Previous thread: >>8760009 This thread is for discussions about commissioning non-Western (primarily Japanese) artists through platforms such as Skeb, Pixiv, Fantia, and similar sites.Feel free to ask questions and recommendations for specific kinks/fetishes. >Skeb (requires a Twitter/X or Misskey account)https://skeb.jp >Skeb Button/Skebifyhttps://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/skeb-button/onjegdbehgoamaiochjfnkokondpgoimhttps://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/skebify/ (Outdated)Displays on Twitter/X whether an artist has a Skeb account and is currently accepting requests. >SkebUe - Memo Boxhttps://github.com/numasuke/skebue_memo (Chrome removed it from the webstore)Allows you to write notes on an artist's Skeb page. >Skeb Pricing Managerhttps://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/464685-skeb-pricing-managerRetrieves prices, deadlines, and completion rates for both open and closed artists. The price for closed artists will be the price when last open.>It's not loading any data!You need to manually navigate to the artist's Skeb page. Directly opening the page or refreshing won't work. >Skeb Price Sorterhttps://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/460083-skeb-price-sorterAllows you to sort artists by recommended price. Do not use on a large amount of artists at the same time or you will get timed out for too many requests. >How to check the Request ID on Skebhttps://pastebin.com/AP4yxSad >Pixiv Requesthttps://www.pixiv.net/request>Help! I can’t request R18/R18G because of my payment method!Change your UI language to Japanese, and you should be able to.>Help! Requests cannot be made from my region!Change your country to Japan, and you should be able to. >Fantia Commissionshttps://fantia.jp/commissions/These commissions are reserved for supporters, but artists may allow those in the free plan to request too. Skeb/Pixiv Request/Commission Support General OP Pastebin (Use if making new thread): https://pastebin.com/rPH6ZPqs
>>8763973https://skeb.jp/@wryyoco8k 10 daysWould 100% recommend. Before I sent this they didnt have another request after mine in 2023 so send them something during this free fee period they deserve it
Anon, do you mind sharing the artist of this one? Their artstyle looks great.
>>8763887It's cuter and sexier. Simple as.
>>8763973https://skeb.jp/@camomile_teatea/works/101k a little under a week (by a matter of hours)The way anon's friend drew the water droplets on this are pretty nice for what's meant to be a sketch. The hand is a bit big, but I suppose that's a matter of perspective. Would definitely get this artist again.
>>8764159Don't believe I forgot to post it last thread. My bad.https://skeb.jp/@o_mitomiApparently they do have NSFW on, though I have no idea what that entails as shitgami makes you send anything with blood or body part descriptions as NSFW these days. You may need to specify the style or you'll get something closer to their usual, though I didn't. Also does weapon design. I sent 2x and gave retard boosts every sheet, fwiw. No idea if that's what they actually want for it, or if I'm high balling or if they just like my stuff a lot.
>>8764207didn't think he'd draw the gun. excellent work
>>8764207Thank you.>3.5k defaultSeriously? That's crazy considering what they're drawing.
>>8764226I know, I still don't believe it turned out as good as it did. The guy's up there with u_ma_nic25 as an artist I shill every chance I get. Another sheet example, featuring a girl this time. >>8764227It goes between 3.5k and 6k, iirc. Rec gets you a half body like what they usually deliver, a different style with different shading and detail levels. It's still wild for that price range, but you're probably not getting a sheet for 3.5k.
>>8763880did you pay base price or increase for the second panel?
>>8764276paid 1k so 2x recommended
>>8764290Thanks. How long does he usually take to finish? Seems fast.
>>8764291it really depends honestly, the previous batch he literally delivered at the last minute possible but then this request he delivered like 2 days after approving, I guess the campaign is giving him some extra motivation
>12 day average acceptance/response time>coming up on day 21do I cancel and resend to someone else while the OV campaign is still ongoing?
>>8764261Oh no, I wouldn't expect a ref sheet for 3.5k, but that price seems like a steal even for a half body piece.
https://skeb.jp/@lightgamein/works/159Wedding bikini.
The guy that was harassing blowjob man for art tried to do one of those makeship plush campaigns for his OCs but it failed
>>8764296I want to request on his color illustration account but I dont have an idea
https://skeb.jp/@Bee_haji/works/501Borrowed Johnny's handsome land for something I was wanting to get for a bitWas sub 4 hours from acceptance to delivery
I'm complaining because the artist will surely deliver when I complain
artist-san is surely working on my skeb while doing twitter spaces...
