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I like your Chibi ponies very much!I think I recognise this piece of art though: http://xionofarts.deviantart.com/art/My-oc-pony-WIP-279552473 Would be fair to give credits As for price, I think you'll be able to raise them after you add color or get more experience
Quote from: Malancaiwen on March 10, 2012, 06:20:00 AMI like your Chibi ponies very much!I think I recognise this piece of art though: http://xionofarts.deviantart.com/art/My-oc-pony-WIP-279552473 Would be fair to give credits As for price, I think you'll be able to raise them after you add color or get more experience Thank you ^^The piece of art you have mentioned is mine from my gallery, so its an example of my own artwork. Do you mean you recognise it from somewhere else? As that may have been because I used a reference image ^^
Quote from: XionOfHearts on March 10, 2012, 06:24:26 AMQuote from: Malancaiwen on March 10, 2012, 06:20:00 AMI like your Chibi ponies very much!I think I recognise this piece of art though: http://xionofarts.deviantart.com/art/My-oc-pony-WIP-279552473 Would be fair to give credits As for price, I think you'll be able to raise them after you add color or get more experience Thank you ^^The piece of art you have mentioned is mine from my gallery, so its an example of my own artwork. Do you mean you recognise it from somewhere else? As that may have been because I used a reference image ^^The reference is from http://www.dolldivine.com/pony-maker.phpYou may want to credit the artist (her dA is linked on the maker itself)They're quite popular around the internet, you wouldn't want to be accused of stealing =D
I'm going to give a frank opinion so I'm going to put it in spoiler tags. I purchase alot of art off Deviantart, and I also sell a fair bit. I notice alot of trends when it comes to art- what works, and what doesn't. It's frank though, so be prepared for that if you want to hear it.SpoilerComing from someone that purchases art commissions alot from artists I like, I'm personally not interested in pencil lineart / sketch type images, unless the lineart / sketches were done by someone that has a keen eye for detail, or I watched the art happen in person or something. I suggest giving colour options. You do digital colouring- why not quote that? the customer would more likely go for it cause it's digital, and not required to be posted. Just be careful of the resolution you work with. Print quality is 300dpi. Let the customer know if that's not the resolution they'll be getting when they receive it. Even giving inks as an option.I also suggest pre-quoting postage if you can. I'm not sure what postage is like for you, but if you're doing a traditional commission, I'd expect to get the original. I know in NZ if I'm posting, there's one rate for National post, one for Australia, and one for international. The price difference between Australia and international shipping isn't much, so I make them both the international pricing cause I'm more likely to get commissions from America. I quote all my prices in USD cause most commissions are purchased in America for me (I also give my prices to NZers in at the same price but in NZ dollars.). I suggest this cause as soon as you throw something in the air like this, you've lost the sale. It's not hard to quote it. It's not going to change in size or weight- just the destination. If the prices vary between countries, quote for posting to the UK, and America. If there's variation, see how much it is cause there shouldn't be MUCH difference. I imagine that sending to different countries in UK may be different in price. See if that price varies much. IF it doesn't, chose the most expensive. Keep postage SIMPLE. Not quote later.Lastly, I suggest fixing the posted quality of the art. Assuming that the artist does't want the original of the piece you drew (goodness knows why they wouldn't want the original) receiving a digital scan only is not inspiring when the example pictures are all poorly lit. I assume you use a camera so I'm going to suggest either investing in a scanner off the UK version of Ebay, or setting the art up in a well lit room where it's sunny, but not with direct sunlight (diffused light is good). You want the light to leave no shadows on your art at all. Force the camera to not take flash, and put it on a tripod, or something sturdy to stop it moving. If the camera has a timer- use that. That will allow you to let go of the camera and let it sit still for a few seconds before it takes the shot and reduce the blurriness. I suggest that if you're doing digital shots of art to do it at 4mega pixels. The picture is still likely to need touch up even after all of this to correct for ambient lighting effects etc... IF you have a program that does photo enhancement then it's worth spending a few minutes cleaning it up. If your post art is presented to the best of it's ability, then people will take you seriously. I hope this all helps.