ITT: Commission Horror Stories
The place for both artists telling tales of clients that were an absolute nightmare and clients talking about an artist you commissioned that you came to regret.
The worst thing I've ever countered is commissioning an artist, and then they literally just don't respond forever, until the day comes where they tell you, you're being refunded because they never actually wanted to do your commission, but were too chickenshit to tell you earlier.
>>3315437
Years ago, I paid $50 on an image that a rather well known artist within my circle did in about an hour after I waited on him for nearly a month.
Although he followed my instructions, the image was well below his norm and the anatomy on the character was broken and when I pointed this out the artist demanded $20 to fix the anatomy he fucked up on.
After that, I just told him to fuck off and spread the word around a bit and a bunch of people that wanted to commission him backed off after that incident.
Said artist seemed to have fallen off the face of this earth, so that was good to see.
>tfw commisioned artist
>made a sketch after 10 ten days
>hasn't posted or said anything in a month
There's no visible commission list, if he has one.
I dunno if I should ask about the status of the art...
Would it be a dick move to do that?
Commissioned an artist for a $15 flat-color, single-character, no-background image.
Ended up taking him nearly 10 months to do it.
In the meantime, he kept churning out loads of "gift art" for his friends, requests during art streams, and other such bullshit.
After 2 months I asked him about it and he whined that "since it's a commission I feel like I have to put more effort into it and it stresses me out and waaaahhhh" etc.
Another 2 months and I ask him about it again, he gives me some bullshit that he's been busy with life and job and he doesn't have much time for art.....yet he apparently still has time to keep drawing "gift art" for his friends.
6 months in and I just kinda smack the guy with "what the fuck is taking you so long, it's been 6 months" and such, he rages at me, blocks me, and the next day his friend starts telling me off in a private message about "how dare you insult him like that" and such. Because fuck me for wanting him to prioritize paid commissions over free gift art, right?
About a week later he unblocks me and messages me saying he's sorry and he'll get to work on it right away.
...didn't end up getting it until another month later. And it wasn't any higher quality than any of his "gift art" or requests, so his whole bullshit about "putting more effort into commissions" was...bullshit.
In more recent times, I set up a trade with an artist, I write him a story and he draws me something. It's been 7 months and he still hasn't finished his end of the trade, yet he continues to work on other peoples' commissions as well as just random art for himself, continuously telling me that he's not motivated enough to finish his half of the trade. Even though all I requested was an inked (no color) single-character image.
>>3325327
Wow, who are these artist scammers so I can avoid them
>pay $500 for fursuit
>don't get it
>through a long and complicated loop of bullshit I can't file a refund through Paypal
Top that, assholes.
>mfw i charge 20 dollars for line arts and basic colors, just a flat rate
>people always say they enjoy what i drew them but i always have this paranoia they dont like it
>>3328882
I think most artist are like that, hell I don't even do commisions and I already do think like that
>>3323905
Just say you want to touch base with him and discuss business.
I have an artist I frequent and he seems pretty open on talking about progress.
Usually if I don't hear from him in two weeks I check on them.
So if anyone is from Australia, is it crunch time for college right now?
>>3328407
>buying a fursuit
you only have yourself to blame
>>3328882
I'm the opposite.
The paronoia for me comes from liking your art without wanting to sound like I want to suck your dick and creep you out.
>>3325327
It was only 15$ dollars, you little bitch.
>>3329073
I-it was for a friend!
>>3328882
Let's see what you got and I'll give a honest opinion about your art.
>>3325327
You should have just asked for your money back and ruined his name. If you optionally sit there for almost a year just for something worth $15 then you deserve it.
>>3325327
>It stresses me out
The worst possible response.
>Blocks you and communicates through a friend who religiously defends their glass ego
Urge to kill rising.
I went to an artist once. Gave him $80 to do a macro pic of my sona. He then told me that this is a burger king, and that I was holding up the line. In the end I decided to cut my losses and get a whopper Jr and medium fries. Pretty spooky, isn't it?
>>3331296
kek
as an artist i try really hard to constantly update my commissioner's with wips really often, it makes me feel a little better about myself that i don't take 9 months for one picture lmao
>when you try to commission an artist, and it's really fucking clear that they don't speak english
>organizing inbox
>find a message from a year ago
>it's from an artist asking if they can finalize the sketch if I like it
>there are some flaws
s-should I respond?
