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execgato.livejournal.com

I commented on an older A_B entry about this but thought I'd make it a post in case it was missed. Kannos/Starfinder appears to be posting again under the alias KannosWD on Sofurry. She is also on DA but I'm not sure how active she is there. She seems to be active on Sofurry though, as she is replying to notes and her art is in the featured section of the site.

Link: https://kannoswd.sofurry.com

Her journal reads: I'll be uploading here from now on, since I cant upload on IB anymore. If I owe you a commission note me here, I plan to have my backlog finished off by the end of the month!

thesnowedone.livejournal.com

Current Mood: frustrated

WHO:
Kannos / Kannosart / KannosWD

WHERE:
https://inkbunny.net/Kannos (IB - consider NSFW)
https://inkbunny.net/Kannosart (IB - consider NSFW)
https://twitter.com/KannosArt
https://kannos.sofurry.com/
https://www.weasyl.com/profile/kannos

WHAT:
Two Character Realism Auction (IB - consider NSFW) - Total Value $876.39USD (750USD+126.39USD to cover all Paypal processing) - Bid won by Baybea whom was bidding for TheSnowedOne

PLUS

Full Color Character Reference Sheet for Baybea - Total Value $320.94USD (275USD+45.94USD to cover all Paypal processing)

Commissioners involved:
Baybea - https://inkbunny.net/Baybea (IB - consider NSFW)

PLUS

TheSnowedOne - https://www.furaffinity.net/user/thesnowedone/

WHEN:
Baybea's Full Color Character Reference Sheet paid for on the 4th November 2013.
TheSnowedOne's Two Character Realism Piece paid for on the 13th November 2013 - Bidding Agent Baybea

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UPDATE - 2015-04-11: The account "Kannosart" on IB has been determined by IB staff to be an impostor. Baybea has responded to a journal post by the original "Kannos" account to contact via email and is following up.

utunu.livejournal.com

WHO: Kannos, Starfinder, Astray, etc.

WHERE: https://www.weasyl.com/~kannos, https://inkbunny.net/Kannos, although this commission was not initiated in either of those places.

WHAT: An extensive traditional painting with full background of a tribal wolf character in a forest/jungle by a waterfall.

WHEN: July of 2005. That is not a typo. 2005. A brief timeline follows.

Commission initiated in 2005. Had found Starfinder's work online, really liked it, decided I'd commission her. This was my first real commission attempt in the fandom, back when I was apparently a bit too trusting. Agreed on large traditional piece, full background, agreed upon price of $900.

Initial payment of $450 paid on July 15, 2005.

Soon thereafter, Starfinder expressed concern that she had a car insurance expense. Since, at that point, the commission had been going well, along with her stating that it would be done very soon (in a matter of a week or two), I decided to be kind and help out, giving her the remaining amount due of $450 in the assumption I would not have long to wait. And I guess that was my mistake; now that she had her money, she had no reason to ever finish the piece.

Image of the paypal (thanks to Starfinder, actually - she sent this to me because, in the AB post from May regarding the petition to get her back on FA I had finally come out and mentioned my commission experience with her, and she didn't care for me saying 'almost $1000' therein). http://imgur.com/IuxYuPN

Communication continued, for a while... I would ping her regularly on IM and email, she would respond with the 'really soon', or comment about the reasons she hadn't had chance yet. It became harder and harder to get in touch with her over time, and eventually she stopped responding altogether. I continued to ping, as the years went by, every 6 months or so.

Now the AB post in May of 2013 came about (http://artists-beware.livejournal.com/679851.html). Finally I decided to say something. I hadn't posted before, because of the (foolish) hope that maybe she'd come round and my associated fear that if I posted something she'd take offense and I'd lose that 1% chance of ever getting my piece. Please feel free to read that AB post and see my (much abridged) story there. Any proof required of the existence and acknowledgement of this particular commission is contained within Starfinder's own responses there.

Starfinder says she will make good on it. Of course, it's not going to be what I originally wanted - she doesn't want to do traditional any more. But at this point, I figured anything would be better than nothing.

