Vani

Vani, Vanillakitsune, or stripesandteeth (real name Ashley; born March 31st, 1990) is a female artist who resides in Birmingham, Alabama, where she studies. Her species is "Alaskan Wolf Shepherd (Alaskan Malamute + Wolf + GSD)"

Commissions
Various posters and commenters on Artists Beware described waits for commissions from her. One person commented in December 2011, "Vani owes me a commission too, but mine has been on her dA's "to-do list" since October 2006. No, I am not even kidding. It's been over 5 years since I commissioned her." By early June 2012, four posts about her on Artists Beware had been made,. One, posted in March 2012, was marked "resolved" when one of her commissioners sent a Paypal "invoice for the refund and that she would have it by the end of the week. I sent it on the 6th of December. I received the refund 2 weeks later, on the 20th of December, 2011. I commissioned her on the 5th of August, 2009."

On June 3, 2012, Nanook123 posted to Artists Beware:

On June 7, 2012 kkitty23 posted "I've contacted Vani and have had a long discussion about everything that was shared in the recent journal concerning her failure to follow through with work that was owed. I've passed along the incredible advice offered and have managed to come to an arrangement in order to start turning this negative situation around into something positive and hopefully satisfying to those waiting for compensation. [...] For now, I suppose you can think of me as Vani's unofficial PR."

Vani (LiveJournal account named stripesandteeth) commented on the post, including statements

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On July 1, Vani posted to her Fur Affinity journal, "As I promised, here's that journal I said I'd make to announce important updates and what have yous."

On July 5, she posted an update, stating