>>3341666
... better late than never
>>3341666
i'd at least apologize.
>>3341666
damn, satan is bad at keeping up with his email
>http://www.furaffinity.net/view/19815240/
This artist was "doing" quick art, so I jumped on it. They haven't even been online since.
>http://www.furaffinity.net/user/skittlescosplay/
This dude was doing sticker commissions for ridiculously cheap. I bought a bundle, much more than anyone else bought. He won't stop posting about donations for a dog, and has been drawing people's commissions who paid later than me.
>http://www.furaffinity.net/user/soulorbit/
My first exercise in patience was from this artist. They were doing $5 headshots, which realistically should take a couple hours. The next 3 days, my inbox recieved a "headshot commissions open" picture every couple hours. I got fed up and asked them to put up or shut up. They said I was rude, should've read the ToS on how a commission takes 1 week+, and that I was being blocked.
>>3328407
>500$ fursuit
of course it's a scam
>>3342990
contact the first artist via tumblr, last time she posted was 3 days ago
http://russet.tumblr.com/
second artist ask for a progress update
third artist force a refund
>>3316148
>thanks for the interest free loan asshole
>>3343409
Thank you for that tumblr link, I'll have to make an account.
Second has this shit. https://trello.com/b/IdriaRWT
Third did refund, which was the best part of that deal.
>This thread
I am weeping. This is just painful.
>>3343545
also my best advice for when you want a "quick" art is to go on FA search and search "stream" fairly often you'll see people doing PWYW streams and cheap commission. best part it's done in stream and you get to watch it as it's done so you can ask for changes or edits without it costing you more
>>3343728
That's pretty much what I've done the last few commissions.
>This thread
I thought this was a commissioned horror story thread. I am disappointed and disgusted.
>>3343822
Considering it's the Internet and about business, this is pretty damn bad.
If you compare it to like, Walmart Horror Stories, yeah. It's mediocre, but in its own category, they're pretty damn bad.
>>3343728
Art streams are fine and all,
but I really hate it when it's the only way to get a commission.
They are often first come first serve and my schedule doesn't always match with yours to sit in a stream for a couple of hours.
I'd throw more money at you if it means I can get my lewds done outside of streams.
>>3343409
Thanks to you, I'm getting a refund!
>>3345365
I'm guessing this is a good thing so you're welcome
if it's a bad thing, sorry?
>>3345384
It's better than losing money for no good reason
>>3345434
true dat
>>3343663
>>3343822
Bumping out of interest
>>3342749
Not him, but I hate keeping up with email. It stresses me the fuck out. It's like I have two settings: Not giving a fuck, and being stressed out about it 24/7. None of the normal, in between "I check it every day, but don't worry about it otherwise".
>>3350318
this
>it's a want to commission an artist but they're an obnoxious, narcissistic SJW episode
I commissioned 2 pictures from an artist. I paid him on March 24th of last year. I sent him a message on June 23rd asking if there was a backlog on commissions and he said "a bit, just have to color yours".
I sent him another message on September 23rd about it since it had been 6 months, and he said that he was really busy and still had it pending.
I then saw that he did a New Years commission for someone around Christmas, so I asked the commissioner how long it took from the time he paid to when his commission was finished, and he said that it took about a week.
I was getting annoyed that I'd been waiting for months while he constantly cranked out personally art every 2-3 days and even took and finished another commission, so I asked him on January 4th for an update, and he said that holisays and updating his FA were getting in the way.
So on January 24th, I told him that it had been exactly 10 months and I wanted to know where my commission was, and he said "Gotta send it to ya today :) ... finally... sorry :B". 3 hours later I got my pictures. I try to remember that artists are normal people too, but I think i'm a bit too patient, especially when an artist cranks out over 170 personal pictures and Patreon stuff between the time I pay them and when they finish my commission.
>>3360105
You are 100% too lenient. If he wasn't done a week after the first update when he said "just have to COLOR yours," you should have pulled.
ESPECIALLY after he cranked out SOMEONE ELSE'S commission.
