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Here you go- Maliksr, with smile and spex! I'll probably toss one of the other pix of him to keep with FA's rules on number of posts of the same piece.
The glasses are hard to see- kinda wish my roomie had taken her pic of him at a three-quarter angle...
Maliksr is ©
The glasses are hard to see- kinda wish my roomie had taken her pic of him at a three-quarter angle...
Maliksr is ©
Category Other / Miscellaneous
Species Dragon (Other)
Size 1280 x 960px
File Size 154.6 kB
Thanks for liking it! Normally, I'd make some kind of a ball-park guess as to what I think it's worth, but some of these take a pretty long time to do... But if I charged even minimum wage per hour, it get exorbitant fast. For Maliksr's, I asked $140, American. Sketches are cheap- I usually only ask about thirty bucks for a simple sketch. Full paintings, whether in traditional media or photshop (they take about the same amount of time to do) I ask anywhere from $60 to a couple of hundred bucks, depending on the detail and size. Tails- average at fifty bucks, and I haven't set any prices for things like fursuits because I'm still working on perfecting my patterns.
I made a tentative price page in my commission info thing when I first joined up, but it really needs to be updated... A rough run-down of what I ask for things is:
Unique character plushies (large- two feet high or more): approx $150 to $200
Unique character plushie (small- one foot high): approx $80 to $100
Most tails: $50 (higher detail will take longer, so it'll up the price a bit- not more than $70, though)
Historical or cos-play costumes: really variable- they take research, finding the right fabrics, drafting the pattern- I do that myself- and making sure it'll fit. An example would be a simple tunic- about $60, while a velvet gown with beadwork would cost about $200 or more... Much of the final cost will actually be fabrics, since I don't have access, yet, to wholesale companies. Good rayon or silk velvet, for example, can run me anywhere from $20 a yard for the rayon, to $50 for the silk. Acetate velvets (still pretty good stuff, but not as durable) is about $15 per yard- I'll use that most often, but I still love the rayon or silk stuff.
Luckily, I can find fairly inexpensive and even unique materials in LA's fashion-district. That place is awesome for fabrics, beads, trims, sewing supplies, machines and repairs and craft stuff. 90 blocks of just shop after shop after shop, all specializing in a small range of materials. I have to do a lot of traveling around there to find all that I'd need, but it's a grand outing on it's own. Who needs tourist traps, when you have the fashion area to explore?
Fursuit things, like heads: since I'm very new to making things like this (and there are no examples, yet, sorry), I'm gonna play conservative and say about $400 for a head (they will take the longest to make- I'll be the most picky on these, since it's the piece that can make or break a character), another $300 for a simple body-suit (no real shaping. If shaping is wanted, with appropriate foam inserts to build up the body, say $450), and maybe $200 for hand and foot paws with sculpted stuffing or foam. I know this puts my prices far below what other fursuit-makers charge (mine would be only $900 to $1050 compared to the average of $2000 for the lower-priced ones), but I figure, as a noob on the scene, I can wait to up my prices for when I can say I'm good enough.
For art, digital or traditional, my prices are quite a bit lower.
Simple sketches (pencil or digital): about $30, sometimes less, if I found the sketch easy to do.
Full painting (whether traditional or digital): $60 to a couple hundred, depending on the difficulty or details. They'll usually be less than $150, though.
Doodles and icons: less than $20. I like doing these as gifts, too.
I never know when I'll get inspired by something, and someone will get a random bit of gift-art for no reason other than I felt like it.
Hmm, I'm thinking I should do a journal about this, since I've been getting so many similar questions. And I'll update that commissions page!
Unique character plushies (large- two feet high or more): approx $150 to $200
Unique character plushie (small- one foot high): approx $80 to $100
Most tails: $50 (higher detail will take longer, so it'll up the price a bit- not more than $70, though)
Historical or cos-play costumes: really variable- they take research, finding the right fabrics, drafting the pattern- I do that myself- and making sure it'll fit. An example would be a simple tunic- about $60, while a velvet gown with beadwork would cost about $200 or more... Much of the final cost will actually be fabrics, since I don't have access, yet, to wholesale companies. Good rayon or silk velvet, for example, can run me anywhere from $20 a yard for the rayon, to $50 for the silk. Acetate velvets (still pretty good stuff, but not as durable) is about $15 per yard- I'll use that most often, but I still love the rayon or silk stuff.
Luckily, I can find fairly inexpensive and even unique materials in LA's fashion-district. That place is awesome for fabrics, beads, trims, sewing supplies, machines and repairs and craft stuff. 90 blocks of just shop after shop after shop, all specializing in a small range of materials. I have to do a lot of traveling around there to find all that I'd need, but it's a grand outing on it's own. Who needs tourist traps, when you have the fashion area to explore?
Fursuit things, like heads: since I'm very new to making things like this (and there are no examples, yet, sorry), I'm gonna play conservative and say about $400 for a head (they will take the longest to make- I'll be the most picky on these, since it's the piece that can make or break a character), another $300 for a simple body-suit (no real shaping. If shaping is wanted, with appropriate foam inserts to build up the body, say $450), and maybe $200 for hand and foot paws with sculpted stuffing or foam. I know this puts my prices far below what other fursuit-makers charge (mine would be only $900 to $1050 compared to the average of $2000 for the lower-priced ones), but I figure, as a noob on the scene, I can wait to up my prices for when I can say I'm good enough.
