Little change of pace...

[kappyjeanne.livejournal.com]

I've been seeing alot of posts lately about troubles with artists.. But I've got some cash to spare, and I'd like to know.. who have you had _good_ experiences with? I'd love to commission somebody :3

Thanks! I hope that this is okay for this community :3 I know there was a good artists community but it was taken down?

Comments

[armaina.livejournal.com]

http://community.livejournal.com/artistrecommend/

actually there's a community for -just- that ^-^

Actually it makes me sad that it's not that active.. jsut goes to show how much people perfer the negetive over the possive *sigh* I'd contribute more myself, but I hardly commission people.

[skulldog.livejournal.com]

If you like 3d art, I'd recommend out Fireeyes, she does some awesome work, and for her smaller badges/charms she gets the work done FAST. I've commissioned her a few times, and been pleased every time.

I haven't commissioned many furry artists for 2d work, mostly been in trades, so it's hard to judge if any of those artists would hold up with commissioned work.

[coyotewings.livejournal.com]

Let's see...

http://hellcorpceo.deviantart.com/
http://wildspiritwolf.deviantart.com/
http://opticalxarsenal.deviantart.com/
http://wickedsairah.deviantart.com/
http://shadowraine.deviantart.com/
http://kaceym.deviantart.com/
http://thornwolf.deviantart.com/
http://nevarraven.deviantart.com/
http://shadow-wolf.deviantart.com/
http://mearu.deviantart.com/
http://huskie666.deviantart.com/
http://shoomlah.deviantart.com/

I know I'm forgetting a few, as I'm alittle tired right now. But I'd gladly promote ANY of these people. :}

artists_promote is a new community for promotion of artists, by the way!

[coyotewings.livejournal.com]

And like other people said, FireEyes is excellent.

[canis-ridens.livejournal.com]

I've had good experiences with both Thornwolf and Fireeyes. They both get things done quickly without sacrificing quality. The latter was actually apologetic that the charm I commissioned at a con would be "late." I don't personally consider an extra two days to be late; I just hope she didn't pay more to ship the charm than I paid for the commission.

[fareme.livejournal.com]

Maybe consider getting a commission from jazaaboo? She is an AWESOME and unique artist, and could *really* use the money right now. :}

[caishide.livejournal.com]

on devart HellcorpCEO, Aureath, and Whitedeath (link to her personal site marsupilarmy on her devart page i think) are all top quality, communicative, and pleasant to work with.

i also really like Huskie666's business practices, but i think she may be swamped right now. not sure.

[thaily.livejournal.com]

Reccomended:
http://www.metalandmagic.com/
http://ahkahna.livejournal.com/168022.html
http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/K-Squared/
http://www.gothbunny.net/
http://swandogstudio.com/

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

O.o

Just wondering... Ursula doesn't do commission work anymore, and I thought that gotbunny didn't either?

[aerospiritual.livejournal.com]

http://cooley.deviantart.com/ for sure.

[banka-flavored.livejournal.com]

Huskie is great, she's always promt and responsive http://huskie666.deviantart.com/. So is Melo http://666mel666.deviantart.com/ and Dreamrunner http://www.furaffinity.net/user/dreamrunnerwolf/ I've always had great experiences with these people. But im not sure when they are taking commissions.

[growing-rose.livejournal.com]

I think Melo's got some auctions up if nothing else. I keep seeing her journals saying she wants to take commissions and stuff (I think on the commissions part) 'cause she needs the money. Not being able to get a job due to facial piercings. (Which is so ridiculous. :/ I'm waiting until I get my next job for a piercing to make sure it's not a problem. People judge too much on outward appearances.)

[dirtylittlelie.livejournal.com]

http://www.karzrave.deviantart.com is really good, and always gets commissions done quickly.

http://www.alblage.deviantart.com has an AWESOME style and is quite good with timing as well.

...hmmm...I don't commission people myself, much.

[kjorteo]

From my personal experiences. Some of these experiences were a while ago, so their turnaround time, etc. might have changed since then. Heck, some of them might not even be taking commissions anymore. I don't know. But still, based on my experiences....