All sources of revenue should be treated equally in a work system. And that was clearly not equality.
If it was some niche fetish work they don't normally do, max allotment is 2-3 times what a normal commission would take before asking for an update. Then you wait based on what they say, if it sounds like it's near done, then you wait a week. If it's not, you request a refund and be done with it.
Something many people don't do that works is you pay half up front and half on delivery.
First half shows your vestment in the piece(s) and incentivizes them to deliver for the other half.
>>3325327
If I ever commission an artist and they block me after ignoring my commission for months, i'll just do a chargeback. Fuck em.
Stories like the ones in this thread are the reason I never charge anyone until I'm finished. Other artists tell me I'm a fool to do so, but the last thing I want to be is one of the people in these stories.
>>3364071
You get the "People with money" seal of approval.
>>3364071
to be fair you are opening yourself up to potentially being screwed over at some point, but it's good that you put the customer first anon
>>3364150
>put the customer first
Oh, for sure. That's how you build repeat business. Respect, trust, fairness, and so on. If I'm running late with something, I'll tell them exactly why.
>>3364315
That being said, I can also sympathize with some of the artists who take forever to do a commission... Its really hard to get motivated to do things when you don't feel inspired to do them, and if you feel uninspired, you know it won't turn out well, and the commission is too important for you to turn in inferior work, and this stresses the artist out, further killing his inspiration, and thus the downward spiral continues.
...Or the artist actually just doesn't give a shit.
Either way.
>>3364071
I used to do that, i've found a middleground and ask for the money once i've finished the preliminary sketch, it prevents me from getting screwed and i let the client ask me for as many changes as they want, doesn't matter if they get naggy at least they already paid.
>>3364563
If I ever do get screwed over, that's basically the plan I mean to adopt. It's a decent middle ground.
I have no idea how to commission artists. I don't even seem to be able to get to the part where I exchange money. I send a polite note to a guy doing commissions asking if he's still got a free slot, I get ignored. So I figure "maybe I'm not hooking their interest and they want more information", so next time I want a commission from someone I send a note with all the shit they'd need like references and level and stuff, and I get ignored. So then I figure, "maybe I'm overwhelming them with a bunch of shit and coming off as needy" but god dammit all I really want is art for a tabletop character, I'm not tryin' to get a date.
I know these people probably have to shuffle through a bunch of notes whenever their slots open but at least send me a note saying shit filled up or you're not interested or you're going into the mountains to become a hermit or SOMEthing. Is that unreasonable? Am I the asshole here?
>>3365175
I have the opposite problem... I often have people send me notes to ask if I'm open for commission, and I reply right away to say 'yes', and never hear from them again.
>>3364071
Can you post a link to your portfolio or equivalent?
>>3365388
Sure. I only have one slot open at the moment, but feel free to drop me a line if you're interested.
>>3365557
Whoops, you asked for a link. My mistake.
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/hentaiboy/
or
http://hentaiboy2.tumblr.com/
>>3365557
Hey, it's the wife guy.
Have you drawn any wives lately?
>>3365698
Haha, it's always the same people in these threads, huh?
Nah, I haven't had anyone ask for their wives being raped lately.
>>3365175
You might be asking the wrong artists. Every artist i've ever asked about a commission slot has replied. Just keep trying.
>>3365787
Well that's disappointing.
Looks like people don't have the time to rape their wives anymore.
>>3366169
Society is crumbling, I swear.
Are commission threads not allowed on /d/ and /aco/ anymore?
>>3366386
It seems to be inconsistent. Sometimes they run for weeks on end, other times they're deleted.
I really don't see any harm in them.
>>3366386
>/d/
/d/ has kind of lost much of its steam when /trash/ came about since a pretty good number of furfags camping in those threads, and a bunch of the fatfags and such could come here and do what they want without fear of thread deletion for "Western artists."
>/aco/
/aco/ was a mistake in general and /trash/ accommodates everything one would want from it much better, many purveyors moved here about a month after creation.
And then there's the Hunger Games RP fags who keep the board moving, which gives the board a "pulse" so to speak that makes it feel better overall than a slow ass board.
>>3366386
I think the recent /aco/ thread was pruned because op didn't post enough pics.
