Guess Who Is BACK With Another Cookie Kingdom Art Post 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Drew the Hazbin Hotel Cast since A LOONG time ago. I just forgor to show them here

Like the rest of my drawings that i was planning to post here

I NEED TO GET BACK TO MY GREEK MYTHOLOGY/EPIC THE MUSICAL ART GRIND. BEFORE THE COOKIES FULLY INVADE WHAT'S LEFT OF MY BRAIN SPACE......

I also made a faceless one too for anyone who wants to use the gown for their own characters to wear, which i totally allow with the one condition that you credit me for it :D

“PRINCESS ROSIE BALL GOWN" 🌹✨

I designed this dress for around... Some weeks, with the intent of making it as Barbiecore as possible with as many roses as i could put LOL

I used my model OC Isolde (Her name. Varies a lot cuz i keep forgetting ^^' so if you see me refer to her as "Model Oc", don't mind it lol) for the dress!! I think she looks great in it :D I'M ALSO REALLY PROUD OF THE AFRO, IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD AND I FOUND A TECHNIQUE TO DO IT WELL TOO HEHEHE

My entry for Boxes Boxes 's DTIYS art context for their 2Ok special!! :D

PLEASE MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT THEIR CLOWN FIASCO CONTENT!! The characters, art and lore are super interesting and fun! ^^ AND I LOVE THE CONTENT SO MUCH, SO EXCITED FOR WHEN THE GAME COMES OUT!!

you you draw Telemachus plsssssss

-@future-king-of-ithaca

there you go!! Telemahus :D

I took the ask as my chance to work on his redesign if you don't mind me hehe

FELLAS I'M VERY CLOSE TO GETTING SOMETHING WITH THESE TWO!!! I still need to refine some details and work on Hermes's color palette BUT I HAVE SOMETHING

BARKS AT YOU BACK IN "I DARED"

Meow

BARKS AT YOU BARK BAKR BAKR BAKR

MWAHAHAHAAA, THERE IT IS, DEAR ANON!!

THE FULLY RENDERED DRAWING YOU REQUESTED HEHEHE

Can thy draw Romeo from Toybox Funhouse?? PLEASSSEEE

Hello!! Sorry for not responding to this sooner- Have been busy with stuff ^^' But it is very pleasant to receive your ask!!

All i can give for thee is this WIP of Romeo </3 But i will complete it fully for you!

Artists, let’s talk about Instagram commission scammers

There’s been a huge rise in commission scammers recently, mostly on Instagram. A lot of new artists don’t know what to look out for, so I figured this might help people.

How they begin

Usually the scammer will write to you asking about a commission. Something deceptively cute - mostly I encounter asks about pet portraits, with one or two photos sent. They’ll probably try to sell you a sweet little story, like “It’s for my son’s birthday”. They will insist that they love your artwork and style, even though they don’t follow you or never liked a single piece of your art.

What to look out for:

Their profiles will either be private, empty, or filled with very generic stuff, dating at most a few years back.

Their language will be very simple, rushed or downright bad. They might use weird emojis that nobody ever uses. They will probably send impatient “??” when you don’t answer immediately. They’re in a crunch - lots of people to scam, you know. 

They’ll give you absolutely no guidelines. No hints on style, contents aside from (usually) the pet and often a name written on the artwork, no theme. Anything you draw will be perfect. Full artistic freedom. In reality they don’t really care for this part.

They’ll offer you a ridiculous amount of money. Usually 100 or 300 USD (EDIT: I know it might not be a lot for some work. What I mean here - way higher than your asking price, 100 and 300 are standard rates they give). They’ll often put in a phrase like “I am willing to compensate you financially” and “I want the best you can draw”, peppered with vague praise. It will most likely sound way too good to be true. That’s because it is.

Where the scam actually happens

If you agree, they will ask you for a payment method. They’ll try to get to this part as soon as possible. 

Usually, they’ll insist on PayPal. And not just any PayPal. They’ll always insist on sending you a transfer immediately. None of that PayPal Invoice stuff (although some do have methods for that, too). They’ll really, REALLY want to get your PayPal email address and name for the transfer - that’s what they’re after. If you insist on any other method, they’ll just circle back to the transfer “for easiest method”. If you do provide them with the info, most likely you’ll soon get a scam email. It most likely be a message with a link that will ultimately lead to bleeding you dry. Never, and I mean NEVER click on any emails or links you get from them. It’s like with any other scam emails you can ever get.

A few things can happen here:

They overpay you and ask for the difference to be wired back. Usually it will go to a different account and you’ll never see that money again. 

They’ll overpay you “for shipping costs” and ask you to forward the difference to their shipping company. Just like before, you’ll never see that money again.

The actual owner of the account (yes, they most likely use stolen accounts to wire from) will realize there’s been something sketchy going on and request a refund via official channels. Your account will be charged with fees and/or you get in trouble for fraudulent transactions. 

You will transfer the money from your PayPal credit to your bank account and they will make a shitstorm when they want their money back, making your life a living hell. They will call you a scammer, a thief, make wild claims, wearing you down and forcing you into wiring money “back” - aka to their final destination account. 

Never, EVER wire money to anyone. This is not how it’s supposed to go. Use PayPal Invoice for secure exchanges where the client needs to provide you with their email, not the other way around.

You can find more info on that method HERE.

What to do when you encounter a scammer:

Ask the right questions: inquire about the style, which artwork of yours they like, as much details as you can. They won’t supply you with any good answers.

Don’t let the rush of the exchange, their praise and the promise of insanely good money to get to you. That’s how they operate, that’s how they make you lose vigilance. 

Don’t engage them. As soon as you realize it might be a scam, block them. The sense of urgency they create with their rushed exchange, and pressure they put on you will sooner or later get to you and you might do something that you’ll regret later.

Never wire money to anyone. Never give out your personal data. Never provide your email, name, address or credit card info. 

Don’t be deceived by receiving a payment, if you somehow agree to go along with it. Just because it’s there now doesn’t mean it can’t be withdrawn. 

Here is a very standard example of such an exchange. I realized it’s a scam pretty fast and went along with it, because I wanted good screenshots for you guys, so I tried going very “by the book” with it. 

Please share this post, make it reach as many artists as possible. Let young or inexperienced artists know that this is going on. So many people have no idea that this is a thing. Let’s help each other out. If you think I missed any relevant info, do add it as an rb!

Also, if you know other scam methods that you think should be shared, consider rb-ing this post with them below. Having a master post of scam protection would AWESOME to have in the art community.