Would you be interested in buying this

[fancyginglass]

My son has started doing digital art - basically he is taking photos of local landmarks and putting his own spin on them adding different filters. This is only one of the versions he has created. If this was a landmark local to you would you buy a print?

I’m a little confused by this thread. You say your son isn’t interested in doing this for a living, so does it matter if anyone wants to buy a print or not?

I’m a keen (amateur) artist myself. I have seen far too many fellow creatives completely lose their motivation and confidence when they start to commercialise, so I’d be very careful about going down that road. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with having a hobby that you purely do for fun!

As for buying art works for £40, I agree that would be far too cheap if the artist is based in the UK. Social media has however opened up the art world and made it possible to buy works from countries where the average wage is much less than in the UK. It’s yet another reason why making a living out of art is almost impossible here. Unless you have something truly unique, how are you going to compete with the prices the competition charges?

It’s worth a try if he’s passionate about it. Some say anything will sell if it’s at the right price (and a good standard).

The challenge is that most people have computers and access to software these days and there is a lot of people doing this sort of thing.
But good luck, he should follow his dreams.

I do like them, but I wouldn't buy as I'm quite good at doing things like this myself, so if I wanted one I'd do my own I think.

I think the problem with digital art is that anyone can do it. It doesn’t need as much talent as standard drawing and painting. I think people are beginning to realise this and not valuing it as much as when it first started. It can be time consuming but often the majority is just altered photos or traced images rather than original art.

Pretty much every stand-up comedian seems to be producing digital art at the moment to make some money while they can’t perform live. I don’t blame them but the market is definitely getting saturated!

It's ok but as already said by other posters up thread - as a digital concept you will find that the skill and entry level for anything digital is very very wide including a low entry point (as with infant child art). Technically with widely freely available digital tools most of us can digitally recreate art as I feel the true traditional artist qualities and skills are not as apparent. Old classic oil paintings will always command the crème de la crème and command the market.

Therefore it’s sadly a no from me but perhaps these pieces may be favourable as souvenirs for locals etc.

I like the style but for this to be commercial it needs to be close to the original view. I know the Pencil very well and I would never in a million years have recognised it being that until you said. I didn’t even recognise it being Largs.

I appreciate artistic interpretation but a landmark needs to be recognisable for it to be something that people would buy

Possibly on a postcard if it looked more like the actual setting.

The problem with people selling things and it not being their main income source is that they massively under-price for the time and skills required to make it. This then skews people's perception of what something is worth and the ones who do try and make a living from it get constant comments about how expensive it is and how their friend can do it for like a third of the price.

I tend only to buy art/creative products where there's a skill involved eg it can't just reproduced.

Eg DH bought me some jewellery last year and it's incredibly intricate, the woman who makes it is very highly skilled, I believe that level of exceptional skill is worth of remuneration. Two beer cans mashed together in the shape of male genitalia on the other hand I don't regard as worthy of financial reward.

Tbh I apply this to a lot of the crap I see people selling on Facebook atm. £10 1kilo bags of pick and mix when anyone can buy the stuff wholesale at £8 for 3 kilos online. Are people that bad at maths? There's no skill to packaging up a bag of sweets.

Other things that require no skill:

• scrabble letter pictures
• snack/graze boxes
• handmake cupcakes etc unless they are seriously to a professional standard in terms of uniquely decorated - piped buttercream and cut out rolled icing etc I can and do make myself.

I think it looks good but on comparison to the real landmark I’d have to say no, it looks a bit child like and fairy tale. The real setting is much grittier. I think that’s what he needs to bring out and enhance. The drama of it in reality.

Bottom line - in the digital global world (ie including competition from plentiful and lower cost of living geographies) means that anything that can’t be self taught or done relatively easily at home as a hobby etc and importantly unless there is real tangible unique rare not commonplace skill with actual value added is where the real market is at.

Even a quick browse at usual online go to global marketplaces such as eBay and Alibaba will bring up countless art works but do they sell or find buyers? And if so at what price? Skill and creativity is always commoditised but it needs value added and rarity to appeal and find a (fair and acceptable) price point.

Tell him to keep going to find his own style. Digital art sells because it is cost effective for the artist and buyer. There is a real snob element to art though, and digital is at the bottom of that pile, but some digital artists create stunning work. Ultimately art is about creativity and the medium becomes less important with time.

FWIW i make money from it but not a lot which is fine as its just a hobby.

I would definitely buy them. I like buying paintings, real or digital of the places I visited. So if it was in the gift shop, I would be happy to buy them for souvenir. But maybe put off if the digital version had too much effect.

It’s great that your son is being creative. I make art and it’s really difficult to put yourself out there. Does he have social media pages for his art? There are plenty of creative groups out there which may be able to advise and encourage his particular interests. A digital art group perhaps? I hope he keeps going and developing his own personal style. Good Luck!!

I’d prefer an original or something less digital I think but I can see the talent in it. He could try on local pages?

Not my cup of tea.

No...too fantasy/gaming art, with hardly any detail.

If your DS is a trained animator then I suspect he didn't really put his heart into this, as it was just at your suggestion, and that lack of interest shows.

I think it depends on how difficult the filter etc process was. If it was a photo I wanted art of I might commission something like this BUT only if it was done technically enough and that I wouldn't be able to do it myself a phone app. The problem with a lot of filter based art is that it looks cool but anyone can do it so instead of buying a piece people are more likely to get inspired to make their own.

Op.

Here are some examples of landmark digital art for comparison. There is not usually any big money in these, as in the really good ones would go for about ten to twenty quid.

www.wallpaperflare.com/london-landmarks-digital-artwork-stadium-architecture-clouds-digital-art-wallpaper-234888

fineartamerica.com/featured/london-big-ben-urban-art-michael-tompsett.html

Oooh. I like the big ben!

[quote Bluntness100]Op.

Here are some examples of landmark digital art for comparison. There is not usually any big money in these, as in the really good ones would go for about ten to twenty quid.

www.wallpaperflare.com/london-landmarks-digital-artwork-stadium-architecture-clouds-digital-art-wallpaper-234888

fineartamerica.com/featured/london-big-ben-urban-art-michael-tompsett.html[/quote]
These I would buy!

It's nice but i wouldn't want it.

I'd prefer the original photo.

But hey much better use of time than gaming!

I like it and would buy if it was a landmark that was significant to me.

Art is so subjective, and doesn't have to be permanent - if something isn't expensive, it may suit a person for a while but doesn't have to be an 'investment' like the original art that some seem to think is the only thing that's worthwhile.

I have original decent art on my walls, and I have transitory stuff that suits my mood. I love it all.