>>3364478
>thus the downward spiral continues.
They should just buck up, give a refund and say they can't do the image right now and promise a commission slot later.
The single worst thing you can do in any job is say you will do something that you can't do.
>>3366457
>"Western artists."
I never understood why they both making a difference on such a vague reason. I never really cared much for the porn boards but I don't understand how some boards do and do not allow western artists.
>>3367441
Yes, that's the simplest, most logical solution.
Let it never be said that artists are logical creatures.
>>3367625
There is also the obvious problem of that if you split up boards too much it simply becomes too hard for newer users to browse and kills board speed. I counted 11 porn dedicated boards, 12 if you count /soc/.
You could realistically half that amount of boards without much of a problem.
Is it ok to post my commission sheet here?
>>3368242
Of course. Go ahead.
I'm new to this.
>>3368602
>1 USD = 1.35 AUD
Huh.
>>3368649
Yeah, things are super expensive in Australia for other reasons. Reasons not even an Australian could figure out when we discussed it.
>>3368990
Its the tax the world puts on Australia for the mad bants.
where do you guys go for your submissions??
I really want to get into business but I don't know where to get commissions and paid.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByfDBxSn5gcGVUxxbGFYRGNpRzA
Here's what I'm working on for now to keep myself busy but god damn I just want to get paid to do art.
Any help?
>>3369238
Make a DeviantArt, FurAffinity, and Tumblr account. Make art of popular things like Steven Universe, League of Legends, and Friendship is Magic. But most of all, make good art. If your art isn't great, you either won't get commissions, or the only people who'll commission you are bottom of the barrel people who can't find any other artist to draw their fetish.
>>3369238
If you can draw naked women doing lewd things you should drop by a commission thread next time. Otherwise your example looks pretty good, /tg/ might be interested in that.
If you're starting out you should get a tumblr or something. Take some requests from drawthreads and start filling your gallery.
>>3368602
You've misspelled Paypal.
>>3369238
They pony community is where I get most of my commissions. let me tell you, if you're willing to draw cute horses the Fallout Equestria folks would absolutely eat up big battle scenes like the one you've got here. The brony bux are real.
Also, thanks op for making this thread, I realized how much of a shithead I am and I'm gonna finish up my commissions from February <3
>>3369238
Whoa, that's amazing. Looks alot like Plegia from Fire Emblem. If you were to sell commissions, how much would you charge for that?
Is there a way to commission completely anonymously? I'd rather not have people knowing my name or anything.
>>3373924
Make another account and ask the artist not to mention who it was commissioned for.
>>3373924
Make sure you disable that Facebook app that's going to turn on next month and tag everyone's commissions to their profile.
I'm actually participating in a YCH auction for some reason. How do I know if i'm bidding against an autist so I can not waste time bidding anymore?
>>3374509
>Not wanting to drive the price up so they waste even more money
>>3374509
Well, it's easy! If no one bids higher, than you are the autist!
>>3375109
>than you are the autist
>than
>>3374587
But if I win that way, then I waste more money.
>>3375559
>If no one bids higher than you, then you are the autist!
Mindfarts happen.
>>3369238
Shit man, I'd legit commission you for something like that.
Bad commissioner story
>guy wants his oc drawn
>only his own scribbles photographed with a potato to work from
>sends me color swatches to use for his base colors
>asks for 5 different changes in 5 different emails rather than just listing them all the first time
>complains about the colors being wrong despite using the swatches he sent
>wasn't even for real money, but pet site currency
>>3376453
>>3373845
[email protected]
is my email. Honestly email me asap. i'd love to get some work.
>>3376523
>wasn't even for real money, but pet site currency
I'd barely put up with all that for real money, much less site currency.
>>3369238
What is your pricing?
>>3371725
Nice catch. Thanks.
>>3380632
No worries. Seemed like too important a thing to ignore.
Any artists have stories about awful commissioners?
>>3369238
Jesus christ, how long have you been drawing?
Bamp
>>3369238
Somebody's been painting his happy little trees.
>>3382216
well im only 18 so not that long
>>3383290
>That's an 18 YO's work
HOLY FUCKING FUCK, MAN.
