Does anyone make money with their Poser Renders?

Some for book covers, but it's very small and infrequent.......
The kick out of seeing books with my artwork on the front in the shops, far outweighs the cash I get out of it.........

Some of the people here sell comics , or are involved with pay web sites. Some sell pictures, or are vendors selling backgrounds and textures for stuff.

Some of the markets , like posters , postcards or calanders dont want people as the focus of the picture, more landscapes.

The premier gallery artists of course get some income from their galleries. 

Its pretty difficult to make a living at it .

I'm sure some do. :)

I render for pleasure and never tried. Don't care to, or my hobby would turn into work... and then I'd have to render what other people want, which would take all the fun out of it for me.

I've done book illustrations and web graphics using Poser, as well as promo renders.
I also use it as part of my creative planning process for commercial paintings as a compositional tool - it helps make me money in this respect.

But exclusively making money from Poser renders would be a tough call IMO.

Quote - Some for book covers, but it's very small and infrequent.......
The kick out of seeing books with my artwork on the front in the shops, far outweighs the cash I get out of it.........

I can only imagine how exciting that would be.  I remember how excited I was when I converted one of my images into a poster for the first time.  How did you get the opportunity to make a cover for a book?

Quote - I'm sure some do. :)

I render for pleasure and never tried. Don't care to, or my hobby would turn into work... and then I'd have to render what other people want, which would take all the fun out of it for me.

Oh, I'm SO glad I'm not the only one feels that way! lol.

I used to paint shirts for myself, for fun. Then everybody else wanted one. Killed it for me ;o).

Laurie

I've made a little money from my renders, but not big time. It's a little pocket money, which is always nice, even when having a steady income.

I've done 5 large comic projects for a small non-profit organization. They haven't paid me money for it and I don't expect them to do so. What they did though was purchase content needed for the projects and even some software, so that was really cool.

I also won a price twice. First place and runner up. Once with a project that had poser art in it and once with a different 3D project. Got some great prices.

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Some of the markets , like posters , postcards or calanders dont want people as the focus of the picture, more landscapes.

I'll have to keep this in mind since I'm offering some of my work on posters.  I'm basically just taking a blind approach to it and not with the focus of trying to make money from it.  But if I did try to generate a significant amount of sales I would definitely need to keep in mind what types of posters are selling or what type of wall art is popular within certain markets.

FightingWolf: I sent a few images round various publishers, two got back to me, I do cover art for those now, like I said though it's infrequent and the pay isn't great. What I like about one of them is that they put my Bio in the back of the books so if someone wants to get in touch they can [but none have, LOL].....
Seeing the books on the shelves and knowing that the cover is mine is compensation enough sometimes..

LaurieA

I think many artist feel this way.  I know of very few that actually get paid from the type of art that they like to make.  Most artist that I know make money by creating art for other people.  I went to an art gallery once that had a framed digital art that looked like a beginner Poser Render.  It had a price tag of about $2000 or $3000.  I was stunned and could only think how could this person ask for such a high price.  Was the price because of the Artist's name?

I took a picture of it to always remind me that maybe the art that I like to create will find a special niche. 

This year I'll try showing my work at some art shows just as a curiosity thing. 

thefixer:  sounds cool to me.  How many people can point to a book in a book store and say that's my art on the book? LOL

i get comissions from time to time ....
i've done art for cd's and amplifiers ...

Artemis

Do you have a sample of your CD art?

Unfortunately no .. the guy i did it for is in Europe and i chose not to get a copy of his cd's ..... i did see it online somewhere and i did get good money for it ... about $300 i think it was .... it was for the full cd art ...
i dont even think i have that artwork anymore online .. and its stored on cd somewhere ...

People are alweays trying to get me to test the waters for some ad work, fliers, poster art etc. I have always said it would reck my hobby and then i would need a new expensive time consuming hobby. Then I saw Avatar. Now I want a movie credit. Some day, some how. Even if it's for a tree, a rock or some background biped animation.

I had a shot many years ago, but I couldn't get one of the character makers' permission to have the picture (it would have been a little picture for the Sci-Fi [before they misspelled it..;] web site)

Aside from that, or maybe because of it, I don't bother (not that I'm that good...;) It's too much of a headache to remember each one of 21,000-leventy sets of permissions for commercial use or not, so I just have fun making pictures.

'sides, most of the money (such as it is) is for add-ons like props, poses, textures, etc.

I've done one book cover and some art for two novels and the website promoting them that are coming out in the next few months.  The first job was a percentage of sales, but I expected it to be so minor that I told the publisher to donate it to a charity under my name.  The second one is a straight payment that's fairly modest, but it will pay for Poser Pro 2010 when it's released.

I've been to a few art shows and sold a number of framed pieces of my artwork.
I've also applied to a good number of art festivals (in the Digital Artwork category) and was turned down because they had so many applications. I don't know how they allocate spaces to each category. Were the Digital Artwork spaces were filled by better artists? Or were the spaces taken up by traditional-media artists and the art festival didn't have the space for digital artists?
Or did the art festival not want to "branch out" by accepting Digital Artwork?

I think the real question isn't whether someone has made money with their art, but what steps did they take to get there.
Anyone can list their art for sale, sell one piece, and say they "made money", but I want to know how the artist who made an image which "looked like a beginner" (as you said) can get a gallery showing and charge $2000 for his art? The gallery wouldn't put that price on the piece if they didn't think it was worth that amount.
Who did they talk to, to get into the gallery? Or was the artist approached by the gallery? What did the artist do to come to the attention of the gallery?

Quote - People are alweays trying to get me to test the waters for some ad work, fliers, poster art etc. I have always said it would reck my hobby and then i would need a new expensive time consuming hobby. Then I saw Avatar. Now I want a movie credit. Some day, some how. Even if it's for a tree, a rock or some background biped animation.

