r/pics Aug 13 '21

I carved a tiny maple owl

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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 ;)

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u/MissSonnenschein Aug 13 '21

That is not a fair reflection of the amount of time/effort/material that went into this. I’d expect to pay $75-100 USD for this at minimum

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u/Scoot_AG Aug 13 '21

Honestly, this is not even a a fair reflection either. I'd expect to pay $150-200 USD for this at minimum

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u/foozledaa Aug 13 '21

lmfao... you guys... honestly if you just pay the artist's asking price, that's all most of us would want. If you want to commission someone who works faster and can charge less, or you want to buy commercially-produced sculptures, that's an option too.