>Turning 20 in a Jul 1
I HAVE WASTED MY LIFE ON NUMBERS AND WORDS, DAMNED BE MY SPIRIT.
Seriously though, if that's a piece you can do at 18, you are on par with some of the greats of history, like damn.
Well, i'm stuck in an auction that i'm no longer interested in. anyone want to outbid me and free me from my burden?
>>3380849
>get a commission for porn
>first time for me
>he hasn't told me what kind
>gives me his skype
>add him without looking at anything
>get talking
>he want bionicles porn
... I ain't one to judge
>decide to go through with it
>send sketches and name price
>he falls off the edge of the world
>look at his skype pic and it's a grown man in a diaper
>he messages me back 6months later after multiple attempts to contact him
>he now wants me to be his best friend
Blocked and never looked back
>>3385946
>>3385946
You made a good call, man.
Stay the FUCK out of crazy town.
>>3383290
What the hell did you do then? Did you go to art classes every day since you were born?
>>3388007
I didn't pay attention in class. Sketched during every class on every day. Got me more friends than you'd expect. Sry if this is rotated. pls email me if you have commissions:<
>>3388277
that's a weird perspective
how do you draw if you're just a head on legs?
>>3385946
holy shit
fell me, did he at least have good taste in bionicles?
>>3388335
Little did he know
>>3388373
He had a thing for bionicles with projectile parts, so coming from someone with no taste in bionicles, I'd say no
>>3388431
I don't remember much about bionicles but from what I do remember there were very few like that, so he's probably weird even for a bioniclefucker
>>3388444
>bioniclefucker
Too fucking funny, checking those trips
>>3388277
Fucking talent mate, hope I will ever reach that level in my entire life.
You do lewd too though?
>>3390769
For sure, what did you have in mind?
>>3393097
Not him, but if I had thousands of dollars I'd gladly pay you to draw huge dragons and serpents. Your art style is absolutely ideal for fantasy art that cleanses the soul.
>>3393097
Nothing special really, was just curious since usually people at that skill level just work for some company instead of drawins lewds
Paid someone 30 bucks for this pic based off of an actual picture. Not a bad story just wanting to shout out I guess. I don't know if he does lewds but his style is really nice. For me it was done in around a week.
Basset animation is the dude.
>>3394742
>3394742
wish i could, but i dont have any connections for companies :<
>>3395447
>No company affiliation
Then go out into the real world and start asking around and looking online, see who needs artists.
Committing to a project is a big thing, but it pays well.
>>3367598
Autism. As in, caring too much about arbitrary definitions and attaching bullshit value statements to them. It's the same shit why they get bent out of shape over furry content on /aco/ and /d/, while both boards are hotbeds of ridiculous fetishes that make furfaggotry look downright vanilla.
Bump for the frozen tales.
>>3398429
>frozen tales
Explain?
Most expensive disappointment?
>>3400711
Me. :^)
I'm kidding. $200 American spent on a short comic.
He got a bunch of these recently and turned and ran. Like 4 years ago.
>>3400663
Cool stories.
>>3402008
Ohhh.
Right.
Chill memoir, sibling.
>>3395004
that's a cute caricature
do you have a link to the guy's site or something I'm not getting far by just putting basset animation into google
>>3402675
Here is his twitter, you might wanna ask him if he is doing commisions currently because I took him up on his offer a while back.
>>3402675
Sorry im completely retarded
Check out Basset (@Bassetfilms): https://twitter.com/Bassetfilms?s=09
b u m p
>commission an artist to draw an anthro
>specify that I wanted it SFW
>gives me a sketch of her topless with tits
>"hey I said to make it SFW, why does she have exposed breasts?"
>"breasts aren't NSFW, I don't feel the naked body should be considered NSFW"
>call him out saying that it doesn't matter if he thinks tits and nipples aren't NSFW, I do
>gets mad, refunds my money, and blocks me
>makes an announcement that he will never take commissions again because "people are rude to artists"
>>3418978
Congrats
>people make these threads
>nobody actually names the artists with shitty customer service
It would help a lot if you actually informed other people who the shitty artists are.
>>3420771
I agree, don't be bashful.
Not saying the names just leaves other anons open to get stuck in the same situation.
