artists_beware | I need advice regarding a troublesome user.

Hi all. I recently took on an art trade in exchange for a ref sheet of my character.

They got someone else to draw my character (since they can't draw themeselves, but wanted art from me), and I will be drawing theirs. I started on my half of the trade today via a LiveStream so the tradee knows good and well I'm doing my half. Their half of the trade was completed quickly so no worries there.

Well, also today, I found out that this person has a really bad history of being incredibly rude and demanding and selfish to other artists. Some people on Nabyn noted me and told me this and that I should stay well away from this person. This person has also gotten banned on FurAffinity and had created ban-evasion accounts which have been banned too. On their deviantART account, they also cuss out and complain at people who thank them for watches/faves. I don't believe this person is a troll, just incredibly rude.

Example: http://i.imgur.com/7xa5h.png

I also found out that this person is going around telling people they'll put me on here just because they think I was "avoiding them" for the last two days (when in reality I have been busy and not much in a IMing mood). They have also been going around saying I was a "con artist" and that I'm not planning on drawing them anything. The person claims I am his friend (I have only know this person for a few days!) so maybe if I block this person, they'll try to use the "I thought you were my friend" excuse. They are also a liar, claiming I said things when I did not.

Unfortunately, I didn't know this at the time I accepted his offer, otherwise I would have told them no.

What should I do? Should I finish the trade, and just remove him and block them? Or should I post them here? My friend also told me that he had a really awful experience with that guy as well and he wouldn't mind coming here and telling his half of the story. I have screenshots of the evidence proving that this person is disrespectful to artists and some chat logs.

EDIT: This guy is starting to make block evade accounts and note me and is making call out journals on these accounts. He is also IMing my friend and attacking her as well.

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Why would he pay the artist again for their work? I mean, if they've already finished the drawing then presumably Jerk already paid them for it, right? I read this as Jerk bought Alex a commission from someone in exchange for a picture (in which case Alex would need to pay back Jerk the money he spent on the commission if he doesn't want to do the picture now). I could be reading the situation wrong, though.

Oh darn, you're right. Haha, sorry I had a really bad mental brain fart there.

The whole transaction is a little confusing, heh. I'm not sure why Jerk wouldn't just buy a commission from Alex instead of doing it that way.

because alex's paypal doesn't work.

My Paypal won't let me send payments because I kept trying to add a bank account and transfer funds, then it gave me a notice telling me to fax some info to some number. If I took commissions, any money I received in my account would be useless since I can't send the money.

I see.

It seems like the best course of action here is to just finish his picture and then block him. Because of the way this trade was set up it's kind of impossible to "refund" him but he did give you his end of the deal, so if I were you I'd just draw the thing and then run like hell.

No the 'jerk' did not pay for it, the artist did it for free because they are friends actually.

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.

I understand you're using 'Jerk' as simply an identifier, but there are many other terms you could have chosen rather than an insulting one.

I need advice regarding a troublesome user.

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