Yeah, I understand being busy, and I try really hard not to ever be the "pestering" type of commissioner all artists seem to dread (including myself) since I -am- an artist myself and know how tiresome it is- but there's no excuse for something like this. Seriously, a month is too long to wait with no contact, and if someone takes a month to get back to me each time- they aren't getting my money. No decent amount of it anyhow.

OP, you might wanna try shooting off a round of messages with a link to the A_B post, that seems to have stirred inspiration in some artists posted here before?