I'd pay up to 300 in my local currency/35 USD because I acknowledge the effort of preparations to get the material + time + skill that something like this requires (which I am happy to share to encourage all of the talented artists on Reddit). I have the ability to recreate something similar but then it'd only be for myself because the design is beautiful and all OP's... so ignore the joke in my previous post about stealing the idea, please. Credit should go to the right person so I won't be setting up my own tiny owl shop ;)
I think the difference is people expect the price of something like this to be similar in range to something that is similar but mass produced for cheap labor and expected to sell in thousands.
Theres a ton of intricate stuff even made out of wood that can be bought for really cheap only because the expensive part was setting up a machine to do it, and it could be offset by selling a boat load of it.
I’ve been seeing this as I try and build up my inventory of sellable art.
On the one hand I can sell for less by going the digital “put-your-image-on-anything” route or take the “I only sell one-off originals” path but each camp kinda scoffs at the other.
The choice of going with an on-demand manufacturer, or doing it myself, is a major factor in the (overall) type of business I want to run.
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u/unusedusername42 Aug 13 '21
I'd pay up to 300 in my local currency/35 USD because I acknowledge the effort of preparations to get the material + time + skill that something like this requires (which I am happy to share to encourage all of the talented artists on Reddit). I have the ability to recreate something similar but then it'd only be for myself because the design is beautiful and all OP's... so ignore the joke in my previous post about stealing the idea, please. Credit should go to the right person so I won't be setting up my own tiny owl shop ;)