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Any interest for full portraits?
11 years ago
I've been doing the mini-portraits for a while now, which are 3.5x5 inches, which is about the size of a postcard. I cut them from sheet of watercolor paper that are twice that size (5x7 inches) and though I have done art on the full size of these sheets, I've only done two commissions in that size so far, which were special cases and done for a friend who asked about the option for something bigger.
I'm considering the idea of opening up for more at this larger size, but am uncertain of the interest in them. The price will most certainly go up for this larger size. Base price would be at, or close to, double what the mini-portraits run but still very much depending on what people wanted on an individual basis. (Might be less than the base price for very simple characters, more for very complicated ones or for pics with more than one character.)
Here's some examples of art I've done on the 5x7 paper.
Amber's Dream Tree (which was a commission)
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/12408980/
With Me Like Wind (the other commission of this size I've done)
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/11372568/
Play For Me (did this one for myself)
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/10191048/
Mom & Baby Orca (made to sell)
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/11967187/
Willow (another one I made to sell)
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/10614854/
For the most part, the benefits to having the larger size is that there's more freedom for stretching characters across the paper with less concern that they'd be cramped up. There's also more room to expand the background, which (I think) has a nice look to it.
What has stopped me from just opening up for these, is that the cost would be more. With the minis, I'm able to more or less "wing-it" because they are small. I only ask for a few things, like theme/mood and whatnot, then come up with poses myself. Over the years, I've found that this is a freedom I pretty much need in order to keep a reasonable pace. My concern here is that due to the higher cost of larger sizes, that I'd be expected not to have the same amount of freedom or that interest would drop because I would be wanting to retain similar freedoms with these as I do the minis.
Anyway, just wanted to poke around for interest and input here. Probably won't be opening for something of this nature this month, but its possible for next month.
I'm considering the idea of opening up for more at this larger size, but am uncertain of the interest in them. The price will most certainly go up for this larger size. Base price would be at, or close to, double what the mini-portraits run but still very much depending on what people wanted on an individual basis. (Might be less than the base price for very simple characters, more for very complicated ones or for pics with more than one character.)
Here's some examples of art I've done on the 5x7 paper.
Amber's Dream Tree (which was a commission)
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/12408980/
With Me Like Wind (the other commission of this size I've done)
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/11372568/
Play For Me (did this one for myself)
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/10191048/
Mom & Baby Orca (made to sell)
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/11967187/
Willow (another one I made to sell)
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/10614854/
For the most part, the benefits to having the larger size is that there's more freedom for stretching characters across the paper with less concern that they'd be cramped up. There's also more room to expand the background, which (I think) has a nice look to it.
What has stopped me from just opening up for these, is that the cost would be more. With the minis, I'm able to more or less "wing-it" because they are small. I only ask for a few things, like theme/mood and whatnot, then come up with poses myself. Over the years, I've found that this is a freedom I pretty much need in order to keep a reasonable pace. My concern here is that due to the higher cost of larger sizes, that I'd be expected not to have the same amount of freedom or that interest would drop because I would be wanting to retain similar freedoms with these as I do the minis.
Anyway, just wanted to poke around for interest and input here. Probably won't be opening for something of this nature this month, but its possible for next month.
How do you feel about depicting people? Jon fell for your art (yes, mr. anti-art/furry apparently really likes your art ;p) and we've been talking about a wedding portrait as this summer is our 10 year anniversary.