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Would people buy these?

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babyt2020 · 08/11/2026 15:17

I’m really enjoying doing this style of drawings and was wondering if you think people would buy them either as posters or gift cards? I’d love to try setting up an Etsy shop and just wondered if you think people would like them?

Would people buy these?
Would people buy these?
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TheChosenTwo · 08/11/2026 15:18

I wouldn’t personally, sorry.
I sometimes enjoy a little bit of colouring though and find it a really relaxing screenfree activity.

ETA - sorry, do you mean you’re thinking about selling the drawings for people to colour in?! I think I read it wrong in that you were trying to sell your own colouring…
I still wouldn’t buy them as drawings because I have 3 colouring books I was bought about 5 years ago and have completed maybe 6 pages so I’ve got enough to last me a lifetime but they would maybe more marketable as drawings to colour.

ToKittyornottoKitty · 08/11/2026 15:20

I wouldn’t buy them, they look like nice things you’d colour yourself as part of an art kit so I may colour my own, but it’s not something I’d buy already done.

Idontjetwashthefucker · 08/11/2026 15:20

Not something I'd be interested in

Winter2020 · 08/11/2026 15:20

I think people might buy them professionally printed onto a card, rather than hand drawn. Is that what you have in mind?

Are you colouring someone else's design or is it your own design? If it's someone else's then I guess they would have a copyright from the artist.

DontLiveByTheClouds · 08/11/2026 15:21

Objectively I can see they look nice but the one on the left hurts my eyes and the other is too bright for me.

kitex · 08/11/2026 15:22

No, I wouldn’t.

Winter2020 · 08/11/2026 15:22

You could sell the (uncoloured) designs printed on cards, with envelopes, for people's kids to colour and send.

WhatHappenedToYourFurnitureCuz · 08/11/2026 15:22

You'd really struggle to sell those for many reasons, and if you did it'd be for peanuts. For Etsy and this kind of sphere in general you either need to sell very cheap in high volumes, sell something very unusual, or sell something of very high quality.

PressedThistle · 08/11/2026 15:25

No, they're really garish.

Allseeingallknowing · 08/11/2026 15:28

You could sell them as lettercards

emuloc · 08/11/2026 15:29

Would they be coloured in already then? It is not something that I would buy, tbh.

Sidebeforeself · 08/11/2026 15:30

No sorry..there’s no USP to these in order to start up a business.

SleepZealot · 08/11/2026 15:31

I’m confused.

When I click on the second picture, it looks like it’s already a digital product that people can buy, print, and colour in?

Are you saying you went to sell ones you’ve printed and coloured in?

babyt2020 · 08/11/2026 16:00

It was a long shot I guess! Oh well I personally love them so I’ll just put them up all over the house instead 👍😁

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Kirschcherries · 08/11/2026 16:30

@babyt2020 have you thought about turning them into birthday cards? It’s a way to be creative without having to find space to display them.

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