MHolzer
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From the album: Misc
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About 5 years ago I did a show at a university student-run ren faire. I had donated 2 masks to them to sell in their club booth. We did the same show this past weekend and they happened to still have the masks, painted silver now. I was absolutely mortified at how terrible the masks were! As soon as I found the president of the club I offered to donate one of my new masks on the condition that they destroy the old ones! Granted, these were some of the very first masks I had ever made, but it really reflected poorly on my current work as well as my dad's (since we sell under the same banner). This is the one she chose: I don't think I have any pictures of the old ones, but trust me, the world is a better place now!
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Man, now I need to make one of these! Beautiful!
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From the album: Masks
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Yeah, I figured from what you had said before that Square wouldn't work for you. I believe Intuit has a "virtual terminal" that you can use on a regular computer that has internet access. If you're accepting cards somewhere that has wifi, that might be an option for you too.
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From the album: Masks
© © Mike Holzer
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From the album: Masks
© © Mike Holzer
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From the album: Masks
© © Mike Holzer
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As far as the hand goes, you're in the clear. Nimoy took the gesture from the priestly blessing in Orthodox Judaism. It's almost definitely not a trademark-able image.
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Try studying the technique used by Andrea at Merimask. She does a lot of realistic animal masks. I believe she does it all with just a swivel knife and creative painting. Here's a good example of the work she does: Hope this helps! -Mike
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One other gotcha with Square is that if you exceed $1000 in sales in a 7-day period, the remainder won't be deposited into your account (by default) for 30 days. This can be changed by talking with their customer support, but I figure for many people it's not a huge issue.
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iPhone or Android -based smart phones aren't cheap, at least $100 or so. Throw on top of that a required data plan at about $30/month. So if you don't already have a smart phone and wouldn't have a need for it outside of accepting credit cards it's probably not worth it. Also, Intuit has a similar service but I don't much about it. Go Payment
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I actually just got my Square card reader in the mail yesterday! Yes, you can accept credit cards over the phone w/ square, but the fee goes up to 3.5% + $.015, which is still fairly reasonable. I'm excited to start using it at our first show at the end of the month
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From the album: Masks
© © Mike Holzer
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From the album: Masks
© © Mike Holzer
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From the album: Masks
© © Mike Holzer
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From the album: Masks
© © Mike Holzer
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From the album: Masks
© © Mike Holzer
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Gremlin mask - Circa 2006 -
From the album: Masks
© © Mike Holzer
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From the album: Masks
© © Mike Holzer
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