Being so new to Deviant Art and already setting up offers for artists, I can understand why some of you are reluctant to work with someone the community barely knows. After all, what stops me from taking your work, not paying you, running away with it and giving a crap about my banned DA account? Nothing really, but there's a couple of reasons that might earn your trust for now:

1. I worked as a freelancer for 5 years. Here's my rentacoder.com profile link:

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I was one of the top coders there and participated in around 200 projects that involved graphics, coding, SEO, copywriting, proofreading and so forth. I was at the receiving end of a couple of scams throughout my career and I must say, it's not a pretty feeling knowing you just lost a few hours/days of your life for someone that ran away with your work and is now laughing his scammy ass off. I would never want a fellow freelancer to go through what I went.

2. I recently started an SEO company and despite the fact that we're still small, I must say, I learnt so much about valuing the work of others. I didn't really see things from the buyer's perspective when I worked as a freelancer and honestly, I didn't really care. I just wanted him to be happy with the work and SHOW ME TEH MONEH! Now, being a buyer, I understand the need for mutual respect so much better! Especially on deals done on the Internet, where a word strong as oak is your most valuable asset in business.

3. I'm a community man. I never got banned from anywhere and I'm not planning to either. I love being part of a community and oh my God, have I found a great one here! You can also check me out at the Digital Point forums, user: Tudi

Best wishes to everyone!
Tudi