>>8764261Found another artist you might be interested in: https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/54264668https://skeb.jp/@hiyorikoartFrom 3k
>>8764361I like your new trend of requesting works of giant dark elf with her human husband. Its cute.
>post ripping bao has tens of thousands of likesI wonder how many people have actually used skeb or at least know about it
https://skeb.jp/@totetiteta/works/41its a void
this time my delivery wasn't in the top rankings of R-18 ugoira on pixiv, I guess the ugoira page is now full of AI slop and the delivery time wasn't the best for visibility
>Get accepted for commission>Artist soon after announces they have no intention of doing future comms after they clear their current waitlistcan't tell if this is a good omen or a bad omen
>>8764200this is pretty fucking good for 1k
>>8764549not getting my money
20k yen for porn or 20k yen for NSFW or 20k yen for SFW
>>8764549if only the artist could post a small round drawing here that you could overlay onto that void
>>8764549>tally mark>not 正maybe artist-kun has been hanging around here too much
>>8764557I curse your req vagueposter
>>8764549I mean, that's one way to circumvent censorship I guess. No clit though
>>8764417Damn, the recs are still coming. I'll probably sit on this one until he has at least one delivery, I'm not a fan of guessing what my money will get me. Followed though.
Artist-san directly canceled my request this time instead of letting it expire.I'll take the hint.
>>8764616Name and shame
>>8764616I let myself believe that cancelled a request directly is polite, since you are immediately refunded. If you send another request and that one times out or never gets accepted, that's the hint.
>>8764616that is the polite way to do it if they know they aren't going to finish it
>>8764576No it makes sense since the character is based from a western country
>>8764621Sigure>>8764646>>8764636Yeah, at least I can fully give up now and stop wasting my time. It just sucks since his art and interests are so extremely aligned with my own tastes.
Since VRchat and avatar are valid terms for the campaign, does that mean stuff like custom game characters are fair game?
>>8764549各サービスの規約や日本の法律が存在するから無制限になにかはできないからねそれはそうとpixivに新しいイラストを投げたよThere are terms of service for each service and Japanese laws in place, so you can't do just anything without limits.Anyway, I uploaded a new illustration to Pixiv.
>>8764675No one is gonna turn down money from FF14 players bro
>>8764576正(JP tally mark)も好きだけどtally markも好き!そして彼女は欧米が舞台設定の作品だからtally markも似合うと思う日本ではトイレを綺麗にという張り紙は多いけど海外でのトイレの張り紙はなにが多いのかしらなくってあべこべになったけど…I like JP tally marks(正), but I also like regular tally marks!And since her work is set in Europe or America, I think tally marks suit it well.In Japan, there are many signs telling people to keep the toilets clean, but I wonder what kind of signs are common in toilets overseas? This is completely unrelated, but...
>>8764705There's no signs in the stalls, it's usually just graffiti lol
>>8764655rip jenny
https://skeb.jp/@tofuneko/works/111https://skeb.jp/@TAK_BeAFreak2/works/138https://skeb.jp/@shiyuykaiak/works/130anons
I want that illustration of skeb-chan
Did a successful chargeback on the w*stern artist who went 5 months without giving me a sketch or any wip update. They said no refunds at first but of course were begging me to cancel the chargeback on paypal and said they would refund me in parts. Obviously no way I'd trust them to do that and paypal sided with me in the end fuck that artist.They were posting halloween comms when I sent mine in june. Looked like a thirdworlder who never bothered to close comms to finish their current batch. Just always kept them open and wanted to take money from everyone and not actually care about their obligations.
>>8764343Just start it again. I remember J.K. had one and it failed the first time before the second one was successful
>>8764732who is it, i wanna know if it's the same artist im dealing with
>>8764732>asks you to cancel the chargeback>knowing you can't reopen it once closeddevious
>>8764739Exactly, how could I trust them to send me a refund afterwards if they couldn't even deliver a 5 minute doodle wip for months lol>>8764737https://x.com/corgiixncTheir first account with 20k followers was banned recently, everything looked fine to me at first so it's easy to see why I thought it'd be ok to send them a comm.