And then the Starfinder Past-Due Shout-Out (http://artists-beware.livejournal.com/679971.html). Further acknowledgement, and she actually started doing preliminary sketches. Perhaps something would finally come of this!

And.... no. I immediately offered feedback on said sketches, was communicating via email with her, and then... silence. It seems to coincide with the failure of the petition to get her back on FA. I have sent emails asking for just a response, but have gotten nothing. The last email I received from her was Oct 5, 2013. I have sent successive ones since, but nothing.

EXPLAIN: Most of it's up there in 'WHEN'. All I can say is, this has caused me a LOT of grief and heartache over the years. I would have been happier throwing that money in a fire, because then at least it was over and done with, rather than being strung along for so many years, coupled with the feeling of being scammed. I have been completely polite and courteous throughout the ENTIRE situation, and bent over backwards to accommodate all her crises and excuses. I'm thoroughly fed up. This was my first commission attempt, and soured me on the whole thing for several years afterwards. For those who know me and my character, I get a lot of art done these days, and usually from really awesome artists. And I'm happy that I finally was able to make the attempt at commissioning again. Thank you to ALL those other artists who made the commissioning process a wonderful one; you've made me a happier Utunu, and I made it so I did not completely lose my faith in the process. :)
Please feel free, in the comments, if any of you would like me to speak further on any aspects of this rather sordid tale. :) I'd be happy to answer. Right now, what I really want? I want a refund. I wanted traditional, she doesn't want to do that. And you know what? Anything I did get, after almost 9 years, would feel tainted anyhow. I had better sign off here, before I start ranting too much. :)
And mods, please let me know if you need anything further for this AB post. I haven't done this before, so hopefully this is sufficient.

goddamnanimals.livejournal.com

WHO: Kannos/Astray/Starfinder/-Star-

WHERE:
https://inkbunny.net/Kannos
https://www.weasyl.com/profile/kannos
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/astray
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/starfinder
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/-star-

WHAT: It was a 1½ character full color digital Walking Dead themed commission with background.

WHEN: Initial inquiry was made September 9, 2010. After being told I’d have a sketch within the week, the sketch was finished on October, 21 2010. Details were discussed shortly after the sketch on FA. I sent an inquiry on January 11, 2011 over email after not hearing from her since the end of October. I received a response a week later. After not hearing from her for several months, I sent another inquiry on April 7, 2011. I received an update a few days later informing me that I was still slated to have work done that week and for me to resend most of the reference material due to the notes being lost to a hacker on FA. I never received Inks, which I was told I’d get, but was sent a half colored WIP on May 21, 2011 in which she also informed me she no longer had access to FA due to being suspended. I inquired about some things that were left out, but received no reply. I sent another inquiry over email on October 22, 2011 and March 26, 2012 and also received no reply. It was at this point where I pretty much wrote the commission off as abandoned, but received a reply to a note I sent over Inkbunny on March 26, 2012. I replied and received a note on the March 30, 2012 saying I’d have another wip by the weekend. I sent another note on July 25, 2012 after having no updates, and was told it would be done soon on July 26, 2012. I received a note letting me know the commission was completed and posted on July 29, 2012. I sent a note on the July 31, 2012 stating that a lot of stuff was missing from the commission that we’d discussed, and also expressed my frustration at the customer service. This was pretty much 2 years after I initially commissioned her, so I think it was a fair point to bring up. The conversation got heated from there and I received no reply after my last one on that day. I sent a note on August 20, 2012 and received no reply. I sent another on September 17, 2012 and received a very passive aggressive reply a few days later in which she stated she didn’t want to talk to me and had more important things to do. I replied but got nothing in return. I sent another inquiry on October 5, 2012 and received more excuses. All of my inquiries since then have gone unanswered, including one on a journal regarding owed art.

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kannoswd.livejournal.com

Hey there everyone. At the suggestion of one of the mods here, I decided that it would be better to post this here rather than creeping through comments since it may still get lost in the shuffle that way.

