Troubling Development

[cashewlou.livejournal.com]

Does anyone out there have contact information for an artist named HMO or Rotekatze? They took down all their artwork online, and I have no way to get hold of them.

I have an prepaid commission with them that has been outstanding for about a year now.

Thanks!

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[drake-anaya.livejournal.com]

Rotekatze has a livejournal at hmo and just posted some furbid auctions (http://www.furbid.ws/cgi-bin/auction/vsoa.pl?usernum=6349&seller=Rotekatze), I'm not sure what;s going on?

[banrai.livejournal.com]

You're not the only one. IIRC, there was another thread about this same person a while back. I'll dig around and see i fI Can find it for you.

[moonstone-wind.livejournal.com]

Her LJ is back up and supposedly is working on things last i saw her post, go fling her an email im waiting on icon corrections, that were not done correctly. ;(

[thaily.livejournal.com]

http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/Rotekatze/
http://friends.portalofevil.com/fshow.php?si=3&userid=9826
http://hmo.deviantart.com/
http://rotekatze.digitalart.org/
http://www.cafepress.com/rotekatze
http://www.fanart-central.net/user-Rotekatze.php
http://www.reenactorstuff.com/auction/viewfeedback.php?owner=100602&auction=102161&PHPSESSID=35adb6489d74de6e61fd10ff005031cd
http://mangaworkshop.net/memberslist/?memberid=1403
http://hmo.sheezyart.com/
http://www.planetfur.com/index.php?potd&2005-02-15

Looks like they all belong to this Rotekatze/HMO person.
Google is your friend!

[coyotewings.livejournal.com]

I'm waiting on stuff too from HMO, but I guess I'll just friend the LJ again and keep an eye out for any updates.

[birdrock.livejournal.com]

I know that there is at least one commissioner who waited over a year to get a digital badge from HMO. I myself paid $20 this summer for a similar badge (prior to hearing about this stuff) and I have yet to recieve it. Granted, she responded right away to an e-mail I'd sent a while ago in which she told me she lost the character description. She was very polite. I have yet to speak with her again. Now that HMO seems to be back online, I am going to try to get my badge. I'd rather have that than a refund.

As an artist with a couple deadline-related faux pas myself, I want to give people the benefit of the doubt. However I would keep this stuff in mind if any of you want to commission her. HMO does awesome work but from what I've heard (and experienced), you might wait a terribly long time to get it, or you might not. There are plenty of people out there who are happy with her performance on commissions. Unfortunately it only takes a few commissions gone awry to ruin one's rep :/

[beechan2.livejournal.com]

*reads Thailey's post*
Wow, didn't know she had a Mangaworkshop account Oo;.

Anyway, good luck, Cashewlou, getting in contact with her. I've heard she's interesting to try and get in contact with. I know HMO's always busy, from what she says, and does take a while to get commisions out to her customers. RL unfortunately tends to get in the way a lot, I would guess.

~~Bee

[cashewlou.livejournal.com]

Well, to be fair, in all my dealings with HMO she(? I thought HMO was a guy) was always polite and fair with me...and then just vanished.

Thanks for the tips, everyone! I have contacted HMO and will just wait and see what happens next.

[murasadramon.livejournal.com]

I'm a flakey artist myself, but... I've also been waiting on HMO for about a year and a half. Had the promise of a refund, but when I e-mailed and requested it, never got a response.

I paid $75. =/

[theassassinnox.livejournal.com]

HMO was receiving a lot of flack from people, so she disappeared. She is now under a new name. I can send your contact info to her if you want. (I won't give out her info).

Email me what you want forwarded.
chaotic_fox@sbcglobal.net

~Shadow