odders here's one for you

[Valhalla]

Quick bid!!

Link: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=972&item=6507042730&rd=1" target="_blank">zenith art

[Oddboy]

Heh... some scallywag is selling off a convension sketch?
Already got a couple similar from the Man himself personally.

[shazhughes]

Convention sketch sellers, the lowest form of e-bay scum.

[Max Kon]

so low that other e-bay scum look down on them

[Conexus]

pah! I won't be getting rid of thi baby, granted it ain't a con sketch (except that it is for
(con)exus, more of a messageboard sketch,my first sketch none the less , so there's definate sentimental value*, so it ain't being sold
 http://www.2000adonline.com/images/artwork/PJdreddfrcon.jpg>


*And a rather good Dredd pic anyway, though I admit I might be slightly biased in this opinion

[El Spurioso]

But not so low that people don't bother bidding.  ?18 when I checked!  Bloody hell...  That probably took Steve 5 minutes.

It's when you see this sort of shit going on that you start to sympathise with the angry murmurings amongst artists of a "we should charge for sketches" nature.

I'm pretty sure there was a convention one year where the idea arose to charge a couple of quid for sketches that would go immediately to the charity?  Or at least to the beer fund...?  Seems like a pretty good idea to me.

Alternatively, it's imperative that every artist includes the name of the sketch recipient on the work, to stymie mercenary shathawks like our ebaying chum.

[Conexus]

I could go for both of those cause you can't disagree with charity (unless it's a wierdo one like one that helps asyum seekers**  *shudder* )
And putting the name of the recipient will increase the sentimental value of it, if they care at all, and aren't mercenary hawks.



**I'm joking there - It's when i  read the Daily Mail that I shudder

[Conexus]

Odd, artists get asked to draw quick sketches during cons, why aren't writers asked do write shot plot synopsises ;)

[The Amstor Computer]

Is there an equivalent of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund over here? Or some other organisation that looks after comic writers/artists? A donation of a couple of quid per sketch to a group like that would be an idea, surely?

...and yes, the wankers who sell on sketches they blag from artists should fuck right off.

[Conexus]

and yes, the wankers who sell on sketches they blag from artists should fuck right off.


But how ? (I think most - if not all- on this board would be in agreement over this matter *especialy Fraze*)

[The Amstor Computer]

Well, I think the suggestion that artists clearly dedicate each sketch is a step in the right direction. It's not going to deter someone from slicing off a dedication that doesn't obscure the art, though.

I don't know that there's that much that can be done about it, to be honest, but I think dedications would cut some of the problems & a charity donation would take some of the sting out of seeing your work resold.

[Max Kon]

Or do like Jock does and make the dedication part of the drawing, block names

[Art]

They could make the sketches crappier?

[Conexus]

They could make the sketches crappier?

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

[Floyd-the-k]

I'm an outsider in this; I don't go to conventions and if I did, I wouldn't bother getting sketches. But I can't see what's so bad about ebaying them. Do the artists do the sketches on the understanding that it won't be sold?  I'm not saying I want to defend the practice, just I can't see why it's bad.
  I like the idea of writers doing convention plots/stories etc.  Probably Harlan Ellison's done it at some time.