>>3418978
>breasts aren't NSFW, I don't feel the naked body should be considered NSFW
Why would he argue with the commissioner when they're the ones paying to have a picture done in a specific way?
>accept a commission
>send commissioner a first draft sketch
>he's a little picky, but in a constructive way
>make a bunch of changes for him and send it
>wait several days
>he finally replies with a few more minor changes
>ok, makes fixes, send it back to him
>more than a week and a half passes
>finally get a reply, his excuse was that he met a girl
>ok, sure, that's valid
>he wants one more little fix to the line work
>ok, but please let me know right away so I can move forward with coloring and so forth!
>...
>two weeks later
>still waiting
I mean, I'm glad he's in a relationship, but I'd like to get this over with.
...not really a nightmare story, but one of mild frustration, at least.
Anyone completely give up on taking commissions from futafags, waifufags, or gays? They seem extremely high maintenance and make up the vast majority of the mentally ill I have to deal with... and it stresses me the fuck out. I have done probably around a dozen now it seems to be a major trend.
>>3423570
I would agree, that's annoying. If two more weeks pass, send him a message saying "I'm moving onto coloring. Will deliver upon receipt of money." or something.
>>3423805
>Futa
Mixed bag, the ones with disposable income are usually the fucked ones tho.
>Waifufags
100%.
>Gays
This one eludes me, actually. Most gays I've dealt with are pretty chill, but probably similar to Futa.
>>3423482
>are not not safe for work
>>3423805
I tentatively opened commissions again, but will definitely not be taking any futa shit ever again. They are the most annoying motherfuckers to have as clients. Innumerable edits, try to roleplay with you, shit like that. Never had these problems with anybody else. Fatfags were generally picky as shit but wouldn't want things changed after I'd done linework or coloring, which is what the sketch stage is FOR.
>>3424013
>post story
>commissioner responds, like 20 minutes later
Is this meme magic?
>>3424864
It's entirely possible they saw your post and thought that they shouldn't be so difficult with you.
Unlikely, but possible.
>>3425003
Possibly, but I'd feel like kind of an ass if that's what really happened. I know the commissioner from before, and he's a good guy. I was just venting.
>>3360105
I think you have the patience of a saint. When I commission, and especially if I've already paid for it, I usually wait about two weeks or so if I don't get any status reports in that time from the person I've commissioned. If I know they're really busy, then I can usually wait about a month. If they tell me they just have to do one thing and that they'll get back to me soon, then I might give them a week.
>>3423805
I avoid anyone how advertises futa like the plague.
>>3418978
>refunds my money
Eh, at least nothing lost, right?
>>3385946
>>3430892
Yeah, I'm a little surprised he did that
Probably you have heard my story before but
>Really need money
>Some guy offers me loadsa money to draw some toddlerkon
>Not confident in skills so I'll take anything I can get
>Deal happens
>He writes in the Paypal payment comment:
>"wow these toddlers are so erotic I want to FUCK them. Loved the cumshot scene"
>Tinnitus and nausea kick in
>Probably the FBI is on its way
>Delete all of my accounts
>Live in fear since then
I know drawings are not a crime, but if that would have gotten me into some sort of investigation I can't even imagine trying to justify baby fucking in court.
>>3437956
you're being pretty paranoid but what you did just made it even more suspicious looking fampai
also what retard would sell actual cp over paypal
>>3437956
stop being such a fucking baby
>>3438127
...is that a pun?
>>3438102
PayPal is anti-porn anyway, so even if he was doing regular furry porn commissions and someone mentioned it in the PayPal comment, or even linked to his porn blog, PayPal would permanently close his account.
>>3437956
Stupid comments like that is enough to get your PayPal accounts banned on both ends.
You (and future artists) should let your client know not to send shit like that.
And to you commissioners, save any and all lewd comments for the emails/tumblr/fa notes. Having THANKS FOR MY PORN in the PayPal comments raises a flag for a ban.
>>3438224
wow, didn't know Paypal was that anal
>>3438224
Yeah, all I do when I pay someone through PayPal is just be like "here's the money for the so-and-so X whatshername drawing". Don't do anything that would be too suspicious.
