I've seen other people do it and now I've decided to create another account here for commissions and gift art. What I'm actually going to do is switch over to a new account for my main profile and use this one here for commissions and such.

Much to my surprise the name Krank was still open so I glommed on to it. My new account is here:
I'm sorry to do this to all my friends (and especially the ones who just started watching me here) but if you would watch my at this new account instead (or in addition to the HWF one) I would be most appreciative. Thanks guys! I promise to watch all you back from there as well.

I'd like make mention that the wonderful icon for my new account was done by and is the first piece of girt art I've received here on FA. I'm very grateful to her for that.

Just a few weeks ago I bought myself a vinyl cutter. I'm starting to run out decals to make for myself, and so I've decided to start doing custom decal commissions. If you're interested drop me a note with what you'd like, or better yet an image you'd like made into a decal. My rates aren't set in stone, but to get a general idea here's roughly how I figure prices:

Sizing:

Basically I go dollar to inch for the largest dimension of the decal.

3 inch = $3

6 inch = $6, etc.

Colors:

Each additional color adds 50% to the base cost.

3 inch 2 colors = $4.50

6 inch 3 colors = $12 (base price $6 + $3 second color + $3 third color)

Currently available colors (now more available! ):

Regular, gloss colors

-black
-white
-light gray
-medium gray
-brown
-pink
-red
-maroon
-orange
-light yellow
-yellow (like a traffic sign yellow)
-bright yellow
-ice blue
-blue
-medium blue (very slight hint of purple)
-navy blue
-lavandar
-purple
-teal
-mint green
-lime green
-green
-dark (forest) green

Special colors (these cost extra)

-silver chrome
-gold chrome
-red chrome
-orange chrome
-blue chrome
-green chrome
-blue chrome
-purple chrome
-imitation carbon fiber

If you've just got to have a decal in a different color other than I have on hand, I'll gladly order vinyl in the color or style you want. I may or may not charge extra to do so, depending on if it will leave me with a lot of seldom used material.

Shipping:

For the obvious reason that this is a real, physical item being created, I'll need to ship the decal(s) to you somehow. USPS is my first choice as I drive by a post office going to work, and as such will be able to get it in transit fastest that way. I've very negotiable if you prefer other methods, or want specific shipping options applied like tracking numbers or want a small decal and feel a letter sized envelope will suffice. For now I'm going to say a flat rate of $2 to offset my costs. Orders of $20 or more will get free shipping.

Payment:

Paypal is the preferred method for me, but if you absolutely can't then I'll hesitantly take cash or check through the mail if you're so inclined.

What I do, what I don't:

Now, just to clarify how the whole process works so you can decide if this will suit your needs. You give me a design or simple picture, and I convert it from a raster image to a vector image. That is, it changes from being made of many little dots to being made of coordinates fixed distances from each other. I then take that converted image and use my vinyl cutter to trace the pictures' outline from a sheet of colored vinyl sheet. The unwanted portions of the cut vinyl are then "weeded" from the rest, and an image is formed. Usually if a decal consists of separate pieces, a medium tack tape called transfer tape is used to remove these pieces from the backing paper and place them on the desired object in the exact same position.

Because I'm forming an image with sections of vinyl, and not printing right on a single piece of vinyl, I can't make some pictures look exactly how they originally look with exact colors and gradients.

Examples of my work:

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7085554
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7101766/
http://i858.photobucket.com/albums/.....x/DSCN1078.jpg
http://i858.photobucket.com/albums/.....x/DSCN1084.jpg

Any questions at all regarding vinyl decal commissions are always welcome. Also, I want to emphasize that I'm very negotiable on price. There's a lot of different factors that come into play making these stickers, and I can't cover every imaginable situation that may make a design vary from the estimates listed above.

Anyone interested in a decal commission please send me a note, and we'll talk. I hope to hear from you soon!

Here's hoping everyone has a wonderful Christmas! A very Merry Christmas to all!

Okay, so by the end of the month (maybe sooner) I'm going to flush my Deviant Art account permanently. I saved all the pictures off that account that I want to keep, and was wondering if I should upload some stuff here? They're older pictures of mine, but honestly they're better quality then the junk I draw now.

I'm so very proud to announce that I bought a trombone yesterday! For the sum of $61 I got (what looks like) a good, used trombone off e-bay. I started learning the trombone way back in 4th grade and gave it up in 5th for a variety of reasons. Now, 17 years later, I'm going to give it another go. I can't say much is guaranteed to come of it this time around, but it's still going to feel good to hold that brass pipe in my hands again, and have a little fun with the horn.