One Man Banned Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Nice like the others. Recognized some of your stuff while browsing some random t-shirt site. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortFuse Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Man I havent been in hear for some time. Ive been busy with life but have still had the time to doodle hear and there. I put up a lil 4 x 4 chalk board in my room to just throw some stupid quotes up from time to time. Ill just doodle a quote that I'll hear or like I dunno it makes for easy instagram posts. There is way too many to post but Ill post up a few of my favorites from the bunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ShortFuse Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Some stupid quotes I put on panels to sell at Etsy or a festival... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortFuse Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 First 3 was a job for a wedding. There were 5 total, or was it 6, anyways I wish I could of gotten really good photos with them at the wedding. Draft for a commissioned quote for the Indigo Lantern Oath. Lol I never knew the Green Lantern was one of many till I got this request. Ive never been big on comics but it sparked my curiosity when I looked it all up lol. A commissioned business logo I did recently. Even though these all have been paid things I still see it as my "art." Hoping this one opens a couple of doors to get some more serious jobs rolling through. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortFuse Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Last November I think it was I spent some time in my cold studio keeping warm in front of my foundry furnace as I forged and bent these metal brands. I made the "S" and "G" way before I dove into it serious and twisted out the whole 26 plus a "The" and apostrophe "S." I first had the idea to have letter inclusions to metal work. Keeping them simple yet giving a bit of elegant curve but yet keeping confined to a space. They all were 4 x 6 in. After a while I thought hmmm wonder what it would look like burnt into wood as a brand. Either way Im glad to have all 26 no matter what my direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pertplus1 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Dude, props for making a buck from lettering. I'm jealous. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pertplus1 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Did some shit on this brick paneling I got from a wall I painted last weekend. Not really feeling the W too much, but its fixable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortFuse Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Thanks man. Its a good feeling. To be honest though I tend to find that most people dont understand the cost behind it. Ive slaved for a few, or mis quoted, and been like ughh Im getting shafted. Recent work Ive tried to maintain the creative focus as best I can while still pleasing the customer. It gives me a little bit of sanity along with leaving me with some actual Want to do the work. I thought more of the chalk from the start but it seems that the real business is outside of that world. Forget where I read it but one artist basically eluded to chalk work as childs play in the big world of Type jobs. Needless to say Ive been exploring other avenues or expanding my options on what mediums to use. Your work though is like ten levels higher than any of my stuff. You put out some seriously awesome stuff. You dont try and make a buck for yourself? I would even think the Pokemon one would get that area of the anime market jonesing for a print. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pertplus1 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Thanks dude. I've gotten a lot of views on my stuff, but only a handful of offers for custom work, and 0 offers for the originally posted work. I guess I'm not sure how to promote myself really, besides posting on various forums, and social media sites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortFuse Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Word you deserve it man. What about Instagram? You mentioned social media but thats a bulk of many things. I find that I see a lot of letter work surging through instagram. Not to mention the "hashtag" advertisement is free so word it in the direction of your audience. So many artists tagging their work with the right hashtag to promote business. So many sites are over saturated with gabullee goop that any joe shmoe can dream up on Paint. I come from a family that has done internet business for the past 10+ years and its frustrating the people that want something for nothing. I had this dude in town want 55% on a sale if he sold my letter work, then another artist studio claimed 50% on a sale, and I about puked...not to mention wanting to kidney shot them for being so greedy when they claim to "support" the arts. Not trying to turn the Art section into a business section but I feel that some use special words to sell themselves just to sound fancy. Recently stumbled across Giclee (shgee-klay) printing. Its a fancy word that once meant something serious but now because of the lack of proper control it can mean anything spat out from your printer at home. SO the stupid see it as special and so on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pertplus1 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 I am on instagram, and have a decent amount of followers (I think?) at ~600 or so. It hasn't helped me at all with making money however. I see some artists doing cliche quotes with bland ass brush lettering with 20k follows and 300 likes a picture, and I'm like wtf? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortFuse Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Had to re-read my post last night...too much red wine.... Yeah I REFUSE to do anything with a brush pen or that haggard ink stick look. I just dont find it appealing. I know some people have been using instagram as a selling platform along with exposure. Theyll "list" the product on instagram with a price and leave directions to Direct Message pay pal info for payment. Ive been meaning to give it a try but I just dont feel like having to log in log out of multiple accounts. Lol I guess Im lazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Man Banned Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 I know 1 or 2 guys who have their areas on lock with painted ads, almost entirely from hustling door to door. Some word of mouth too. They've made some business cards, flyers, websites to promote, but in the growing impersonal world I think there's something to approaching someone with some form of portfolio and putting them on to what you do. There's also a psychology involved with putting something into someone's hands to look at, taking something from you that you have made and viewing it. You start to break down the psychological boundaries they have that keep them from accepting a product. In the computer age this is a different, foreign approach to many, but marketers have been doing shit like this for years. And as you've noted, Instagram is dime a dozen crapola, it's overloading and overwhelming to a potential buyer. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Man Banned Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 And Pert, the lettering is super tight and I do feel like I saw it on some t-shirt site. For that type of thing, I had the feeling that if you wrote the name of the newest popular rap song, or something like Maple Bacon Whisky Beard, you'd get a ton of buys. Not sure how satisfying that would be as the buyers would likely be douchebags, but it would be $$ in the pocket, LOL. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealmighty... Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Some nice stuff recently. Almost makes me want to come check this out daily again.Heres something Ive been working on. 88 portraits that I have to frame and scan for an upcoming show. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pertplus1 Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N0W0N Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N0W0N Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 I've got a Kickstarter I've started. I'm hustling for a brick & mortar. One of the rewards I'm offering is an engraved dog tag with your hand tag or what have you on it. (Pert I'd love to work with you on a regular.) 11717387_1446966695611932_8507330563246655903_o.jp 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pertplus1 Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 I'm down! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pertplus1 Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DZINE CREATIVE Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 These are some of my latest works, Let me know what you think? You can view some of my other work at www.dzinecreative.com.au/portfolio-2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigmouthStrikesAgain Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 Anyone here ever build any instruments or do anything with electronics? I've gotten into the guitar building game and while my shit maybe isn't the most "beautiful" to the untrained eye it does sound really nice and I can plug em into an amplifier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+plus+ Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 These are some of my latest works, Let me know what you think? [ATTACH=full]192026[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]192027[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]192028[/ATTACH] You can view some of my other work at www.dzinecreative.com.au/portfolio-2 I like the face and the brick piece a lot. Stencil is done a lot but still executed well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercer Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 [MEDIA=vimeo]145462159[/MEDIA] 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Man Banned Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Stop turning them pages so fucking fast! Nice stuff, lot of good characters in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist 666 Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 That one liner thing at 40 seconds. Dam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortFuse Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Pause play pause play all day lol. I could never lock myself into a book. I got so used to doing sheets of paper and trashing when the vandal days were strong. Lifes pulled me away from such things and now when I do anything I still just use sheets. Plus reams of paper are cheaper than books. I havent done anything "real" in a while. Been working on stupid sayings to make money off of. Gotta kick something that means something soon. But Ill contribute something.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~KRYLON2~ Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 I suck at art, but I make up for it with my ambition to destroy other peoples property Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdmone Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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