>>3438224
Why isn't there some sort of adult version of PayPal?
>>3440446
I don't even bother commenting at all.
>>3440966
I just do it so the artist knows for sure who sent the money, in case they have a few commissions going on at a time.
>>3437956
I can understand being disgusted and ashamed in yourself, but that was pretty melodramatic. Though that guy's response was really cringey as well.
>>3438224
Is there any way to disable the PayPal comment section so idiots can't say THANKS FOR THE LEWDS and get your account terminated?
Artists need to use invoices.
>>3453704
I only send payments because I don't know how to use invoices
I set up a good commission with a guy in the past. He charges sky high but the quality is somewhat justified so I decide to go for round 2. The original piece was ecchi and the new piece I decided on was also ecchi but somewhat humorous. We communicated the idea pretty thoroughly and then I send the money. Some amount of time later, the artist goes through several cycles and phases - one of them where he claims to have lost interest in NSFW work and wants to change up the idea on several aspects. Several civil arguments later, we reach a comprimise on the setting (and eventually end product). But after all the loops he put me through about how asking for a second NSFW idea inconveniences him, the end product was even more NSFW than what I originally wanted. Part of me wants to propose the original idea to someone else at a lesser price, but that would probably not be any time soon. Needless to say, I'll be thinking twice before commissioning the same guy a third time.
>>3455536
How mysterious sounding.
It's not a horror story because I'm being a little smarter. I had a tough time communicating with someone for several reasons.
>Primary language was Spanish (Had to re-iterate myself dozens of times)
>The guy is really bad at checking his e-mail and DeviantArt.
But after about a week and a half of discussion, we both have the idea finalized and the price is finalized too. I sent the guy several e-mails & messages stating that I'm ready to pay. Just send a reply saying that you got this message and the money is yours. It's been weeks with no response. I'm just like 'You want your money brah?'
>>3388277
If you want to get real work, open a conceptart.org account. I am part of a small startup game company and that's where we found all of our artists.
I took a year and a half to do a commission. To be fair after like, 4 months or so I gave him the option o either a full refund, or the finished picture "when I felt like doing it." I actually haven't done a commission since.
>Decide to try drawing commissions
>Make post saying I'll start taking commissions
>Even though almost all my art follows a similar theme I get nothing but requests for things I have never once drawn
>Have no interest in any of the requests I got and get no enjoyment out of them
>Finish the ones I already took and closed commissions to never open again
Nah, not worth it. I'll stick to my day job
The worst was people asking me for fucked up fetish art
I always just draw mostly soft core stuff but was getting shit like anal vore requests
>>3456024
How the fuck do you take a year and a half to finish drawing a picture? Mind showing us?
>>3456129
And that's why artists tend to have a will/won't draw list specified: so they don't have to deal with fartfags and toe suckers.
>>3458172
I listed a few hardcore things I won't do, but of course things I forgot to say got in.
But still though, you'd think since I stick to a general theme with my stuff people would want that
I follow artists and example one draws like nothing but robot girls
I personally wouldn't ask him for a generic furry in a diaper or something. I'd go to him for robot girls
How long on average do you keep a reqeuster waiting. I dont want to seem like a dick by making them wait to long.
>that one "friend" that just asks for free drawings all the time
I keep saying I'm busy but still he goes "Hey, you should draw this" "This would be cool for you to draw" "Hey, if you are drawing porn anyway can you just use my character instead on a random one?"
That last one really pisses me off, I'm drawing my own things. Stop trying to weasel into them.
I really want to tell him to fuck off but I'm too soft to do it
>>3458849
Not quite the same thing, but I had a random person add me to their watchlist recently, and the first thing they did was invite me to join a contest they were running. I was like, 'ok, let's see what this is all about', and it turns out it was a contest to draw pictures of their OC donut steel.
I think I strained myself rolling my eyes so hard.
The things people will do to try to weasel free art out of you.
>>3459127
Wait are you serious? This guy actually invited artist to draw his character and act like it's a contest? That's definitely a new one
>>3459156
Yeah, I didn't stick around long enough to see if there was an actual prize though. If it was something decent, then I would consider the contest ploy to be somewhat forgivable.
