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I think this is the right category?;;;Anyway this is a really cheapo etching test thing I did because I wanted to try out etching. :B
I sort of used the method on this site: [link]
I drew the picture on one of those 3x5 note cards, painted over it with acrylic medium, traced the drawing into the medium with an exacto knife, smushed the ink into the cracks, and pressed it onto a damp page in my sketchbook.
I think it would have been better if I had used the right kind of ink (I used block printing ink because it was $3 instead of a huge $30 bottle of etching ink, and it was really sticky XD;; ) and if I had painted the medium on thicker. Maybe I'll use plastic next time instead~
Anyway, from left to right, you're looking at: the drawing, the etched drawing with ink in the cracks, the first print attempt (didn't wipe it well enough) and the second print attempt. (seem to have wiped it too well, LOL)
It was fun
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that's really awesome! and the idea is brilliant!
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That's an intresting idea, I might have a go! Love your giraffe drawing
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I absolutely adore these! The texture, splotchy grunge-ness is really appealing and as a set they are charming 
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You're getting so gooood. :<
So is etching kinda like making your own stencil? I never tried it before. O:
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XD
I'll learn it sometime in the future~ XD;; Maybe. sounds pretty fun, though O:
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Oh poopy, I forgot to press reply. ** head desk ** You'd think you'd stop doing that after being on dA for more than 2 years, but noooo. > >;
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Not exactly.. it's sort of like making a print, but the.. opposite... XD;;
You get something hard and flat, (usually a metal plate) scratch a drawing into the surface, fill the cracks with ink, and press it onto paper (or whatever)
(Sorry, I sort of suck at explaining. D: )
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that's really neat, I've never heard of doing an etching that way. Lol, I've only done the old fashioned metal plate, ground, and acid method...but this sounds less time consuming 
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okay thats the first time i saw someone draw a Giraffe x3
very good >ω< /
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thats really cool! I'd love to try it sometime... hm..
but the distressed look the etching gives the print is pretty rad. Yay giraffe~!
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It is wonderful to see you exploring new things, and of course the giraffe is great!
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I'm like addicted to trying new media ATM. D: D: D: It is an expensive addiction.;;;;
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Yeah, me too... Sculpture, jewelry, and now I'm using concentrated watercolors and even gold leaf!
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Oooooh, gold leaf. *A* Is it expensive? XD
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$10 for 25 leaves. Each leaf is like... 5 inches square... and they go amazingly fast. Sooo yeah... 'spensive.
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Not SO bad, considering everyone thinks of gold as super valuable~
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Yeah. The price was the same for copper leaf and silver leaf.
The price of silver is SKYROCKETING these days! It is becoming SO expensive to just, like, make a bracelet! 
Well, I'm sorry, but the classic basic pricing model is:
materials + labor
double it
double it again
So, for some little trinket that I only work on for two classes with materials I get FOR FREE, it would be:
0 for materials + $10/hour x 6 = $60
Double is $120
Double again is $240
and people are all ZOMG SO EXPENSIIIIVE!!1111!! The markup isn't even that much. Have you seen the markup on, say, CDs? It costs them less than a dollar to make the damned things, then they turn around and sell 'em for 16 bucks!
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Well $16 is still just $16. XD
Actually, it's still hard for me to think of charging hundreds of dollars for anything. *_*;; For one thing, it just makes me think that any little mistake I make will be horribly resented by whoever buys it.;;;;;
Really I think the price should be halved on just about every piece of art I see.
Last week I saw a painting that said $300 on it and I thought that looked about right for once, (it didn't look like the kind of painting that takes a ton of labor) but then I got closer and it was just a fancy print.;;;;; THAT is ridiculous. It's not even the real thing and it's way too much!
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Well keep in mind that the custom framing alone on some pieces of art can cost that much.
Perhaps if the price of fine art were lower, people would be more likely to buy it - I'm all for lowering the price on high-end fine art, and raising the price on "low" art (comics pages, for example), so that "low" artists have an easier time making a living.
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I rarely see frames on anything anymore, but I do take that into account.
And yes, I agree with that too. XD;; It all takes the same amount of effort and is capable of the same amount of publicity... I wonder why the prices aren't a bit more equal~
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It's a matter of class distinctions - which, as illegitimate a reason as it is, is frequently the case in pricing of objects. An item may be sold for twice as much or more in a high-class store as in a low-class store. Thus, people who cater to high-class tastes are better-honored and better-paid.
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Ah... I suppose... D:
Oh well~
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Mmmm, yes.
Of course, there's something to be said for "low-class" art - as it's considered less "sophisticated" by the faux elite, it's more accessible, which generally means that more people like it. Thus, Diebenkorn paintings sell for obscene amounts of money, but there are a lot more people lining up to buy an original from a Batman comic book than there are to buy a Diebenkorn - both due to cost and due to popularity.
Just do yourself a favor and never allow yourself to buy the idea that "high" art is high, and "low" art is low. >_<
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that's pretty cool! I love the lines, you should do more of these!
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MMmmmm I love etchings <3 The texture they give is beautiful. The drawing itself is also really beautiful! nice work.
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Kina, you know ? She was one of my best (and only) friends in the sophomore year of high school!
Haley, this is Kina. I'm (very, very slowly) designing/writing/laying out a comic that she's going to draw. :3
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nice to meet you <3
and yes i love her work!
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I was trying to remember where I knew you from. *A* Hello~ (again, I guess?; )
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haha probably nowhere in specific, I've just watched you on DA for a while. *stalks*
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