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Going to be a long shot, but has anyone heard from WrittenCommissions? The last anyone has heard from him is Aug 4th. He is very private, so I don't know any personal details to look up obituaries.
We were in the middle of launching a project we were both excited for. It's not like him to poof. :c

04.11.2025 08:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Beware: ClockworkCarousel / Clockwork Carousel Creations So, in the summer of 2022, I was in the market for getting a fursuit head made of my gray fox, Kigali (The ref pic included should be the same as the one I sent them given the timing, as I don't have ...

Beware: Clockwork Carousel / Clockwork Carousel Creations

Undelivered fursuit head that was canceled by the maker. The maker promised to refund the client, but has not sent the refund and is no longer answering messages.

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01.10.2025 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Boosting this because Andre needs help!

25.09.2025 07:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If it's Paypal it doesn't matter; your bank will force the issue on them. Unfortunately, your biggest hurdle is going to be the time. :( Most banks only allow up to 180 days. Some push it to a year max.

25.09.2025 07:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You'd be surprised how many people fall for it simply because these scammers butter people up about their characters and stories.

17.09.2025 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

LRT: "I can turn your fanfic into a comic" is one of the current cold-openings being used by scammers.

The images are either traced or AI gen.

"Your story (story name) was really captivating. Have you considered turning it into a comic?"

15.09.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

look, it feels tempting to make fanfics into comics, but i'm utterly scared. especially when someone approaches me to *commission* them without even i have asked or questioned about the idea.

besides i'm an artist and i can draw stuff too!

15.09.2025 03:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The images on these accounts will either be AI gen, stolen from legitimate artists, or traced from legitimate artists.

If the quality is all over the board or has the general "dead AI" look, be very wary.

Make THEM give up their discord first and then report them.

14.09.2025 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It is NOT one person. These are scammer rings who use a singular dummy account on a gallery site and members of their ring will contact you from their various discords.

If you fall for it once, they will keep contacting you to scam you again.

14.09.2025 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If someone contacts YOU to commission them, but they only take payment methods that offer no recourse (Zelle, Venmo, Cashapp), RUN.

If they contact you on a site like DA or FA and ask you to provide your discord/ tg first? RUN.

These all the hallmarks of a commission scam.

14.09.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 82    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1
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Inukuroo This artist is by far one of the best artists i've ever gone to as far as commissions is concerned. She is very fast, and has a very good business model in regards to commissions. This person can also...

✨POSITIVE REVIEW ✨
✨Inukuroo✨

"This artist is by far one of the best artists i've ever gone to as far as commissions is concerned."

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#positive-review

31.08.2025 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Caution: Retro Fursuits Proof of everything I have mentioned below can be found at the bottom of this post due to awkward mobile screenshot sizes. After seeing their fursuit commission ad on Twitter in June of 2021, I decide...

Caution: Retro Fursuits

Retro Fursuits accepted the commission in June of 2021 and OP was eventually refunded August 21, 2025 with little to show.

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31.08.2025 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Beware: quetzalcoatlbeautiful0 Summary of My Experience June 12th, 2024 I contacted Quetzal on their telegram account after seeing a journal advertisement for discounted commissions on their Furaffinity page. Initially they were pr...

Beware: quetzalcoatlbeautiful0

Ghosted the client while finishing new work, then blocked them after they asked for a refund.

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27.08.2025 04:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I like the part where Huion will only give me a refund for my keydial mini that doesn't work IF I delete the negative review on Amazon.

26.08.2025 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

oh hey

we remembered our login.........

hi :)

26.08.2025 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

As we catch up here, we want to take a moment to strongly discourage Twitter DMs for primary communications.

We have seen so many circumstances that went south at no fault of either party due to the failing platform missing notifications.

We speak from experience and kindly ask:

Please use email!

11.03.2025 04:37 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Beware: ____Kai_River_____ 2023 December 13th Kai had posted a reminder for one of their multi-slot YCHs. I liked this one a lot and decided to comment asking for a slot and Kai sent me a note asking for details and gave me a p...

