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    • Coley
      Coley last edited by

      very exciting, congratulations ๐Ÿ™‚

      https://www.instagram.com/nicoleledrewmay/

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      • Annaaronson
        Annaaronson last edited by

        Yay! Thatโ€™s awesome. Congratulations!

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        • braden H
          braden H last edited by

          That's fantastic! Great work! The craft/boutique gaming market is a vast and in many ways untapped community

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          • theprairiefox
            theprairiefox last edited by

            @DOTTYP , @Coley , @Annaaronson Thanks all it is good to have excitement about my work. Can't wait to get a few pieces down there and sold!

            @Braden-Hallett the gaming market is definitely interesting. As I was talking with the shop owner he was pretty excited about the idea of books as well. He has sold a few kids books already things like the 'DnD ABCs'.

            -The Prairie Fox
            https://www.instagram.com/theprairiefox
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            • theprairiefox
              theprairiefox last edited by

              @Heather-Boyd asked to see all of the sketches that got me to this one.

              I had 5 sketches and I let my family pick which one to finish. They were very split... which I think is a good thing.

              I was surprised that the first sketch was the one to win out!

              For my process, after the sketch was chosen I did an ink drawing using a .5 and .25 pen. I scanned that in and sent reversed and inverted it and sent it to the Glowforge to cut my woodcut plate. I then printed 18 of them (only about 12 were good enough to be in the edition) and then I chose one to watercolor. I used one of the misprints to test colors on.

              I printed these on Arches hot-pressed watercolor paper, which is WONDERFUL! It worked great for both the printing and the water coloring. I use TomBow watercolor markers for the watercolor. Washes are put on with a brush and the shadows are put on with a TomBow blender. I like the TomBow markers because I am lazy and don't like to mix my own colors and I get very good color consistency with them.

              Oh, and I also take the inked version and create the little wooden mini with it using the GlowForge.

              Dwarf_sketches_001.jpg

              -The Prairie Fox
              https://www.instagram.com/theprairiefox
              https://www.theprairiefox.com

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              • theprairiefox
                theprairiefox last edited by

                The second character is done.

                I am getting faster at the watercoloring which is good. I was a little worried the cost was going to be too low, but I think I priced it right from a time/work standpoint.

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                -The Prairie Fox
                https://www.instagram.com/theprairiefox
                https://www.theprairiefox.com

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                • sigross
                  sigross @theprairiefox last edited by

                  @theprairiefox sounds like loads of fun. Cool Dwarves.
                  If you are painting each one then it's classed as a hand finished limited edition print. You can boost the price based on that unique quality. Sometimes better to price based on rarity rather than time taken.

                  www.grossiebazaar.com
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                  • theprairiefox
                    theprairiefox @sigross last edited by

                    @sigross thanks for giving me a good name for them. I am definitely charging more as they are 'woodcut prints' and hand-printed as well. But I didn't want to have to price them out of the market. Always a delicate balance.

                    It was funny though, I dropped this one off and I noticed the other didn't have a price tag? I asked the store owner and he said his price tags are super sticky so he was afraid to put one on the frame. ๐Ÿ˜‚

                    I think I will make him tags that do not stick for my pictures...

                    -The Prairie Fox
                    https://www.instagram.com/theprairiefox
                    https://www.theprairiefox.com

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                    • sigross
                      sigross @theprairiefox last edited by

                      @theprairiefox Defo worth a few quid I reckon. Pricing is a tricky conundrum. One way is to increase the price each time you sell 5.

                      www.grossiebazaar.com
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                      • theprairiefox
                        theprairiefox last edited by

                        Another...

                        ForestElf_Thief_002.jpg

                        -The Prairie Fox
                        https://www.instagram.com/theprairiefox
                        https://www.theprairiefox.com

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                        • theprairiefox
                          theprairiefox last edited by

                          I did this one for my wife as well. I usually do her a picture for Valentine's day.

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                          -The Prairie Fox
                          https://www.instagram.com/theprairiefox
                          https://www.theprairiefox.com

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