In need of advice on selling stuff

[AirRaiser]

Well again in 2010 I'll be doing artist alley at any anime con. I try to do some small 4 x 6 originals, normally of animals I find in animes. Many of you know my Pokemon from last year. This year will be a bit different, I know most of you are not artist but you still have opinions. I worked hard on the originals like 6 hours on each from start to finish, I sold them each for $5. Well sometimes it's painful to watch people and how they treat something you worked hard on. People there would buy them, then CRAM it in to a bag. Oye it was painful. So this year rather then stress myself out, I'm doing less work. Instead of the many layers of color and detail I put in to my drawings, I'm doing two layers and minimal detail.

My question to you, is it uh wrong (for a lack of a better word) to sell them for the same price but do less work? I love to color, but if people are just going to crap up the hard work I do, I don't want to waste so much of my time. Just bothers me, but I feel I have to do this.

[WingedZephyr]

Considering $5 really isn't expensive for original artwork from a talented artist such as yourself anyway, I'd say it's fine. You're the artist, you determine your rates. You don't force people to buy them. It's completely optional on their part. There's no reason for you to feel bad about it.

[White Wolf Guardian]

Well $5 in any scenario sounds WAY too low to me ...yeah that definitely sounds reasonable to lower the amount of work for just that much. Now just my opinion but $5 per hour of time spent on the artwork that sounds reasonable

[AirRaiser]

Yea that's why I'm still learning about things to sell at cons. But if I use paper I get from work, rose art and crayola colored pencils I can do them pretty fast and cheaply on my part. Should be worth $5 by then.

[Soryu/Miayuki Isumi]

Once again I agree =D Your art is awesome for five bucks o-o I would have a heart attack if it was for your artwork.

[Kindran Ornitier]

Considering $5 really isn't expensive for original artwork from a talented artist such as yourself anyway, I'd say it's fine. You're the artist, you determine your rates. You don't force people to buy them. It's completely optional on their part. There's no reason for you to feel bad about it.

I have to agree with WZ on this one. You are the artist, and a great one at that, you deserve the amount you choose to charge.

[Vosur Aekira]

No less than 10 USD in my opinion.

[WingedZephyr]

No less than 10 USD in my opinion.

I agree with that too.

[AirRaiser]

Trust me if I could sell them for $10 I would. But I make stickers for $1 and people still think it's to much. It's annoying when they are like OH HOW MUCH ARE THESE?
ME: $1 and for $2 I'll laminate them.
Them: Oh... *Sets it back down and walks away*
Me: 
In my head: WTMF CHEAP *BLANK*

[WingedZephyr]

Well, when people think of stickers, they probably think of the kind sold in stores, where they print of millions of the things and can sell them for like 10 cents each. They don't take into account that it's a custom sticker made by an artist who pays for all her own materials and such.

But then when it comes to drawings, framed or unframed on paper/canvas/whatever, I'd think they'd take it a little more serious as actual artwork.

Not that I think about them that way, it's just how I imagine some non-artists would look at it.

[White Wolf Guardian]

Yeah that sounds like the average consumer to me too, I'd buy your stickers though if I saw em

[Vosur Aekira]

I'm going to have to put my two cents in on this... back when I was in England, the person who did the canvas panting for me that inspired my current legs (since he said "Your legs are too plain, you need something more elaborate to match the rest of your character.") normally sold them for 15 to offset the canvas, oils, sketchbooks, pencils, and other tools. He gave this one to me about 3 days prior to my leaving there. The camera (yes, camera... I didn't have a scanner during this time and the one I have will not fit the entire canvas on it) may not do the picture justice. And I would've paid much more for such a work.

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1560206/ if you want to have a look at it.

[AirRaiser]

Heheh you're legs are too plain. Yea see most people who APPRECIATE art know what it takes. But some of these little anime freaks, ugg it pains me to see what they do with my art after they get it. *Shudders*

Though I have paid a ton for some original artwork by some artist who was supposed to be like GREAT. Ummm when I ask for no nudity I mean it. Sadly to say I could have draw up a better portrait of myself for WAY cheaper. That man was OVER priced.

Besides I'd only spend less time on premade stuff for cons. Anything else when I have lots of time to do it get's my full attention. That means
2 layers of watercolors
1 layer rose art
1 shading layer of crayola
1 shading layer of prisma to make it pretty
2 blending layers
1 detail of crayola (since those verithins never seem to stay sharp)
then white paint pen for highlites.

YES I am insane. If I can figure out how to do a live stream I'll show everyone how I do stuff. 

[Vosur Aekira]

Here's a couple of examples on why my legs were "too plain".

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/fox71484/SL/swordhold.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/fox71484/SL/fore.jpg