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artists_bewareI was hoping I wouldn't have to do this but I suppose it was only going to be a matter of time. I'm posting this so that other artists can watch out.
I'm reporting my first bad commissioner: She goes by "Ahna" or "crazy_kitten86" on her e-mail, and is "DraconaInVolata" on Deviantart.com.
Do not take commissions from this girl if you see her, as she won't pay you.
Background: The way I've done commissions until now was to ask for the payment when I completed the image (basically I would show the final version with a very neon and hard to remove watermark over it as a preview/proof that I finished, and the commissioner would pay. Once I received payment, I send the clean version of the commission). This is a "just-in case" measure, in case I have to drop the commission due to IRL or can't finish for some reason, etc, and the customer will not have risked any money; this method hasn't been a problem for either party before. This is instead of all-up-front or half-up-front.
Because of this girl, I will no longer be doing it that way.
What happened: She first notes me over DA to talk about a potential commission. We respond back and forth and it gets moved to e-mail (easier for me to keep track of commissioners that way), and the price is settled.
The commission she asked of me was going fine - communication was relatively fast and I made sure to include her in seeing every step so she could catch if I did anything she didn't want ahead of time, which she didn't. She approved everything. Things were fine until I sent the e-mail to her telling her that I'd finished, attached with the watermarked preview of the final image (around April). I don't hear from her for around a month, when she e-mails back that due to some IRL financial problems, she can't pay me until a month later.
I take this with a grain of salt, especially considering the timing and what I've already heard from other artists about problem commissioners doing something similar. But I okay the extension.
Another month flies by and nothing. I e-mail her again.
She responds that she sold some stuff on E-bay and is $8 short, and once she ships out what she sold, she'll be able to pay me.
That was back in May.
It's mid-July now, and I tried contacting her several more tmes and I've heard nothing from her: no e-mail, no payment.
Avoid this commissioner!
[edit: January, nearly February 2008 and she still, unsurprisingly, hasn't paid]
[edit 2: Now getting into November 2008, still no payment.]
I'm reporting my first bad commissioner: She goes by "Ahna" or "crazy_kitten86" on her e-mail, and is "DraconaInVolata" on Deviantart.com.
Do not take commissions from this girl if you see her, as she won't pay you.
Background: The way I've done commissions until now was to ask for the payment when I completed the image (basically I would show the final version with a very neon and hard to remove watermark over it as a preview/proof that I finished, and the commissioner would pay. Once I received payment, I send the clean version of the commission). This is a "just-in case" measure, in case I have to drop the commission due to IRL or can't finish for some reason, etc, and the customer will not have risked any money; this method hasn't been a problem for either party before. This is instead of all-up-front or half-up-front.
Because of this girl, I will no longer be doing it that way.
What happened: She first notes me over DA to talk about a potential commission. We respond back and forth and it gets moved to e-mail (easier for me to keep track of commissioners that way), and the price is settled.
The commission she asked of me was going fine - communication was relatively fast and I made sure to include her in seeing every step so she could catch if I did anything she didn't want ahead of time, which she didn't. She approved everything. Things were fine until I sent the e-mail to her telling her that I'd finished, attached with the watermarked preview of the final image (around April). I don't hear from her for around a month, when she e-mails back that due to some IRL financial problems, she can't pay me until a month later.
I take this with a grain of salt, especially considering the timing and what I've already heard from other artists about problem commissioners doing something similar. But I okay the extension.
Another month flies by and nothing. I e-mail her again.
She responds that she sold some stuff on E-bay and is $8 short, and once she ships out what she sold, she'll be able to pay me.
That was back in May.
It's mid-July now, and I tried contacting her several more tmes and I've heard nothing from her: no e-mail, no payment.
Avoid this commissioner!
[edit: January, nearly February 2008 and she still, unsurprisingly, hasn't paid]
[edit 2: Now getting into November 2008, still no payment.]
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