Eh, sounds like a pretty good idea to me. :)
I don't have my paypal set up yet, but I would totally buy it if I could. n_n

I think maybe $20 to $25, give or take a few $, seems about right. Then again, I don't know much about the value money-wise of artwork. ^^;

most probably about 6 people then torrent the rest.

As long as I have my minimum amount of offers, I couldn't care less who torrents what. It's inevitable after all...

I'd buy it. About 25 bucks? Ihave no idea.

I agree with the others, around 20 or so seems about fair

I propose you're operating on the wrong kind of payment system. Look to how the artists of the past worked, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patronage ; they found those who would support their efforts and reached an agreement.

What you produce are new expressions of information; sometimes that information is produced out of love, other times it is for the exchange of something you value. However once the information is produced it is the very nature of reality that information is easy to copy. The only way to prevent information from being copied is to never communicate it at all; even then nothing precludes someone else from creating equivalent information.

The easy goal should be to reach your value target before the information is released. You might even encourage investment in the resulting information by involving the community of investors in shaping the direction any improvements take.

The eventual spread of your work should also be taken for what it is, advertising your skills and maybe attracting further participation in future projects. Someone that knows of and enjoys your work is far more likely than someone who knows nothing of you or your work to pay you for more; and those who take without paying do not cost you any additional work; merely the energy already spent keeping that work alive and connected to the shared ocean of information.

The process needn't be black and white either; variations and more granular agreements can be reached. One idea that I've been toying with is a more general community patronage system which would aggregate the costs of production, and then continue to sell based on the values of ease of access, voting for producing more, and unlocking bonuses for distribution (at no extra cost). Initial investors; those before the completion of the project/funding; would effectively hold stock in that production and would recuperate the investment in opportunity to shift that speculation towards future projects, those following after the production replenishing the investment at a decreasing rate until the investment is depreciated to public domain advertising/historical/cultural value only.

While that system is quite elaborate and complicated to explain the goal is to maximize the actual production of content, while letting the market bid to direct production resources; it is also based on establishing a community with an investment in that community as the only 'security'; to make buying more a chance to join that community. Finally it would benefit either from an easy/high quality experience (something your project doesn't look like it could benefit from directly) to continue 'selling' past the investment period. Also, the price would continue to drop over time.

Aah, Economics.... my head... How exactly is that supposed to help?

Now that I've read the post a bit more clearly, that's more or less exactly what I'm trying to do here... I think... I'll only release it when I've reached a certain target, and what happens to it afterwards is anyone's guess...

But, seriously, I don't fare well trying to decypher intricate posts as this one, when all I'm trying to do is test the waters, so to speak, let alone create a "community"... Ugh, my head hurts again...

My initial reaction, $7.
After looking through the pics, maybe as high as $14.99, depending on extras like the original files presented here, medium res, high res, and extra high res versions of each file, slightly different versions of each, etc.

Like how Cutepet handles it.

I usually don't buy art except as an impulse buy, and $20 is usually what pushes me from "Ooh, shiny, buy it without thinking" to "I don't know..."

Thanks for the insight. Who is this Cutepet you refer to though?

Studio Cutepet. www.cutepet.org

This is just for their adult stuff. If you want their more mainstream stuff, look for Jared and Lindsay.

They do a lot of anime work and sell original graphic novels through Tokyopop.

If you buy a picture from them, you get sketches, medium res, high res, extra high res, sometimes concept art. And occasionally alternate versions, like with different lighting, or panties on/panties off, or a worksafe version, and a super deformed pic. Sometimes.

I value art, but I've never paid for pictures except as an impulse buy, not counting art books. I didn't see anyone bring up the potential "Impulse buyer" market, so I figured I'd speak out about it.

i just want long hair :(

wait, is this like, the actual original sketches on paper or something being sold? : o

8( cuz if it is there's already some i want.

umm, no. These drawings weren't even done on paper,and the ones that were... I have no real way to send anything to anyone >.<

While I believe your art is wonderful, I believe a median price of $10 would be best. I'd shell out $10 in a heartbeat.

*S*

Well, it's a good idea.