One time I got two orders for full tarot decks based on the set seen in Persona 3 and 4 and I finally finished both of them!!! 26 woodburned cards per set, making 52 cards! Holy arcana chance, Batman! The set includes new cards seen in Persona 4 Golden and everything :)
I do take commissions on them that you can check out here :) Now excuse me while I cry over my “omg I finished two huge commissions finally” moment <3 <3 <3
I’m opening up commissions with special holiday prices! These could be a great present for yourself or a loved one. And these could be particularly cool for OCs~!
Like many, I’m in somewhat of a financial crisis at the moment, so reblogs are very appreciated!
What you get:
A half-body drawing of one (or two) characters
Fully colored
5x7 png file, 300 dpi
What I need:
Reference images!
Or an incredibly clear written description if no visuals exist
Your email, to deliver the file
Payment upon agreement
To be told if you want me to hold off posting until you gift it!
Finished drawing of my O.C. Klaudia cosplaying as Sumomo from the anime Nanatsuiro Drops! I really love this…and I hope you all do too!
I’m taking commissions if anyone is interested :3
$5 chibis (buy 2 get one free!)
$10 bust up
$15 knee ups
$20 full body
**want an additional character added in for bust ups, knee ups and full body’s? +$5 each additional character**
message me if interested <3
rebloggin because I am super proud of this :3
Reblogging because this is adorable!
Something else has been bothering me as well, I've found that the price of all the materials I would need to make a high-quality fursuit with three different fur colors, realistic ram horns, and a mouth piece I make myself only adds up to about $200. Why do fursuit makers charge ten times that amount?
If you divide the time they work hourly on actually putting the material together, it’s almost less than minimum wage.
This original post’s opinion is something I have unfortunately seen people repeat. The gyst of it is that OP believes suits are cheap to make, so suitmakers must be overcharging. Furthermore it suggests the conclusion that suitmakers are charging the prices we do because of greed. I thought I’d lay out a couple points to help people understand why professional suitmakers charge the prices we do.
So, let’s pretend that you want to make professional-quality fursuits for $200 each, in expenses.
1. If you are lucky you may be able to find the fabric and foam you need for $200 (though this is at the bare minimum spectrum of material costs). Now, how are you going to make each suit? In order to make professional-quality suits, you are going to need a few things. You will need to own a heavy-duty sewing machine ($400+), airbrush ($100+), airbrush compressor ($100+), electric drill and correct bits for making eyes ($50+), professional-quality electric clippers ($100+), silicone moldmaking and resin kits ($25-50 per kit), titanium scissors and sharpener ($25+), new shoes for feetpaws ($20+), rubber matting for soles ($20+), electric carving knife for thick foam ($25+); this is indicative of the tools used to create a typical fullsuit, but many suitmakers use other tools that also add to the expense (like dremels, vacuum-form tables, etc.). You will also need to take into account your thread, needles, pins, polyfil, airbrush paints, lacquer, gluesticks, garbage bags, adhesives, sharpies/chalk, razorblades, zippers, eye plastic, buckram, machine oil, elastic, sandpaper, resin, and patternmaking material, which I won’t calculate here. You will eat through hundreds of these necessities every few weeks. And if you want a website, you must pay annually for your url and monthly for your website server. So, a modest estimate for tools alone comes to roughly $900 NOT including any of the things that actually go into the tools to make them useful, which you will need to restock regularly.
2. It would be fair to want to be compensated for your specialized labor. A professional-grade fullsuit should take you about 2 weeks of work. The average professional suitmaker produces 2-3 suits a month. Suitmaking of course is a very specific set of artistic skills that takes years to develop, and only a handful of individuals in the world can make suits professionally. So, if it hypothetically only costs you $200 per suit for materials, how much do you charge for labor? At minimum wage ($8.50/hr), 80 hours of work (2 weeks full-time) will come to $680.
This means if a suitmaker’s material costs are $200, and they are paid minimum wage, they will on average be left with $480 for every 2 weeks of full-time work. This comes to $960 a month. This is barely enough to pay electricity, water, food, and rent, let alone cover the restocking of basic materials. Unfortunately you *probably won’t* want to go out and get a second job if you are making suits professionally, because you already work 40 hours a week.
3. You must pay taxes on the suits you sell. That’s right, self-employed people like fursuit-makers in the United States have to pay self-employment tax (15.3% in 2014) AND income tax (another 15%). That means if you make that $960 a month, you must pay almost $2000 a year in taxes.
Suitmakers like me charge what we do in order to compensate for the financial investment we participate in every month, in order to produce a high-quality, lasting piece of original wearable art for you. We spend dozens or even hundreds of hours on each costume, lovingly rendering it to match your design. We strive to make our customers happy with their costumes, not only because of how they look but because of how well they are made and will hold up over time. We do *not* get rich doing this. We dedicate our lives to this craft; it is our career.
Do you still think we charge too much?
I don’t make fursuits, but this here is one of the best explanations of all the things that people who take commissions have to consider. It applies to cosplay too.
