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  • desperaterobotsdesperaterobots perth, ausRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I priced my UFO painting (the one my sig is from) at $1000 because I want to keep it, and I figure if someone ponies up that much, they must really want it, so they can have it. :D

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  • desperaterobotsdesperaterobots perth, ausRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    If anyone wants to show me how to make a .pdf I'll put one together when I'm sitting at the gallery with exactly nothing to do!

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  • winter_combat_knightwinter_combat_knight Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    what program are you making your catalogs/brochures in? If it's InDesign, it's simply eporting it as a PDF. Otherwise, god only knows...

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  • Stupid Mr Whoopsie NameStupid Mr Whoopsie Name Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2008
    You can make a .pdf pretty painlessly in photoshop.

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  • PongePonge Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Uber excited for you mate! Hope it goes well for you,

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  • desperaterobotsdesperaterobots perth, ausRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I use photoshop pretty much exclusively. A multi-page .pdf in photoshop? Goodness this is news to me.

    edit: hey i just found it and it IS painless. Photoshop, you are amazing. That's another project for tomorrow then. :D

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  • lyriumlyrium Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Someone will probably buy it.

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  • SublimusSublimus Artist. nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    That latest one is tops!!

    And, wow, yeah. That is a pretty big space to fill. But you work pretty large as well, right?

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  • GrennGrenn Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    That last one is awesome, DR.

    It is CLOSE!!! Good luck dude!!

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  • desperaterobotsdesperaterobots perth, ausRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    It's officially today! oh god!

    all my work is hung and i've decked out the space for a delightful party atmosphere. the proper daylight gallery fluros killed any ambience, so I've got lamps ahoy. It's dim but not too dim, with some spotlights here and there. I have pictures but I'm too fucking tired to post them right now.

    Anyway, feeling good, despite spending fucktonnes of cash on booze, food and other shit. I think I've decided to reframe my view of tonight as just being an expensive party. Also I was supposed to be in the paper today and I didn't get one delivered! cry!

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  • ProspicienceProspicience The Raven King DenvemoloradoRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Good luck man! I'm sure all the fuckloadtons of cash and time you've spent will be worth it.

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  • SublimusSublimus Artist. nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Good luck! Can't wait to see the pics!

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  • no_toastno_toast Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Best of luck for the show!

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  • MustangMustang Arbiter of Unpopular Opinions Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Good luck on the show DR, hope you make a fuckton of money or at least enough to feed you for a few weeks. Don't forget to be a pretentious asshole and insult EVERYONE you meet, that will give you an air of a brilliance, because ALL socially disfuntional people are brilliant.

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  • desperaterobotsdesperaterobots perth, ausRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Thanks for the well wishes guys. Here's what we set up with the gallery. Excuse leisure suit larry in all the pictures. He's my chum Wade who helped me set everything up!

    I AM CLIMBING THE STAIRS TO THIS WONDEROUS NEW WORLD! WHAT DO I SEE?

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    GOODNESS ME LOOK AT ALL THIS STUFF!

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    THESE PAINTINGS MUST BE WORTH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF-- WAIT! THEY'RE AFFORDABLE! HONEY WE MUST GET ONE!

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    The bands will be hereish.

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    Oh look at all the arts! I MUST COLLECT THEM ALL BECAUSE I AM A WEALTHY PATRON OF THE ARTS!

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    WOWZ!

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    Just look at that! Stunning vibrancy and I can hardly even see the pixels!

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  • MustangMustang Arbiter of Unpopular Opinions Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    and you were worried you wouldn't be able to fill it.....shame on you.

    Seriously this looks like a show I would actually want to go to. The robot factory picture looks twice as epic in this photo for some reason, maybe because it's got some scale.

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  • FlayFlay Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    If I was in Perth I would totaly come to congratulate you in person. You've earned it. :^:

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  • PongePonge Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    How'd it go?!

