great job! especially on the lighting.

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This piece is amazing!
The expressions, the colors.. I *love* the movement of it. And excellent watercolor work!

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Thanks so much for saying that. Among all my stuff that people comment on, I think this one gets overlooked the most... maybe just because it doesn't have a pretty girl in it. But I've always been proud of it. I need to do more traditional painting with watercolors. It's an easy thing to "lose the hang of" if you stray away from it for too long.

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Ah, no problem at all!
I just love looking at this one, I think you'd do pretty good with a print account... *wink, nudge*

Hehe, and yeah those pretty girls definitely help with the pageviews.

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Thanks for saying so, but I probably won't be getting a print account. I considered it for a while, but I know a couple of people - including one artist who is far more popular than me here on DA - who spent the $25 or whatever it is for a print account and has only made about $8 total in like four months. And that was just for some postcards somebody bought from him. He tells me it's not worth it, so I'm saving my money for now, until somebody can convince me otherwise.

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Ah, makes perfect sense. Hmmm...How about cafepress? It's free to use, kind of a hassle to get going just because of trying to figure out what size/shape art to put on what kind of products, but you can have posters and stuff there... Just a thought.

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Yeah, I don't know, I haven't really looked into CafePress that much. But I have friends who have used it and it seems to be the same thing. You get it all set up and the only people who ever buy your calendars and posters and stuff are one or two of your relatives and yourself. That's the impression I get. In other words, it doesn't seem very effective as an actual money-making venture or promotional scheme, but just as a means of satisfying your own, personal urge to see your artwork printed on T-shirts and various types of knick-knacks.

As neat as I think it would be to see a big poster of one of my illustrations, or a Wulf and Batsy calendar, I'd much rather wait until there is an actual demand for it out there, beyond my wife, my close friends, my mom, and that small handful of people who are just starting to notice my work. I figure, when that time arrives, I won't have to go through do-it-yourself places. Conceivably, when/if my work ever reaches a point where there is money to be made off of products like that, somebody will be coming to me and offering to do all the hard part - the set-up, manufacture, and distribution - and do it on a larger scale, so we can both make a decent profit. The key words there being "when" and "if". Personally, I think I've got a few years, and a lot more professional illustration gigs to go - hopefully in connection with something popular - before I will be "noticed" enough to warrant that kind of attention.

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Orange was a really interesting color choice for a ghost, especially from someone who's more comfortable in black-and-white. It makes me wonder what the color of fear would be. Orange or yellow? I like how the flames are "pointing" at the ghost too and the dropped book is a nice touch. It lends an immediacy to the scene. I think the brown ink works well.

Thanks. Actually I only made the ghost orange to go along with the campfire! That was about as deep as my thoughts went on that one! Haha.

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