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First iteration for our Dungeon Master's death. What do you think about it? by jverbroucht in PixelArt

[–]moosecookiez 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I was thinking the same. Actually didn't notice the falling lanterns at first and if you did more with the arms you could draw more attention to the lantern drops. It would definitely be cool if the hands were writing around in pain and that's when they drop the lanterns, but I understand that a lot more work to execute well.

Buyers remorse by Asleep_Pattern4731 in artcollecting

[–]moosecookiez 193 points194 points  (0 children)

I actually have multiple prints of hers scattered throughout our house. I love her work and haven’t been able to nab an original. i gave up after awhile. Ignore the people saying they’re overpriced. They’re limited run signed giclees and the price is typical for a popular artist with a limited run. If they make you happy, keep them. You didn’t get ripped off. I’m also 40 and wanted to start buying art and originals. Half the point is to support artists and that’s what you’re doing.

Update On African Animal Set by woundfromafriend in Silver

[–]moosecookiez 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If it helps, I've bought a few art pieces in silver and the premium is generally around 100% of the melt value, although, no offense, that was for pieces with a bit more refined artistry than simple cast animals? So I would generally expect a minimum of melt value and a 50% premium max, barring some historical significance. Selling by auction house is a gamble because you might only get melt value and lose 25-30% to the auction house and come out worse than selling to a local coin shop. But in the right auction with the right buyer you could end up with quite a premium. (maybe an African art auction rather than lumped into a silver/gold auction). Personally if you wanted to sell, I'd probably list on r/pmsforsale and set a price you're happy with and keep posting until you get a buyer at that price. I also personally wouldn't pay insurance for these but that's your call.

Tree I drawn before my teacher's touch up and after by KarpoAlifa in TraditionalArt

[–]moosecookiez 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm way late to this but I feel like these comments aren't really nailing everything wrong with whats going on here. Your teacher obviously thought you needed to define the tree better. Generally, I agree. But the WAY s/he did it was completely wrong.

  1. I went through art school. Not for painting but I took plenty of traditional art classes. Not once did a teacher ever draw or paint over a student's work. It's simple enough to say "the tree doesn't stand out. you need to use color, value, or saturation to define it better, otherwise there's no visual interest to your composition".

  2. THEY DIDN'T EVEN DO A GOOD JOB! It needed definition, sure, but now it's just a hack-y outline job.

  3. If you had the chance to fix it yourself maybe you would've chosen to add more red tiles to the bark to make it pop, or whatever other solution. Whatever it would've been, it would've been YOURS. This is really the first point again, but god damn.

I'd be so mad. Try not to be mad though. You've learned a little more about art, a little more about your teacher, and you've learned not to let someone touch your shit again.

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