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Artist Beware: NikaInfinity
5 years ago
https://www.furaffinity.net/user/nikainfinity/
This is something that I normally wouldn't get involved in, but after this artist decided to hide my comment calling them out on their bullshit and block me, I'm going to share this journal and keep it relatively brief.
Just under 5 months ago, a friend of mine bought a YCH from this artist. Ever since they handed over the money, the artist went radio silent and ignored all of their messages when they asked how the drawing was coming along. Under normal circumstances, this might be down to something major happening in an artist's life or any other number of legitimate reasons, however deliberately neglecting a paid-for commission is not one of them. They were still posting personal projects and other commissions so they must have been at least relatively well; no accidents, no serious spells of depression or grief. However, any and all doubt of that was negated when the client then mentioned that they will file a complaint to PayPal, and after 5 months of silence, they responded in less than an hour.
Nika mentioned that no progress had been made and that the commission was never even started, and that they would require 2 additional weeks. However, my friend still wanted a refund as they had lost interest in the project. What makes this all worse is that Nika then proceeded to make a journal post to lie about the situation to make my friend look bad, and attempt to guilt-trip their audience, which can be found here:
https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/9741646/
How can you claim the client broke the ToS by demanding a refund after no work was completed after 5 months when these two points are written down:
- NO REFUNDS if I started working with you. You already know my art style and how I do some characters!!! Sorry about that.
- Payment after accepting your request/my agreement to work.
By accepting payment, you agreed to work on the client's project. No one is reasonably expecting you to have an art piece finished the next day, or even within a week. However, 5 months down the line when you have completed many other personal projects, other commissions, and opened more YCH slots, you're trying to everyone that you can't even spare a moment to tell the commissioner what is going on and why you haven't even started? This also means that your "No refunds if I started working with you" rule doesn't apply either, because no work on your end has been completed.
If anything, Nika has broken her own Terms of Service. The client did absolutely nothing wrong.
The final nail in the coffin is that they tried to pass it off as if they just got paid in the journal and desperately need the money for rent which I personally find hilarious. Once again, they've had a good amount of time to at least make a start, and also to respond to messages. If you desperately needed the money, why didn't you do the YCH that you were paid to complete? This is not how you should treat a paying customer. I understand that art isn't easy, and commissions can be difficult to manage, but the least you can do is try your best to communicate with your clients instead of ignoring them. It's okay to be slow. It's okay to take your time to make sure you can deliver the best product possible. However, it's not okay to ignore someone who's paid you to work, despite their best efforts to get in touch with you to ask for any sort of update.
The only other thing left I have to say to anyone who's reading this is to avoid NikaInfinity until they find a way to organize their commissions better, take responsibilities for their actions, and learn that you should not ignore the people who allow you the opportunity to be paid doing something you supposedly are passionate about.
Thank you for reading.
This is something that I normally wouldn't get involved in, but after this artist decided to hide my comment calling them out on their bullshit and block me, I'm going to share this journal and keep it relatively brief.
Just under 5 months ago, a friend of mine bought a YCH from this artist. Ever since they handed over the money, the artist went radio silent and ignored all of their messages when they asked how the drawing was coming along. Under normal circumstances, this might be down to something major happening in an artist's life or any other number of legitimate reasons, however deliberately neglecting a paid-for commission is not one of them. They were still posting personal projects and other commissions so they must have been at least relatively well; no accidents, no serious spells of depression or grief. However, any and all doubt of that was negated when the client then mentioned that they will file a complaint to PayPal, and after 5 months of silence, they responded in less than an hour.
Nika mentioned that no progress had been made and that the commission was never even started, and that they would require 2 additional weeks. However, my friend still wanted a refund as they had lost interest in the project. What makes this all worse is that Nika then proceeded to make a journal post to lie about the situation to make my friend look bad, and attempt to guilt-trip their audience, which can be found here:
https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/9741646/
How can you claim the client broke the ToS by demanding a refund after no work was completed after 5 months when these two points are written down:
- NO REFUNDS if I started working with you. You already know my art style and how I do some characters!!! Sorry about that.
- Payment after accepting your request/my agreement to work.
By accepting payment, you agreed to work on the client's project. No one is reasonably expecting you to have an art piece finished the next day, or even within a week. However, 5 months down the line when you have completed many other personal projects, other commissions, and opened more YCH slots, you're trying to everyone that you can't even spare a moment to tell the commissioner what is going on and why you haven't even started? This also means that your "No refunds if I started working with you" rule doesn't apply either, because no work on your end has been completed.
If anything, Nika has broken her own Terms of Service. The client did absolutely nothing wrong.
The final nail in the coffin is that they tried to pass it off as if they just got paid in the journal and desperately need the money for rent which I personally find hilarious. Once again, they've had a good amount of time to at least make a start, and also to respond to messages. If you desperately needed the money, why didn't you do the YCH that you were paid to complete? This is not how you should treat a paying customer. I understand that art isn't easy, and commissions can be difficult to manage, but the least you can do is try your best to communicate with your clients instead of ignoring them. It's okay to be slow. It's okay to take your time to make sure you can deliver the best product possible. However, it's not okay to ignore someone who's paid you to work, despite their best efforts to get in touch with you to ask for any sort of update.
The only other thing left I have to say to anyone who's reading this is to avoid NikaInfinity until they find a way to organize their commissions better, take responsibilities for their actions, and learn that you should not ignore the people who allow you the opportunity to be paid doing something you supposedly are passionate about.
Thank you for reading.
DarkWolfAngel
~darkwolfangel
I am a 100% agreeing with this, lack of communication.. saying give me 2 weeks and I will have it completed, if she can complete it within 2 weeks then why the hell didn't she complete it in 2 weeks 5 months ago...
MazieOfficial
~mazieofficial
Yikes, that's.. really disgusting..
I'm sorry that has happen to your friend, that is why I examine the artist first before I can ask for a commission, so you know there might be something going on about them. It can usually take up to a few years to several years to examine what might be happening to them. This particular site may not be the only one they have, so it is best to find out what other social networks they are apart of, so you can see their comments and such. They also probably have a discord as well; I know it sounds like stalking them, but you need to know them better than if you follow them in more than one place.