Recommend for any circumstances, no drawbacks whatsoever, just all-around awesome, commission them now:
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/likeshine
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/lysozyme

Recommend for everything except speed; good artwork/friendliness/prices, but they do take forever, but still highly recommended if you're patient:
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/gravewalker
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/salali
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/siansilverhair
http://sparkleninja.deviantart.com/

[likeshine.livejournal.com]

hey, thank you! :D :D :D :D

[kayla-la.livejournal.com]

I've only commissioned two people so far, and I can't really recommend one of them for various reasons (not bad enough to post on this comm, though). I can heartily recommend the other, though. :)

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/35959404/

I bought the custom-made pouch in that link from that artist. She was very sweet and patient and does great work! I'm hoping to commission her for another character pouch when I can throw the money together. She does do paper artwork, as well, of course.

I'm not well known enough to be recommended here, but if you decide you like my style (there's a link to my DA in my LJ userinfo), feel free to send me an email! :) It's nice to see these kinds of posts once in a while, and it's nice to get a good commissioner too, my personal experiences with buyers of my art have been more negative than positive so far, unfortunately.

Most of all, of course, I hope you have fun with it! I love commissioning people, it's a blast, I just wish I had more money to do so!

[coyotewings.livejournal.com]

Nashoba is a very sweet gal from what I've seen for myself, good choice! :}

[evlclosetvortex.livejournal.com]

http://li-li-the-panda.deviantart.com

She does such wonderful digital work and icons, plus she's my roomie and always gets the work done.

[theblackdragon.livejournal.com]

Ahkahna and Nevarraven are both awesome.

[anjel-kitty.livejournal.com]

Check out artistrecommend

[skanrashke.livejournal.com]

I'd recommend myself, but only if you're commissioning models, custom busts or sculptures ;)

[nambroth.livejournal.com]

I had amazingly good experience with the following folks:

Dragoncreator / Tiina Purin:
http://mirroreyesserval.deviantart.com/
http://www.dragonduststudios.com/

Orca / Ashley Gaia:
http://oceanborn.critter.net/
http://suchomimus.deviantart.com/

Donna Quinn:
http://sommerland.org/
http://donnaquinn.deviantart.com/

Mooncookie:
http://mooncookie.deviantart.com/

[dunaerin.livejournal.com]

I reccomend... MYSELF if you're looking for badges and icons, or... anything backgroundless :3

Also I reccomend bastek... sometimes she takes a little while, but she always finishes her commissions and does a beautiful job of them! Such as my icon above :3

Aside from that I have only really commisioned artists for humans, such as kreugan on DA who did a beautiful portrait of two of my boys.

[leahtaur.livejournal.com]

I'd recommend charcoal-gray: http://charcoal-gray.deviantart.com/ I got her to do a pic of my character for the cost of a DA subscription and she got it done amazingly fast. It turned out really cool, she used several origami papers for the background... the only thing is that she doesn't do furries, and that's probably what you were looking for. ^-^' Still, fantastic artist!

[growing-rose.livejournal.com]

Hm, well, two of my friends are pretty good.

http://stormbringercoyote.deviantart.com
http://www.charrartist.com or http://furaffinity.net/user/snowcat
http://www.korrok.com or http://korrok.deviantart.com
http://twilightcollective.net or http://augenti.deviantart.com

I know that Coyote isn't take any quite yet, but she started a new job this week, so she might soonish. And I'll talk to Char if you like her stuff and see if she can slip in a small commission. I know some people were talking to her recently about wanting stuff.

As for people I don't know, there's always:
http://thornwolf.deviantart.com (commissioned for an icon)
http://www.sammysstudio.com (icon)

And wow ... I'm blanking out completely on people I don't know, sorry. ^^;

I'm open for commissions myself. My page is at http://kingcheetah.ca/commission.htm

[growing-rose.livejournal.com]

That should say "some of my friends" ... I added the other two links afterwards.

[theredwolf.livejournal.com]

Man, I'm going to feel horrible if people don't reccomend me. X3

There are alot of amazeing artist listed here, in general though, I'd suggest looking at peoples livejournals and seeing who has completed commissions well,and how satisfed teh customer is. :)

[neongryphon.livejournal.com]

Birds of a feather! Find one good artist to commission, and usually all the artists on their buddy list are a sound bet, too.

[dingybatty.livejournal.com]

Jennifer Anderson: http://nadiaromanova.deviantart.com/
I don't know if she's taking commissions but she has a unique, beautiful, elegant style.

[hitmonchanglove.livejournal.com]

Leah Coghill
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/leahtaur/

She contacted me a lot during the commission process to make sure I liked how things were going and was fairly fast. I forget the name of her personal site, but her prices are fairly cheap also, despite working with real media.