So, if I still owe you any sort of artwork, please contact me at kannos[at]nvisionphotosandart.com and let me know so I can work with you to create something that you will be pleased with. I no longer have a working printer so if those of you who wanted prints are okay with it, I can substitute a commission/illustration of greater value instead, or I can look and see if I can afford to get the prints made in a shop locally, although depending on the cost I may not be able to afford to do them all at once since my own finances are bearing down on me hard.

So, I am willing to work with you guys, just please keep it civil, don't bite my head off, and let's work together to get the few remaining folks off the 'unhappy' list and over to my 'happy' one (which is quite populated now due to all those awesome'pay upon complete' commissions I've churned out on Inkbunny over the past 2 years).

My new business model (well, not that new, it's been around for 2 years now) of 'pay upon complete' has been widely successful over on Inkbunny with 180+ commissions being completed that way, and the number continues to grow with each passing day. While the volume of commissions isn't enough to sustain all my bills/living expenses, it's certainly enough to cause people to take notice. I apologize to those who have fallen between the cracks using the old method years ago and would like to make sure they get something nice in the end. I also have no intention of ever switching from my current method because it works so incredibly well and everyone has been very happy with it so far, myself included. :) I hope that folks here are willing to see that and that those who have been upset in the past are willing to contact me and allow me to make amends with them.

EDIT: Here's a link to Kesslan's finished piece: https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=419719 I already e-mailed the high res to him, posted it on Inkbunny, and had a friend post a shout with the link on his FA as well.

Also, here are two of the WIP sketches so far for Utunu. I figured I would share these just so you guys see that stuff is being worked on :) http://nvisionphotosandart.com/utunusketches1.jpg (NSFW!)

EDIT 2: And here's art for Nushaa! She wanted some of my 'fuzzies' critters, so here they are: https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=420854

EDIT 3: Finished 1 of 2 badges for Jaelyn! http://nvisionphotosandart.com/jaelynbadgeweb.jpg

I may edit this post periodically to add stuff like this. Hope that's okay with the mods here!

EDIT 4: Revised BatCountry/Lestat/goddamnanimal's piece as per his request, which can be seen here: https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=274323

EDIT 5: Finished a backlog piece for Micha/mantitaur: https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=449678

kayla-la.livejournal.com

It has been brought to our attention that Starfinder/Kannos is attempting to petition themselves back onto Furaffinity. For those new or who don't remember, feel free to browse her tag for more information on her history. She was banned from Furaffinity for not finishing commissions for years and refusing to comply with admin requests.

This is a post to touch base with past commissioners and check to see if her statements that she owes no further work and is in the clear are true. This is not a post to attack her, be it here or on her inkbunny, and we will be taking action against people from here that we find commenting on her page after this post goes up.

So again, anyone who has commissioned Starfinder/Kannos, please let us know if she still owes you work. We will be taking the information we gain from this post to Furaffinity for them to review, good or bad. Links to past AB posts you have made or proof that she does indeed owe you would be more helpful than vague comments, thank you!

docurt.livejournal.com

This isnt really a "beware" as such because I had not yet paid for a commission. I am just wondering if anybody has heard from Starfinder/Kannos recently as she said she would do a commission for me within the week, and that was over a month ago. I havent heard a word since. Even though no money has been paid it's still bad business practice and I'm a little annoyed that I've just been completely ignored now after sending numerous emails and getting excited about the commission. So can anybody tell me if she's still even around or if she's dropped off the planet?

docurt.livejournal.com

violet-neko.livejournal.com

Current Mood: aggravated

Update: She fixed the name on my badge today. Wohoo its pretty too, now just 2 art peices left till this is resolved.

Original post:---------
Well Starfinder finished one third of my commissions she offered instead of the stuff she owed me. but she got my name wrong and I wrote her about it and she didn't respond until I left a not on her fa saying it was one third done and she was gone again so she sent me this back

Kannos
7th Jun 2011, 2:20pm
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You know, I'm really not pleased that you posted on my old FA, where I can not even defend myself, shit-talking because I finished 'half of your works and then fell off the planet again". Did you try to contact me to see why? No. Well, guess what? I had finals and had to study. That comment was entirely unnecessary and does nothing to help me.

