That's a fair point. :3

Neither! Diversified cheetahs! :p

Nice! Creative choice of mix there. :3

Hahaha! Seriously?

I agree. It's uncool for artists to forget about their paying customers

Indeed! I just feel bad having to throw notes out as if I'm pushing them to. Hard balance to make I guess

Not rude, though if the artist has a queue he/she is following, keep that in mind. It's rude to keep you waiting for months with no response though XD

A queue I can understand; that's just how a lot of folks operate and it makes sense. I just feel bad asking; I worry that it's seemingly impatient.

How long ago did you pay for it? It can be a bit tedious sometimes waiting, especially if you got no update or sketch yet

I'll have to check, but it was last year. Waiting on a couple of projects from different artists. I know how it can be, life, business, etc. I just feel bad going "hey, how's it going"? etc.

You paid for a product. The least an artist could do is keep you updated on start dates, progress, deadlines, etc. A note every few weeks should be coming from them, so if you're having to follow up don't feel bad at all!

That's a fair way of looking at it!

And holy crap, it's a cluffeh! Dude, good to hear from you again. how's things? :3

Goooood! I've been kinda AWOL from FA for a long time, and I never open Skype XD

Do you use Hangouts at all? I can send you my new account details (I don't remember my old Skype credentials)

Exactly my thoughts lol. No artist is too busy to at least give an update. If they don't have time to update everyone individually, give a mass update journal

if they have a visible queue then i don't feel the need to heckle them but then again i haven't waited on many for a year. and there is one i do need to contact sometime soon.

That's a fair point, but in this case, some do and some don't. I guess in that case it's a fair call to ask though, right?

yea it's generally worth it to ask.

Personally, it depends. My rule is: Ask them if they have an idea by when itll be finish and wait a week after that before sending a note. Repeat every week until its done or until another deadline is given.

That might be a better idea to try. I usually give it two+ weeks but again, I worry that it seems pushy. Will give it a go though, thanks! :3