2010-04-08 03:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fenris-lorsrai.livejournal.com
THIS. Send them a photocopy of the receipt as well so they can match it up with last year's accounts. Not sure if they take down mailing address for artists alley people, but if they do, receipt number will let them match him by address is he tries to apply again.

Date: 2011-08-29 12:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kerstin-orion.livejournal.com
This is encouraging, please let us know when you get your final picture! :)

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