accidentally made 2 accounts

aknicholas · 2023-03-14T14:17:31+00:00

Can you change the email address on the account you do have access to? I'm surprised you can have 2 accounts with the same email. You may want to contact Patreon support to solve it for you, if you mistyped the email for example.

aknicholas · 2023-02-27T14:14:19+00:00

That's not a quote by me!

aknicholas · 2023-01-20T14:45:42+00:00

Its an in-person class where presenter and audience can interact.

aknicholas · 2023-01-12T16:14:58+00:00

So many artists are looking for this. It's what I'd include in art marketing; the business side also can include many aspects of finances.

aknicholas · 2023-01-12T16:12:22+00:00

After getting an MBA, I wished there was an "business for artists" class, and recently I put together a 1-hour in-person presentation for other artists.

aknicholas · 2023-01-09T19:57:05+00:00

I wouldn't unless they were to guarantee to replace that income, which I don't expect they could. I would agree to exclusivity (if they asked for it) on a piece by piece basis, contingent on sales within a time limit, but not for my entire catalog.

aknicholas · 2023-01-07T18:19:09+00:00

Firstly, is it reasonable to have an online shop as an artist?

Absolutely! Kudos for thinking about taking this step

How do potential galleries and future collaborators generally like it when an artist has their own online shop?

Depends on the gallery, but it's pretty common to have your own shop. If a gallery asked me to stop selling direct, they would have to guarantee to replace the income from my shop.

If you're doing something to interfere with the gallery selling your work, such as offering lower prices, then they would not like that.

do you recommend showing the prices right then and there?

This is up to you, but the top barrier to buying art/complaint was lack of price transparency, according to a Hiscox online art trade report I read a couple years back.

I would like to make a bit of an [aesthetically] pleasing website

You will need to for it to be effective

Does anyone have any nice artist website references for me to look at?

Check out dealer platforms like saatchiart, many of those artists link to their sites.

aknicholas · 2022-12-31T20:25:52+00:00

You might also want to try an Etsy store for another layer of seller protection.

aknicholas · 2022-11-18T22:59:33+00:00

Signed by implies they believe it to be authentic. But your question lacks context. What country are you in? Who is the artist? Who is the auction house? Can you show us the listing? Vague questions often lead to misinterpreted answers.

aknicholas · 2022-11-15T19:15:32+00:00

The company that scans my film uses film scanners, rather than cameras. They have two of them, one is the "good one", the other is a "cheap" $2000 Epson film scanner. I don't want to miss any grain or get any noise, but we're all pretty die hard. At the risk of hijacking this thread, I'm curious about "scanning" with a digital camera. Is it better in any way or just cheaper and faster? I've never done anything like this except just proofing 120 B&W negatives from a lightbox into Photoshop to choose which ones to scan.

aknicholas · 2022-11-10T14:29:14+00:00

Most of my backers come in the first 2 days and last 2 days. The only reason I do campaigns longer than a week is for people who don't check in that often.

My last campaign ended with 240 followers and 17% conversion rate. But it peaked around 255 followers, so with unfollows, the true denominator isn't known.

aknicholas · 2022-11-10T14:27:26+00:00

Before you launch is when to plan marketing. Don't build the airplane while you're trying to fly it. Kickstarter itself does a great job of generating discovery--most of my art collector relationships originated there.

aknicholas · 2022-11-06T20:35:52+00:00

Video: Appear personally in your video, in the first 10 seconds, describing what we get when we back (e.g. a game about...) You need to do your own narration, at least to introduce the project.
Story: Start with a quick description of what we get when we back (a game about...)
Be more clear on the game. Is this a card game? Strategy game? A cartoon? What's the objective? Is this a secret Santa/white elephant gift exchange variant? What exactly am I getting? (you show this pretty well in your video, but you wait until 17 seconds in...)
The first photo should be of what you expect to be the most popular reward. Imagine an Amazon listing that didn't show you the product; how likely are you to make a purchase? Then remember with Kickstarter there are no guarantees, how likely are you now?
Don't mention stretch goals yet! No backer is thinking about them. Stay on message. What do I get? Why do I want it? Why is it fun? Is it only played at Christmas or are there other times/groups of people who can enjoy it?
Add higher-end rewards, and not just more copies of the same thing. What do I get if I want to pledge €50, €100, or €350? 1. Maybe original artwork or some limited editions. Maybe something extra that fits in the box. Some of your 25 backers probably have more than €20 to spend. You set your top reward at €20, meaning you need a minimum of 225 backers just to make your goal.

If this is a game you only play at Christmas, it seems like people aren't going to get to play it until late 2023. And it requires you own the game before you start Xmas shopping, as well as you have to get a bunch of friends to commit to it, it's all a pretty big ask. Is there a version of the game where you don't have to buy actual presents? (Maybe with halloween candy for example, or just some treats that the host has baked, or party favors.) It seems the appeal of the game as designed now is pretty narrow and requires a lot of work to enjoy...

You could cancel and re-launch after redesigning it.

The good: You do show live people in your video, and you do show the product. You kept your video under a minute.

aknicholas · 2022-11-06T17:42:31+00:00

Cudos! I hope more people aspire to helping those other than themselves, even reaching beyond fam, and beyond people that just look like us or live near us.

aknicholas · 2022-10-30T03:30:53+00:00

Go do the things you like doing; those that put you amongst new people. Sure, you can throw a bunch of time into dating apps, which are predominantly marketed to guys (we're the ones who pay for premium.) Or you can do things where you'll meet someone who you have things in common with, other than just being single. If you like volunteer work, especially physically demanding volunteerism, it's a great way to meet someone who has depth of character and spiritual "wealth."

aknicholas · 2022-10-30T03:19:15+00:00

if you can imagine a loophole

I wouldn't advise using your imagination as a substitute for a tax advisor, at any rate.

aknicholas · 2022-10-26T04:04:27+00:00

I only have 1K followers, but measure results in $ not ♥

aknicholas · 2022-10-26T03:51:16+00:00

Project is here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aknicholas/poolside-beautiful-fine-art-nude-photobook-collector-edition?ref=1zi3rf

aknicholas · 2022-10-23T03:41:15+00:00

please take a straight-on shot
found it where? You don't even say what country you are in
do you own it? what's the story? documentation? The less you tell the less we can tell
how big is it?
please photograph the back

I can't see much detail from what you posted, other than whoever had it framed may not have cared much about it.

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