OH, I see. Sorry for the confusion then - the whole situation's kinda weird. I was just using "Jerk" as an identifier for the sake of making the comment readable since I have no idea of the guy's name.

I don't even really know what would be the best way of backing out of this trade, then. Doing something for the artist seems off because presumably the artist did the drawing for free, not as a trade, then? And wasn't expecting anything back. But I don't know if Alex "owes" anything to the trade-partner or not since his half was something he got for free? But maybe he still does because the guy still held up his end one way or the other. I don't know. My head hurts.

Seems like the best and most painless way for Alex to get out of this situation is just to draw the guy's character, then block him and move on.