Beware: Kai_River

Commission from Dec 2023 delivered in Jan 2025 after periods of inactivity.
Agreed revisions to the completed work were not completed by the artist, who has gone unresponsive.

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11.03.2025 04:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Beware: Wulfchow I have commissioned Wulfchow at the Artist Alley @ AnthroCon 2024. The commission is for a digital drawing with a scene commission, which was verbally explained in person at the booth to be a fullbody...

Beware: Wulfchow

Undelivered commission originating from in-person transaction at AnthroCon 2024.

Artist went unresponsive, later delivering work in Feb 2025 with claims that did not align with the Client's experience.

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11.03.2025 04:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Artist Beware: ectoflorist/kettucutie I began a commission process of a two page a comic from ectoflorist/kettucutie on Februrary 16th 2024. The artist seemed nice and welcoming at first. The total for the commission was $70, although I w...

Beware: ectoflorist/kettucutie

Undelivered comic commission from Feb 2024. Client received one WIP before the artist went unresponsive for over 9 months, later blocking the client without explanation or refund.

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11.03.2025 04:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Beware: TARGETU/TARGETOVERKILL/John Lloyd Iral Originally, artist and I agreed on a 150 USD budget on animation to help take care of costs because he was looking for work to be able to feed himself. Artist insists he would do weekly updates. What ...

Beware: TARGETU/TARGETOVERKILL

Undelivered Animation commission from Feb 2024 with promised weekly updates.

WIPs were not provided, and artist was asking for more funds from client in order to send progress images.

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11.03.2025 04:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Beware: RegallyWild 10/30/23: I initially purchased a custom fursuit collar from RegallyWild, in-person, in the dealer's den of Furpocalypse 2023. I was out of fursuit while looking at the collars in the den. The vendor ...

Beware: RegallyWild

Accessory purchase turned custom comm from Furpoc 2023.

Maker ghosted the client for over a year before eventually refunding in 2024.

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11.03.2025 04:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Beware: p0pr0ck_puppy I began the commission process with p0pr0ck on August 23, 2022, for a 3/4 suit including head, paws, tail, feet, legs, and additional armsleeves for $1600. I paid in two consecutive installments of $8...

Beware: p0pr0ck_puppy

Partial Suit from Aug 2022 was downgraded to a 'mini-partial' with an agreement for a partial refund for the incomplete work. The partial refund has not been paid in full since June 2023; maker has ghosted the client.

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11.03.2025 04:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Beware: WetVenom / Scott Beadle I reached out to WetVenom in late October 2023 inquiring about his rates and terms. After talking for a bit about his rates and the character being drawn, we settled on $150 for a two panel, comic-sty...

Beware: WetVenom/VenomGirls/Scott Beadle

An undelivered commission from November 2023. Artist has ghosted the client with no progress or a refund while remaining active on all known platforms.

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11.03.2025 04:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Beware: Baasil On January 31st, Baasil made a post for Tarot card slots, two separate decks that would ideally be finished and printed. After kind of waffling about it for a couple days, I reached out on February 2n...

Beware: Baasil/Orange.Pekoe/Pahet

Undelivered comm from 2019. No WIPs were provided to the client, and multiple attempts at requesting a refund by the client have been ignored. The artist has ghosted the client since 2022 without resolution.

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11.03.2025 04:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Apologies for the incoming backlog over here!

11.03.2025 04:08 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

MEOWDY

We are back from the holidays and our queue is open (and clear???)!!

03.01.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

account isn't hacked; we're just silly beans and accidentally nuked our old domain email and forgot to update the bsk account. So it's hooked up to an email that doesn't exist.

22.12.2024 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#103468-frosty-winter-night

22.12.2024 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Howdy everyone! The site is on break for the holidays. See you Jan 02!

While we are on break you can read the site, post to the forums, but cannot submit to the queue.

13.12.2024 04:50 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This. "No refunds ever" is not only unenforceable, but also a major red flag.

My ToS has a detailed refund policy and addresses chargebacks (basically "issuing a chargeback for completed work is a form of fraud and will be treated as such") but "no refunds" is unethical and possibly not even legal.

30.11.2024 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

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