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Greater Basilisk wrote:
You’re right. I think the piece was for dark_zorse. It was much more eye-catching than that E-Bay one, and much more worth $200, in my opinion. 🙂
Agreed.
I am not much for the look of this one, either. I know it takes talent to use an airbrush, but I don’t know that Windstones are the right medium for it (the way it’s done in this case at any rate). It makes me think of sweatshirts and license plates you can have made on the boardwalk. I’m sure this piece took time and effort, but it’s not something I would buy. That’s just my opinion, though…to each his own.
Here’s a great way to prove the point I was trying to make in the Copperplate griffin thread about value all being in the eye of the beholder! 😆
I find that as an artist there are two ways I tend to price my work; more often than not I tend to price things roughly by the hour (and cost of supplies), since I do this to earn my bread. However, sometimes I find that I also value my work depending on how attached/meaningful a piece might be to me. Back to the plumber example… a plumber might charge you by the hour, BUT they can also say “this job will cost XXX amount of dollars” and that’s what it will cost, regardless of if they spend one hour or 15 doing the job.
From the other end of the spectrum, people tend to BUY art in different ways. The majority of art buyers will buy a piece because simply- it appeals to them (or touched them, or there is something about the art that makes them want to display it). But there are also those that will collect a piece simply because they collect the works of Spectacular Artist #4. There are also those out there that will collect art along a theme (time period, style, etc)… perhaps a person will collect any decent art they find of camels, or anything with a spoon in it, or anything painted in June of 1884… or whatever. 😉
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My art: featherdust.comskigod377 wrote:Greater Basilisk wrote:Yeah… Too bland for me. I don’t think it was very smart of the sellers to start it off so high. Do you think it’ll sell?
I think so. She is famous in the model horse world. I know Cheryl has mentioned her before. I even thought about getting it, but $200 is too costly for me right now and im not a huge fan of airbrushing.
I think the only Windstone that she’s painted prior to this is that pink young dragon that she did (that was discussed in this thread. That one went for only $177.50, so the starting price for this one is definitely on the high side.
I agree with Star, I think the eye color doesn’t quite match with the color scheme, and it would be better if the scales had some grey on them too. Some of the scales are pinkish, which I also think doesn’t go well with the color scheme. But I think the rest of the color scheme looks really nice.
Nambroth wrote:Here’s a great way to prove the point I was trying to make in the Copperplate griffin thread about value all being in the eye of the beholder! 😆
I find that as an artist there are two ways I tend to price my work; more often than not I tend to price things roughly by the hour (and cost of supplies), since I do this to earn my bread. However, sometimes I find that I also value my work depending on how attached/meaningful a piece might be to me. Back to the plumber example… a plumber might charge you by the hour, BUT they can also say “this job will cost XXX amount of dollars” and that’s what it will cost, regardless of if they spend one hour or 15 doing the job.
From the other end of the spectrum, people tend to BUY art in different ways. The majority of art buyers will buy a piece because simply- it appeals to them (or touched them, or there is something about the art that makes them want to display it). But there are also those that will collect a piece simply because they collect the works of Spectacular Artist #4. There are also those out there that will collect art along a theme (time period, style, etc)… perhaps a person will collect any decent art they find of camels, or anything with a spoon in it, or anything painted in June of 1884… or whatever. 😉
That’s very true. I fall into the “buy art because it appeals to me” category. While nearly all of the art that I have is from the few artists that I like, typically I only like certain pieces that each artist does. And all of the art that I like is fantasy/science fiction, animal, or landscape oriented.mimitrek wrote:I think the only Windstone that she’s painted prior to this is that pink young dragon that she did (that was discussed in this thread. That one went for only $177.50, so the starting price for this one is definitely on the high side.
I remember that dragon!! She was pretty, but I just didnt have the funds for it, and I didnt really like the idea of buying a repaint…Or maybe it was just that the bidding went to high…
I really like this guy. I think the idea of a zebra ki-rin is great. And I like the way she did the mane and the tail. I hope someone buys him.
Me, too. I agree with what some of the stuff you guys are saying. I think the belly does look kinda plain, I wish there would have been more handpaining, or more of that color that is on the tail…that is really cute… But I still like the overall look. Drag0ns is still way better, but this one is cute. I guess they all look pretty cute to me, though.
Is cuteness worth $200, though? Of course it’s all in the eye of the beholder, but this one here is so plain I think the only reason they can ask $200 is because of the artist’s name attached. I bet drag0n could take the same color scheme and make him look much more appealing.
Greater Basilisk wrote:Is cuteness worth $200, though? Of course it’s all in the eye of the beholder, but this one here is so plain I think the only reason they can ask $200 is because of the artist’s name attached. I bet drag0n could take the same color scheme and make him look much more appealing.
No, I would not pay $200 for it. I like it and all, but the airbrushing really does not appeal to me that much. I think that the handpainted ones look better. Just check out the gallery! Filled with beauties!
Greater Basilisk wrote:Is cuteness worth $200, though? Of course it’s all in the eye of the beholder, but this one here is so plain I think the only reason they can ask $200 is because of the artist’s name attached. I bet drag0n could take the same color scheme and make him look much more appealing.
Well GB, obviously, this particular one is not worth $200 to you or me, but the artist must think someone will like it that much to price it so high…
mimitrek wrote:I think the starting price is based on what she got for the pink young dragon repaint…
Could be…doesn’t seem like a good way to price a totally different sculpture.
I do agree with ppl’s comments about the scales/belly. I was actually going to try to do a zebra theme one. I know mine will probably be totally different from this one. I do agree with the price as well. It is too high in my opinion.
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