Beware: nukafoxy3

[akadirio.livejournal.com]

EDIT: After the artist saw the livejournal she has completed and posted the artwork owed. This beware still serves as a warning about this artist, but let me be clear that this was not a scam, instead a large delay and lack of proper contact.

WHO: Nukafoxy3

WHERE: furaffinity.net

WHAT: 3 digital pictures, two chibi style and one with more details.

WHEN: paid on the february 27th, march 18 was when the 'never delivered' art was first contacted about.

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EXPLAIN:

I commissioned the artist for a series of three digital commissions, paid for them accordingly as seen in the first screenshot. The first picture was delivered on time, surprisingly as it was less than a week between payment and due date. The second picture was not uploaded on its due date and i noted about it, as seen in screenshot two. This note was ignored and i only got a reply on a second note 5 days later , when both the second and third images in my commissions were past their due date on delivery. Her reply is seen in screenshot 3 - one image was uploaded soon after, the second of three i paid for.

My next note to the artist was on the first of april, after quite some waiting on the third piece. This is screenshot 4, and after 8 days i got a reply and we noted back and forth, the result seen in screenshot 5. I was promised it would be done soon, and i was offered (and accepted) a wip shot, which is screenshot 6 and screenshot 7 shows my reply to it.

After another month of patiently waiting for an update, contact or the finished art, i noted again asking for an update. I did get a confusing reply, apparently pointing back to the month old sketch - this is shown in screenshot 8.

In the final screenshot, you can see i finally lost hope of receiving the art, and i requested a refund. I was told i could not get it right away, and paypal only offers support if a ticket is opened within (i believe) 45 days. Between then and now, i have contacted her once more via the furaffinity shouts but sadly do not have screenshots; i asked an update on the refund and she stated she was still in red. At the date of writing, the 28th of July, i have still not had any word from her and still do not have a refund.

I am accepting this as a loss seeing as it's been so long, and it was only four or five dollars, but i do hope i can help protect others by making this post. Not a single time was i contacted by the artist, even when the due date she agreed to passed. She is still continuing to take commissions, and has been the entire time, but is finally beginning to deliver on her months old commissions... However, in my eyes it is far too little, too late, as she never did deliver the art, let alone by the date she agreed upon.

Comments

[kayla-la.livejournal.com]

I have compiled the deleted comments by the artist nukafoxy here.

In response to Slinkslowdown here (http://artists-beware.livejournal.com/692998.html?thread=26652166#t26652166):

I'm sorry but I really don't remember this one. I don't ever trade icons, i usually just trade badges or pinups. please correct me if i'm wrong, and send me the note again. also i was not drawing a month ago as i was going through a serious life crisis.

also i have NEVER traded character designs, as i only design my own myself. so again please prove me wrong.

In response to cathzcathz here (http://artists-beware.livejournal.com/692998.html?thread=26654726#t26654726):

i'm sorry if this upset you as well, i don't have a real job as it is very hard to find one by me, and my rent is coming up and i didn't know what to do. i've been stressed out as it is and this post isn't really helping...

In response to itsamellama here (http://artists-beware.livejournal.com/692998.html?thread=26655238#t26655238):

as i didn't have a real job, i just couldn't bring myself to close commissions. so they just kept piling and piling. (yes it is my own fault) but i really dont appreciate being judged for it. i got so overwhelmed that i went into an art block and depression a few months ago, and my real life situation definitely wasn't helping. i finally have gotten up the strength to start drawing again, and this happens....

[sableantelope.livejournal.com]

There was also a comment directed at OP, stating a note had been sent to them and starting with what I quoted in my reply: "I'm sorry akadirio, but you have no idea what i have been going through since the beginning of march"...
That was followed by another post by the artist, possibly a reply to the one mentioning the note which was a link to the finished art work for OP.

I'm sorry I didn't screen cap. Not sure why those last two seem to have vanished with no deleted post placeholder.

Not sure if that's important enough to be worth mentioning or not, I just wanted to mention it because one of the deleted comments is one I quoted in my reply to them up above and it was strictly cut and past of their words. I didn't put any words in the artist's mouth, it was only exact quotes.

[neolucky.livejournal.com]

I believe it's because she also deleted her account, which wipes everything and kind of bugs LJ out.

[cathzcathz.livejournal.com]

You forgot one, this one was to the OP.

http://imgur.com/oPvKNLx

[itsamellama.livejournal.com]

Thank you for this, I never got to see the comment myself as I'm in a completely different time zone. I see Nuka deleted their livejournal account, but some points in case she decides to read the thread:

as i didn't have a real job, i just couldn't bring myself to close commissions.

No! Commissions are providing other people a service - A REAL JOB. And real jobs do not take on more than they can handle or they will collapse! It's an unhealthy mindset of commission artists to think it's not a job when it is, so Nuka should have treated this much more professionally. At least Nuka has acknowledged it is her fault, but I don't see anywhere in my comment where I judged them, merely expressed concern and surprise (as an artist I was in a similar situation of a backlog but nowhere near that many) - don't jump so quickly to defend yourself when there was no malice intended at all, you make things look worse for yourself.

Nuka, close commissions and finish what you owe before you take on anything new, finish backlog a chunk at a time. Not having the additional stress of new work adding on top of old one will HELP YOU fight your art block and depression, I promise you. If Nuka doesn't and they keep taking more money than they can deliver products, eventually no future customer base will hire them for the job of providing custom art anymore.