Opinions Please

[JewelrybyNaLa]

Do you think something like these would be good enough for sale?

[MakinTheBestOfIt]

I didn't know you could draw!  You are just full of hidden talents aren't you?  Put them up!  They are as good or better than what I've seen at a ton of fairs.

[CraftedRoots]

Those are cute! Those purple flowers are beautiful! ^_^

[MrsWTownsend]

Hey these are nice!  Why not give it a whirl???  What's the worst that can happen?

[aimeesrockworks]

The fern and the hydrangea (am I right? am I right?!) are lovely.  If I could paint like that my walls would be covered!!!

Watch out folks, I'll bet she's a Le Cordon Blue Chef too.  You know, as a hobby.

[JewelrybyNaLa]

I didn't know you could draw!  You are just full of hidden talents aren't you?  Put them up!  They are as good or better than what I've seen at a ton of fairs.

Thanks Kimberly and everyone. I'm blown away that you think these are acceptable.

Actually, if I would try to sell my drawings, I'd probably start from scratch with new ones, because these were just my first attempts. As you can tell, I used fancy paper for the tonic bottle one, and the print shows through the bottles. Although, I could always claim the bottles are empty and see through. 

How do people reproduce and sell their drawings? Do you need special paper/ink?

Yep, this would be just what I would need ... another way to spread myself waaaay too thin. 

[JewelrybyNaLa]

Watch out folks, I'll bet she's a Le Cordon Blue Chef too.  You know, as a hobby.

Aimee, I can bake a cheesecake that would knock your socks off, but my Cordon Blue would probably send you to the hospital. Actually, I've never attempted to cook anything quite that fancy.

I'm a world class baker, but I couldn't cook my way out of a wet paper bag ... 

[jewelrybyjanelle50]

Wow, you are multi-talented too! Sure, put them up there!

[LTDBeads]

NaLa, I love the hydrangea, especially.

[JewelrybyNaLa]

Thanks Jan and Joan. 

[memoriesinmosaics]

OMG, you have had this talent all along and never said anything??? If I could draw like that I would quit my day job.

[JewelrybyNaLa]

You're very kind, Christine, thank you. 

[hjmart]

NaLa, these are just wonderful! Go for it!

As for reproduction: you need to take a high resolution pics with your digital camera. For, lets say 8"x10" print you need at least resolution of 180 dpi or bigger.

Download the pics to your computer and use any photo-editing application to crop your pics and make adjustments. If you have a good home printer, you can print it yourself or if would like to have a high quality professional print you will need to send your pics to the printer....

Hope this helps:-) Good luck!

[JewelrybyNaLa]

Thanks Helen, I need all the photography tips I can get. I don't really understand the 180 dpi thing, though. My camera is a complete mystery to me.

Once, I went through my instruction book and tried to get my camera adjusted to what looked like the best setting for jewelry photos, and I've been afraid to touch it since ...

[lisianblue]

Thanks Helen, I need all the photography tips I can get. I don't really understand the 180 dpi thing, though. My camera is a complete mystery to me.

Once, I went through my instruction book and tried to get my camera adjusted to what looked like the best setting for jewelry photos, and I've been afraid to touch it since ...

the dpi thing is dots per inch - generally the more dots you have, the better quality photo you have.
and/or the larger you enlarge it. dots are essentially pixels that make up the picture on the screen of our computers.
You need to set the camera at a higher dpi setting in order to be able to make an image larger than say it's original size - or if you have a scanner, you could try scanning it at 300dpi - also depends on the megapixels your camera has as to how large you can go. 
When you enlarge an image with a  low pixel count, it will be displayed as a mosiac.  If an image has a high pixel count, the file size will be larger and the card will hold fewer pictures, but the picture can be made larger.

Settings on cameras are sually something like low compression, high compresson, 1/4, high compressoin 1/8, high compression 1/12.
Low compression usually gives the clearest image so if you want to reproduce a picutre for the best quality this would be the best setting and it may read as an SHQ setting while the higher compression is an HQ setting.