Artists Beware

"Artists Beware" is a community for warnings about commissioners, art theft, and artists. Positive feedback is also encouraged in monthly posts. The community was created by Poofywolf in August 2003. As of April 2014, it had over 4100 members on LiveJournal, most of whom are in some way involved in furry fandom.

Due to the gradual abandonment of LiveJournal, the staff decided to consult the community on a move. Polling was divided, but came in favour of a move 59% to 39% on LJ,, and 83% to 16% on Twitter. The move took place during January 2019, with assistance from FursuitReview.

Artists Beware is valued by the community for its role in bringing abuses to light, but also feared (particularly by artists) for the potential to leave a black mark on the reputation of those who are posted about. In response, some subjects "freak out", "send their friends to white-knight" or "demand [that] the [original poster] take down the post", according to staff. Posts are pre-moderated, and both post and comment deletion/screening are forbidden by the community rules.

Staff
As of April 2019: Past staff included Ailurophile, hamburger, former owner and lead moderator kayla_la, kerstin_orion, Moltenglowstick, neolucky, puppetmaker40, shukiveangance and sigilgoat.