Custom Doll Commissions?
Hi! So, this is a pretty simple post, I think...
I'm looking for custom doll commissions. Not for anything I want to buy any time soon — I don't care if the artist makes it from scratch, or does repaints and whatnot of existing dolls to make a OOAK doll. I really only care about what they can make it look like, and how they work with them; the final product and its quality matters more to me than the method the artist works with.
I do not have a budget. I commission artists, in general, for a variety of things, and if I really like an artist's style, I very much just save for a while until I can afford what I want. Because of this, my preference IS for people who have their prices publicly posted (or, at the very least, a rate range — I try not to reach out to artists until it's around the time for me to commission them, but I have been getting less shy and outright asking smaller artists what their general rates are, so this isn't a hard-set thing for me).
Aesthetics also don't matter. I prefer things leaning more fantasy, but I also have a few characters I want to see remade into dolls that I'm pretty sure would look better in realistic doll styles. I adore BJDs, but I'm also willing to look at other things (like people repainting Monster High dolls).
I have a bit of a lean towards male designs, though like characters who look better in realism, I have a few more feminine characters I want to see as dolls, so this still isn't a hard-set thing for me.
TLDR: Please throw any type of custom doll artist at me. Literally any type. Or give recommendations for sites/how I can find them. I'm relatively newer to this specific medium, so I'm at a loss and want to minimize the risk of running into scams, art theft, etc. that people more knowledgeable about it know to look out for. I'm very much still in the research + scope things out phase of entering this hobby. I know it's an expensive one, and I fully expect the prices of the artists to reflect how much work they put into it; this is a non-issue for me.