For art, digital or traditional, my prices are quite a bit lower.
Simple sketches (pencil or digital): about $30, sometimes less, if I found the sketch easy to do.
Full painting (whether traditional or digital): $60 to a couple hundred, depending on the difficulty or details. They'll usually be less than $150, though.
Doodles and icons: less than $20. I like doing these as gifts, too.
I never know when I'll get inspired by something, and someone will get a random bit of gift-art for no reason other than I felt like it.
Hmm, I'm thinking I should do a journal about this, since I've been getting so many similar questions. And I'll update that commissions page!
Just the current crop of tails, at the moment: this one was for 
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1720618/ And these were my first ones for me and KaniS: mine- http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1647128/ his- http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1644913/ And a rat tail I did just for fun: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1647226/ The rat tail was the very first tail I ever did, so the weird-lookin stitching was because I realized I needed two straps and not just one, so I'd divided 'em. But they had already been attached, so I just blanket-stiched over the cute edges by hand to keep them from raveling.
There will be three more commissioned tails, two that I'm making for the fun of it and one plushie showing up on these pages in the next month. Gotta get three digital art commissions out of the way first.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1720618/ And these were my first ones for me and KaniS: mine- http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1647128/ his- http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1644913/ And a rat tail I did just for fun: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1647226/ The rat tail was the very first tail I ever did, so the weird-lookin stitching was because I realized I needed two straps and not just one, so I'd divided 'em. But they had already been attached, so I just blanket-stiched over the cute edges by hand to keep them from raveling. There will be three more commissioned tails, two that I'm making for the fun of it and one plushie showing up on these pages in the next month. Gotta get three digital art commissions out of the way first.
*grins* Actually, I do have an Etsy account. There's nothing in it, yet, because I've been doing commissions. I am going to be making some simple tails and other things over the next little while to finally put some stuff there. http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6159819
*giggles* Yeah, I'm rather slow at producing, but I'm increasing my pace, so a few items should be showing up, soon. I keep seeing in the Etsy newsletter that quite a few of their shop-owners have managed to quit their mundane jobs in favour of doing their store. Awesome, and I hope I can do that, too!
*grins* That would be so cute, too! Hmmm, blue and turquoise striping... That would certainly be a challenge, getting your markings right... I hate not having a decent job, either. It blows. Too often I can only look at all the stuff I'd like to have and dream. So I make it, instead! HA! Take THAT, poverty!
xD turqoise? ooohhh you're getting the color from my avvy?
x3 naw just royal blue and silver... black horns, briiight blue eyes...
silly murra... but yeah... at least you have a job x3 all I'm doing to earn money is commissions... need to get my sister to tell me where she's doing the surveys for moneys
x3 naw just royal blue and silver... black horns, briiight blue eyes...
silly murra... but yeah... at least you have a job x3 all I'm doing to earn money is commissions... need to get my sister to tell me where she's doing the surveys for moneys
Unfortunately, I'm no longer employed- a misunderstanding with my less-than-bright boss over one of my trips down the LA. I'd said that I would be back in two months- she thought I'd quit. So no more job. Cruddy. Commissions are my only coin, right now, too. And that's unlikely to change until I can be allowed to live and work in the States... Luckily, folks have been pretty obliging in that regard.
I know how you feel, hon- it sucks not having any coin to buy the cutenessess I see out there. I'm glad I can actually just make them, if I want to, but the hours alone that go into making things like this can make stuff expensive, especially when it's a unique item... It took me three days, spread over three and a half weeks, to make this, and if I charged even minimum wage, the price would have been fucking insane (over six hundred bucks O_O). I actually charged Maliksr only a quarter of that cost, minus the cost for materials and shipping (those were included in the price he paid)... So, really, I ask nowhere near what it should cost, by "market standards".
People think something is expensive until they see just what goes into it, if it's a special and unique thing, like a fursuit or a personal character plush... I'll always do what I can to make a living and yet keep my prices low enough so that people can at afford the things I make. And "layaway" rocks. A lot of fursuit-makers, for example, take payments, since it's obvíous that most folks aren't able to afford dropping a chunk of change to the tune of two to four grand on something all at once. And the ones who can... wow- they can help support an artist who isn't otherwise making enough to live on.
No worries, hon, if you want a plush, or anything else, I'll still be here for whenever you might want me to do it.
People think something is expensive until they see just what goes into it, if it's a special and unique thing, like a fursuit or a personal character plush... I'll always do what I can to make a living and yet keep my prices low enough so that people can at afford the things I make. And "layaway" rocks. A lot of fursuit-makers, for example, take payments, since it's obvíous that most folks aren't able to afford dropping a chunk of change to the tune of two to four grand on something all at once. And the ones who can... wow- they can help support an artist who isn't otherwise making enough to live on.
No worries, hon, if you want a plush, or anything else, I'll still be here for whenever you might want me to do it.
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