I think this issue applies? If not please let me know and I'll remove it!! ;v; And just incase, no witch hunting this user. If you are one of the users waiting on payment, by all means still attempt to get your payment, work out a payment plan, or discuss with this user about your issue with them. Just fair warning and please understand you may not get that payment due to the debts this user racks up.

There is a user both here and on DeviantART that has accrued quite the debt among multiple users on both sites. The user is at least too young to have PayPal as they've stated in a prior comment so they use art and DeviantPoints as their currencies to submit to artists for their art/designs/adopts.

  • The user bids on auctions with no way to pay, thus raising the bid price for other participants
  • The user grabs multiple holds on adopts, ych slots, custom slots for artists with no way to pay
  • The user admits to not having the funds only when the artist confronts them after a length of time has passed with no payment
  • Artists/Designers that give the user the single files/finished commissions before receiving their payment rarely then get their payment
  • The user offers art continuously without doing the previously offered art
  • User has begun deleting older comments of people coming to obtain their payments/arts that have been due for at minimum a month. User claims they "forgot".

Screenshots of some of the issues can be found HERE

User's DA: ShinySouls
User's TH: ShiningHearts


Personally I have not had issues/interactions with this user , however a few friends have had unfortunate encounters and issues with the user.

User is active, posting comments, bidding on other designs/adopts, posting claims on other designs and adopts.

Yet the user has started to ignore user's concerns asking about payments.

Figured this would be something for people to know if approached by this user so they can make their own decision should they choose to take the risk or not.


If you have any experiences with this user or your own screenshots with issues from this user from here on toyhouse, Deviantart, or another site (It's my understanding the user is also active on Lioden LD) feel free to post them below and I'll add them up here to archive links to those comments and screenshots. I understand some sellers had issues where the user would ask to put multiple items on hold from multiple batches of adopts before paying off the first holdings. If you have any screenshots or personal interactions with that user in this regard please feel free to post below. If you wish to remain anonymous yet still share your issues please feel free to note me and I can add your information and any screenshots you have with your name redacted.


zim

They also might be tracing, I saw this evidence on Tumblr. Don't know if you knew about this so *shrug*

Archived bc I'm not insane.


http://archive.is/IThVw (May 3 2020)


Compared to these drawings both before and after that one.

http://archive.is/lMupx (April 24 2020)

http://archive.is/1cdMV (May 4 2020)

http://archive.is/iCJUm (May 25 2020)


So yeah that's sketch.

This is just speculation, as we don't know the OG image (or if there even is one). Just thought I'd bring it up bc their track record already seems terrible. I could give them the benefit of the doubt and say maybe this is a base?? But why post just lineart of a base, that don't make sense. 


RaccoonSaloon

Yeah that's a very good thing to bring up. The anatomy differences of all the pieces around that "sketch" are nowhere near their work in their gallery.zim Thanks for bringing that up, I'll get these downloaded this weekend as I am currently sick. Then I'll add them to my folders. Definitely something to keep an eye on as well.

zim

RaccoonSaloon Yeah I can get trying out a new style or having a piece of work you tried extra hard on, but the sketch is significantly better than anything before or after it. There's also a lot of detail for such poor/wobbly linework (here is the finished piece btw http://archive.is/shplj). Unfortunately, I'm really bad at finding anime pictures, so I haven't found the original, but I have been looking. Hopefully someone better than me will come along lol There are some other things in their gallery that look suspicious, but nothing like this drawing, and probably aren't worth mentioning (like not crediting bases). If I find something significant, I'll post it.