Comments for BrandonKenney.com http://brandonkenney.com Home of Illustrator, Animator, and Artist Brandon Kenney Tue, 08 May 2012 23:07:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Comment on Floating by Brandon http://brandonkenney.com/?p=1961&cpage=1#comment-25015 Brandon Tue, 08 May 2012 23:07:25 +0000 http://brandonkenney.com/?p=1961#comment-25015 You're awesome James and one of the few people I enjoy doing commissions for! You’re awesome James and one of the few people I enjoy doing commissions for!

]]> Comment on Floating by Brandon http://brandonkenney.com/?p=1961&cpage=1#comment-25014 Brandon Tue, 08 May 2012 23:06:56 +0000 http://brandonkenney.com/?p=1961#comment-25014 Yea Scott, I hope so too! Yea Scott, I hope so too!

]]> Comment on Floating by James Brown http://brandonkenney.com/?p=1961&cpage=1#comment-24898 James Brown Sun, 06 May 2012 22:07:00 +0000 http://brandonkenney.com/?p=1961#comment-24898 For what it's worth, James is very much OK with having to wait as long as it takes for his Commissions. Seeing the work unfold on your website is reward enough and as a wannabee/ couldabeen artist myself, know that pure genius is always worth the wait and anybody who things creativity is switched on and off like a tap really has no concept of the art and is being unreasonable to think otherwise. For what it’s worth, James is very much OK with having to wait as long as it takes for his Commissions. Seeing the work unfold on your website is reward enough and as a wannabee/ couldabeen artist myself, know that pure genius is always worth the wait and anybody who things creativity is switched on and off like a tap really has no concept of the art and is being unreasonable to think otherwise.

]]> Comment on Floating by Scott http://brandonkenney.com/?p=1961&cpage=1#comment-24770 Scott Fri, 04 May 2012 02:04:17 +0000 http://brandonkenney.com/?p=1961#comment-24770 I hope you can see the book through to the end. That would be quite an accomplishment. I hope you can see the book through to the end. That would be quite an accomplishment.

]]> Comment on November 16, 2010 by Brandon http://brandonkenney.com/?p=1283&cpage=1#comment-23503 Brandon Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:46:01 +0000 http://brandonkenney.com/?p=1283#comment-23503 Feel free to post it on your site Rodney, thank you for asking. My commission rates vary greatly depending on the card stock and the subject matter. For this set I think my cards were priced between $150 - $300 Feel free to post it on your site Rodney, thank you for asking. My commission rates vary greatly depending on the card stock and the subject matter. For this set I think my cards were priced between $150 – $300

]]> Comment on November 16, 2010 by Rodney Payne http://brandonkenney.com/?p=1283&cpage=1#comment-23498 Rodney Payne Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:29:36 +0000 http://brandonkenney.com/?p=1283#comment-23498 Nice work. How much does something like this cost to commission? (Also, would you mind if i posted it on my Millennium Falcon blog?) Nice work. How much does something like this cost to commission? (Also, would you mind if i posted it on my Millennium Falcon blog?)

]]> Comment on Sansa Stark by Brandon http://brandonkenney.com/?p=1914&cpage=1#comment-23311 Brandon Sun, 25 Mar 2012 03:45:35 +0000 http://brandonkenney.com/?p=1914#comment-23311 Thank you Dottie, that's very nice of you. I love the Game of Thrones series and I am itching to do more artwork inspired by it. This particular card sold for about $40 I believe. Thank you Dottie, that’s very nice of you. I love the Game of Thrones series and I am itching to do more artwork inspired by it. This particular card sold for about $40 I believe.

]]> Comment on Sansa Stark by Brandon http://brandonkenney.com/?p=1914&cpage=1#comment-23310 Brandon Sun, 25 Mar 2012 03:44:39 +0000 http://brandonkenney.com/?p=1914#comment-23310 Thank you. :D Thank you. :D

]]> Comment on Sansa Stark by Dottie Terry http://brandonkenney.com/?p=1914&cpage=1#comment-23309 Dottie Terry Sun, 25 Mar 2012 00:10:43 +0000 http://brandonkenney.com/?p=1914#comment-23309 You're really talented to be able to pull off such grand artwork. And you were inspired by Game of Thrones, that's a real skill you got there since it's not a forced thing for you to do, it was because you were inspired. How much price did you put on top of it? You’re really talented to be able to pull off such grand artwork. And you were inspired by Game of Thrones, that’s a real skill you got there since it’s not a forced thing for you to do, it was because you were inspired. How much price did you put on top of it?

]]> Comment on Okay, I’m really done now. by Brandon http://brandonkenney.com/?p=1882&cpage=1#comment-23301 Brandon Sat, 24 Mar 2012 17:19:38 +0000 http://brandonkenney.com/?p=1882#comment-23301 James, thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts. I really like your idea, it's unique and has great potential to benefit artists, so there isn't anything to complain about. Unfortunately I have trouble seeing a company likes Topps adopting this practice. Especially because, as you mentioned, they continue to sell out of these sets, so it seems unlikely that they'd change things up too drastically. I wrote this original post in a heated frenzy, which also caused me to make a few bad decisions that could have hurt my career, but luckily they didn't. I still believe in better compensation and not underselling my work, but I also need to take into account how big a factor exposure plays. I have noticed recently a slight upswing in compensation, which as caused me to accept more work, so things are looking good. As I said before I really like your idea and I hope a smaller company or license holder catches on and adopts a similar tactic. If that happens you will be the mastermind behind it all! :D James, thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts. I really like your idea, it’s unique and has great potential to benefit artists, so there isn’t anything to complain about.

Unfortunately I have trouble seeing a company likes Topps adopting this practice. Especially because, as you mentioned, they continue to sell out of these sets, so it seems unlikely that they’d change things up too drastically.

I wrote this original post in a heated frenzy, which also caused me to make a few bad decisions that could have hurt my career, but luckily they didn’t. I still believe in better compensation and not underselling my work, but I also need to take into account how big a factor exposure plays.

I have noticed recently a slight upswing in compensation, which as caused me to accept more work, so things are looking good.

As I said before I really like your idea and I hope a smaller company or license holder catches on and adopts a similar tactic. If that happens you will be the mastermind behind it all! :D

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