Comments on: Bast

By: Colleen Doran

Colleen Doran — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 02:28:16 +0000

Yeah, it’s tedious, I don’t bother with most people. A relative by marriage was dissing me royally awhile back, and I’m all whatev. Then she went online and looked me up. Now she’s all “Gosh, you’re kinda famous.”. And I’m all, whatev.

By: Jeremy_A

Jeremy_A — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 23:15:31 +0000

More times than I’d like to recall I’ve had to say to myself “He knows not what he says” after I show someone some of what I own and they go “Nice posters” or think it was made digitally. I try explain how it’s hand-drawn, one of a kind. Some get it and are impressed; whereas others I might as well be speaking Pig Latin.

I can only imagine, with all the details put in, how labor-intensive it is. Amazing results; though I did think for a moment “She’s going to want to kill me for asking for all pencil on those pieces.” 😉

By: Colleen Doran

Colleen Doran — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 22:36:19 +0000

A lot of people also don’t really understand what original art is. And many don’t get that fully rendered pencil art is harder to do than ink art.

By: Jeremy_A

Jeremy_A — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 22:23:20 +0000

Yeah. Maybe it being in all-pencil had them think that, don’t know. Changed the conversation after saying quickly along the lines of “It was within my price range. Very happy with the results.”

By: Colleen Doran

Colleen Doran — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 22:17:30 +0000

In reply to Jeremy_A. $50...good lord.

By: Jeremy_A

Jeremy_A — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 22:04:39 +0000

For $150, I’d be bankrolling quite a bit! ;-). Showed a non-comic friend of mine (though he likes Gaiman’s work) the commission I got from you and he and a mutual acquaintance praised it but seem to fall into the thinking of undervaluing art when they asked “What the set you back? $50?” Bit my tongue.

By: Jeremy_A

Jeremy_A — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 22:01:47 +0000

That is such a betrayal of trust, don’t blame you for being pissed. Only time I divulge what I pay for something is when I’m at a con since the prices are clearly stated at the artist’s table but figure I’d save the potential customer time and any awkwardness of having to keep on walking past the table if it was out of their range.

I just don’t see why someone purporting to be a friend or fan of an artist would pull those kind of stunts. I’ll negotiate with a dealer but I mostly now try to buy directly from artists so I’d feel awkward trying to aim lower in price.

By: Colleen Doran

Colleen Doran — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 21:48:01 +0000

Oh, and yeah about prices going up, I used to get very low prices for my commissions, and sometimes I have people come up to me expecting to get one of those huge drawings I do for $150. And I’m like, are you crazy?

By: Colleen Doran

Colleen Doran — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 21:45:15 +0000

Yeah, it gets bad. I had a major art sale some years back, and I was on a private page talking about it. I was happy with the price, but I wrote that my agent was going to try to negotiate a higher price. In just an hour or so, someone had gone to the buyer and tipped him off, and the buyer then refused to negotiate further because I’d said I was happy about the price on a private post. Seriously, this was from my private FB page where it’s nothing but colleagues. I was pretty pissed.

By: Jeremy_A

Jeremy_A — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 21:41:14 +0000

I’ve heard of lowballing but that is insulting. I’ve had some collectors (and dealers based on their galleries) send me messages about some of what I own. When I say they aren’t for sale or trade, most move on but some get belligerent and take the position the trade would be doing me a favor and I’d be getting something better. That and “everyone has a price”.

Some get ticked when I say “contact the artist” when some ask what I spent on a commission. 1)I don’t like discussing money and it’s none of their business 2) maybe I got the commission before rates got raised; thus I don’t want some artist to have to hear “But you did a piece for someone else for less!” Most art collectors are a different sort of fan but every now and then I meet some doozies!