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I'm the one percent

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 18:41:46 2020 No.4948860 View Reply Original Report

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Top Rated sellers account for the majority of all sales on ebay and are less than 1% of all sellers, and I finally got rated as a top seller for art on ebay! To date I've sold around 120 paintings on ebay since I started in May.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 18:44:13 No.4948864 Report

Quoted By: >>4948869

good shit brian, you have made it bro

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 18:44:51 No.4948869 Report

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>>4948864
i made it and i'm still here. If I can help one of you crabs make it too I'll have accomplished my goal.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 18:45:34 No.4948871 Report

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>>4948860
Paintings by you?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 18:47:29 No.4948874 Report

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>>4948871
yeah! I've made about 100 paintings in the last month, if they're gonna sell I'm gonna keep painting them

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 18:48:17 No.4948877 Report

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Show us some

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 18:48:19 No.4948878 Report

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>>4948860
Are you here to brag or try to inspire?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 18:50:18 No.4948881 Report

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>>4948860
What's the size of the ebay market? Like how much is 1%? 10000 people?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 19:03:39 No.4948899 Report

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>>4948881
I think there's around 10 million ebay sellers, a lot of people just have an account to buy or sell one thing they wanna get rid of, I bet that's a majority of ebay accounts.

But there's also plenty of people selling in my categories trying to do it full time too. There's a LOT of art on ebay.

Also here's the latest thing I painted, this is the level of finish on most of my work, and this will probably sell in the range of $25-$35 but I usually make around $150 on each piece.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 19:11:51 No.4948914 Report

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>>4948899
Do you have any idea how much money you are losing with every painting?
Do the math and compare how much you are spending on art supplies, shipping, and sellers fees vs how much you are making on a monthly basis by selling on eBay. And then think about how much TIME you're spending doing all this that you aren't being paid for.
I'm not trying to discourage you, but you need to look realistically at all this and think about what you are getting out of it.
This business model you're working with is not even close to sustainable.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 19:50:10 No.4948957 Report

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>>4948914
>This business model you're working with is not even close to sustainable.
if you believe in "burnout" then sure, but I don't get tired. I'll fight as hard as I have to to make a living at this. If that means making 800 paintings a year I'll do it. If that means spending 10k on supplies a year to make $90k I'll do it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 19:57:52 No.4948968 Report

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>>4948957
>800 paintings per year * 1 hour per painting / 250 workdays
><4 hours a day
is shovelware the final redpill in art?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 19:58:35 No.4948969 Report

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>>4948860
Happy for you Brian, that's great keep it up.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 20:02:47 No.4948973 Report

Quoted By: >>4948986 >>4949007

Keep it up man, show us the kinda paintings that give you the big bucks
Do you dabble in any digital sales?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 20:02:49 No.4948974 Report

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>>4948914
Not him but may I ask how much you make from your work anon?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 20:13:19 No.4948986 Report

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>>4948973
Why the fuck would anyone pay money for a .png?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 20:19:51 No.4948992 Report

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And you're not even gonna gives free pizza or something, even if we supported you all the way? For shame

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 20:26:35 No.4948999 Report

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>>4948860
You're padding your stats by selling 10 dollar paintings Brian. You're not fooling anyone here.

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Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 20:30:43 No.4949007 Report

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>>4948974
since May I've made 20k on my art sales. I was able to put $5k in a savings account from that money. Hopefully with the top rating I'll be able to raise the prices on a few select pieces that are particularly popular, idk I'm not sure what kind of benefits it gives you.

>>4948973
this large self portrait sold for $900

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Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 20:32:14 No.4949010 Report

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>>4948999
i make a little less than $148 for each sale

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 20:40:11 No.4949030 Report

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>>4948986
You'd be surprised. There's plenty of people who sell high res digital downloads for people to use on their own. There's more to art sales than just "hard round brush" and selling shitty coomer PSDs on Patreon and Gumroad.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 20:55:12 No.4949054 Report

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>>4948957
The fuck are you talking about?
Brian, look through your bank account. Look at how much money you spend on supplies in a month, and compare that to how much money you make on eBay in a month. Are you even profiting?

>90k
You do not make anywhere near that and you know it.

