Neyland Stadium Artwork (UPDATE)

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PeytonBerry

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Recently, I have been working on a Neyland Stadium piece to include the new renovations outside of the stadium. I still have a ways to go, but you can see what it might look like from the photo (only a small portion). From my own research, I have found very few fine art pieces of the stadium (none with the new renovations), and I’m wondering if Vol fans would be interested in mine.

My hope is to have the image reproduced and sold this Fall, though I have never really done this kind of thing before. Would any of you have more suggestions for me?

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Not going to answer your question, because frankly I have no clue. But just a heads up, if this continues to evolve like it looks like it will, I think I'll be more than willing to purchase a first-run copy of this.
 
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PeytonBerry said:
Recently, I have been working on a Neyland Stadium piece to include the new renovations outside of the stadium. I still have a ways to go, but you can see what it might look like from the photo (only a small portion). From my own research, I have found very few fine art pieces of the stadium (none with the new renovations), and I’m wondering if Vol fans would be interested in mine.

My hope is to have the image reproduced and sold this Fall, though I have never really done this kind of thing before. I spoke with the licensing department at UT, and they suggested I contact "Bacon and Company" in Knoxville to have it reproduced and sold for a royalty. Would any of you have more suggestions for me?

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Very cool!

I remember back in the early 90's that some buddies of mine wanted a picture (a BIG photo) of the Vols running through the T. A friend of ours worked for the Beacon and he had a serious camera (for 1992!) so I sent him about 20 rows up in the North endzone and got a great shot. I think it was the '92 Arkansas game (bad result to the game). But the photo was awesome. He made us 5 large prints of that photo.

The point is...a few years later I saw the same photo being sold outside Neyland Stadium. It was my idea and didn't get a dime for it. So you are wise to get it licensed and copywritten (or whatever the legal term is).

I would hate to see you make a beautiful drawing and get it yanked out from underneath you. Good luck!
 
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PeytonBerry said:
Recently, I have been working on a Neyland Stadium piece to include the new renovations outside of the stadium. I still have a ways to go, but you can see what it might look like from the photo (only a small portion). From my own research, I have found very few fine art pieces of the stadium (none with the new renovations), and I’m wondering if Vol fans would be interested in mine.

My hope is to have the image reproduced and sold this Fall, though I have never really done this kind of thing before. I spoke with the licensing department at UT, and they suggested I contact "Bacon and Company" in Knoxville to have it reproduced and sold for a royalty. Would any of you have more suggestions for me?

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For what my opinion is worth (1c?...less?), I would use "artist's license" and show as little of the "erector set" parts of the stadium as I could....or mute it somehow.

I can't really see anything from your start...except you have talent.

BTW, it's a great idea...I have seen very few pieces of fine art of Neyland, also.
 
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MillerTime80 said:
That looks really sweet! When it is complete, what size of print do you anticipate having?
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Given the subject nature, it will be an irregular size; however, the width is 24 inches, and the height is approximately 12 inches, but that may change depending on how much I crop out from the top.
 
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Peyton, is this going to be a black and white sketch or full-color print? If you’re going the latter route, I believe that you are pricing yourself too low. I have purchased more than a few limited edition prints (photographic as well as painted) in the 18x24 to 24x30 inch range for $200-$300.
 
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Volosaurus rex said:
Peyton, is this going to be a black and white sketch or full-color print? If you’re going the latter route, I believe that you are pricing yourself too low. I have purchased more than a few limited edition prints (photographic as well as painted) in the 18x24 to 24x30 inch range for $200-$300.
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Thanks for the advice (trust me, I need it!). As I mentioned before, this is my first time trying out something like this so that kind of info is very helpful to me.

It may depend on the quality of the print surface and the inks being used. I don't know if it would be a limited edition run, or more of a massed produced thing like we see in the bookstore (i.e. Chris Row Photography).

The piece is B&W, not color. But the choice to go B&W was made to fit the style I was going for. With that said, if I elect to print my own, I will save in printing costs because it is B&W.
 
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Oops, I forgot to mention that the price figures I cited were, in all cases, for full-color images. If you go b/w, then your figure quotations are, indeed, closer to the mark than I originally suggested.
 
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dude man i'm telling you that if you're just gonna sell it for 50 or so HMU with a PM so when it's done i can buy a copy!!!
 
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busboy vol said:
dude man i'm telling you that if you're just gonna sell it for 50 or so HMU with a PM so when it's done i can buy a copy!!!
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Again, that is just for a reproduction, not the original. Another option is to make a "limited edition run" where I only print x number of prints, making them worth more. I will need to crunch the numbers though to see what makes the most sense economically. My wife and I are both UT alumni and current UT grad students. We are hoping this will help us out with some of the tuition and our child expenses.

My initial thought is to have an open edition, but still sign them. That would allow me to sell more of them, but still give the buyer something unique. I don't want to limit the number I produce only to find out they are not in high demand. While I would consider the medium "fine art" I think the subject matter is more of a mass-produced type thing. Maybe I can straddle the fence on this one.
 
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Another thought with respect to the limited edition route. Would this be your first major work or are you already an established artist with name recognition? If the latter is the case, limited edition prints would definitely drive the value up. If not, it obviously becomes much more difficult to project how much demand there would be for a first run production. Timing, of course, is also critical. Having prints available for sale during the football season and Christmas will stimulate impulse buying and gift giving purchases.
 
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