This is a social experiment
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Thread Topic: This is a social experiment
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After you answer, may I please ask that you would come back and read what I have to say about the results? It's important.
Hello, thank you for joining me, there is only one question to answer and only. A simple one.
Look at this picture.
And judging from her relatively proffesional skill level, please post here if you think those prices are too expensive, or not. If you wish to add reasoning to your answer, that'd be fantastic, if not, then thank you for your participation and I hope you come back to see my response after I've gauged the results. -
Um, not really. BECAUSE, The more details shes adding to the drawing is gonna be used professionally and it'll be more expensive the more details she adds.
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No that's not overpriced.
Art is a want, not a need. It's a luxury item and considering the amount of time and effort put in to it those are actually probably underpriced a little.
Minimum wage is $7.50 here. So for the $70 maximum one you're looking at around 9 hours worth of work at minimum wage. Considering that these people are applying a skill and not just mindlessly repeating a task, that should also increase the value, and also material costs. -
I'm going to say yes, but without commiting fully.
From what I see it goes like this..
the things to consider are 1, how her customer base reacts to the price, 2, how much time she's spending vs. how much profit she makes, and 3, dA culture.
For number one, it's clear that what we SEE of her potential clientele reacts negatively to the price in general. but that doesn't factor in all the potential herds of paying clients who did a private transaction that didn't show up in the comments. So based on the evidence available, she's not competitive, but it's not a full view of the issue.
The second factor is also impossible for me to judge because I've seen some veeerrry quick artists, but I also realize that there's people who may take nine hours to complete something like that. It just depends on experience and motivation. Now anything that I have to say about her motivation would be PURE speculation. She could be a rich hobbyist looking to fill time, or a she could feed her family selling the things she creates, or anything in between. With no way of knowing her motivation or timing I can't say if she's making a reasonable profit.
Basically the only thing I can judge for sure is the cultural aspect of dA. based on my several years of involvement with dA, the artist's profit depends on fan loyalty almost regardless of skill.
Some of the most fantastic artists go unknown for lack of interest or knowledge in the marketing area of dA, and some of the most revoltingly uncreative artists make some real money because they build up a reliable fan base who will spend money and interest other people in doing the same.
with that in mind, while this artist has a ton of of watchers her page views are incredibly low. and her comments have months between them. which makes it seem that she's pretty much a dust bunny in all those folks watch list.
So my GUESS is that it's overpriced, but without seeing her profit margins or at least some of the other info I can't say for sure.
on a side note, interesting how her page views went up from 10-20 a day to 400+ today after you posted this thread. -
Just gonna slip this your way Slim...
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interesting.
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It's not overpriced. When commissioning someone, you're paying for more than that piece of art. You're paying for their time, and their efforts. You're paying for their creativity. You're paying for everything they've learned about art up until that point.
Really, art is priceless. But when you have to put a dollar amount to it, prices like hers should be the norm, if not, underpriced.
Also, I can pull up a buttload of examples of commission prices. Most of them are from the furry fandom, and believe me, that fandom has a lot of money to spend (despite what they tell the rest of the furry community). -
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shut up you old butt of a ting
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70 dollars is 9.5 hours of work here. Or 11.2 hours in the state I used to live in. (Or 14 before said state raised their wage....)
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I agree, it's not overpriced at all. You're paying for skilled labor.
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That's underpriced compared to the galleries I've visited. And I haven't been to professional galleries or anything.
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That's not overpriced. I looked through her gallery and her work is really good. If anything it's underpriced.
Like what's been said before, art isn't a necessity, but a luxury. These artists spend hours not only creating the pieces but building up a skill and style that is unique. Anyone can pick up a pencil and draw, but when you commission an artist you're paying for their advanced skill and creativity. That deserves more than just minimum wage, if you ask me.
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