Dear artists, can we normalize having a waitlist? Can we normalize not taking full payment upfront until the commission is actually started? Situations like this don’t just hurt your reputation, they hurt ALL OF US who take commissions seriously.
Please, let’s do better.
I commissioned some art in December, I didn't hear anything for a while so I sent them a message in march for an update and they said sorry for the late reply and they had been dealing with health issues and they will get it to my in 2 weeks, which is totally understandable so I thanked them and waited, after another month I messaged again and I sent them a few emails and messages now with no response and its now about to be June. I'm upset because this is an artist I wanted to commission for so long and I still hope I get the art, but also worried ill never get it, since I paid for it in December too and haven't had any updates. but I keep hoping. I also hope they are ok because they said they had health issues. I just want a reply but idk what to do T^T sorry for the rant