Can i cope and say that the artist isn't ignoring and letting my comission die while posting about arknights, but just that they forgot they even have a skeb to begin with?
>>8764558To be fair this is a sketch and the artist is offering this as a special. I think their normal price is closer to 6k.
>>8764705I saw a “IF YOU ARE A VICTIM OF TRAFFICKING AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION CALL THE TRAFFICKING AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION PREVENTION HOTLINE xxx-xxx-xxxx FOR HELP” sign on the inside of a stall once
when do you trad comm guys ask for an update without sounding desperate? its been two months for me
>>8764758I think 2 months is an appropriate time. Just do a check in and see how they respond
>>8764758Just ask for an update, no need to overthink it. But in your case, you might have to ride their ass.
If you ask for an update and they're anything but nice to you about it do a chargeback
>>87647582 months is more than fine to ask for an update if you paid in full beforehand. The only time I'd be lenient with it is if they ask for payment after it's done, because you have no money on the line, but that's just my opinion up to you in the end. My longest comm took like 2 years and it was one of my best pieces (It was an animated video tbf, but I was never stressed about it because I didn't pay a dime beforehand) Only had that with jp artists that trusted me though, most westerns I worked with had me pay in full first.
>>8764758that depends on if they have a sizeable queue or not
>>87647582-3 weeks since the last update is my go-to if they've taken payment and haven't forewarned me of a queue/delayand assuming they have reasonable communication skills just ask how much it's been progressed, when to expect an update etc
is it easier for an artist to forget they have a pixiv request or skeb request that's due
>>8764769pretty sure skeb sends reminders to finish your shit
>>8764681I dont have a problem with it, but it was a funny observation
https://skeb.jp/@echi3150open for anons
>>8764758id ask for every two weeks or someanwhile i havent heard of mine for 5 months but he doesnt want to get paid until its finished which is really suspicious but idc for this comm at this point anymore
>>8764775open for red mage anon or ciel
>>8759417https://skeb.jp/@bachumaro_xo
>>8764761>>8764764>>8764762okay guys i sent the dm, youre right i probably have some ground to stand on if i paid in full in advance it's just scary to not have a middleman holding the artist accountable after a while
https://skeb.jp/@pakupaku_keema/works/12https://skeb.jp/@camomile_teatea/works/11anons
>>8764831who's the white elf loli?never seen them before
>>87647581 month unless they told me I'm on waitlist
>Artist bitches about not being able to grow their following but also acts like doing comm work is below themThe worst
>>8764839one of the vrc trannies, just badly drawn
>>8764066> fav artist opens> he accepts my reqs immediately so I keep sending them thinking he actually might like drawing my ideas/characters> last tweet is basically "yeah, all of these reqs I don't wanna do are pilling up so I'm just gonna finish them and close for a long while"
>>8765037what else is he gonna do if you're the only one sending? people gotta eat
>>8765037I hate my job too
>>8764459I really love size difference and cute sex scenarios so I'm gonna use her to get all the wants and ideas out of me
DLsite launched their own social media site and artist-san is shilling it. Surely this one will take off unlike pawoo and misskey.
>>8764920not a tranny nice try. I am quite bummed out by how flat they made the ass tho>>8764839shes not a loli either
Alright not more skeb request for the rest of the year. Im done
>>8765235*your never ever on notification opens up*
>>8765243I spent like $1000 I'm done that's me for the rest of this year and most of next
>that one trait of your OC that every artist interprets a little bit differently and it annoys you but not enough for you to directly bitch at them to fix it anyone else?
>>8765281yesreferences didn't help either, so eventually I just removed the trait
>>8765281Yes, minor traits like height, bust size and eye color
>average days: 7. My request: Day 10 and no delivery>other request on day 3 of pendingskeb is worse for my anxiety than my actual job is at this point
Quite a good rough, now i'm even wondering if to blow the rest of the year's budget on just this artisthttps://x.com/KoXAPfi4JyljB0d/status/1986012616972755146
>>8765336cute wife, I like how that artist's manga style stuff looks
>check out artist>YCH and adoptablesNevermind
>>8765281My OCs with blue eyes ending up with green or teal eyes half the time
>>8765453My green eyes OC ended up with blue so often I wrote it into my autistic lore
>>8765281it'd be nice if artists always drew her short but they always get the eyebrows right, so I can't complain too much
>>8765460how the fuck do they mess that up??