My dad got a movie credit for one of Tyler Perry's movies.  I don't remember which movie but he didn't even know he was in the credits.  I forgot what it was exactly for but it dealt with give permission for park use or land use or something like that. 

I'm still waiting to see my art in a book even if I have to make the book and put the art in it myself. ha ha ha

Quote - but it will pay for Poser Pro 2010 when it's released.

Sounds like a Poser addiction to me ha ha ha.

I've made money on it doing freelance work, a couple of quicktime VRs. I also use it in my current job,

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its more fun that way ...

haven't sold anything in a while though ... I do some free work for friends and my friend is getting ready too get a record deal and asked me too help him with his production companys graphics

I am glad he has faith in me but I am not sure if i am up too par but will give it a shot :) wink

I was at a very large local art festival yesterday, the Coconut Grove Art Festival in Miami Fl. There were about 10 artists there showing digital work. (out of 360 artists total). Only about 4 of them involved any version of the human form. The ones that did were very minimalist works. One figure composted with 4 or 5 other objects. None looked like it would be more than an hours work. prices ranged from $250.00 to $6000.00 all digitally printed on canvas, framed and unframed.  I don't know how many actually sold.
The artists I spoke to all had to submit portfolios to be judged prior to being accepted. Each category had strict limits, but then all the mediums did, sculpting, oils etc

I've done animations, postcards, booklets, t-shirts, websites, even took photos at events. It was good, but if you want to kill your creativity, get a client. Some people can do it, didn't always work for me.

I've sold a few of my prints in my brick and mortar store.  (we're in the mountains and people like bears)  And I've had an AD agency see one of my images online and contact me for a license.  That was nice, the product was Old Spice but I never saw it used unfortunately.

Quote - ... if you want to kill your creativity, get a client. Some people can do it, didn't always work for me.

The scariest statement I've ever heard but I know what you mean. That's the downside to make art for other people.  It's what they want to create and not what you want to create.  Website design is very similar to that. I've made some really dull looking websites for clients all because that's the way they wanted the site the look.

I've made a bit of money off of my work . But it's only when I do a local art show here in my home town at the Arts Center that we have here...and that only happens maybe 3 times a year. I've done some commission work but I hate doing that. It's something about someone telling me what to create that bothers me. I'm a Pisces, so I tend to get a little lost in what I am supposed to be creating  and it ends up being no where near close to what the client asked for..LOL.
I guess it's good that I have a regular 9 to 5  ;O)

@FightingWolf -  I once had a client who wanted to put everything on the first page. Lotsa pictures, past events info, video, more pictures. Crammed into whatever space. Up to 3-4 levels below the fold. The page took minutes to load. I tried to explain it wasn't good web design. They wanted more pictures. The money was okay, but I had to stop working with them.

@Reciecup - Pisces also. I guess we don't like people messing with our visions.

Quote - But it's only when I do a local art show here in my home town at the Arts Center that we have here...and that only happens maybe 3 times a year.

I'm going to enter some of my art in art shows.  Especially after seeing this image priced at $950. and the one below priced at $2000. 
http://www.poserbydesign.com/images/ad/PAM.jpg 

The artist had two other digital images with the same transparent figure that were bigger and the asking price for it was $2000. with 50% of that going to the building that was hosting the art show.
I even thought I could do better than the $2000 picture. HERE
http://www.poserbydesign.com/images/ad/PAM2.jpg

This is the artist's site: http://www.pamlongobardi.com/

Needless to say I was really shocked and and here I am selling some of my art for $60 ha ha ha.

I get beers! hic!

Im proud to say i do. As a matter of fact my webcomic site got 2 full clients for a whole year in paid advertising on banners. I decided to sell ad spaces and suddenly they came, which is very cool and very well paid in my country. Besides i use Poser for almost all my commercial art work; Poser and reshape the way i work and people see my work. is a blessing really!...

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Scott

Quote - I decided to sell ad spaces and suddenly they came, which is very cool and very well paid in my country. Besides i use Poser for almost all my commercial art work; Poser and reshape the way i work and people see my work. is a blessing really!...

That gives me hope. I'm thinking about selling ad space on one or all of my sites. But I currently don't know the best approach to being successful with selling ad space. I checked out your gallery and booked marked it. Cool Art.

Quote - @FightingWolf -  I once had a client who wanted to put everything on the first page. Lotsa pictures, past events info, video, more pictures. Crammed into whatever space. Up to 3-4 levels below the fold. The page took minutes to load. I tried to explain it wasn't good web design. They wanted more pictures. The money was okay, but I had to stop working with them.

@Reciecup - Pisces also. I guess we don't like people messing with our visions.

Now that's scary.  It's amazing how some people will surf the net and see websites with a "Page 1" and a "Page 2" and when it comes to them having their own website they just want to have it all on the same page creating an eternal load and then if it loads without crashing the browser an eternal scroll.  Your situation reminds me of a marketing consultant that tried to do consulting where I used to work.  He was hired to research which customers market would be the most profitable for the environmental center (long story), and all he got from the center were demands on who they thought would be the best target market.  The guy eventually just quit since he was hired to find the most profitable market and they kept telling him what market they wanted which basically defeats the purpose of the research.  People like that are difficult to work with because the insanity just doesn't stop and soon the money isn't even worth the headache.

I made a little money recently building some scale models. A scale model of a proposed sculpture. Then  some scale models of architectural projects for a firm here in town. All obtained by word of mouth. I was surprised to hear that there was no one here in a town of 80,000 that does that kind of work. Paid pretty well too.  I dont know if I would consider that art though. I used Poser for the virtual tour animations.

 wow those pam ones are truly truly crappy