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I'd like some advise on pricing for my art shop. I am in tier 3 and I am here to stay for the next while, but I've found some extremely helpful body prep and hair tutorials that have made the quality of my pieces increase (at least I think so!) So I'd like some advise. I currently charge 7k for a horse avatar, 5k for a stable avatar and the rest is around there. Each piece takes me 2+ hours and I draw the mane, tail, eyes, as well as general highlights and shadows. If anyone could help me and maybe give me some tips that'd be great! I use ibis paint :) Here are some of my most recent examples and I will post the one I am working on once it is finished. |
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well, i think your skills are great, however i will say one thing. a good example is the 2nd one for this. so when you draw your manes and tails, to make them more realistic, add some darker streaks or patches.just more detail. like id probaby prefer that piece without the mane and tail |
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Will do! I messed up the mane and tail on that one but the one I am working on is a better example of where I'm at.
Olive Tree Equine said:
well, i think your skills are great, however i will say one thing. a good example is the 2nd one for this. so when you draw your manes and tails, to make them more realistic, add some darker streaks or patches.just more detail. like id probaby prefer that piece without the mane and tail
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These look amazing! Body prep is great, the horse matches the background, etc, but like Olive said the hair needs work. It's hard. So very hard. But yours looks amazing already! My biggest advice is to set up a color swatch; five colors for the hair. A highlight, lowlight, two midtones and a base color. Then, use a smaller brush and add variety to the colors. It's a pain in the ass and trust me, it's hard to perfect. But other than that it's amazing! Honestly you can raise your prices up to at least 15k for a horse avi if your quality is consistently like these pieces. |
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Thank you so much! I actually do use 5 colors but it doesn't show up as well on the computer. Do you know of any really good hair tutorials for ibis?
Sunshine Jumpers said:
These look amazing! Body prep is great, the horse matches the background, etc, but like Olive said the hair needs work. It's hard. So very hard. But yours looks amazing already! My biggest advice is to set up a color swatch; five colors for the hair. A highlight, lowlight, two midtones and a base color. Then, use a smaller brush and add variety to the colors. It's a pain in the ass and trust me, it's hard to perfect. But other than that it's amazing! Honestly you can raise your prices up to at least 15k for a horse avi if your quality is consistently like these pieces.
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The third piece is quite good. In addition to the other's advice on hair, I would like to add that you can greatly improve the grounding by adding a shadow |
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Do you have any good tips on making a shadow?
Merryland Farm said:
The third piece is quite good. In addition to the other's advice on hair, I would like to add that you can greatly improve the grounding by adding a shadow
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The first thing to look at when making a shadow is where the light in the background is coming from. That will determine the direction, size, and distortion of the shadow. You can do shadows a couple of different ways. If the shadow is beneath the horse or needs to be distorted, you can draw it in. Make a new layer and paint the shadow in where you want it with a soft round brush, you can blur it even more to help it blend. Then adjust the layer styles and/or opacity until it looks natural. If the shadow extends toward the viewer, you can create the shadow by duplicating the horse layer and using exposure settings to turn the layer almost completely black. Flip the layer vertically so that it mirrors the original horse layer. Adjust the shadow layer's position until it is lined up with the feet and use free transform to resize or distort it if necessary. Blur the layer and adjust the layer styles/opacity until it looks the way you want. |
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Thank you so much!
Merryland Farm said:
The first thing to look at when making a shadow is where the light in the background is coming from. That will determine the direction, size, and distortion of the shadow. You can do shadows a couple of different ways. If the shadow is beneath the horse or needs to be distorted, you can draw it in. Make a new layer and paint the shadow in where you want it with a soft round brush, you can blur it even more to help it blend. Then adjust the layer styles and/or opacity until it looks natural. If the shadow extends toward the viewer, you can create the shadow by duplicating the horse layer and using exposure settings to turn the layer almost completely black. Flip the layer vertically so that it mirrors the original horse layer. Adjust the shadow layer's position until it is lined up with the feet and use free transform to resize or distort it if necessary. Blur the layer and adjust the layer styles/opacity until it looks the way you want.
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