I'm not sure the little snark about President Obama was necessary here. You can't expect a credit card to readily charge back $16 over a purchase that took place over a year ago.
I pretty much agree to what's already been said. "Censor barred" or not, it was very inappropriate to only give the artist porn piece(s) to work from, even more so considering that the artist you've commissioned here is likely 18 or younger based on their talk of school and teachers.
Also, I understand what you're trying to get at with the "buyer's TOS", but it comes off as insanely pushy/entitled. I personally would not work with someone who shoved something like this at me. For analogies sake, you can't just walk into a movie store and do whatever you like with what you buy there just because you bought it. Most artists are willing to make exceptions if there's something in their TOS that doesn't work for you, especially in terms of posting in your personal galleries; you need only talk to them about it.
That being said, a year for such a small commission is far too long, and the lack of communication on the artist's part is inexcusable. Hope this works out for you.
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I pretty much agree to what's already been said. "Censor barred" or not, it was very inappropriate to only give the artist porn piece(s) to work from, even more so considering that the artist you've commissioned here is likely 18 or younger based on their talk of school and teachers.
Also, I understand what you're trying to get at with the "buyer's TOS", but it comes off as insanely pushy/entitled. I personally would not work with someone who shoved something like this at me. For analogies sake, you can't just walk into a movie store and do whatever you like with what you buy there just because you bought it. Most artists are willing to make exceptions if there's something in their TOS that doesn't work for you, especially in terms of posting in your personal galleries; you need only talk to them about it.
That being said, a year for such a small commission is far too long, and the lack of communication on the artist's part is inexcusable. Hope this works out for you.