It applies to all art, period. Stop thinking that when you ask for a commission, a “fair” price is the price for supplies (in this case, $200). First of all, that is not the cost of supplies, that is the cost for materials, there’s still – as the response says – things like the sewing machine, spray paint, ect. Sewing machines don’t last forever, they require maintenance. Paint needs to be replenished. Things like that. So it’s actually much more than $200, as this person said.
Then there’s the time to make the actual product. That takes a lot of time, and effort.
Think of it like this. When you work your job, if someone comes up to you like, “I don’t understand why you get paid this, all you do is this,” don’t you get upset? You don’t “just” do something. You have a skill, a talent, something you’ve worked to get good at. And you want to be paid for that thing you do in a way that you can not only feel good about it, but live off of. Costume makers have to eat, pay bills, have a roof over their head, I think people forget that. They can’t make the costume if they can’t afford to pay for necessities, not just for the costume (like the sewing machine and stuff), but for themselves (food, shelter, ect.)
So I’ve decided to open up some RL art commission slots.
And for anything from $1-$9 you’ll get a sketch of some sort.
My rules are simple.
No furries (Cat ears and tail are okay, like anime neko)
Very mild gore
No rape or extreme fetish scenes
I will do porn, but nothing like tentacles or anything like that.
Men are hard for me to draw (no pun intended, her her her) but I will do my best at them.
I ENJOY DRAWING WOMAN A LOT
I will do any form of LGBT art you want.
Please give as much detail as you can if it’s an OC, as many refs as it takes.
I REALLY WANT TO BRANCH OUT AND DRAW MORE PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT ETHNICITY SO PLEASE COMMISSION ME YOU GORGEOUS PEOPLE
Most fandoms go, ask first.
For payment, my paypal is Timelessreference@gmail.com
I take half before, and half after. You will get a heavy watermarked image of the full thing upon completion until you send the last of the commission money. (For anything under $10 you pay when I get it done <3)
(If you want to donate, that would be cool! It pays for my mental medication and transportation to and from therapy and my psych appointments~! Because a mentally stable bunbun is a good thing)
If you are interested, please send me a submission saying you are interested and we will go from there.
HELLO AND WELCOME BACK TO ANOTHER EXCITING EDITION OF COMMISSIONS WITH HUGGBEES!!
I finally moved into my new apartment! Exciting, right?! However, living away from home as caused quite a few financial problems. I am currently enrolled as a full time student at my university, and while I have enough money every month to cover rent and utilities, all money for groceries and gas are my responsibility to come up with. So I figured the best approach would be to open commissions!
So right now i’m offering busts, waist-ups, and full body commissions! You can find more examples of my art here and here.
all payments should be sent to huggbeesart@live.com
If you have any questions, please message me here or send me an email at huggbeesart@live.com
signal boosts are very much appreciated!
Do you remember that awesome Princess Peach fanart that was made for me? If not, here it is:
This is the artist, and they’re taking commissions <3
Got test pictures back from the Flame Princess dress I was commissioned to make for Kelsey Styles. OMG she looks super super cute in it! I love how it turned out and that wig is giving me some serious wig envy. She styled it herself!
I can’t wait to see what the whole costume looks like with the body paint and other jewel!
Required shameless self promotion: I take costume commissions and I love making fancy dresses. If you have any questions, just message me!
Reblogging because my wonderful wifey takes costume commissions :) She’s responsible for my dresses and dresses like this one :) We’ll have more pictures later when Kelsey takes pictures with the full body paint!
Reblogging because the Flame Princess has a cosplay page :) Go and follow her! And don’t forget, we do take commissions, my wifey made the dress!
My poor kitchen counter. But hey, ten commissions done and ready to be shipped tomorrow. Still have a bunch of commissions to finish, but this is a good start :) Don’t judge me for my Donatello the Turtle cookie jar…
hi guys!!! i’m going to visit my girlfriend for thanksgiving and im flat broke!! I really don’t feel comfortable asking for any more money from my mother, so i’m opening commissions!!
For the top row, i’m offering waist ups of ONE character. for $5.00, I will do simple, 1 color flat shading. But for $10.00, i’ll do a fully shaded piece! Additional characters can be added for $3.00 each.
I’m also offering these “chibi” (idk what else to call them) full body pieces for $12.00. Fully shaded, and +$5.00 for each additional character.
I’ll draw just about anything, i’ll let you know if i’m not comfortable with drawing something!
Please message me here on tumblr if you’re interested. my paypal is huggbeesart@live.com
reblogs are appreciated!
Hey wow! So that awesome Princess Peach fanart someone drew for me? Now they’re taking commissions <3
OMG OMG OMG my wonderful wifey made a big huggable adorable plushie of Jack Frost from the Shin Megami Tensei games <3 He is really soft, and lovable, and she will be taking orders on them :) She would also love to make the other Jacks, too!
If you’re interested, here are the several ways to contact her:
This is the story of a geeky anime/gaming gal by the name of Chibi. Please fasten your seat belts and prepare for... some sort of ride? Oh! I love to write, and I also love doing crafty things. I go to conventions with my partner and sell woodburned things, clocks, mirrors, and more! So expect to see those on here too :)
