Gallery VS Generic art pieces

An agent priced my paintings at $744.00 each... (Thought it was $477.00)... all the while i thought the $744.00 price tag was too much for a piece of work... but considering that most artists sell their paintings no cheaper than $1,000.00, mine would be considered a steal. I am talking about art pieces exhibited in galleries and not the generic artworks sold at the malls... mall artworks are priced lower since they are just copies printed on canvas or paper and framed... art gallery paintings are priced at much ("very") higher prices since they target specific buyers (art collectors, investors, etc), and the gallery gets atleast 40% or more of the selling price... the agent gets a cut... puhunan sa materiales... labor... and how much would that leave the artist?

In manila, art pieces (exhibited) are sold at a minimum of P25,000.00 each... Mall artworks are sold at a minimum of P4,000.00... Gallery paintings are exclusive works that are not reproduced and on the other hand, mall pieces are all reproduction (copies) hence the pricing. An exclusive and personal work will cost more than a piece which is seen all over the metro. An art enthusiast (collector) will invest on a exhibited piece because they see it as an investment and would later be sold (auctioned off) to get a higher price than it was first bought. A mall artwork (repro) cannot be sold at a higher price but can be sold at a 50% discounted price. A price comparison.

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Fashion splash!

 

 

Photoshop ethics?

Advertising deception and the magic of photoshop... definitely "no truth in advertising"... wondering what was it like before photoshop? people struggle to look like the non-existing (non-human) people graphic artists like me create... i think that there is too much brainwashing and too much photoshopping in advertisements nowadays... should there be ethics on digital photo manipulation aka photoshop? I think there should. Like i said, there is no truth to advertising... at all.

Wedding photo album

Here is a photo album layout i designed for a very good friend. All images are edited and manipulated since most of the pictures had very poor lighting. My friend Theresa had me edit 100 of her wedding photos and custom made her own wedding album which she will have printed in the US since you cannot have a 1 or 2-piece album printed in Manila. The album is 11x13 inches and is hardbound.  
Unedited photos at http://charlesandmarieleik.weebly.com/.  
Edited photos and layout at http://charlesandmarieleik.blogspot.com/.

Front cover photo

First page (page 01)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last page (Page 20)

Back cover photo

Package:
$200.00 USD - Editing / Manipulation (100-150 photographs)
$200.00 USD - Photo layout album

---> in the States, graphic designers charge $500.00 - $700.00 USD for Photo editing (Package). Some even charge per type of editing (ei: lighting, blemishes, etc...). Imagine having 150 to 200 photos and being charged $1.50 to $2.50 per photo? Let's say you have 150 photos and each photo would take 2-3 editing type... that is let's say... $3.00 per photo x  150 = $450.00 !!! and an extra (let's say) $250.00 for editing a 20-page album... $450.00 + $250.00 = $700.00 USD... One word... expensive...

Norjan Ismail Abbas