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Update: 30/1/2018
Very good news! My friend got their refund back fully, yay! ^^
The artist surprisingly admitted their fraud and tracing.
I'll make this my final update on this matter then, despite them being suspended. They may come back, or not at all. But if they do, be sure to keep an eye out. I do believe in 2nd chances, but I also believe that trust needs to be earned back.
Hopefully they will learn from this entire ordeal.
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Update: 29/1/2018
They got suspended! Hopefully something good will come out of this after all! Thank you everyone for the support on this also <3 Much appreciated!
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Since I don't normally do these, I was given permission by the one involved to make this call out post. For further details on the matter, I've provided a link below where they first issued their complaint.
forum.deviantart.com/community…
To basically summarize the situation my friend was scammed by the artist Krizeii.
Unfortunately they paid through the another method that's not invoice and I'm not entirely sure about the refund policy applying, but I've been told it was not allowed
If there's any other solutions other than nagging this artist please do let me know!It doesn't take much to also realize this artist not only traces their work to sell it to others, but depicts minors in ways that violates dA's terms of service/rules. The last thing I'd want to do is have a heavy discussion about the latter being acceptable since it's fiction. It doesn't matter, because it still violates dA's rules.
help.deviantart.com/248/
I have since then reported them to dA and many of their works.
I'd like everyone to be aware of this artist and to not commission them at all or even approach them.
Evidence of Tracing provided by dA user Galehawk in the forum comments.
Pic below is very easy to find in their gallery when you press All and scroll down
inkbunny.net/s/1306080-p3-#pic…
Their Traced Work (you will need mature filters off)
web.archive.org/web/2018012820…
I simply google reversed imaged the original Miku picture below
Original
twitter.com/sega_official/stat…
Their Traced Work
web.archive.org/web/2018012819…
If there's any more evidence of them/etc I'm more than happy to update this journal. And if there's any way to help my friend get their refund please let me know too!!
Please spread the word and stay safe everyone <3
