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Please answer a few questions about my art!
10 years ago
I'm toying with the idea of trying to get a table in the dealer's den for RMFC 2016. If I don't do the dealer's den, I will at least try to put a few paintings in the art show again.
I don't get a lot of commissions these days, and I'm not sure whether it's mostly due to my art quality (which I hope to continue improving over time), lack of visibility as an artist in the fandom (most of my watchers only know me by my fursuit), or a combination of both things.
If you're reading this journal I hope you wouldn't mind answering a few questions!
- What kind of art or commission would you be most likely to buy, if you were going to buy from me personally? Would you prefer a badge or an icon? Single character or scene? Traditional or digital?
- What kind of prints do you look for in the dealer's den? Cute scenes? Single figures in a vast landscape? Feral animals? Comics? What species do you end up buying prints of? Is there a specific species you wish you could find more prints of?
- What do you think my strengths are as an artist? Weaknesses?
- Would you consider buying a crayon or colored pencil circle badge from me at a con for $10? (examples of crayon: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/17032150/ ; examples of colored pencil: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/17083293/ )
- What kind of commissions do you tend to buy/wish you could buy at cons?
Lastly, if you have any advice for me in trying to improve my art or work as a dealer at a furry convention, please feel free to comment! I am a hobby artist, and I'm not trying to make a living via art. I do it to have fun. My only goal in being a dealer would be to break even on con and hotel expenses.
I don't get a lot of commissions these days, and I'm not sure whether it's mostly due to my art quality (which I hope to continue improving over time), lack of visibility as an artist in the fandom (most of my watchers only know me by my fursuit), or a combination of both things.
If you're reading this journal I hope you wouldn't mind answering a few questions!
- What kind of art or commission would you be most likely to buy, if you were going to buy from me personally? Would you prefer a badge or an icon? Single character or scene? Traditional or digital?
- What kind of prints do you look for in the dealer's den? Cute scenes? Single figures in a vast landscape? Feral animals? Comics? What species do you end up buying prints of? Is there a specific species you wish you could find more prints of?
- What do you think my strengths are as an artist? Weaknesses?
- Would you consider buying a crayon or colored pencil circle badge from me at a con for $10? (examples of crayon: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/17032150/ ; examples of colored pencil: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/17083293/ )
- What kind of commissions do you tend to buy/wish you could buy at cons?
Lastly, if you have any advice for me in trying to improve my art or work as a dealer at a furry convention, please feel free to comment! I am a hobby artist, and I'm not trying to make a living via art. I do it to have fun. My only goal in being a dealer would be to break even on con and hotel expenses.
You have a really strong style... Honestly, I would just practice and practice that style until you have every faint notion of what makes it specific to you memorized. You also make really excellent and subtle expressions... ^^ You have a really good grasp of color usage too (if I may say so, it's significantly more apparent in your traditional work--a bit less advanced in digital but that can be improved with study).
Thank you for your commentary. I've been thinking that I need to improve my digital coloring as well. I tend to drag and drop colors out of people's refs, which doesn't do well when it comes to contexting colors to the rest of the piece. I also have a lazier kind of digital shading style that I rely on too often...
Personally, I don't really look for prints. I'm more into originals, badges or small trinkets.
Your circle badges are nice. I would consider them. How big are they?
I figure the bulk of what an artist does at cons would be custom badges, so I'd be prepared for that for sure. But I would have some prints on hand just in case... I might also do some little original acrylic paintings and have them for sale.