You pretend to care, but honestly I don't think you do. I'll finish up your remaining things over the summer break, but knock it off with the rude comments. Seriously.

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So I guess I will never see the rest of it now. I wish now I had just asked for my money back. I actually apologized and tried to sympathize but just got more guilt and now haven't heard from her and can't even use the first badge since the name is wrong urg.

violet-neko.livejournal.com

Current Mood: aggravated

gizagiza.livejournal.com

Update regarding these posts:

http://artists-beware.livejournal.com/401287.html
http://artists-beware.livejournal.com/424378.html

When Star/Astray started compiling her list of refunds and owed art, she contacted me asking if she could exchange the print she owed me ($35 value) and the sketch she had previously done but lost ($23 value) for a badge and a digital sketch, worth $60 in total. I said that was fine. That was the last I heard from her, and then she got banned from FA, so I figured that was the end of that.

Well, I was out of town until yesterday night, and upon checking my e-mail today, I got a very pleasant surprise: she had completed both, and sent me the high res-copies. Both are viewable on her Ink Bunny account, now.

So, this issue has been resolved. I didn't think it would ever happen, but I'm glad it did!

gizagiza.livejournal.com

mattdawolf.livejournal.com

Yes, she finally paid me the $80 in full.

mattdawolf.livejournal.com

Yes, she finally paid me the $80 in full.

mattdawolf.livejournal.com

Yes, she finally paid me the $80 in full.

kayla-la.livejournal.com

ETA 2: She has been banned!

ETA 1: I haven't gotten a response in asking Dragoneer for an update just yet, and I unfortunately will be out of town all weekend, leaving in just an hour or so. I will update this when I get a chance after I return, assuming I've gotten a response.

As Starfinder is a bit of a special case in how many she has scammed and for how long, I will be keeping everyone as closely updated as I can.

Original post is here. Dragoneer has informed me that he is giving her until the 13th, next Friday, to make good progress or she will be banned.

If she owes you art or a refund, please keep us posted.

kayla-la.livejournal.com

ETA May 08: Dragoneer has told me he is giving her until next Friday, the 13th, to make substantial progress or he will close her account.

I have been speaking with Dragoneer on FA about Starfinder and her scamming. He has told me he is making her give refunds, and that she will be banned if she doesn't, and doesn't give them in a reasonable timeframe. She is also not allowed to take commissions via FA while this is going on.

Here are his words:

I've outright told her to refund anybody who requests on from her, and to provide a realistic date as to when they'll get a refund.

I would suggest encouraging people who want refunds from her to post on that journal, and to request a refund with dates/times. If she has no intent on refunding people that alone will be her undoing. I'd like to hope that there can be a good outcome in the end, but I do see your point of view. If she's outright not intent on paying people back or delivering, I'll fully come out and say as such and provide as much evidence as I can to back you, AB and to be able to be used on any other site she may be on.

Unfortunately, I need the evidence on FA itself, and a solid track record. If people post for refunds... don't get them, that alone'll be the damning factor here.

The journal he is referring to is here.

He adds:

Starfinder needs to give people a realistic date for a refund. If she can't give people a date up front, and stick to that date...

So yeah. People should go "I want a refund, my contact info is..."

She already did the "but, my rent!" thing with me. I told her that wasn't my problem. If she can't deliver she's gone. I'm not playing around.

DO NOT harass her. This is not a post to say 'it's okay to go pester her'. This is a post for people to get their issues resolved. I expect you all to handle this like adults, anybody found harassing her because of this post will be banned.

Because of her habit of hiding comments nowadays, I would recommend that any of you that post on her journal also post here, especially with a refund date she gives you, so you have a proper record and we can go back to it if she breaks her promises. If you don't get a refund in a good timeframe, leave a comment here and note Dragoneer immediately.

Again, POST YOUR REFUND REQUESTS HERE FIRST: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2284785/ and then come back here and copy and paste your correspondence with her so we can all keep a record of it.

While I don't agree with not just banning her outright at this point, I am happy with the idea that things might finally be resolved for people, and I fully intend to do everything in my power to make sure something comes of this, unlike all the other times somebody tried to take action.

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