Tumblr PSA
7 years ago
Apparently there is a lot of scamming happening on Tumblr right now. People are making pages to impersonate artists and are sending out DMs saying they are offering special deals on commissions. They then ask for payment up front and vanish. I just wanted to help get this out there.
Incidentally, if I ever contact you via note or DM or whatever and ask you to commission me, then it's probably not me. I don't do that. I make journals and other public announcements, and then let commissioners approach me on their own. I also usually do not ask for payment up front. Waiting until the art is done is a good motivator to get it finished, and since I charge by the hour, sometimes I'm able to get a pic done faster than the time I quoted. The only time I would even consider asking for payment up front is either if I've worked with someone before and we had payment issues (and that happens very rarely) or if I've heard concerning things about a commissioner from other artists. So keep this in mind, folks!
>>Commission info can be found here!<<
COMMISSION QUEUE
Troubleclef 4 waist-up Telegram stickers
slimfox45 6 hours
jm133 1 hour
reaper_da_dragon 2 hours
Scorpionlej 4 hours
Redline7G 1 hour
MellowMink 2 hours
Sigmaw 1 hour
Sigmaw 1 hour
COMPLETED
Sitharoo 3 hours
Argent_the_Possum 2 hours
Keiro_Penn 3 hours
Sigmaw 1 hour
Redline7G 4 hours
minddrive 7 hours
Scorpionlej 4 hours
Witch_of_the_wilds 5 hours
Sigmaw 1 hour
Sigmaw 5 hours

5 hours
Sigmaw 1 hour
MountBrunopolis 2 hours
eddyboy1805 6 hours
egger 3 hours
Incidentally, if I ever contact you via note or DM or whatever and ask you to commission me, then it's probably not me. I don't do that. I make journals and other public announcements, and then let commissioners approach me on their own. I also usually do not ask for payment up front. Waiting until the art is done is a good motivator to get it finished, and since I charge by the hour, sometimes I'm able to get a pic done faster than the time I quoted. The only time I would even consider asking for payment up front is either if I've worked with someone before and we had payment issues (and that happens very rarely) or if I've heard concerning things about a commissioner from other artists. So keep this in mind, folks!
>>Commission info can be found here!<<
COMMISSION QUEUE
Troubleclef 4 waist-up Telegram stickers
slimfox45 6 hours
jm133 1 hour
reaper_da_dragon 2 hours
Scorpionlej 4 hours
Redline7G 1 hour
MellowMink 2 hours
Sigmaw 1 hour
Sigmaw 1 hourCOMPLETED
Sitharoo 3 hours
Argent_the_Possum 2 hours
Keiro_Penn 3 hours
Sigmaw 1 hour
Redline7G 4 hours
minddrive 7 hours
Scorpionlej 4 hours
Witch_of_the_wilds 5 hours
Sigmaw 1 hour
Sigmaw 5 hours
5 hours
Sigmaw 1 hour
MountBrunopolis 2 hours
eddyboy1805 6 hours
egger 3 hours
Cryptic796
~cryptic796
Thank you for letting us know about this, Virno! Perhaps people who receive these messages on Tumblr should contact the artist through another form of their social media to confirm the legitimacy of the tumblr message, since i am sure there are some artists who mainly use tumblr.
Vir-no-Vigoratus
~vir-no-vigoratus
OP
Oh I know there are artists who primarily use Tumblr. But as far as I know, artists don't typically contact people privately and ask them to commission them. That's pretty shady, imo
Cryptic796
~cryptic796
Youre right, it is :/

yeah thanx for the heads up another reason why i don't use tumbler myself
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