Another fish, and a strawberry

[sasayaku]

Comments

[organfailure]

I LOVE the fish pouch! It is beyond adorable! I wouldn't change a thing about it :)

Good job missy!

[sasayaku]

Thank you! I am hyper-critical because I compare it with the perfect picture in the book...

[drawingtrees]

oh I love the fish lips! It looks amazing!

[sasayaku]

Thanks! :) The worst part is that you never know what it will look like until the very end, because you work in reverse...

[ki]

i, too, love the fish. if you ever get the urge to sell them, let me know. (:

i've ordered from equilter as well. they have some amazing coffee prints and a print of book spines that i couldn't resist buying.

[sasayaku]

I do not like the idea of selling my things, honestly- for a number of reasons, the first being that I'd make ridiculously little per hour, so if it's only about the money, I ought to teach more math classes instead. And second, it would not be my stress-free, totally pointless hobby anymore, but work.

But we could make a handmade swap sometime, if you feel like it! (with something of roughly equal cost in terms of time and money) This fish is for myself, but I'll be making more sooner or later.

[ki]

i totally understand. to an extent, bookmaking isn't' as fun as it used to be. but sometimes, it's more fun. when people really love what i've made and are thrilled to spend money for it, it makes me feel incredibly accomplished. admittedly, i lose money. i sell things for so much less than i should. as it is, i probably make about $2 an hour on a good day.

any time you're up for a swap, i love swaps. (:

[sasayaku]

Ouch! You're almost like a Chinese worker... $2 an hour... that's a third of what you'd make by babysitting! You should definitely charge more...
The problem is that sadly, when considering whether to buy or not, people tend to compare your price with that of a factory-produced blank book, not realizing the amount of work that is behind it.