Artist Beware: Athena (the Jackal)

[chewbaccas-cousin]

WHO: Athena(TheJackal)

WHERE: Dealt with them at MFF 2016 when commissioning it
FA: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/~athena~/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AthenaTheJackal

WHAT: 100 dollar Bead badge (headshot)

WHEN: Sunday near end of dealers den at MFF 2016


EXPLAIN: I had commissioned her for a bead badge at that point, and tried to keep up on it and she made it sound like she was working on during the talks, come MFF 2017 when i figured i would pick it up, she doesn't have and it and says she would get it done soon, its now February, and has ignored my messages giving her a deadline and hasn't made any attempt to fix it while still posting ones she is making, essentially skipping my commission

PROOF: https://imgur.com/gallery/LbIhF list of our talking, she ignored my request to show work.

Comments

[jacek-hazmat.livejournal.com]

My entire experience with this artist was not the best when I commissioned them about a year ago. Starting with telling me:
"Also, tips are always appreciated as well! I will reflect any extra tip you send into my work and onto your art piece. (aka. The more you send, the more you get)"

Should have been kind of a red flag in the beginning because it just felt a bit off putting. I like to tip after work has been done usually so long as the experience went well and I was happy with the product, but my mate really wanted one so I went ahead and got us a pair. What I got was pretty much a copy of some digital artwork that I had sent them as the reference for the characters I wanted, rather than an original piece. I'm not sure if that is their normal way to do things, but it was frustrating. I expressed to them that I felt it was too close to the other artwork, but they contacted the artist who said it was ok I guess, even though I expressed it wasn't what I wanted they already had finished them and that was that. So anyhows...hope you get something in return eventually. They are not someone I would do business with again. Also I'll add I commissioned them in April and did they the product in August, so in the end they did deliver, even if it really was not what I was hoping for.

[★ eyenoom ★ (from livejournal.com)]

I'd say it's hardly a tip anymore if you're basically asked to give extra to get better quality. That's just an add-on