[NO] TJ Fursuit Head by Dorky Dog Suits We were not told what year this project was completed on, the item being reviewed could possibly not reflect the makers current work. General Information Please note that this review is from an older version of the site. The page layout differs slightly from the current version because of this. Reviewer Information Reviewer Furaffinity: raqox Relationship With Maker The maker WAS a friend when the item was purchased, but they are NOT a friend now Prior Experience Yes, I own one other partial Informed Maker of Issues No, it wouldn’t be worth it Wear Time Probably around 10+ hours Maker & Project Information Maker Dorky Dog Suits Commission Information Type: Single Piece > Head > Fursuit Style: Toony Shipped From: Unknown Species german shepherd Found in Canidae (?) Made in Year 2016 or earlier Transaction Information 550 USD Filed under $501 - $999 as a None. ETA Accuracy NO - the ETA was passed An initial deadline wasn’t set, but no future deadlines that the maker set were made Date of Review 28 January 2016 Project Timeline Contact Date May 2014 Completion/Ship Date December 2015 Item Completion Time (?) 13 - 23 Months Item Being Reviewed TJ Fursuit Head Character Concept Art Photos of Completed Product Head Wear Satisfaction The fursuit head is a tad too loose and tends to slip around on my head, which is distracting but not a big issue. It is rather difficult to get it on when I’m wearing my glasses though, which is a shame since I specifically gave her measurements for my glasses as well. There are parts of the fursuit that I’ve had to touch up, a thin part of foam on the inside has already ripped and the ears do not seem to be secured on very well. It is not lined but I didn’t really expect it to be. The ventilation is awesome, I really don’t have any issues breathing in it. The vision is also pretty great, I don’t have a lot of problems navigating in it. Visual Satisfaction The symmetry is fairly decent, he doesn’t have a lot of symmetrical markings in the first place. I have noticed that the eyes are a bit crooked, but it’s fairly difficult to notice. The shaving is even everywhere except the inside of the ears where it is pretty choppy. It was airbrushed, but I have no problem brushing and smoothing it. As of right now I’ve had no problems with the markings rubbing off or bleeding! The expression of the suit is pretty dang great, and it looks like a high quality suit head. The eyes were supposed to be follow me but they don’t really achieve that effect, but I’m not salty about it. It does match concept art surprisingly well, normally artists draw his markings up in the air but Ellie made the face markings look remarkably similar to the reference sheet. Special Attachments and Features I would like to say that I was promised she would make jewelry for my suit head in the two weeks between it being “finished” and being shipped. That didn’t happen. Overall Product Satisfaction How was your concept art realized? 10/10 she did a great job with this! How well does everything fit together and match up? She used an airbrush so everything flows smoothly Overall Project Quality I’d say a 7/10 Purchase Process Initial Contact Initially it was very easy since we were good friends at the beginning of this experience. Maker Response Time For a very long time she would respond very quickly, within a day or so. However, for a while I guess she jumped ship and stopped checking Facebook so my messages went unread. Her accounts over at FA seem to be abandoned for the time being. I had to track her down on her personal tumblr to get any updates, which was totally unacceptable. Maker Professionalism They were definitely not pleasant to work with. She would put off sending me updates because she was going on vacation all the time, I would wait patiently for her to send me some WIP which did not come until nearly two months before it was finished. Multiple times she would tell me random things are done, then when I would ask for pictures she would tell me she still had to do these things. She also would constantly forget what I had ordered and what I had paid for it, and asked me multiple times to re-send my reference sheet. I even paid a $50 rush fee around August 2015 for my suit to take priority in her queue, but yet she would guilt trip me by saying that she had to ask her other clients if it was okay if she could give my suit priority. She also reminded me her quality had improved since I had initially commissioned her (in the year it took her to not do anything), so I ended up paying above my originally quoted price. Project Completion Time How satisfied are you with how the deadline was met for completion of your project? Very unsatisifed, it took her a year and a half to finish my suit head and even then I almost didn’t get it in time for MFF because she waited so long to ship the head. Rating FursuitReview rates by asking the question: Would you recommend this maker? NO This review has been marked with a negative rating. This means the reviewer would NOT recommend Dorky Dog Suits unless they significantly change their practices. Final Comments Pros – Really cute fursuit Cons – Customer service was a nightmare Deadlines will not be met Complaints will be met with guilt trips She will ignore you and even up and abandon social media where she can be contacted I love my fursuit head, it looks amazing. I do hope Ellie will become more professional because she has a great talent. Until then I recommend staying away. Are you the maker of this item? Would you like to leave an official response? Click here. In case the button above doesn't work, you can click here to launch the maker response form.
