Posted this on Slippertalk, and decided to post it here too.
I'm seriously considering to accept commissions to draw/paint portraits of beloved family members (either of the four legged etc. kind, or the two legged, human kind), all to be able to buy some more Paphs that I still want (Dollgoldi, I'm looking at you...). This, because I'm studying at the moment, and not full time, so money is pretty scarce...
The question is, would anyone be interested in ordering portraits made by me?
The human portraits would, unfortunately, only be made in pen, a.k.a. black and white/grey scale, since I'm not good enough to paint humans in colour yet. I might dare to make animal portraits in colour, but I can't guarantee that the quality is as good as I would like it to be (man, I'm so good at selling myself!).
Also, I have no idea what the cost should be for the portraits. I thought of offering two sizes; A4, and A3, and that PayPal be used for payment. I would also be willing to ship the drawings/paintings anywhere in the world, as long as the buyer understands that shipping costs will be added (shouldn't be too much though, seeing as the package shouldn't get too heavy).
I would take some liberties with the pictures like I did when drawing this doggy portrait:
Here's the
original photo, and I felt that the dog sort of disappeared into the background, so I removed it and tried to make the dog, pop out more. Also, note that my picture is drawn/painted in Photoshop, and since I can make as many adjustments, for as long as I want to in Photoshop (correcting mistakes etc.), I can't guarantee that my pen portraits would be as good as I consider this portrait to be (brag, brag
).
Here's the only example I have to show for a human portrait (again, it's done in Photoshop and wow...4 years ago... - Still proud of it, even if there are parts where I feel I could have done better):
So, the questions are:
What do you think people would be willing to pay for a portrait with shipping costs etc. included? What's a reasonable price?
Is anyone here on OB interested in ordering a portrait to, hopefully, get a portrait of a beloved family member, and support my orchid obsession?
Selling portraits...
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