Ball Python Art Prints

Just trying to guage interest. Would you be interested in buying herp related prints, such as a print of the below drawing? I imagine price would be around $30 and limited to a run of 100 prints. Nice but affordable frames run about $40 at local arts/crafts stores (which is how much that one cost from Michaels)...so for $70 dollars you can have a framed limited edition print of an original work of art. Not too shabby!

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...bnwframed1.jpg

Here's a better pic of drawing itself...

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a386/sho220/bnw4.jpg

If that were in color (and of course I'd pay more for that) you'd have a check in the mail....

did u make that???? :O

I would totally buy somethig like that, if you accept money orders (I don't have a credit card). I love that it's in black and white, is it done in pencil or ink or what? I also love that he's sitting on a web (nice touch).

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Originally Posted by Ninjapython

did u make that???? :O

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yup...:)

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Originally Posted by sidhe

I would totally buy somethig like that, if you accept money orders (I don't have a credit card). I love that it's in black and white, is it done in pencil or ink or what? I also love that he's sitting on a web (nice touch).

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This one was done in ink. I'm also working on a pencil drawing and one in oils. Thanks! :D

That is absolutely awesome! You have some serious talent. I wouldn't mind having it as a tattoo... :)

Thats really awesome!


I would DEFANITELY buy. :D

Nice art you got going for ya there!

Beautiful piece.

put me on the list and send me an invoice. please. thank you.

that is completly beautiful....ink and pencil drwigns are the way to go .....and i myself also think they are harder to do becuase of shading and stuff.....deff worth more!! here are some pics of my kids form 3 years ago. so i really appreciate your art, especially knowing how long it takes to do one in ink or pencil ;)


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...or/pics009.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...or/pics010.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...or/pics011.jpg

Beautiful piece of work there
I’d buy it no Questions asked :rockon:


Eric

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Originally Posted by racer69

that is completly beautiful....ink and pencil drwigns are the way to go .....and i myself also think they are harder to do becuase of shading and stuff.....deff worth more!! here are some pics of my kids form 3 years ago. so i really appreciate your art, especially knowing how long it takes to do one in ink or pencil ;)

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Nice drawings Dan! Hard to say which is harder between drawing and painting...drawing is definitely more unforgiving as far as mistakes go. With oil paints you can just wipe it off, or paint right over it. They are just a very different medium altogether. Here's a painting I'm working on now, which is about to lose the bottom "road" thing on the right side. If this was an ink or pencil drawing, I'd be starting over. :D

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...g?t=1164057639

I would totally purchase that... I'm a firm believer of supporting art! And your stuff is always amazing! (Love the painting^) :D

I love the black and white. -Grins.- Maybe I could get you to design my tattoo? ^_^

I just went to Art Basel over the weekend, and I so wished there would have been some BP related art...lol. Your work is great. I could see a collection or something of the sort...

I said no... not because it isn't nice work, but I just tend to veer away from prints.

I think too many artists run off prints, rather than working on producing more original art. It is selling the same piece x 5 - 500 (or worse for an open ended run, at which point it is just a poster).

I have bought originals in the past, only to have the artist do a print run after the fact... I just feel that once there is a print run, the work is no longer an original.

Just my 0.02.

Bruce

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Originally Posted by Bruce Whitehead

I have bought originals in the past, only to have the artist do a print run after the fact... I just feel that once there is a print run, the work is no longer an original.

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By selling prints, the artist is doing you both a favor - he is making more money off of the hard work that he put into the original, and he is popularizing the image, making your original much, much more valuable.

Artists, unless they're really popular and well-known (and even most of *those* aren't before they die), tend to make squat for their work in general - and that's not even counting the time it took practicing to get good enough to make a decent piece of work like what the OP posted. "Steering away from prints" may be a luxury you can afford, but if everyone did that, artists would have to charge an arm and a leg for their work, further limiting the numbers of people who can and will afford (and display) their work. Be an art snob if you must, but there's scarcely a celebrated piece out there that doesn't have prints made - are you saying the Mona Lisa isn't an original piece? I mean... really.

Don't get your knickers in a twist Morphie.

The OP wanted an opinion regarding prints and I gave one. It is not to diminish the OP, but rather to offer an opinion/feedback.

I do not have a problem with people selling prints, I just think that sometimes artists focus on prints, when getting originals out there (for not that much more money) is always an option.

I may know a thing or two about art (art sales and art value), so I am pretty confident in my feedback to them. Which is exactly what it was, feedback for an artist that wanted to know what opinions are regarding print work.

Bruce

PS: As for your comment that prints increase the value of an original. Where exactly did you come by this information?

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Originally Posted by Morphie

Be an art snob if you must, but there's scarcely a celebrated piece out there that doesn't have prints made - are you saying the Mona Lisa isn't an original piece? I mean... really.

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The Mona Lisa was a famous piece before it was reproduced. And it is kinda old and stuff...

Just so you know.

Bruce

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Originally Posted by Bruce Whitehead

The Mona Lisa was a famous piece before it was reproduced. And it is kinda old and stuff...

Just so you know.

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Thank you - i had no idea. I was sure that it was whipped up in the past decade or so. Perhaps by Thomas Kinkade? Or was it Christian Lassen? :rolleyes:

You made no delineation in your original statement between "old" art, "new" art, "kinda famous" art, or anything.

You said:

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I just feel that once there is a print run, the work is no longer an original

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Sue me for taking you for exactly what you said.

If you don't think that print distribution and subsequent popularization increases the demand and therefore the value of the original work, by all means feel free to offer a good reason why not, or any kind of supporting evidence.

I'd also like to know where you got the idea that it's "not that much more expensive" to produce copious quantities of valuable originals than it is to have an equivalent number of quality lithographs run, numbered and signed for a select group of pieces? You may have an interest in art and buying art or whatever, so you'd be speaking as the consumer? I am approaching this conversation from the production POV, for what it's worth.

And so far as I can tell, the only one with his "knickers in a twist" so far here would be you? Or am I also mistaken? Since we are both adults endowed with the capacity for civilized discussion (or so I was lead to believe); please spare me the patronizing cliches.

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Originally Posted by Morphie

Since we are both adults endowed with the capacity for civilized discussion (or so I was lead to believe); please spare me the patronizing cliches.

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All I will spare is the OP further hysterical hijacking of their thread.

My feedback was for the OP based on their poll.

Bruce

You see this is kinda a catch for me I do not see any where I would put something like that. But I could very well see it in my snake room, but I don't think that they would appreciate the absolutely exquisite detail that you put into the picture. So I would vote no. Not a reflection on your talent just my opinion. Would I pay you to do a family portrait that I might would consider.

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Originally Posted by Bruce Whitehead

All I will spare is the OP further hysterical hijacking of their thread.

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:rolleyes:

whatever you say, darlin'.

OP: i hope to see more of your stuff posted here. Provided finances are good at the time, I'd love to add a limited edition print to my own collection.

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Originally Posted by sho220

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...g?t=1164057639

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To be honest I'm not a person that would purchase a ink+pencil drawing but would DEFINITELY purchase paintings that look like the one above!

I am thoroughly impressed by you man, I always ask the question to myself "How can they made the painting which looks so real". You have made the image of python so real that it looks pretty good and real also.

I cannot speak to the whole print versus original issue, but I would very much like to have a nice piece of ball python art of some type.

Right now it's hard to even find a decent poster.

Gale

**cough** - this thread is 3.5 years old.......

Shows you how much I pay attention. :D

Gale

Looks Great!!! I esp. love all the scale details...must have taken a while.

How big are the prints?