>>8765484NTA but my green-eyed OC's eyes have been drawn: lime green, forest green, turquoise, light blue, gray, black and lavender
>artist posts on pixiv prob saw my request havent approved yetshould i be worried
>>8765484japanese doesn't really make a distinction between green and blue in many cases
>>8765469Have you been asking for 体格差 and 身長差? You can also ask for a specific height difference in cm, I like to go between 40-50 cm. For solo stuff you can specify 頭身 (head-to-body ratio).
>>8765589size diff pieces usually turn out alright for that reason tbfmight try out the head to body ratio idea though, thanks
>>8765281tattoos on the wrong side
>>8765628just flip the image lol
>forgot to use any of the keywords in my OC requestartist is either going to think I'm trolling or retarded
barb on the front pagehttps://skeb.jp/@anagumasan_/works/242>>8764831>https://skeb.jp/@pakupaku_keema/works/12can someone post this? can't see it
>>8765694https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/137118675 it's this
>>8765700thanks friend, don't know why it was blocked for me hibiki anon spotted toohttps://skeb.jp/@pakupaku_keema/works/10
>>8765694I'm really happy with this comm basically captured everything I wanted from it perfectly.
https://skeb.jp/@llllpqpqllll is opensent another request for the vampires
https://skeb.jp/@camomile_teatea/works/13Thess are some interesting proportions
>>8765748lmao wtf
>>8765748for 1000 yen i dont think people care that much
https://skeb.jp/@tt_czm closed before I could post them last thread but they were 500 yen
https://skeb.jp/@RLogany/works/11https://skeb.jp/@pinayu167869/works/1https://skeb.jp/@AkiAkane104/works/601anons
>>8765469is this james
>>8765776damn, that obvious huh?
Thinking of sending a 300k secondary manga request to nekomata only for her to cancel it...
>>8765787I already tried itthey cancelled it
>>8765734looks good, anon
https://skeb.jp/@negimiso1989/works/10when did anon request this artistartstyle kinda reminds me of kantoku kinda
Slow thread, post deliveries.
>>8765802ID is 3,276,043, I think he sent it in early September or late august
>>8765802Approved on Sept 10 but I sent it about 4 or 5 days before that. Missed them when they opened again but I'll probably send a request for my new pokegirl next time they open.
anon is eventually gonna get so many new pokegirls if they keep releasing games
>>8765149at least for misskey, we know if they use skeb. it will either be like pawoo or die like that R18 one and shut down
how long does it take for this shit to go away?
>>8765874what did you do bro
>>8765876not me, the artist. he uploaded the wrong delivery and got bonked by the management. i was refunded and want to resend
>>8765880oh I think they need to reread the ToS again and check some boxes
>>876587430 days
>>8765903fuck me, why am i being punished for the artist's little mistake
Nalgami says in terms of violations, they do not favor creatorshttps://x.com/nalgami/status/1986003163988783500They use a lot of verification processes(doubt) so they won't add morehttps://x.com/nalgami/status/1986004572801020376Nalgami calling out someone for violating the rules twice and the artist oncehttps://x.com/nalgami/status/1986011596741865869It was jp vtuber who said she got a violation (Deleted tweet)https://archive.is/Q8QTvWith the recent Bao incident, Nalgami continues to speak out about this jp vtuber because he thinks this case is malicioushttps://x.com/nalgami/status/1986011601405964721https://x.com/nalgami/status/1986075632711975252https://x.com/nalgami/status/1986281940828496369 Nalgami asks for the posts to be removed or changed for the correct informationAnother deleted tweet from Jp vtuberhttps://archive.is/7dYVTJp Vtuber says she doesn't care anymore and deletes her skeb accounthttps://x.com/chinyako_mp3/status/1986036144958808522Her company issued an apology for her behaviorshttps://x.com/vt_peindre/status/1986305038688325956
>Receive an appeal from an artist I would actually want to work with>No budget left for this year
>>8765908>Nalgami says in terms of violations, they do not favor creatorsA lie considering he definitely favors artists. But im glad nalgami is dabbing on vtubers
