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fancyginglass · 13/02/2021 21:31

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?

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BlueThistles · 13/02/2021 22:09

His art work is great OP... Smile

hibbledibble · 13/02/2021 22:09

I think he would find a market locally. Doing customised ones on demand could work too

Mrstwiddle · 13/02/2021 22:09

It looks rather old fashioned to me, didn’t this type of 5ing used to be quite popular 15/20 years ago ( I may be thinking of something else...)

HighSpecWhistle · 13/02/2021 22:09

Yes I like it. With a black frame and a mount I think it would look good.

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fancyginglass · 13/02/2021 22:11

passtheorange a bit of both to be honest - he has taken several photos and manipulated them - he has put the water in the flowers, grass etc. The actual landmark doesn't sit in that situation if that makes sense. He actually does original digital art, which is very good but i asked him to do this for me.

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zizzii · 13/02/2021 22:12

I'd buy it if it was local to me at about the £30-£40 price mark (no idea what it would actually cost!)

KilljoysDutch · 13/02/2021 22:12

Unfortunately applying filters to photographs is so easy and common place to be done that he wouldn't get much money for his work as there are people doing this sort of thing for £5 a throw. It's good fun for him to learn tricks that may help him develop his skill in the future though.

Lemonsyellow · 13/02/2021 22:12

No, I wouldn’t, but I suspect there might be a market for it.

Anotherlovelybitofsquirrel · 13/02/2021 22:13

@HundredMilesAnHour

So rudeHmm

A simple no would suffice.

SchrodingersImmigrant · 13/02/2021 22:13

I love Stephen Brown😂

JulietMadeChutney · 13/02/2021 22:14

It is not to my taste personally (I think I have the dirtiest mind...it just looks phallic to me). Also I find digital art can look a bit plasticky - but that is just my personal view.

He needs to find a market - who would like it - and work out how to access it. Is it a particular demographic (teens) or location (people who live close by). He maybe needs to have a look at Etsy and the like to see what is selling of a similar nature. But Etsy may not be the right forum for it. He would need to work out where is.

It is not easy though. I have started selling my art (mostly prints but also a couple of originals). But there is a lot of competition out there. I started with and Etsy shop about a month ago and am basically invisible amongst everything else. I need to do wayyyy more marketing than I have the time/inclination for to make money from it.

As to what people would buy - art is so personal. What one person likes another will not. Even just looking at what I have sold shows this as my 3 biggest sellers are totally different to each other (a charcoal hare, a almost cartoony giraffe and a townscape).

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SchrodingersImmigrant · 13/02/2021 22:14

*Steven... even🤦

springdale1 · 13/02/2021 22:15

You need to be careful selling pictures of other people’s property I.e selling a picture of a National Trust property taken whilst on National Trust land is a breach of copyright law. The National Trust definitely pursue people over it.

TambourineW · 13/02/2021 22:15

I think it's very good and if it was a landmark near to me, or one which meant something to me, I would definitely think about buying it. I like what he's doing.

YewandOak · 13/02/2021 22:15

No,sorry. Its not a style I personally like.

Orchidflower1 · 13/02/2021 22:17

@fancyginglass can I ask what the landmark is? It looks familiar to me.

user1491404899 · 13/02/2021 22:17

I wouldn't buy it personally as digital art is becoming so easy to do. With all the programs around atm anyone could make those...sorry

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fancyginglass · 13/02/2021 22:18

springdale1 It's definitely not National Trust nor would any of the other views he would be doing. As I mentioned before it's an interpretation of the landmark. He would do the same with similar areas of beauty in our town.

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springdale1 · 13/02/2021 22:20

It doesn’t necessarily have to be National Trust, could be any private land/property owner.

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fancyginglass · 13/02/2021 22:22

Orchidflower1 it's the Pencil in Largs, Ayrshire - if you search you will see it - it is to commemorate the Battle of Largs when the vikings tried to invade.

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JulietMadeChutney · 13/02/2021 22:22

@fancyginglass - I would definitely suggest he concentrates on a local market for stuff like this to be honest. Unless I had a particular affinity/memory of a "Place" - however lovely/beautiful/interesting - I would not really be interest in any art of it. The Angel of the North, for example, might be great. But I have no reason to want it on my wall.

My townscape has sold most locally - to people who live or grew up in the town.

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fancyginglass · 13/02/2021 22:22

springdale1 it definitely not.

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JulietMadeChutney · 13/02/2021 22:23

Oh and, once lockdown is over, maybe try local cafes/gift shops etc. But all this takes time/effort to do.

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fancyginglass · 13/02/2021 22:25

My son is actually a very good artist in his own right but prefers the digital format and no, I don't think anyone could just do it with rendering, lighting etc. It is an art in itself and I have bought things before from artists selling prints that I love - especially of Glasgow or the West of Scotland.

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duffeldaisy · 13/02/2021 22:26

He's obviously talented, though I'm afraid I'm not into digital art at all. But there will be people who are.

Is he into/able to afford oil paints at all? The way he blends colours here could look quite dramatic in oils, and I think it'd make his work more saleable because the work he's putting in isn't as hidden as it is in digital.