tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254663044324501785.post3830200663990688702..comments2008-03-27T17:33:05.764-07:00BloggingQueenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09576920158863874498noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254663044324501785.post-86953713182415120962008-03-27T17:33:00.000-07:002008-03-27T17:33:00.000-07:002008-03-27T17:33:00.000-07:00The card is so You, Lisa!<BR/><BR/>I went through the making- multiples-to-sell phase, and I can tell you, doesn't feel like art. It's just production work. I have a friend who does that, and she admits that she's not an artist, she's a crafter. Her stuff is good, but only worth the couple of dollars that she sells them for.<BR/><BR/>I recently had a teacher who told us how she home prints copies of her paintings and sells the prints. I'm going to try that once I get some inventory.Blaizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02420580349898618072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254663044324501785.post-39760694218526641572008-03-27T10:47:00.000-07:002008-03-27T10:47:00.000-07:002008-03-27T10:47:00.000-07:00Have a great time at ArtFest, and AWESOME card!<BR/>All the time I had my make-one-piece-at-a-time business I greatly envied those who could create one piece and then print many of them. Haven't tried it yet as a business venture, though.<BR/>I continue to experiment with ways to print what I create in photoshop so that it can be sold or given as presents. Have given many presents. Have not produced much that I would consider selling yet.Laurelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12219009870087789422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254663044324501785.post-26460837101768505522008-03-26T23:39:00.000-07:002008-03-26T23:39:00.000-07:002008-03-26T23:39:00.000-07:00Oh gosh, he loves her!<BR/><BR/>but in response to your question EG, it is easy to keep making things and keep making them. Let them pile up around the two of you and eventually there will be $5 and $500 items all over the place. Then have a big sale. Wahoo!Catherinewww.happydayart.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254663044324501785.post-67268400774807263862008-03-26T17:08:00.000-07:002008-03-26T17:08:00.000-07:002008-03-26T17:08:00.000-07:00The Husband gently nudged her to get it done because he's been trying to get her to do more digital art and this was going to be the trial run. Her handmade stuff is awesome, but to make a decent "hourly wage" she's got to sell it for high prices.<BR/><BR/>You should see what "Dryad and Child" is going to go for. And that's basically just to pay her about $20 an hour after expenses.<BR/><BR/>I get significantly more than that for writing copy on contract at Microsoft and it takes a lot more talent and skill to do what she did than to do what I do.<BR/><BR/>If she can do some cool digital pieces, she can easily print them on cards and posters and sell them in limited editions, spreading the payment for her time among a pool of buyers instead of just one.<BR/><BR/>But that's a good question for all you artisty types... Is it easier to sell one hundred $5 items or one $500 item?Evil Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03693995530672684253noreply@blogger.com