I'm pretty annoyed at this artist a friend and I commissioned back in... June or July I think? Definitely half a year ago, anyway. She is (or at least was before going inactive) a BNF in a popular fandom and got quite a few commisions because her art style is nice and she did have a fairly high output at the time. She'd occasionally hinted at some mental health issues but not that often. Then, shortly after closing her commission spots, she went completely silent on tumblr. She was still posting a lot on twitter, but it was a constant mix of selfies, pictures of outings with her friends and a lot of mental health whining (at least as much as I can tell, she only tweets in her native language). She spent all the money she got from those commissions on several things but completely stopped posting any art. Then, she recently moved and started asking for more money, opened commissions again and created a patreon where the rewards are valuable things like "virtual hugs" (that's not what patreon is for damn it, get a kofi account if you want free donations!).
Now, I'm generally a patient person and I completely understand if mental health messes with your life. But the huge problem I have with this is the lack of communication on her part. The first few months, she went completely silent and only started posting very short, general notices some time ago. The only bigger post she made was the one where she explained her situation , including the reopened commissions and patreon announcement. She keeps saying that she's still working on the commissions, but quite frankly, I almost believe she hasn't started a single one of them. And opening additional slots when not one of the old ones is done ... yeah not a great idea. I mean, I get it, she needed money. But her prices aren't cheap and the people who paid her for this probably don't exactly swim in cash themselves. And Idon't want to ask her because I don't want to be the one mean person who gets blamed for pressuring the poor mentally ill artist or something.
But damn it, it's been over half a year and not a single personal status update. That's just frustrating.
Re: Vent Thread
Now, I'm generally a patient person and I completely understand if mental health messes with your life. But the huge problem I have with this is the lack of communication on her part. The first few months, she went completely silent and only started posting very short, general notices some time ago. The only bigger post she made was the one where she explained her situation , including the reopened commissions and patreon announcement. She keeps saying that she's still working on the commissions, but quite frankly, I almost believe she hasn't started a single one of them. And opening additional slots when not one of the old ones is done ... yeah not a great idea.
I mean, I get it, she needed money. But her prices aren't cheap and the people who paid her for this probably don't exactly swim in cash themselves. And Idon't want to ask her because I don't want to be the one mean person who gets blamed for pressuring the poor mentally ill artist or something.
But damn it, it's been over half a year and not a single personal status update. That's just frustrating.