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Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 20:55:56 No.4949057 Report

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>>4948860
what kind of paintings do you do? Do you mind posting one? How much do you sell one for, on average?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 20:58:28 No.4949059 Report

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>>4948860
Isn’t this like your third thread in the last week

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 21:22:52 No.4949096 Report

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>>4948986
What the other anon said, and selling prints for posters/greetings card is legit too
Also paying for .png is basically a comm/coomission. Were you being sarcastic?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 21:24:53 No.4949102 Report

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>>4949007
Love that stylization, i's unique to me and comfy

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 21:25:36 No.4949106 Report

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>>4949057
read the thread bro, it's only 25 posts long

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Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 21:25:44 No.4949108 Report

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>>4949010
How big are your canvases on average? Do you make abstract paintings, still lifes, or what?

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Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 21:31:57 No.4949127 Report

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>>4949106
>read the thread bro

Right on. I should have done that, but this subject excites me. I was able to make about $1000 a month selling paintings when I lived in Minneapolis, but that was because I was stongly attached to the local techno scene and most of the people that bought my work were friends of mine. My work is like the opposite of yours. Lately I've been making weird stuff in GIMP because my life sucks. But if you're able to sell paintings on Ebay, then I can. My paintings are way better than yours and I don't mind selling a 24" x 48" original painting for $200, even if it took me 40 hours to execute. Thanks for the inspiration bro!

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Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 21:38:22 No.4949141 Report

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>>4949108
this one's 16"x20" I paint anything that's popular
>>4949127
>i'm better than you
nice, mind posting one of your paintings?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 21:53:17 No.4949168 Report

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Why ebay and not amazon or something? Wouldn’t the market be bigger?

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Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 22:05:10 No.4949183 Report

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>>4949141
I never said 'I'm better than you'. I'm a fucking piece of shit loser. I only said that my paintings are better than the ones you are posting. Which is only a matter of taste, though I do put a lot of time and effort into my work. I wasn't trying to be a dick. But I never post any of my fine art on 4chan, nor do I keep any images of it on my computer.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 22:34:24 No.4949248 Report

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>>4949183
this is really interesting, projection im perspective with these trippy forms. I bet the paintings look fuckin rad. Any artist you take inspo from? Alex grey?

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Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 22:43:02 No.4949260 Report

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>>4949248
>>4949248
This computer generated art is totally different than my fine art. I'm pretty stoked on this little style I'm developing though. It's really fun to draw in this manner using GIMP. I'm coming up with all kinds of weird characters derived from medieval paintings of demons. My fine art is heavily influenced by the Abstract Expressionists, but it doesn't look anything like them. I also like the Surrealists. It might sound weird but I don't even want to describe my fine art too much. But you can check out my new GIMP electronic paintings. I've been inspired by the Temptation of St Anthony by various painters lately. Because some unknown group is electronically harassing me.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 23:19:14 No.4949310 Report

Quoted By: >>4949330 >>4949343

Brian, when you do oil painting, are the "fumes" a problem? I was thinking of doing large-scale paintings like Steve Huston that I'd work on for a long time but I only have indoor spaces available. I don't know how much of a problem that is.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 23:32:44 No.4949330 Report

Quoted By: >>4949341

>>4949310
only paint fumes that are a problem for me are deep blues. Sometimes I prime a whole canvas with a really thin layer of Prussian Blue, and I'll have to open a window because the whole studio smells really strong, and I get lightheaded. It's probably killing me, but it sure looks nice.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 23:35:14 No.4949333 Report

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>>4948860
all the good wishes for you OP. I hope you do very well with that for many years.
My only curiosity is how you do it with the packaging of the paintings. You put them in a cardboard box or something like that?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 23:40:02 No.4949341 Report

Quoted By: >>4949349

>>4949330
I see, I guess I'll just have to try it out and see hwat happens. Can't really open windows here because of how hot it gets

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 23:42:41 No.4949343 Report

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>>4949310
Oil paint doesn’t give off dangerous fumes (unless you are using alkyd paint or something) the only thing you need to be worried about is solvent and varnish fumes.

Even if you have great ventilation I would completely avoid staining a canvas indoors. Personally I completely avoid solvents because I’m too paranoid about the health risk.
The most toxic oil pants are only dangerous if consumed or if you breathed it in after sanding a painting or using an air gun (cadmium pigments)
So unless you suck the paint out of the tube it’s not dangerous.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 23:44:12 No.4949349 Report

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>>4949341
If you use solvent in a room with closed windows, you will have observable brain damage in a few years

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 23:51:20 No.4949362 Report

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>>4949183
Wow anon that's really fucking ugly. Maybe you should try to do something else that's more in line with your disabilities.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2020 23:54:22 No.4949365 Report

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Congratulations on making it Brian, I always knew you could do it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2020 00:01:17 No.4949382 Report

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>>4949362
Ancient Chinese proverb, the difference between a good and a bad painting, is a judgement

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