I'm done with sitting back and watching it happen. This is a public announcement to my followers informing them of 's offenses.

I've sat and watched for a long time now. I've seen him at the start and am currently watching his downfall. Hacker90 is being slowly but surely burned by the DiD community here on DA. Why? Well, I'll tell you.

Hacker started as a normal commissioner. Just came on the scene, being social and commissioning arts from people like any other person. After a while, he decided to post a journal with a "Commission Guide" to newbie commissioners, giving his stance on how you should go about working the trade. Within it, he stated:

1: You should haggle with the artist for a better price. Don't pay high prices for art when you can get it cheaper.

2: Make sure you get the artist's personal contact info, such as their IM names. Don't settle for things like email or DA notes.

3: Make sure to be friendly with artists, because you can get free art or other perks for being friends with them.

Of course, I looked at this with a cocked eyebrow as it painted a picture of someone who's only interested it what he can squeeze out from us artists. Instead of over-reacting though, I instead told him that these kinds of instructions would instead make the artists mad at their commissioners and would do a disservice to his followers. He changed his journal and edited out those parts, which was good. Though he deleted the entire journal completely within a short time. A habit that he's continued, which guarantees that no evidence remains to incriminate himself with.

This was the start of a long career of sigh inducing behaviors.

When came into the scene, she was quickly stalked by the intrusive Hacker who enjoyed repeatedly teasing her, making snide comments and even going so far as to commission art of her OC without asking her for permission. This alone is sort of an edgy thing to do, though not entirely a jerkish maneuver, though commissioning art of her being killed by his own OC is creepy to say the least. Unfortunately, Phantom is either too kind of a person, or too unable to defend herself that she let him get away with it. When asked why she's friends with him she stated, "... I'm not really sure." In fact, you'll likely find that Hacker is still a part of , having bullied his way into it. This upset many people and he's lost friends due to it, that are still mad at him for it.

When came on the scene, he eagerly lapped up the great art and littered Nomad's pages with compliments. It was nice to see a seeming change in his ways. Sadly, it quickly devolved into passive aggressive insults that insulted both how slow Nomad was in finishing art, but also how old and decrepit he was. Being the more mature person, Nomad simply ignored the jabs at him and went on with his business, despite how much it bothered him.

This changed on the day that Hacker decided to instigate his new plan to get Nomad's attention. He commissioned art by , the Totally Dolled comic series [link] , and posted previews of it on his page, stating that the full sized versions of said art would not be released until Nomad ponied up art of "The first FMP Maid." Then he asked his followers to go and bother Nomad about it, until he'd give in and do it. Apparently, since Hacker couldn't get his ear, other people would. This backfired as Nomad finally had enough of the shenanigans and blocked Hacker.

This set off another series of events wherein Hacker decided that the best way to get Nomad to un-block him, would be to hold *more* art hostage. This time, he held 's art hostage, posting previews with large red letters stamped BLOCKEDBLOCKEDBLOCKED over them, stating that they would not be unblocked until a certain block was removed. His followers were confused. Nobody was amused. He quickly deleted the posts and hid the evidence again, as is his established pattern. In fact, he posted and quickly deleted a journal stating that the LOZ art would never be released, only to post them a few days later here: [link] and here: [link]

To date, this has not worked. He is still blocked and he still whines about it.

Just recently, he re-posted this art: [link] (now edited, check here for the original: [link]) to drum up sympathy. You'll notice the large blocked section in the comments. If you'd like to see some of it, just look [here.] Soon, this will likely be deleted as well, in an attempt to cover up yet more wrongdoing on his part.

Hacker continues to be filled with aggression and a seeming superiority complex over artists and art collectors alike, due to his willingness to part with money for commission art. But, this journal is about why future and current artists should not take his money for work.

Hacker has abused artist's willingness to redraw art, he's extremely demanding and bossy about what you should draw and what you owe him in a commission. He expects free art and comps from the deals if does a lot of business with you and he's burned quite the number of artists in the past. Word gets out. There's a growing group of people that will not work with him again. "People like Hacker" seems to be a common theme with them. Be aware. As other artists refuse to work with him, he seeks out new artists to fuel his ideas. If you're not aware, you can wind up being one of those new people. If you're lucky, it'll be a normal affair. If you're unlucky, you'll wind up doing more art for less (or no) money, have that art be used to manipulate other people and get soured on the entire business of doing art. It's your call, but there are plenty of other people with cash that aren't complete jerks. Art is a reward, not a right. It's up to the community as a whole to remove abusive members like this from our ranks.

As a final note, it's amusing to see how desperate he is for fap material. He despises one of his own former artists: and has blocked him for months now, after a fallout they had when Hacker burned him. Yet, he still follows his other account on Pixiv. I guess that while he can't stand his opinions, his art is still worthy to masturbate to.

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Update:

There's a lot of people who have started to see his ugly side and are now re-evaluating his relationship with them. I keep getting notes from random people who either used to be his friends or have had inflammatory run-ins with him in the past. Please, if you really honestly want him gone from our community, speak up about it. If everyone silently nods their heads and agrees, yet does nothing nor speaks up, there is no case to be had. The most common thing I hear is "Wow, I didn't know that there were so many other people that have problems with him too." Of course not. Nobody knew because nobody wants to risk looking bad by talking about it in public. There's a lot of people who he's angered, it's not just me. Frankly speaking, he hasn't even done anything to myself, I'm angered by what he's done to others.

Speak up. This isn't some personal vendetta towards him, this is someone who's actively been damaging our community for a while now. If you believe it needs to stop and you've seen it yourself, then help build a case.

In related news, Hacker seems to be shedding friends like a winter coat in summer. Not only am I getting news from people about his new bitter tone towards them, but he's apparently been trying to find proxy commissioners that will get him past the blockade of artists that won't work with him anymore. So, if you *are* an artist that he's commissioned and you won't work with him, beware of puppets that he's now trying to use to still get art from you. The guy just doesn't stop.

He cares about the art. Not about you.