uhm... he didn't say anything negative about the subject matter. Considering that GuNMoutH is ALSO Cownugget, AND he's very open about being a voraphile, I highly doubt that he would throw stones in glass houses re: subject matter.
Also, I'm not "eating up" anything he said. If I were in his position, then frankly, I'd have been sorely tempted to ignore him as well. I'm totally open to comment and criticism on the very rare occasions that I do any sort of work ("very rare" meaning I've never even done any commissions, so IANAL applies... or is it IANAA?) but when people nitpick like that, it's less a case of ensuring your final product is satisfactory and more a case of "I want to make this but I'm too lazy to learn how to draw/write, so I'll have somebody else make this for me." Commissions are a two-way street. The artist has to have some input as well--asking somebody lesser-known with a different style or less experience to draw like Zen is a bit rude, as well as sorta impossible. Why, then, is it okay to ask somebody to draw in what would be YOUR personal style?
Finally, he's not making excuses for anything. What he IS doing is saying WHY he ignored the OP like he did--namely, that the OP was incredibly impatient and nitpicky. He admitted that he was in the wrong, and apologized. So why are you treating him as if he's saying... well, "the subject is disgusting and weird and that's why he/she should totally let you off for ignoring him/her."
As an aside, I met him at AC '10 and I bought the first Cownugget CD for 30 bucks, and preordered the 2nd one because it wasn't available at the con. The first volume turned out to be mostly stuff he'd already posted to FA and the second has suffered delays beyond what he said at AC, but ultimately that's a case of caveat emptor--I'm not happy with the purchase (at least of the first CD), but I'm not going to begrudge him my money or pester him for a refund, either. Yeah, I wish I hadn't spent so much money on the first CD, but the second one is something that I am anticipating--PATIENTLY.
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Also, I'm not "eating up" anything he said. If I were in his position, then frankly, I'd have been sorely tempted to ignore him as well. I'm totally open to comment and criticism on the very rare occasions that I do any sort of work ("very rare" meaning I've never even done any commissions, so IANAL applies... or is it IANAA?) but when people nitpick like that, it's less a case of ensuring your final product is satisfactory and more a case of "I want to make this but I'm too lazy to learn how to draw/write, so I'll have somebody else make this for me." Commissions are a two-way street. The artist has to have some input as well--asking somebody lesser-known with a different style or less experience to draw like Zen is a bit rude, as well as sorta impossible. Why, then, is it okay to ask somebody to draw in what would be YOUR personal style?
Finally, he's not making excuses for anything. What he IS doing is saying WHY he ignored the OP like he did--namely, that the OP was incredibly impatient and nitpicky. He admitted that he was in the wrong, and apologized. So why are you treating him as if he's saying... well, "the subject is disgusting and weird and that's why he/she should totally let you off for ignoring him/her."
As an aside, I met him at AC '10 and I bought the first Cownugget CD for 30 bucks, and preordered the 2nd one because it wasn't available at the con. The first volume turned out to be mostly stuff he'd already posted to FA and the second has suffered delays beyond what he said at AC, but ultimately that's a case of caveat emptor--I'm not happy with the purchase (at least of the first CD), but I'm not going to begrudge him my money or pester him for a refund, either. Yeah, I wish I hadn't spent so much money on the first CD, but the second one is something that I am anticipating--PATIENTLY.