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Did Nam sell a PYO dragon on ebay and I missed it!? Which one did she sell?
And thanks for the compliments guys…I work very hard on these Windstones and it’s really a new form of art for me…but then I try just about everything to see what works best as an artists making a living on what I do. Now I’m even getting into origami. I’m crazy.One of my dragons has been listed so far (Nirvana got it!) and it ended at $342 (though I didn’t get that amount). It was this one:
Which as I hope Nirvana will tell you looks much better in person!
I’ve got several I’m working on at the moment, also. 🙂
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My art: featherdust.comAw, my favorite dragon of yours too. I am surprised it didn’t go for a lot more; officially listed with Windstone to boot. I thought people liked dragons more than griffins anyway. I hope we het to see your other paint jobs soon, Nam.
Watergazer wrote:Did Nam sell a PYO dragon on ebay and I missed it!? Which one did she sell?
And thanks for the compliments guys…I work very hard on these Windstones and it’s really a new form of art for me…but then I try just about everything to see what works best as an artists making a living on what I do. Now I’m even getting into origami. I’m crazy.I saw that you carved a fetish, too. I collect those and I was really impressed with the way yours turned out. I figured they were very labor intensive and I enjoyed seeing your step by step layout.
Oh yeah, highly labor intensive! If I do others I will be doing them with a dremol and not solely with files. I have a bunch of stone left so I suppose I should. I need an excuse to get a dremol anyway…
I love that too. Just about everything I buy really IS a business expense. It’s one of the bonuses of loving your work…you get to buy what you want and still write it off.
Also, Nam…even though you only make a % off of an auction, you still paint these guys as a “job” anyways, yes? Which one of the PYOs currently released if your favorite so far and which part of any of the PYOs would you call the worst? I’d have to say the inside tail curl on the dragonling is my least favorite area to paint on all of the PYOs.
Nambroth wrote:One of my dragons has been listed so far (Nirvana got it!) and it ended at $342 (though I didn’t get that amount). It was this one:
Which as I hope Nirvana will tell you looks much better in person!
I’ve got several I’m working on at the moment, also. 🙂
That one’s so pretty! I’m looking forward to seeing your other ones. Will we be seeing wolves and more griffins, or you completely in the dragon phase now?Watergazer wrote:I love that too. Just about everything I buy really IS a business expense. It’s one of the bonuses of loving your work…you get to buy what you want and still write it off.
Also, Nam…even though you only make a % off of an auction, you still paint these guys as a “job” anyways, yes? Which one of the PYOs currently released if your favorite so far and which part of any of the PYOs would you call the worst? I’d have to say the inside tail curl on the dragonling is my least favorite area to paint on all of the PYOs.
It’s what I would consider a part time job, yes. It’s too sporadic (just like freelancing) for it to be my only income.. I’d starve to death. But is because we never know how much a piece will sell for of course (or when they will be listed) so I can’t depend on that income, so to speak. As much as I love painting these (genuinely) and as much as I love to know that others get so much enjoyment out of them, my true love is to create unique, original artwork and whenever I’m not painting Windstones, I’m working on commissions or other oddball freelancing jobs.
I don’t know if I have a favorite PYO yet- each one has parts I like and parts I don’t like painting! I love painting the feathers on the griffins, but I hate painting their butts (they seem so smooth compared to the feahters that I have a hard time). I love the kirin’s side scales but have a hard time with the big belly scales. I really love that I can paint a dragon any color in the world and it will ‘make sense’ but I hate the inside of the tail curl too. On the wolves, they’re easy to paint because they’re small, but also hard to paint because they’re small (hard to get as much detail packed into the area!). So I can’t say that I have a favorite or a least favorite. Though there was about a 6 month period when I painted dozens of griffins to write the tutorial and let me tell you I was SICK of them! 😆 I like them again now though, since I’ve gotten a break!mimitrek wrote:That one’s so pretty! I’m looking forward to seeing your other ones. Will we be seeing wolves and more griffins, or you completely in the dragon phase now?
Hopefully you’ll be seeing griffins, kirins, wolves and dragons! That is if they turn out okay and the boss likes ’em. 🙂 I have a whole box full here staring at me. 😉 I also have a neat surprise I’ll be working on, but it’ll be a month or three before you’ll see it. Sorry I can’t say more!
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My art: featherdust.commimitrek wrote:And they’re all murmuring: paint me…paint me… 🙂
Sometimes they wake me up at night!! 😆
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My art: featherdust.comHe he…I can just see it…your PYO army comes to life in the middle of the night and starts scurrying around the house…the mice are fleeing in terror… 😆
Congrats, Water. I doubly hope that buyer is honest. If not, the second highest is a forum member, so you-ll still get your money – with or without a hassle.
I hope so too. I’m really happy about the whole thing…makes me feel still worthwhile as an artist trying to do art for a living. But I will say I think folks prefer dragons and griffins over the others and that’s also why it probably got a higher price. We’ll see. I am orderin up some more dragons and I plan to do a range of colors on ’em. And now I think it’s safe for me to invest in interferance paints!
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