I like never buy things like this but your stuff is so awesome, I'm really looking forward to it!

Ooh! Looks ever so shiny! Will you be selling these at a con or somesuch? :3

I'll probably handle the sales online, it's fairly easy to do so in the era of print on demand. If once the book is finished I did plan on going to a con I could take a few, but right now I don't really have any con-related plans.

Ooh...this is gonna be good. About how many pieces will the final product have?

That is one of the things I'm not sure about. The printer/distributor I'm using makes it a bit cheaper if I can limit the book to 40 pages, so it's really a question of cost versus quantity, plus figuring out how much art I can finish up. If I include more sketches and concept stuff (right now it's all finished inks and full color), I can probably push it closer to sixty, but I'm unsure whether people will want to throw down a couple more bucks for ~20 more pages.

I'd definitely be interested--but then, I'm an art nerd. I like to see the process by which artists draw.

I have been waiting so long for something like this to come out. I wonder how much it will cost?

Right now it's looking like 12-15 dollars; I'll be able to be more specific once I'm closer to being finished.

There was a TF artist who will remain nameless who would charge twice as much for her seasonal books, and they included half the art your proposing. I think you could easily justify pushing up to 20. What made me mad about this other artsiest is a few months after she published said books (and sometimes even sooner then that) she would post the art work free of charge on a variety of websites. That cheapened the product, and made me question why I spent money for something I could very easily have gotten for free. Your work is defiantly worth more then 15, as your first outing I definitely think this is a case of "build it and they will come."

You aren't naming names, but I have a hunch I know who you're talking about. I've never seen one of her books so I can't speak to print quality, which is one of the big question marks for my book; I'll have a better idea of how to price it once I get a proof of the final product. I was planning on reposting a few preview images from the book online (the cowgirl I just posted is one of them, but the final version will be full color, not monotone) but I have absolutely no intention of reposting the whole thing, especially when I'm also considering putting together a lower price digital version as a .pdf for the guys and girls who for whatever reason aren't comfortable springing for a tangible copy of a TF artbook.

One of the reasons I am floating it around 15 is that I feel like that is the price of a professional trade paperback, and those are longer and (usually) more polished. I'm not looking to make a huge profit here, mostly just giving myself an excuse to try some new things and get a nice collection out there in tangible form for people who would appreciate it to pick up.

At any rate, this is all kind of irrelevant at this point because I am not solid on the length; once I get the art finished then I have to start thinking more seriously about the price.

A professional trade paper is kept low in price due to high volume of both printing and sales. I wasn't suggesting you charge a fortune, was only pointing out people half as talented with half the pages charge twice as much.

A professional trade paper is kept low in price due to high volume of both printing and sales.

That's a good point. Thanks for the input though, I hope it's okay if I ask for your pricing advice once it's done.

Always helpful to dole out advice, especially on a book I was already planing on buying regardless of price. Its like a coupon of awesome.

I have been waiting so long for something like this to come out. I wonder how much it will cost?

Thanks

where would u be able 2 buy this, exactly?

Being up since 5 and working all day, this definitely was the high point. Thanks for making my horizon just a bit brighter, you can count on me being first on the list when your finished.

cool, I can't wait! count me in for a purchase when these books are in, lol!

This will be the first collection I've purchased.

Sounds fun! Am definitely interested.


+1 vote canines ;)

Wow...this looks interesting!

I want it. I have no money to buy it but I know that it will be awsome.

get a paper route! or don't drink soda for a month. :)

This'll probably be, like what? A lot of money? Heh.

She's talked about it being actually fairly reasonable.

Think you could put the sketchbook online so you could purchase it then download it? I mean you'd have to pay to download it first, obviously.

Must...buy...

drools in anticipation...