Before reading this, know that your mileage may vary.
I have to say, I wish I read some of the replies on page two before hiring this individual. I requested some work to be done on November 1st 2019, and it is now July 26th 2020 with no word from the artist since June 16th 2020. He HAS done some work, and was close to finishing, but it never reached a fully finished state. Each time I ask about the commission, the answer is that I will either get my files later that day or the next day - but that never comes. It always ends up in this conversation loop, with nothing advancing. It's a bit of an insult that the artist would constantly ask for more work in this topic while still working on mine (and even finishing a number of commissions before mine) despite me having always paid the hours worked in full and on time every time. I am not saying the artist should solely work on my commission or work on it 24/7, but it's almost going to be one whole year of working on my request, with three months of no progress.
Thankfully, I am a sprite artist myself, so I should be able to finish the animations I need, but I still think it's bad practice to essentially receive a DIY kit and being given the runaround each time a question about progress is asked.
Edit: I recently got in contact with Maxcreed again, after he sent an e-mail and I have unblocked him on Discord on August 15th. Unfortunately, it is now December 13th and I haven't received any additional progress at all since I have unblocked him except him telling me that he is "working on it now". I told him that a refund was not necessary, as it doesn't make sense to take back funds for any work he has already done. Apparently, that was a bad move, because now I have nothing new to show for it. Again, your mileage may vary, but I personally believe this is extremely unprofessional (considering it seems he has had issues with unfinished work multiple times in the past), and I would not recommend hiring him.
Edit 2: Commission was completed on December 17th, 2020.
