I came to FA to enjoy art and also to find friends and cool artists to hang with. In the course of time, i have met many and i seriously found this better than other forum and art sites, but today i kinda woke up to a slow simmered reality, FA has people who demean the commissioners intentionally or by accident. You could ask "what's wrong?" but that effectively will make this journal/rant too long. I think artists should have guidelines as we commissioners follow theirs i mean, i dont wanna get into an artist that one helped out of its neccesity and after all has been deal with. The one who paid the commission gets the simple collateral and has to wait and wait and wait.... Weeks turns to months and monts could become more than a year of patient waiting. All of this and what do we get for our patience? Nothing!? Either the artists keeps procrastinating or forgets or simple doesnt wanna do it and in very rare instances something real has happened that prevents him/her of continuing their work. Others just simply abandoned it cuz even that they are paid they think thats not their cup of sugar and simply dont even bother with a refund.

Then there's the emo-need-an-ego-boost-to-work-cuz-even-that-im-good-i-think-my-art-is-still-crap kinda artist that know theyre good that if they stop procastinating thinking their skill is bad to even allowed themselves to be worth drawing said commissioner. This is just wrong, if i paid you for your art is that i like your art and obviously to me you are that good to earn a payment from me is that simple and you should be proud of the work YOU do with your blessed hands. Your proof is in the furs and persons that watch your art, fave and comment. To me theres no better satisfaction that to see said art loved by not only the one that commissioned you and people who share your taste. And there's the ego maniacs that make you wait cuz they think they are just to cool that they need time to come with a mona lisa so to speak. These are extremes that live here in FA and that i happened to experience as well. I believe i meant no offense but, merely take my rant as a constructive critique and move on. To my understanding getting paid and not doing what we paid you to do is considered a scam, clear and simple. Wouldn't it be better you do the art commissioned in reasonable time frame? Not only you save yourself of a hassle later on, but, also earn a reputation that will ultimately bring you more customers? Ain't that a logical fact? I am just stating with common exception with artist because i have seen this happens more often than not. It is also the same with overzealous commissioners they too fall under the guillotine in which some kind of guideline must be enforced.

To feel powerless to stop what i have stated is a shame, more often than not this is a business site rather than an art site to draw just for the heck of it amd have fun. If thats how this is rolling, why not make it kinda an ebayesque site. That at least to Those who fail wether is an artist or a commissioner, gets punished by some sort of system like the npb(non paying bidder) three strikes and you get banned from the site or a review system in which their reputation is based on good or bad reviews of people that sold bought or requested art. This can be a good indicator in which you consider if it is wise to pay the artist or consider if the commissioner is worth the money he or she is paying. Because something must be done and im tired of looking at "great" art but the artist made me go through a headache a migraine and through anaphilaptic shock(just to make it a bit exaggerated) to finally attain that piece of art i was looking. Is not only disrespectful but also foolish. I purposefully haven't said names because i want to give the benefit of the doubt, but commissioners who have fallen in this situation, let your voice be heard, and artists you too let your voice be heard i wanna see who can come up to the plate and say your opinion against or in favor of what has been said here.