Artist Beware: SoundOfTheCrocodile
On 25th of October of 2016, i ordered a fluffy croc design commission from this user. The status update (where they were selling the slot) said that the design would be off base and they also told me theyâd start the next day when they replied to me. Here you can view the slot, in which i claim it an they confirm:Â http://soundofthecrocodile.deviantart.com/status/5436467
The design, as you may imagine, was not made the day after that. Or the next day. Or the next one. Or never, to sum it up. I thought, âokay, something must have happened right? Something that made them not being able to complete the commissionâ. But after a week, i checked their to-do-list (which isnt in their page anymore, and i apologize for not having screenshots of that) and my name wasnt anywhere. Then i thought 'it must be outdatedâ.
More weeks passed, and they kept on posting personal art. And thats fine, I do that myself, but I put some sort of priority when someone else is paying me to draw something.Â
A month later i decided to note them, because i saw they not only kept making personal art, but they also opened an animation YCH, which i believe is very time consuming. Here i took some screenshots
http://prntscr.com/ec2z02
http://prntscr.com/ec2zpt
As you may see, Sound mentions how it might be difficult to replicate the style, as they were changing styles or smth. What do i see next? http://soundofthecrocodile.deviantart.com/art/Santa-Is-Coming-To-Town-650504721
If you dont know what i mean, this was the style i was looking for. I believe they did another one before, i just cant find it. They probably cleaned their gallery, because a lot of their drawings are missing (or it could be just dA glitching again)
More months of personal art, random designs, adoptables and ych passed, so i aproached to them again, a bit more angry this time:
http://prntscr.com/ec33i3 (somewhy dA doesnt want to show my first message)
As you can see, they say 'if i cant do it, i will refund youâ. I checked my paypal yesterday, i didnt see any refunds.Â
A couple days ago, guess what happened?
http://soundofthecrocodile.deviantart.com/status/7180770
I know, they havent replied yet, but its just a matter of time before they do.Â
Finally, that day i decided to note them again, to remind them that they owed me a custom from october. Not complaining, but asking for a change:Â http://prntscr.com/ec363i
The note has been read, as you can see here:Â http://prntscr.com/ec36dh
How do i know they were able to reply, and they werent sleeping/etc? Bc it shows in their activity, its been less than 24 hours since their last activity.
http://prntscr.com/ec376s
Thanks for reading, and beware uvu