I've been wanting to do fursuit commissions professionally since I made my second suit back in 2006. Unfortunately, I've come to realize that despite my experience building suits, I'm not ready to do it full time. I'm not even ready to do it part time. I thought with my real job being part time, I'd have lots of time to work on suits, but that's not what happened. Irregular schedules make it so easy to lose track of time. Has it really been a month since I even stepped into the studio? It's impossible to get a groove going when I might get a day off, the next day I work 7am-1pm, then 4-9:30 the next day. Its very hard to start and stop in the middle of projects. Where was I? Did the eyes go here or here? Was the next thing I needed to do wire the fan, or put in the jaw? Recently it turns out that the drop cloth I use to protect the floors has been trapping water, and creating lots of mold. So basically, the studio I'm working in I can either ruin the floor and keep mold free, or protect the carpets and get mold. Either way, it is not a good environment for making other people's suits.
My goal as of now is to finish the two commissions I'm halfway through. After that, I'm just going to focus on my own projects and maybe those for locals who I can see on a regular basis. Maybe after a while I'll have gotten good enough to open up for more commissions. As of now though, I'm closed for commissions indefinitely.
-Finnish