Advice, please?
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artists_bewareI've kind of been pinned into a commission that I can't cancel. It's for a friend and they're being extremely pushy.
Let's start back at the beginning, it'll be easier for everyone.
Basically three months ago a friend of mine came to me for a commission of his human character. I told him flat out that I'm not the best with humans and actually get frustrated and have to scrap any attempts I do when I draw one. He insisted, told me his commission would be easy and that everything would be okay.
I say screw it, agree to the commission, and then give him my commission terms. Everyone I treat, friend or not, has to follow these. He read them, agreed and then sent me refs, telling me to hold off on doing anything until he paid. He agreed to pay with PayPal. Which is mainly what I accept.
Comes back to me two days later saying that PayPal refuses to verify his bank account and card (I honestly think he just doesn't know what he's doing, and I linked him to an FAQ that addresses these issues) and that he went ahead and bought a GreenDot card to pay for it. (GreenDot cards are prepaid PayPal cards. You use them to load funds onto your PayPal, or to transfer funds to another Paypal, in a nutshell.)
This is where I got upset. Since 1. he couldn't get a Paypal, meaning if I needed to drop the commission I can't refund him. and 2. He did not discuss this method of payment with me prior to doing it. My commission contact explicitly says to INFORM ME ahead of time what method of payment you plan on using.
He then stops talking to me after telling me he has the card. Never gave me the pin, so I never got the funds, therefore I never started work. I figured, okay, it's over and done with.
He contacts me two days ago, angry that he hasn't seen any work yet. I point him back to my terms and tell him flat out, I don't start work until I have payment. He then says he never agreed to that, but then gives me the pin to the card and has me start regardless.
So here I sit right now with $30 in my PayPal that I cannot refund to him, an angry friend who insists that I can draw humans and things will be fine, and a horrible sketch that I'm not satisfied with and I know he won't be either. If it were a matter of just practicing the human anatomy and giving him something using that, hey, I'd be doing it. But I don't want to give him a picture I'm not fully satisfied with. Not to mention I'm not comfortable drawing these things anyways.
What do I do?
Let's start back at the beginning, it'll be easier for everyone.
Basically three months ago a friend of mine came to me for a commission of his human character. I told him flat out that I'm not the best with humans and actually get frustrated and have to scrap any attempts I do when I draw one. He insisted, told me his commission would be easy and that everything would be okay.
I say screw it, agree to the commission, and then give him my commission terms. Everyone I treat, friend or not, has to follow these. He read them, agreed and then sent me refs, telling me to hold off on doing anything until he paid. He agreed to pay with PayPal. Which is mainly what I accept.
Comes back to me two days later saying that PayPal refuses to verify his bank account and card (I honestly think he just doesn't know what he's doing, and I linked him to an FAQ that addresses these issues) and that he went ahead and bought a GreenDot card to pay for it. (GreenDot cards are prepaid PayPal cards. You use them to load funds onto your PayPal, or to transfer funds to another Paypal, in a nutshell.)
This is where I got upset. Since 1. he couldn't get a Paypal, meaning if I needed to drop the commission I can't refund him. and 2. He did not discuss this method of payment with me prior to doing it. My commission contact explicitly says to INFORM ME ahead of time what method of payment you plan on using.
He then stops talking to me after telling me he has the card. Never gave me the pin, so I never got the funds, therefore I never started work. I figured, okay, it's over and done with.
He contacts me two days ago, angry that he hasn't seen any work yet. I point him back to my terms and tell him flat out, I don't start work until I have payment. He then says he never agreed to that, but then gives me the pin to the card and has me start regardless.
So here I sit right now with $30 in my PayPal that I cannot refund to him, an angry friend who insists that I can draw humans and things will be fine, and a horrible sketch that I'm not satisfied with and I know he won't be either. If it were a matter of just practicing the human anatomy and giving him something using that, hey, I'd be doing it. But I don't want to give him a picture I'm not fully satisfied with. Not to mention I'm not comfortable drawing these things anyways.
What do I do?
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