Krisboats Posted May 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 I'd have some if you went ahead with it! I think your probably asking for too little though! Personally I would charge the customer P+P, materials (inc canvas) cost and then add at least £10 labour on top! (Minimum) I dont know anything about art but I dont think you would be making anything on those at that price?DaveWell its light, so postage would be about £3, canvas for this piece was £1.50, paints are like £2 for 30-40 paintings worth. Took about just under 3 hours to do, so like £12-15 would be ideal i reckon. Obviously easier pics would be much cheaper, bigger canvas's slightly more expensive, but i'm not into that whole charging £50+ per picture. Realistic prices ***! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted May 9, 2007 Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 That's well impressive! Can you do them in different colours? I mean still only maybe 2 colours, but something more interesting than black + grey. Also what about A3 size - Would that be loads more expensive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted May 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 That's well impressive! Can you do them in different colours? I mean still only maybe 2 colours, but something more interesting than black + grey. Also what about A3 size - Would that be loads more expensive?Yeah i can do them in different colours, and A3 will be about... £4 for a canvas Probably about £4.50 postage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
br3n Posted May 9, 2007 Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 Seriously dude, edit your first post.. I only bothered looking through the rest as I wanted some amusing comments!Get rid of that awful photoshop filter in the first post, change it to look like what your actually doing!the finnished peice is good, its no masterpeice but be careful your not using more than £10 of acrylics on it! and £10 for 2-3 hours... you happy working for £3.33 an hour? I wouldnt be.. especially as a creative worker.. not like you can work a 39 hour week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted May 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 Seriously dude, edit your first post.. I only bothered looking through the rest as I wanted some amusing comments!Get rid of that awful photoshop filter in the first post, change it to look like what your actually doing!the finnished peice is good, its no masterpeice but be careful your not using more than £10 of acrylics on it! and £10 for 2-3 hours... you happy working for £3.33 an hour? I wouldnt be.. especially as a creative worker.. not like you can work a 39 hour week.Yeah, changed the photoshop images out . £2 for a tube of paint, lasts about 30-40 canvas's so £10 of acrylic isn't gonna happen . And as for the time:price ratio. I can't imagine many riders wanting to spend much on a painting when they could be buying bike parts, hence the lower prices. Not really sure if theres a great demand for them thats why i asked. I'm going to move onto bigger pictures for ebay and put them and more profitable prices, but bear in mind... i'm only just starting out. Selling a picture at all is a big personal step. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spode@thinkbikes Posted May 9, 2007 Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 I'd be interested in one of those, I think it's really original.I do think you should be charging more though. You'd be better off getting 50% less sales at a higher price than loads of cheap ones. It's intensive stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Cox Posted May 9, 2007 Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 holy shit man that is awesome! when you gonna start taking orders? im reaaally interested.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lankyri Posted May 9, 2007 Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 added you to msn kris so well speak over that i hope really do like your paintings and as i have none in my room and that i think it would be coolcheers rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted May 9, 2007 Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 Just out of interest, what was the photoshop filter you were using for the original idea?Also, this was the sort of thing I was on about, instead of using 50% grey, use a different colour: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted May 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 Just out of interest, what was the photoshop filter you were using for the original idea?Wasn't a filter. You copy the image, use the threshold adjustment and choose a setting with large areas of colour, colour this a lighter colour than the other colours you plan to use. Copy the original image again and do the same thing, choosing a threshold with less colouration, then change the black areas again to a colour slightly darker than the other, cut this out and paste it as a new layer without a background fill and place it in line with the lighter layer before it. Keep doing it working up the darkness of your colour for each layer.The one i chose had a white background, three shades of grey and a black top layer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted May 9, 2007 Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 Oh right, that's pretty much the way I did it, but I assumed there would be an easier way using a built-in filter. Ta anywho EDIT: Actually you can use the 'cutout' filter to do it, not sure what versions of photoshop have this, but CS2 does. Anyway, you need to desat the image first but it works fine. Simpler than the other method anyway, although there isn't as much control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted May 9, 2007 Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 Well, for obvious reasons I won't be buying one but I'm really impressed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Scarlet Posted May 9, 2007 Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 oh my god, this looks awesome mate, brilliant idea.I'd love to have trials pictures of my favourite riders or me on my wall, I thought printing onto photo paper and framing was good enough, but this is something else.I'm waiting to see how this turns out for you, I would love to have one of these, can you put me on the list for one, and maybe you could consider it for the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted May 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 Okay, seems theres a few people who would like them, drop me a PM or add me to msn and i'll have a chat to you about what you would like doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basher Posted May 9, 2007 Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 Im very interested is it all going ahead? if so are we able to send a pic of us and you paint that rather than having a pic of someone else on our walls lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted May 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 Yeah, upload the picture somewhere or email it to me at krisboats@hotmail.com and let me know what size, what colours and what kind of style you want and i'll tell you how much roughly it would be and how long it would take to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-man Posted May 9, 2007 Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 Your gonna need a to post a customer list soon haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom e Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 Wasn't a filter. You copy the image, use the threshold adjustment and choose a setting with large areas of colour, colour this a lighter colour than the other colours you plan to use. Copy the original image again and do the same thing, choosing a threshold with less colouration, then change the black areas again to a colour slightly darker than the other, cut this out and paste it as a new layer without a background fill and place it in line with the lighter layer before it. Keep doing it working up the darkness of your colour for each layer.The one i chose had a white background, three shades of grey and a black top layer.i don't get why you're painting them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted May 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 i don't get why you're painting them.Because their paintings .The photoshop thing was only supposed to be an example, as i hadn't gotten any paintings done yet that were riding related. Its just a quick way of showing someone what the finished image will look like, rather than them having to try and fully imagine it themselves. Doing the pics in photoshop and having them printed out on a canvas isn't art, its just tacky. Got a couple to get done tomorrow, will post up pics of them when their done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poopipe Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 if you keep offering pictures that cheap you're going to drive the prices down for those of us who like to rip people off properly for freelance work. no less than £15 an hour or I'll be round with a bat.but seriously.good stuff. have you considered branching out into other genres? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted May 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 (edited) if you keep offering pictures that cheap you're going to drive the prices down for those of us who like to rip people off properly for freelance work. no less than £15 an hour or I'll be round with a bat.but seriously.good stuff. have you considered branching out into other genres?Briefly considered it yesterday, i don't really see why i couldn't. I would like to think that a painted canvas of say rocky balboa would sell for more than the printed counterparts, which already go for prices i'd be more than happy with. I guess i'll have to make a couple and find out Edited May 10, 2007 by Krisboats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 There was a shop round by me selling some of them of Rocky and another of Marilyn Monroe. They were pretty big (Maybe A1 size?), and looked really good, but they were like £150 each. Er, no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willy Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 Ill take that painting of the picture I took of tunni off your hands, for £15 ill buy it today... Willy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted May 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 Ill take that painting of the picture I took of tunni off your hands, for £15 ill buy it today... WillyThats great news, cheers dude! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poopipe Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 There was a shop round by me selling some of them of Rocky and another of Marilyn Monroe. They were pretty big (Maybe A1 size?), and looked really good, but they were like £150 each. Er, no.That wouldn't be unreasonable for a good job done in oils. Oils are hard work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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