… Cost of advertising is very high. I don’t mind paying Etsy’s required percentage from every sale as they have a phenomenal website and great tools, but I don’t think sellers should be charged when ads are clicked on unless a sale is made. Too many window shoppers out there, and makes it hard for small businesses to get ahead.

… I create a lot of Pinterest boards, collecting images of fursuits and costumes I like, but more so of unusual and interesting animals. I will look at their unique shapes and characteristics, think about how I would bring it to life as a character and go from there. Sometimes there are also popularity trends with different animals and species, I also try to pay attention to those if its a creature I might also be interested in making.

… Painting started in the earliest age for me with vandalizing the wallpapers at home, then later on in life I was taken in by “reason” and went to do more serious stuff but all was either boring on not completely suitable for me. I rediscovered painting through wanting to gift something I have taken the time and effort to make, that holds sentimental value. This is also the motivation behind wanting to improve skills constantly.

… My team and I are small workshop. We are all different but we work with one goal- to create! Each product in my store is of different shapes and different colors like all of us!

… We have a professional background, we all studied Product design. From the very beginning of our creations, we put much effort into research, in discussion and dialogue. While trying to materialize our thoughts we never stop questioning.

… Yes, we began shipping internationally straight away. I used to send everything as untracked letters but this caused a lot of issues as mail can take so long to reach the US. We now use DHL eCommerce which is a nice balance between offering tracking and not being too expensive.

… First of all, I try to leverage my quality, and creativity to make my work stand out. My years of design skills and talent sets my work apart. But I also copyright my work with the Library of Congress. That requires a photo, and one page description. In return you get a number and an official record of the originality of your work. It’s not a patent, but a copyright can cover some creative content.

… How I started? Well, I was sitting in my job.. doing boring work and was thinking about my own business.. how to start.. what to start with etc.. I really liked photo editing and playing around with my Instagram so I decided to create some Lightroom Presets and then was looking for platform to sell..