We rep the Plaintiff

>I actually have the skill to have copied the piece myself -- but I'm also a huge Castrillo fan and I thought it would have been funny to have it done by him.

Oops, misread it the first time.

"OK, this still frosts my buns. What kind of a dick gets mad at someone for
doing what they said they would do? "

I'm not justifying the anger.  I did not read the email exchange between pat and Jim.  I can only convey that Pat was upset.  I CAN tell you of my own experiences when it comes to commissions.  Warden in every case asks what verison of a character I want.  When I am not sure or unable to convey what I want, he takes the time to send me a link to a pic of the character, so that there is never an issue.  I've not had a problem

A by-product of accepting commission work and being paid once the work is done, is that from time-to-time this can be abused.

Although, in this instance, I believe that there has been a misunderstanding somewhere along the line. The fact remains that JB was commissioned to produce a piece of art, his time was spent and the product produced, aparantly not to the satisfaction of the client. So no funds were taken. That is all above board.

Commissioning or employing someone else to then -sort- an element that you feel to have been wrong with the first commission confirms that the core work produced by the original commissionee was acceptable and remuneratin should be forwarded.

Effectively, JB penciled* something for someone else to ink-virtually. As such the commissioner has a -duty- to pay for those services he has used to get his anger-commission.

Anthony has produced a piece of art, commissioned by someont, to that clients wishes and -credited- the artist from whom he has taken the work. Although I can only see this as an "inking" job.

* acknowledging that his inking will have also influence the line wieghts used by whomever follows him.