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    1. Kendric Tonn‏ @kendrictonn 14 Oct 2020

      Basically, I like drawing, I think it offers its own expressive possibilities, and sometimes I get burned out on painting. Sometimes that means I need to shuffle around like a useless wraith for a few weeks, but sometimes I just need to put down the brush & draw instead. (6/)pic.twitter.com/pWGL7mvbCg

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    2. Kendric Tonn‏ @kendrictonn 14 Oct 2020

      I promised to talk about career practicalities too, though, so here goes: these drawings-as-independent-artworks are important to me & something I'd do even if I had eight figures in the bank, but in the real world, they're also awesome for helping smooth my way. (7/)pic.twitter.com/h7elUkGyp3

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    3. Kendric Tonn‏ @kendrictonn 14 Oct 2020

      As a rule, sheets full of quick sketches of heads and hands and variants simply aren't salable objects. Certainly there are exceptions, and there are collectors who are very interested in the process, but as a generality, they're functional & will get filed or destroyed. (8/)pic.twitter.com/ddAuM3o9MH

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    4. Kendric Tonn‏ @kendrictonn 14 Oct 2020

      And let's talk specifics: it costs about $1-1.5k to take a figure from blank canvas to "there is a painting in a frame ready to hang on the wall." I'm maybe unusually profligate in model time, frames, and materials, but nonetheless; a show with 15 pieces requires capital. (9/)pic.twitter.com/4lONQ446TG

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    5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 14 Oct 2020
      Replying to @kendrictonn

      would love to read an expansion of this - how much in model fees, paint, canvas, frame, studio overhead, gallery mark up, hourly profit to artist (ranges, obv), etc.

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    6. Kendric Tonn‏ @kendrictonn 14 Oct 2020
      Replying to @MorlockP

      I'll have to think about whether I can break a lot of that out usefully. Some of it, like the studio overhead & the hourly rate I have no idea about, since this is basically a lifestyle choice. Although I guess I could look at what my home office deduction has been XD

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    7. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 14 Oct 2020
      Replying to @kendrictonn

      sure, but you could interpolate and guestimate: - one canvas: $100 - one frame: $200 - paint: 1/4 of 10 tubes = 2.5 tubes = $40 - 20 hours model = $300 - brushes, general depreciation: $50 total: $690 materials / COGS sell price: $4k profit = $3,310 hours: 80 $/hr = ...

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    8. Kendric Tonn‏ @kendrictonn 14 Oct 2020
      Replying to @MorlockP

      True! I'll see about breaking out some rough numbers when sit down for lunch.

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    9. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 14 Oct 2020
      Replying to @kendrictonn

      if it would be interesting / fun for you! you owe us nothing, of course I personally DO find it fun to compute such things #spergtribe

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    10. Kendric Tonn‏ @kendrictonn 14 Oct 2020
      Replying to @MorlockP

      Oh, no, it would be, and these are things I should have at least a bit clearer in my own head anyway.

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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 14 Oct 2020
      Replying to @kendrictonn

      that last bit is why I quite enjoyed doing it - let me truly understand the costs and benefits ...something I probably should have tried during the 14 years when I was running A COMPANY (ffs) GAH

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        2. Kendric Tonn‏ @kendrictonn 14 Oct 2020
          Replying to @MorlockP

          Ahaha oy 😅 but yeah, it's a little different for my case, since I've basically decided that I'll do this if I can afford it--and I'm willing & able to adjust the rest of my lifestyle to a high degree to find the slack.

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        3. Kendric Tonn‏ @kendrictonn 14 Oct 2020
          Replying to @kendrictonn @MorlockP

          (not to suggest you didn't! I'd presume that running the business was less of the terminal goal, though)

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