New to the art game, would love your help.

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Fri May 29, 2015 12:02 pm

Limited prints are serious business...
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Fri May 29, 2015 12:03 pm

Mike Mitchell is best.
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Fri May 29, 2015 12:08 pm

sirmitchell wrote:Mike Mitchell is best.
And he digs fat birds...
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Fri May 29, 2015 12:22 pm

sirmitchell wrote:Mike Mitchell is best.
charter wrote:don't listen to anyone here except for mcnail and danieldanger.
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Fri May 29, 2015 1:29 pm

First of all, welcome to the forums! Hope you have a good time.

I've had some good luck using Instagram, following my favorite artists, and just browsing common interests. It's lead to discovering some art and artists that I've never seen before. I think it's helped broaden my horizons or at least given me a greater appreciation for street art.

There's some good advice in here already about collecting and EB board mentality. My two cents would be to try to be polite and respectful.

Depending on what your disposable income is and how much you like owning prints, it'd be wise to invest in a flat file sooner or later to store prints. I'd also put aside some money for framing expenses. Custom frames and museum glass (if desired) are expensive.
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Fri May 29, 2015 2:05 pm

iambillyg wrote:
sirmitchell wrote:Mike Mitchell is best.
charter wrote:don't listen to anyone here except for mcnail and danieldanger.

So.....your advice is ' don't listen to my advice' ? :P :lol:

Don't sell yourself so short, Billy! :heart:
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Fri May 29, 2015 2:16 pm

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Fri May 29, 2015 2:22 pm

OtomoChaser wrote:
iambillyg wrote:
sirmitchell wrote:Mike Mitchell is best.
charter wrote:don't listen to anyone here except for mcnail and danieldanger.

So.....your advice is ' don't listen to my advice' ? :P :lol:

Don't sell yourself so short, Billy! :heart:
Definitely don't listen to me. I did everything wrong.
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Fri May 29, 2015 2:23 pm

Tim Doyle and his "scene" hate this place. Or so I have heard.
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Fri May 29, 2015 2:47 pm

There's a ton of artists that no longer are active members of the board because of the snooty level of entitlement preached by a good number of posters on the board. I'm impressed Mitchell is actually still posting after the beating he took from his Hitler Super.

But that's not what this thread is about.
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Fri May 29, 2015 6:58 pm

My advice is to learn how to enjoy images without needing to own them. In the initial enthusiasm of this hobby, it doesn't take long to find you've purchased more prints than you'll ever actually hang on your wall. Every year there will be a few prints that you would absolutely love to own and frame; and then there'll be lots and lots of other prints that you think are pretty cool and might be nice to have, just in case. Make a Pinterest page or a folder of jpegs for those prints; then when something truly special comes along, you'll be in a better position to try for it.

I've also found around here that there's a lot of hype around every major gallery show or drop, which can make me feel like I must try for it if at all possible, because surely this is the biggest thing of the year. But then right after the date passes, that board goes completely silent and everyone moves on to next week's show. I also find that in the lead-up to a drop I can gaze at a preview pic over and over and convince myself that I really need that print. I miss out on the drop (almost always), and by a day or two later I'm wondering why it was ever such a big deal.

That doesn't answer your question about which artists to follow, but it's some observations from lurking here for a couple of years.
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Fri May 29, 2015 7:24 pm

sirmitchell wrote:Mike Mitchell is best.
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Fri May 29, 2015 8:48 pm

Buy everything you can. When the reality of the cash flowing out finally sinks in... you will know what art you like and what you don't. Or you could just turn to flipping.
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Fri May 29, 2015 8:50 pm

But welcome. Check out LandLand, Zach Landrum, Brandon Holt, some different styles but great artists.
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Fri May 29, 2015 9:03 pm

Haha thanks for the awesome advice guys, totally digging all the psychedelic stuff-- brings me back to right around 3rd grade, those would make great folders ;)

Yeah, I'm totally down to post some pics of the room-- let me know if it gives you guys any ideas.

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As you can see, I got an awesome pasteur print up. Probably "worth" less than the frame, but I love the image more than my Peace and Freedom Dove and War is Over, so it's up.

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Also, I enjoy sleeping under a snarling direwolf.

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