So here's the deal. I can sketch, I can ink, I can paint. I can even mat and frame. Question is, how much are you willing to pay for said services?
Sketches: Will probably cost about $5-$10 if people don't mind just getting the digital scan. Probably around $15 if they want the real!media copy. 'Cause I hate giving up the real thing. x.x;;
Ink: Um. Again, if it's just the scan, likely $10-$15. I've got a couple of inking styles, too. There's the clean style that I use for things like this, or this (I love working in that style X3), and there's the sketchy style, for which I have no good example scanned at the moment. ^.^; Will have in a sec. <3
Paintings/Illustrations: Er. Not a clue. >.>.. What do you think? There's no way I'm doing a full painting/illustration for less than $15 though. *blink* Hopefully I can get more than $20. Anyone think $30 is too much to ask for a painting about 8.5" x 11" in size? Obviously simple/no backgrounds will be less expensive than fully rendered/detailed backgrounds, too. Here are some examples, if you haven't already taken a peek at my Flickr gallery. I'll do the paintings, or the black and white illustrations, or the light-on-dark illustrations.
Matting/Framing: It usually costs somewhere around $100 to mat and frame a picture at a store, even if you already have the frame. I'm willing to do the same job (and pretty darn well, if I do say so myself), for a fraction of that. If you send me the picture and ask it be matted and framed, I can probably do it for around $20-$30, plus the cost of the frame you want (or the cost of wood + labor if you want a custom frame). You can even specify colors and style stuff just like a normal framing place, too. I've only got two examples right now, but I'm working on a few more to show soon, with various 'effects' and whatnot. ^.^;
Wow, did you actually read through all that? *impressed*
Well now. What to do? Should I post a poll asking for a price range? I think I'll x-post this to a couple other places, too, while I'm at it.
What do you think about all this?
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Just wanted to show off my latest bits of art. ^.^; I can't use photoshop very well at the moment (the computer with my tablet and photoshop is difficult to access, so I'm 'stuck' using traditional media. Which is fine, since I've had a taste for painting after my illustration class. <3
So here goes: paintings ahoy! :D
(Click for enlargement ^.^)
Scratch that, I'm only posting this one for the time being. The other one is being difficult. <.<; And my computer is being decidedly unhelpful. Won't even rotate the thing properly. *needs photoshop 7 or greater* x.x
Anyway. Yus. <3 I do like this one. In case you don't know the char, t's a portrait of Xalia's Naoryn. ^.^
Also, do you think anyone would be willing to commission a painting of that quality (or greater, if I can ever figure out how to properly paint fur)? *poke at it* It's about 5" x 9" ... I think. Possibly 5 x 7. I can't remember. And Xalia has the original now. *sheepish* Anyway. I need the monies for my move this summer.
I'm beginning to love real media. Fairly meditative, actually. ^.^