Buying prints off illustrators...
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Personally I never buy any kind of giclee/litho print so I think you're on the right path with this more crafted approach. I'm also fussy with who I buy and as such I never really buy any designery posters or anything trendy jump on the bandwagon crap. My point is that I think it would help to have some info on the site about the artist, something that shows a fair bit of previous work and shows you as a serious, original artist/illustrator and not just some kid out of college or fly-by-night hack.
This way people are buying into you as an artist and would feel that the print should gain value over time, this taps into what agentfour was saying about noteriety. Using this approach would, I think, enable you to put a higher price on the prints, because with the materials, time etc the amounts people are talking about here don't seem to be enough. I would think like apple do with their range, there's a variety of product and the step-ups in price isn't too ridiculous, so the upsell is easier. To add to this I would put one off original pieces up for sale too, with hefty price tags as this will seemingly increase the perceived worth of the prints, plus if you do sell one, you're laughing.
- Cheers Max, you touch on a dilemma I often have: selling 'prints' vs selling 'pieces of art' so to speak [pto]...Horp
- ... but at this point I'd also be keen to sell more at a lower price to feel it is worth it. The process I've created requires...Horp
- ... a particular style of drawing to exploit its crudity so I need to get cracking on doing those drawings now I guess!Horp
- Exploiting crudity eh? Add a tenner.********
- HahahahaHorp