Nalgami turned on full egosa mode or something>>8765911Skeb favors creators, yes but when they do naughty things they do get hit.Another JP vtuber speaks out about her violation when she got one while talking to creator, accusing them of using their reference illustration within the requested workhttps://archive.is/DDeh5 Vtuber privated their twitterNalgami calls them out saying that's not the whole storyhttps://x.com/nalgami/status/1986257671704686760Basically the vtuber isn't the rights holder to the reference illustration (duh) only the illustrator. So making a statement about copyright infringement is wrong on their parthttps://x.com/nalgami/status/1986266133000036507https://x.com/nalgami/status/1986278634261520656Just like the previous post about the jp vtuber, Nalgami asks for the posts to be deleted and/or changes for the information to be correcthttps://x.com/nalgami/status/1986280820487963031Followup on that previous vtuber again, company directly apologies to Nalgami. But Nalgami wants not only deletion of posts but for her to publicly say what actually happenedhttps://x.com/nalgami/status/1986306503721296120https://x.com/nalgami/status/1986307543812235571Nalgami says this is first time he went out against specific instances of service violationshttps://x.com/nalgami/status/1986309459564781640Nalgami says emergency funds requests aren't against the rules but he doesn't like themhttps://x.com/nalgami/status/1986149754829783051
>>8765915 (Me)I'm missing context posts for this second vtuber because no one bothered to save tweets from this literal who vtuber
bao release the demon
never request a 120 dayer bros……
>>8765922I was thinking about this artist though...https://skeb.jp/@muraguchi_game/works/5
10 days left on my pixiv requestsis it over for me
>>8765915why is nalgami giving out specific stats for creators who open for an emergency like that
https://x.com/nalgami/status/1979544679080444386apparently if a request is in drafts for 4 hours or more a notification is sent to the jannies39 requests in queue with the oldest being 2.5 hours old
>>8765934you shit-talk about skeb and nalgami comes running at you. The amount of times these accounts have to private or delete their posts because nalgami would quote retweet these people with double digits follower counts. I don't doubt he wouldn't get stats to throw on them
>>8765938judging from the screenshot it seems like 39 out of ~205 requests get sent to drafts so 20%?
No more lewd request with a capcom character...Guess the next time I'll request a Pandora it would be SFW then
Any good recommendations for artists that do wallpaperish illustrations? Budget is around 20000 yen
>>8765748soul
https://skeb.jp/@kanzaki_218https://www.pixiv.net/users/110797847/request2hus for 3k, Akyuu's husband or Nazrinfag may like them.
>>8765762>anon raves about his artist friend>send request>get this delivery
>>8765774https://skeb.jp/@pinayu167869Appealed at 2k but I went with 4k because I liked what they do. They mentioned in the appeal that I could send a landscape photo and they'd use it as a reference, so I might do that with a train station and see what happens. The PSDs have extensive layer toggles and a rough version.https://skeb.jp/@hakuadesu500 yen though I paid 2k.Cute stuff, took the whole time but good if you're looking for something cheap.
>>8765960https://skeb.jp/@Hananosaku321Pretty happy with the one I got from them
>>8765988>>8765748It's fine I just wanted to give them money and I don't dislike it either honestly
What do you do when you have more artists you want to send to than ideas?
>>8765915>nalgami fails to address the actual problem of just lifting the reference image>starts sperging about something pedantic to deflectHe wouldn't be doing all this on twitter if skeb was doing okay . He must have gotten a quarterly report that looked bad
>>8766048Start with the artist you like most and then work your way through them.
>>8766048Omakase or send the same idea to multiple artists
Vtubers are just going to stop using skeb at this point. Not a good look Nalgami
>>8766053And nothing of value was lost
Nalgami is the type of guy that would wake up and ban all western ips.
>>8766057And he'd be completely justified in doing so.
>>8766055Vrubers make up a good chunk of sales so a lot of value is lost actually.
>>8765908>They do not favor creatorslmao creators have a report button but clients don't. Piss off
I'm telling you guys, skeb has gained a reputation as a place where artists can grift with no consequences, and they're not only not wrong but the management will actively run defense for them while they do so.
https://skeb.jp/@ayanepunaOpen, 16k NSFW
>>8765987Thanks, sent them a request
https://skeb.jp/@ohayo_ohayoo/works/1Anon
https://skeb.jp/@mosoro_r/works/42Risu beads pull delivery. 3k, 4 days.