Opinions, please

[joflasher]

Its getting to be time to stop talking about it and actually do it. Making prints of my artwork, that is. I've already picked out a printing place online that a lot of my friends from the online art community recommend. Prices aren't bad, system's pretty intuitive, shipping is good, stuff like that. Now some of you have expressed interest in getting copies of certain pictures of mine, namely Red Masquerade, though pancua liked that damn rabbit for some reason.



I'm trying to make plans for Arisia and Boskone this year and I want to get some idea what to take as far as sizes. My plan was to take a large print of both Red Masquerade and Its Majic and put maybe 5 to 10 of the smaller prints in the printshop. I'm probably not going to take any of my big originals, since I don't think they would sell well. No name artist who believes in nice ROUND price tags on originals and all...I do hope to have one or two little originals there that I'm willing to let go for under $100, so it won't all be prints.

So my question to you is, what sizes would people be interested in?

The original is 20 x 15 and I was thinking of doing a very limited run of prints (maybe 25 or 50?) that size that are signed and numbered. Thing is, that is fairly big as far as prints go and I would have to charge at least $50 for it. Now I can do 8x10s, 11x14s or 12x18s for substantially cheaper. We're talking about $12 for the 8x10s, $18 or so for the 11x14s and between $25 and $30 for the 12 x18. If I do the smaller ones, I'm not going to sign or number them. They would just be open edition prints. So what do people think? If you wanted a copy of one of my big watercolors, what size would you be interested in, given those pricing options? Are those pricing options to high, low, just right? Remember, I didn't even to to Arisia the last two years and skipped Boskone last year as well.

So, input? People who haunt the art show, what do you look for? Artsy friends who've done this before, wanna pipe up?

Comments

[talldean.livejournal.com]

Don't really care about the printing cost; if it's worth more than what you charge for it, and people have the money, it'll sell.

I'd be interested in something, but only certain prints; not sure which you're considering since I haven't seen anything recent.

[flasher.livejournal.com]

well, my art page is up on Chris Chiappa's snurgle network... or at least, that has anything I'm willing to show in public up :)

[talldean.livejournal.com]

I'm just not the world's hugest fan of fantasy art; the rabbit wins. :)

Although 'Bored Water #1' also amuses me.