So three years ago, I was very new to FA, and entered a christmas raffle held my a new friend I'd made.
I ended up winning a single character image from an artist I was quite fond of, with a start date of May. I'm a very patient person, and it gave me time to actually procure a reference for my fursona, so no complaints on my end. When the month came, I sent off refs and a description of what I would like for the image.
And that was it
It's been three years since winning the raffle, and so far, I believe only one other person has actually gotten their prize from this artist (there were 5 of us total). Yet the artist is still taking on, and completing, large amounts of commissions/doing her own personal artwork
I've sent her a note er two in the past, if my memory serves, but I do not believe that I ever got a response.
I'm thinking about chalking this up to a loss, but this same artist has been posted to this community for not delivering for large amounts of time in the past.
I mean, the image was free to me, so I'm not loosing anything in the long run, but am still kind of unsure how to go about this. Should I push it and try to get my prize after this long, or just give up?
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It would be nice if an artist kept their word, but sometimes its not always possible.
If the artist has continued to do more things of this nature, I feel like you and the other previous winners would have a valid warning.
I say, if you REALLY want the image, give the artist a reminder and see if they'd be willing to follow up on this. If not, just chalk it up as a loss.
if it was a contest where you had to draw to enter, then that's different, but just a free raffle? Like everyone else, let it go.