>>3459127
Oh, and that reminds me, I had another person add me to their watchlist recently, and the first thing they did was to leave a message on my shoutbox, giving a link to a character sheet for their OC, and letting me know that I had 'permission' to draw their character.
I forced myself to count to 10 before politely declining.
>see b&w art I like
>decide to color it
>show it to original artist
>artist tells me they wont accept it due to thinking of me wanting smut in return
I just wanted to share with you senpai, not everything has strings attached.
:(
>>3459544
That sucks dude
I'd love it if someone colored my stuff, as I fucking hate coloring
>>3453704
I do, i've been using them since last year, it's way easier to do and i can keep track with whoever commissions me
>Artist offers sketches for donations to move
>About a dozen queued, more if you count other commissions
>starts on them after getting settled
>quits after three or four
>spends streams playing games
>does art maybe once a month
>Hasn't worked on commissions in ages
Can you guess the name?
>>3460178
Who is Triple-Q? I dunno if he does commissions, but that was first guess.
>>3460267
Bzzzt, wrong. Would you like a hint?
>>3460375
Sure thing
>>3315437
There was this guy who wanted to commission me for a drawing of Fifi, BUT I DID IT FOR FREE.
Ain't I a stinker?
>>3460415
Furry artist for a particular fandom.
>>3460500
You sick fuck
>>3460515
Who is...Kazecat?
>>3459288
That's hilarious.
>>3460696
Wrong again. It's an old fandom with significant notoriety.
>goes to find a artist to commission
>finds a good artist
>checks out gallery
>"pretty nice"
>checks out the artist newest pic
>its 4 months old
>not sure if want to commission the artist if he is that slow
>minutes later, find out the artist is in the hospital due to health issues/real life issues
I want my lewds, but i don't like seeing the artist(a person) dying or getting fucked over either.
>>3462324
Not him, I want to say Nemesis Prime?
>>3463370
Art gives them something to do and money goes towards keeping them alive, Anon. If you like their shit, consider it a "charitable donation" you might get something back for.
This has been one helluvah thread, thank you Anons.
>>3455536
why do people write walls of text like this then not give the artists name or include the art in question?
>>3469575
>One paragraph
>A wall
>>3469575
I gotta agree, that wasn't bad. Rambling, yes. But not bad.
>>3470335
>ifunny.co
You aren't better
>>3470494
Were you 'triggered'?
>>3463629
Nope. Sonic related.
Not really commission related but I used to livestream a lot and take requests from my friends
>Slow day, most of my friends are doing homework
>Random english-speaking guy shows up and ask for art
>I'm so fucking bored I'd draw anything
>He wants me to draw Rouge the Bat stomping grapes
>I was like 15, so I drew it
>He didn't even say thanks
First time I'd drawn something I'd never show to my friends or parents
>>3472126
he probably didn't say thanks because the picture sucked.
Is it the norm for commissions to have no deadline? I've considered commissioning art a few times, but handing an artist some money with no clear deadlines / expectations seems like asking for failure.
Do artists not accept arrangements like down payment of half, other half when thumbnail is provided in exchange for finished piece?
>>3440654
There definitely are alternatives, but there's a high barrier to entry for payment systems, in terms of integration, security, research and user trust.
It's not really a horror story, but I am confused. A guy from here recently asked to commission me. We discussed prices and stuff on FA. I told him I'll get back to him in a week after I work on some other commissions. I messaged him again today, but it apparently I'm blocked. He also unfollowed me. If that guy is here, can you tell me what I did wrong? Was I rude, did I wait too long, something else? I wasn't able to ask since you blocked me.
>>3474049
Usually for me when I commission someone it's usually the initial sketch comes first.
Once that gets okayd it's half now and half later once it's complete.
I have met some artists who do full payment upon completion, and another full payment upfront before the sketch even starts.
The latter makes me feel iffy since they can just not deliver. Haven't met anyone like that yet but the paranoia is still there.
>>3456136
By not working on it for a year and a half, minus like, 4 days. It was full color inked w/ bg 3 characters. He was happy with it when he got it (eventually). I'd has the approved sketch done like, maybe a week after he commissioned me.
>>3474128
He probably thought you were taking too long and took his business elsewhere