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  • winter_combat_knightwinter_combat_knight Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I think you've done a good job setting up the room. Hope it's going well!

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  • desperaterobotsdesperaterobots perth, ausRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Hooray!

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2008
    woo! congratulations, you completely deserve it!

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  • TamTam Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Yay! Did you sell the painting in your sig?

    How much is the evil agent woman taking from you?

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  • no_toastno_toast Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Great news, Congrats DR!

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  • winter_combat_knightwinter_combat_knight Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Congrats dude!!! You worked hard, well deserved.

    I'd say make sure you make high quality digital back-ups of your work before the buyers pick them up, but... Good luck scanning those big-arse canvases!

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  • Forbe!Forbe! Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Wanna give me some of that money? Good job duder.

    Make sure you keep a detailed record of who purchased your pieces.

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  • r-jasperr-jasper Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    congrats DR! looks like an awesome space to have held an exhibition in!

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  • earthwormadamearthwormadam ancient crust Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    :^::^:

    Congrats, got any more pics of stuff during the exhibition?

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  • ShiboeShiboe Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Pretty cool stuff man, did you end up turning a profit?

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  • MustangMustang Arbiter of Unpopular Opinions Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    That's awsome DR, big congrats. Now you have to part with all your babies in the shameless pursuit of profit.

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  • GrennGrenn Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Awesome mate, really chuffed for you! The room looked cool as well, nicely filled! Would love to see more pics of the night.

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  • KochikensKochikens Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Woo! Congrats! Great setup, would have loved to been there.

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  • Forbe!Forbe! Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    So did you make more money than what went into the show?

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  • ShiboeShiboe Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Forbe! wrote: »
    So did you make more money than what went into the show?

    Ya that was my querry too, I think he blew it all on drugs though, and is currently in a coma. On the plus side, drug coma dreams will spawn the next series of paintings.

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  • desperaterobotsdesperaterobots perth, ausRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I haven't done all the tallying up of reciepts versus earnings yet. I did spend a lot of money on booze and food for everyone, hiring the venue, canvas + paint etc...

    But... it's looking pretty damn good. ;D I've sold all but 5 so far. Out of about 20 pieces? Most of them sold in the first hour!

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  • TamTam Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    desperaterobots wrote: »
    I haven't done all the tallying up of reciepts versus earnings yet. I did spend a lot of money on booze and food for everyone, hiring the venue, canvas + paint etc...

    But... it's looking pretty damn good. ;D I've sold all but 5 so far. Out of about 20 pieces? Most of them sold in the first hour!

    Only disadvantage is that now you don't get that starving artist patina.

    I ask again, did you sell the one in your sig?

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  • desperaterobotsdesperaterobots perth, ausRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    No, no. I wanted to keep it so I priced it really high. I was secretly hoping some of my friends who are in a ridiculously successful band would buy it, but it was too big for their houses.

    So there's a lesson learned. Too big = no sale. The three huge ones haven't budged.

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  • Forbe!Forbe! Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    What are the dimensions of the ones that have sold? The ones that haven't?

    If you don't mind me asking what was your average price?

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  • desperaterobotsdesperaterobots perth, ausRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    The ones that have sold vary from, uh, quite small, to ... say... fairly large!

    The biggest to sell was 60" by 30", three of those sold in both landscape and portrait. The biggest canvas I work on is 60"x40" in landscape.

    You can see the prices when I upload my catalog pdf for y'all to browse. :)

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  • Forbe!Forbe! Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    So still, you sold some huge ones either way. I think you should be very proud of yourself, even if the biggest didn't sell. Paintings that large are hard to find places for.

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  • desperaterobotsdesperaterobots perth, ausRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I didn't mean to sound like I wasn't proud. I think it's gone amazingly well. But that's something I hadn't considered which is quite obvious; the bigger the painting, the bigger the imposition on someones living space and the less likely they would be to buy it.

    Solution... invite more business owners along!

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