FA Artist heads up

[cerari.livejournal.com]

First time posting here, but after stumbling onto this user's journal I thought a heads up to this community might not be a bad idea.

User is JinDragonWolf (http://www.furaffinity.net/user/jindragowolf/) - they posted a journal about how they may cancel their current commissions since they have been taking so long and "not feeling up to them", and then start over with higher prices to get a Wacom. Oh, and they can't afford to give refunds at this time either.

Journal : http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/1357331/

Screencap of the journal under the cut :





If I made any errors in posting this, please let me know! I checked the community info and don't think I broke any rules...

Comments

[blackberrypie.livejournal.com]

But they never said they intended in paying the original customers back with the money from the new ones. They just said they will get to it when they can and are going to take new commissions to buy a new tablet.

Also how would you feel if someone canceled your commission, couldn't pay you back, then opened commissions so they could buy something for themselves? I know I'd be upset. Not only am I not getting the art that I've already had to wait for, but now I don't even know when I'm getting my money back. And if I really still wanted the art, I'd have to pay even MORE to get what I should have gotten in the first place?

The artist should have talked to his commissioners gave them a choice of waiting for a refund, or just wait it out on the art, vs making a post saying how much they really don't give a shit about the people that have outstanding orders.

[kurenaipaladin.livejournal.com]

Yes, but I'm not talking about HIM at this point, I've given you a scenario. :/ Since apparantly that would be a scam too.

I wouldn't be commissioning furry art anyway, so I guess I don't have to worry about that.

[blackberrypie.livejournal.com]

Not just furries that pull this stuff too, seen plenty of people pull crap on DA that has nothing to do with furries. :P

And even if not talking about him, my middle point still stands. I'd still be pissed. Why is my commission any less important than someone else's? I know if I knew the situation I wouldn't want to get anything from them no matter how great the art was, because they could turn around and do the same thing at any point again. Saying and doing are completely different things.

[kurenaipaladin.livejournal.com]

Let me put it this way;

I don't commission people who do art 'as a hobby'. If I commission someone (rarely) I commission people who do art for a living, like I do.

That's fine. That's your opinion. :O I can think of a number of reasons that that sort of thing might happen and be appropriate so.

[blackberrypie.livejournal.com]

I donno, I see it as they shouldn't have even used the money because the product hasn't been created yet. The money was not theirs to use until it was.

But yeah, like you said opinion.

[kurenaipaladin.livejournal.com]

If you have ever done art for a living, you'd know that isn't always possible, especially if you aren't the 'popular' furry artist who gets commissions out the wazoo. Bills need to be paid.

[blackberrypie.livejournal.com]

I have, and I do know. But I actually try and complete things that have been paid for. Instead of pretending that commissioners are a bank and I'm just getting loans.

If I do need to just use the funds, I say I need funds for x, so that way people are in the loop.

With that said, I actually need to get off the net and work on one now! :)