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Going along with the custom design, the keys on the Artist Edition dvt are painted dark brown to match the custom design of the rest of the notebook. This leaves a semi-gloss finish on the keys, which feels somewhat different from the run of the mill plastic keyboard. The best way to describe it would be like typing on a keyboard with a slightly worn surface.

The touchpad is gold on this custom painted model, having the same imprint finish found on the rest of the notebook. The surface is a very smooth and glossy, letting your finger glide across it with ease. One thing that always amazes me with the glossy HP touchpad surface is my fingers never bind or stick to the surface, almost like it was waxed.

Instead of giving you a shallow "click" they move down mm with a nice solid "thunk. The dvt also includes the touch-sensitive media buttons common to HP Pavilion notebooks located above the keyboard.

One of the games I try to play on notebooks these days is Portal, since it takes about an hour to beat, heats up a notebook quite well, and has enough fast action that you get to stress the keyboard and mouse trying to keep up with various sequences. This gave me acceptable framerates in the range, which any way you cut it is better than being stuck with solitaire.

The Altec Lansing speakers found at the top of the dvt are above average for notebook speakers, and a perfect match for watching movies or listening to music when on the road.

High and midrange audio is very good, but lowend bass is lacking. Headphone audio quality is great, and to top it off this notebook offers 2 headphone jacks for users who might find themselves in a situation where they might want to share a movie experience with someone next to them without the hassle of a jack splitter.

Thermal performance of the dvt is very good, but a bit on the warm side. When gaming or doing other stressful activities, I like to see notebooks that keep most of the heat towards the rear and bottom of the notebook. Just be transparent with your art buyers about your offerings at all times, as to not damage your credibility!

In short? It depends. Every artist may have a different strategy for success, depending on the popularity of their work. For instance, an established artist with potential buyers at the ready can sell a handful of limited editions for hundreds or thousands of dollars a piece. An even more famous artist could increase the number of editions and this accessibility would still not affect the value of the work in any negative way. Or, they might make the decision to create only two works total and drive the price up exponentially!

On the flipside, an emerging artist might have an especially difficult time garnering this type of interest. For those who want their work to become collectible, the size should be kept low. A good place to start could be anywhere between , while some artists go as high as prints. Again, it all depends on your collector-base and how in-demand your work really is.

You may have to arrive at this number through good old fashioned trial and error. Try taking a look at artists with similar popularity.

Do some digging on the number of pieces they are selling and for what price. Is it working for them? What are their marketing tactics? What works for them will not necessarily work for you, but it is a good way to test the waters and get your feet wet. Just remember, you want it to be large enough to garner sales, but small enough to drive interest. And if you find that after a few runs you are in such high demand that you are selling out, fan the flame by decreasing the size of your next run and raising your prices!

The general rule of thumb is the fewer prints you have available, the more valuable they are and the higher you can price them. But like we just talked about, a small run alone does not make the work valuable. Finding that sweet, sweet spot between supply and demand.

So, where do you even start? Bless the internet, because we now have access to a whole bunch of data that makes setting our prices a little easier. Instead of pulling a number out of thin air, put your research cap on and start looking for artists that have similar work to what you are currently producing. How much do these artists charge for their work? Is there a pattern in this pricing? Just make sure you are making an honest evaluation of your work and are then comparing it to artists with a similar style, working in a similar medium, with a similar amount of experience, as well as selling within a similar geographical region.

Then, like with all art pricing strategies , make sure all of your costs for creating are covered in the final price of your run. Some other things to note? If limited editions begin to sell out quickly, it is common practice for the price of the remaining pieces to increase in order to match what the market is willing to pay. The harder it is for people to get their hands on, the more valuable it is.

Prices will also differ for different sizes of the same work i. But in this case, too, prices can be marked up at any point of time, depending on the demand.