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 Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:58 am
Emelyn *nod* I know what you mean- Plus, I'm super afraid that I'll put all my capital into it- about 10 mil worth of gold+items, at this point- into it... and then not get a very good turnout, or have it be WORTH all that money. A part of me thinks I should just liquidate it all and do single commissions. ...I wonder if that'd be ..'more' worth it. Y'know? Of course, some of these artists don't open themselves to commissions- they just enter these contests. And others want a very large amt for a commish. So maybe it would be a better deal. *shrugsigh* I just dunno. ^_~ So I keep putting it off. That's it too. sweatdrop There's lots of things to think about ^^;
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Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:57 am
Emelyn *nod* I know what you mean- Plus, I'm super afraid that I'll put all my capital into it- about 10 mil worth of gold+items, at this point- into it... and then not get a very good turnout, or have it be WORTH all that money. A part of me thinks I should just liquidate it all and do single commissions. ...I wonder if that'd be ..'more' worth it. Y'know? Of course, some of these artists don't open themselves to commissions- they just enter these contests. And others want a very large amt for a commish. So maybe it would be a better deal. *shrugsigh* I just dunno. ^_~ So I keep putting it off.
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Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 9:10 pm
Ah I have two contests I have goals to save up for. My first Midnite-Star one had about 45 entries for just around 250k and some really nice art, so I'm hoping to have about 1-2mill in prizes for my next ones and make them even bigger smile Must save up! I"m kinda more eager to have a contest around the manga I'm starting... but though I could have enough to hold a contest very soon, I'd like to actually HAVE at least the first ten pages or more of it done XD
Hmn. I'm thinking about starting an auction for my normal art maybe within the next week or so. Last ones have either been chibis or fanart so it's been quite a while. What do you guys feel are better? Shorter auctions? (like 1 week, maybe 2) Or longer ones?
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Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 9:52 pm
Personally, i like them 3 weeks or less. Any longer, and i tend to forget about them. XD;
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Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 6:30 am
I'm planning my next one to be long, several months at least, but that's partly cause I'll have a high first prize, and partly because I want to have the time to not worry about it off and on and not have it suffer too much. XD
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Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 6:14 pm
*is a new member*
I was wondering about the exact same thing for about a year. It took me so long to get any commissions from artists. One artist still has a nitemare scarf in the bank for a chibi and it's been so long. Those scarves really raised in price since then. They still haven't accepted the trade or done my chibi. >.<' I just went ahead and piled all my savings into an art contest that I opened up on Saturday. I have an advertising contest so I hope that will help out with it.
Does anyone who had an art contest before have any suggestions on how to get people to enter? I would hate to beg artists I like to enter! XD
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Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 7:04 pm
Advertise it in your sig, post everywhere and anywhere you can in R&C and R&C auctions, and swap links with anyone you can. I noticed a really significant result for the auction I did that with, vs the one I was more laid back about and kept forgetting about. XD
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Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 1:04 am
Ooo good advice on contests... *takes notes like a total geek*
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Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 8:22 am
Noraboo Advertise it in your sig, post everywhere and anywhere you can in R&C and R&C auctions, and swap links with anyone you can. I noticed a really significant result for the auction I did that with, vs the one I was more laid back about and kept forgetting about. XD That's the best thing to do IMHO. The whole theory works for auctions as well, so I do it a lot.
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Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 9:43 am
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 9:55 pm
O...officer Raesha! I so walked on the grass when there was a 'do not walk on grass' sign! do i get frisked now? ninja lol heart
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Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:38 am
Emelyn *nod* I know what you mean- Plus, I'm super afraid that I'll put all my capital into it- about 10 mil worth of gold+items, at this point- into it... and then not get a very good turnout, or have it be WORTH all that money. A part of me thinks I should just liquidate it all and do single commissions. ...I wonder if that'd be ..'more' worth it. Y'know? Of course, some of these artists don't open themselves to commissions- they just enter these contests. And others want a very large amt for a commish. So maybe it would be a better deal. *shrugsigh* I just dunno. ^_~ So I keep putting it off.
i don't know of any artists i like that do contests strictly and no private commissions. from my experience, if you oferred the artist and item they wanted, they will do the commission either way and will probably do a better job than with a contest entry. the big artists don't enter contests unless they have reasonably good prizes anyway, so it would cost you about the same to commission them or to have them join your contest.
i was going to host a contest but changed my mind because there are so many entries people get in contests that if i got them, i would never use. and the 4-5 really good entries i'd get wouldn't be worth spending 2-3mil each on. i'd rather focus on stuff i want and pay fullprice for it, but that's just me :]
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Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 12:06 pm
WoefulInfinity Noraboo Advertise it in your sig, post everywhere and anywhere you can in R&C and R&C auctions, and swap links with anyone you can. I noticed a really significant result for the auction I did that with, vs the one I was more laid back about and kept forgetting about. XD That's the best thing to do IMHO. The whole theory works for auctions as well, so I do it a lot.
*votes 10 for Officer Raesha in order to avoid having a boot thrown at her* gonk
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 6:58 am
So this is what I have from joining gaia in february '04: http://img445.imageshack.us/img445/5127/sinvintorywq3.jpgYou can kind of ignore the G buckles and shades. I wanna start an art contest some day. See anything that could be a good prize in there? I don't care what it is, I'll blow everything for one last art contest.
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 7:17 am
Not that it's extremely important or anything...
But um... I applied to the guild a while ago (a month?)
With 50+pictures in a public photobucket gallery... and I haven't gotten any replies yet.
Did I do something wrong? lol
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