>commission some avatar stuff from someone that im willing to shell out a decent amount of $
>they do a stellar job
>before i can pay them they seem to mostly disappear from the internet. god i hope theyre not dead

i had some issues where they fucked up badly with some other avatar work, so maybe they they feel guilt from that. mostly just me ventin rather than looking for a solution, ill take this work for free if they insist because god i love money. but i hope they're ok and doing this out of guilt/other reasons rather than being incapacitated