Artist Beware: BigBlueDragon

[sairathegryphon.livejournal.com]

Name: BigBlueDragon

Location: This took place during Furrydelphia 2017

Website: http://www.bigblueraptor.com/2017/08/04/furrydelphia/ 

Commission Type: My commission was a digital headshot led badge of my fursona.

Basic Overview: I commissioned BigBlueDragon on August 19th 2017 at Furrydelphia in the Dealers Den. The commission was of an led headshot badge of my fursona and the expected date to be finished was September 4th. My badge was fully completed February 18th 2018, and the last date of contact I had with BigBlueDragon was on March 11th 2018. (Hence this post)

The Detailed Answer: 

August 19th 2017: Commissioned the artist in the dealers den at Furrydelphia and paid $21.20 in cash, upfront. Was informed that the commission wouldn’t take long to finish, and I requested a finish date for September 4th. I was informed that the artist worked from Artnab.net and that all updates and communication could easily be done through that website. Pictures of my fursona were taken from my badge before I left the table.

August 21st 2017: Furrydelphia ended and I uploaded a brief description of my fursona as well as corresponding images on Artnab.

August 30th 2017: Posted my name and address through Artnab.

September 16th 2017: BigBlueDragon responds and has a sketch of my sona after the requested due date of my commission, communication becomes fairly consistent through the month of September and October and then becomes spotty in November. 

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[Resolved] Artists Beware: BabushkaVatman

[tythius.livejournal.com]

WHERE:

DeviantArt: (NSFW GALLERY) https://babushkavatman.deviantart.com/

Tumblr: (NSFW GALLERY) https://babushkavatman.tumblr.com/

WHAT: Digital art piece — custom adopt commission.

WHEN: July 2017 — present (May 2018)

EXPLAIN: I ordered a 270 USD custom with a back view and extras from this artist back in July 2017. It has not been delivered. The artist has been silent for months and inactive on all known social media. I am Tythius on DeviantArt. (I have a Gyazo Pro account so all screenshots saved there are permanent.)

TIMELINE:

13 July 2017: Purchased custom adopt commission through an auction for 270 USD. (Proof 1.)

13 July 2017: Artist confirmed order and sent invoice. Invoice paid the same day. Artist acknowledges payment. (Proof 2. Proof 3. Proof 4.)

July 2017 - September 2017: I receive no updates despite exchanging more correspondence about the design specifics. Up to 25 July 2017, we made small talk and discussed design details. After that point, nothing until September. (Proof 5.) This screenshot is filtered for notes sent from BabushkaVatman and thus does not show unread or read status.

During this period of silence between July and September, the artist continues outputting adopts and YCH sales. 

19 September 2017: I update the artist's reference links to a neater folder. (Proof 6.) The artist replies, but there is still no visual WIP update.

September 2017 - November 2017: No further updates. Artist continues uploading adopts and YCH sales. 

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