Your prices are not entitled to be affordable to everyone, your prices are what people need to cough up to afford you. Somewhere along the way the prices for mass-produced posters became conflated for original fully-rendered art by request, and they’re not the same thing. One reflects the cost of printing pre-existing art on paper, the other reflects the cost of skill and labor.
Don’t compete with print prices when you’re a single person cranking out art. You’re a human being, not a printer. Don’t price yourself like you’re a machine and don’t let people treat you like you’re a ctrl+p shortcut.
Author: Danielle
Pictures Mean Business
WritingSarah McIntyre’s Pictures Mean Business site is a lot of thought to chew on, and provides a roundup of issues facing illustrators these days. A must see for any artist, writer, publisher, media provider, teacher or lover of books and illustration.
Yay illustrators! Give ‘em da credits, folks! Don’t forget ‘em!
When we were done, Ternerr pulled out his screen computer, claws poised to type.
“So. Your suggestions?”
“I…think we’re good,” I said. “The canoes on the rooftops are a nice touch.” The warriors could easily maneuver to safety if the water level rose too high.
“Anything else?”
“No, not really.”
His eyes narrowed like a cat’s and he looked over his glasses at me, stern as a librarian. “You’re going to leave me to face the Warfather with that?”
I squirmed.
When we were done, Ternerr pulled out his screen computer, claws poised to type.
“So. Your suggestions?”
“I…think we’re good,” I said. “The canoes on the rooftops are a nice touch.” The warriors could easily maneuver to safety if the water level rose too high.
“Anything else?”
“No, not really.”
His eyes narrowed like a cat’s and he looked over his glasses at me, stern as a librarian. “You’re going to leave me to face the Warfather with that?”
I squirmed.
When we were done, Ternerr pulled out his screen computer, claws poised to type.
“So. Your suggestions?”
“I…think we’re good,” I said. “The canoes on the rooftops are a nice touch.” The warriors could easily maneuver to safety if the water level rose too high.
“Anything else?”
“No, not really.”
His eyes narrowed like a cat’s and he looked over his glasses at me, stern as a librarian. “You’re going to leave me to face the Warfather with that?”
I squirmed.
Moxie pointing out her favorite Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade float!
Mine was the Pikachu (complete with tiny Snowpika!)
Moxie pointing out her favorite Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade float!
Mine was the Pikachu (complete with tiny Snowpika!)
Moxie pointing out her favorite Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade float!
Mine was the Pikachu (complete with tiny Snowpika!)
Novel chars. Disruptive camouflage is harder to render than you’d think! *camo fail*
This is an extreme example of sexual dimorphism because she’s big for a hen and they’re small for squares.
For those of you SUPERlongtime fans, from left to right, it’s Ternerr (a personal assistant with an eidetic memory), Rodor (reluctant galactic General), and Grenera (bodyguard to the squargling president).
Novel chars. Disruptive camouflage is harder to render than you’d think! *camo fail*
This is an extreme example of sexual dimorphism because she’s big for a hen and they’re small for squares.
For those of you SUPERlongtime fans, from left to right, it’s Ternerr (a personal assistant with an eidetic memory), Rodor (reluctant galactic General), and Grenera (bodyguard to the squargling president).