Why doesn't Chris sell his art?

[Arkangel]

The only people who would be interested in purchasing Chris' drawings would be mostly weebs so they could wave it around and say "I've got a CWC original!". Lately, the only thing that inspires Chris is the hatred of past trolls and the sad sobering up of his reality (Especially the High-School epiphany) and not his previous naivety.

 

[Lelbron]

Never underestimate what rich people will spend on "art".

"And what do you call this piece?"

"This would be an original Christian Weston Chandler entitled 'The Straw'. It represent a mans struggle to find love in a world full of hate."

"I'll take it."

 

[theobservdr]

or maybe the drawing in the background in the picture frame of 'the straw'? its modern art.

 

[deeman]

If he got an "agent" and a fairly niched way of making his ... "art" maybe he would make some bucks of it (because of his infamy on the internet) and if people can sell litterarly shit for fortunes, why wouldnt the artsy rich people love his antics and history? I believe almost all of those folks are buying their crap because of the backstory behind the author or his works rather than the actuall quality of the piece itself.

 

[Varis]

I thought about this myself a couple of days ago. If he posted a partial picture of a drawing and put it up for auction with a low starting bid, I'm sure that someone would buy it just to see the full image.

 

[CWC Tok]

Practicality concerns would probably prevent it more than anything. Even if Chris was interested in selling his art and there was a market, it requires far too much effort to make new drawings, solicit customers, and ship the art out. Not to mention his pricing scale would be completely out of whack compared to the actual value or demand of the product.

I think trolling is a pretty valid concern, too. Chris would probably be too afraid of giving more material to trolls. Even if there were some more benign customers, there would be some morons who would deface the drawings, make false orders, or otherwise use them for further trolling. And he would probably consider it trolling if artwork he sold ended up on the CWCKi or this forum, even for the innocent purpose of just showing it off to others who might be interested.

I do think there would be some kind of market if the price was right. Some Christorians would probably buy a piece or two for a laugh--it would be neat to have a custom Sonichu original hanging at your computer desk or something like that. But I find it hard to imagine many people building up any kind of substantial collection. It's an extremely niche novelty market that would dry up very quickly. Of course, he could turn a few quick bucks for very modest effort, which is better than nothing, but logic doesn't enter into it with OPL...

 

[random_pickle]

Guys remember, the question isn't "Would Chris actually get money from selling art", the question is "Why hasn't he attempted to sell his art".

I don't think Chris actually knows how to sell his work. From what I've read on the CWCki, Chris probably thinks that he would earn money for his art when some company hired him. I doubt Chris realizes he can sell via Craigslist or Ebay, or hell, even Deviantart has a sell print feature.

 

[CWC Tok]

Guys remember, the question isn't "Would Chris actually get money from selling art", the question is "Why hasn't he attempted to sell his art".

I don't think Chris actually knows how to sell his work. From what I've read on the CWCki, Chris probably thinks that he would earn money for his art when some company hired him. I doubt Chris realizes he can sell via Craigslist or Ebay, or hell, even Deviantart has a sell print feature.

Doesn't the $1,000 box of hoard porn show he knows how to use Craigslist?

 

[Picklechu]

Because he's far too lazy/stupid to do that. Plus, that ship sailed long ago- if he had "cashed in", so to speak, on his online infamy back in '09 or '10, he might have been able to get a small amount of money out of it. Nowadays, though, his e-fame is virtually gone.

 

[pickleniggo]

Guys remember, the question isn't "Would Chris actually get money from selling art", the question is "Why hasn't he attempted to sell his art".

I don't think Chris actually knows how to sell his work. From what I've read on the CWCki, Chris probably thinks that he would earn money for his art when some company hired him. I doubt Chris realizes he can sell via Craigslist or Ebay, or hell, even Deviantart has a sell print feature.

Chris is literally too lazy. Remember, he wanted a company to discover him and do all the work for him. Chris' understanding of economics is:

Step One: Draw shitty comic
Step Two: ???
Step Three: Profit

 

[HerebeDragons]

Guys remember, the question isn't "Would Chris actually get money from selling art", the question is "Why hasn't he attempted to sell his art".

I don't think Chris actually knows how to sell his work. From what I've read on the CWCki, Chris probably thinks that he would earn money for his art when some company hired him. I doubt Chris realizes he can sell via Craigslist or Ebay, or hell, even Deviantart has a sell print feature.

This. And even if he did realize, it would require some initiative on his part. Even back when he honestly believed he could make a living off of "Sonichu", he just sat on his ass waiting for Archie Comics and Dark Horse to contact him. The thought of actually doing something proactive to make money is completely beyond him.

Also, didn't he once bitch Alec out for "cheapening" his artwork by trying to make money off of it? In Chris' mind, he's keeping the moral high ground by refusing to do anything. He's a master of self-justification.

Guys remember, the question isn't "Would Chris actually get money from selling art", the question is "Why hasn't he attempted to sell his art".

I don't think Chris actually knows how to sell his work. From what I've read on the CWCki, Chris probably thinks that he would earn money for his art when some company hired him. I doubt Chris realizes he can sell via Craigslist or Ebay, or hell, even Deviantart has a sell print feature.

Doesn't the $1,000 box of hoard porn show he knows how to use Craigslist?

I think in Chris' mind there's a difference between selling ITEMS and selling ART. It's just the kind of thing that would puzzle him.

 

[Hollywood Hulk Hogan]

Brother, Chris would charge $10000 a drawing or something

 

[pickleniggo]

Brother, Chris would charge $10000 a drawing or something

And he would never even bother sending it out after you paid for it.

 

[Anchuent Christory]

Guys remember, the question isn't "Would Chris actually get money from selling art", the question is "Why hasn't he attempted to sell his art".

I don't think Chris actually knows how to sell his work. From what I've read on the CWCki, Chris probably thinks that he would earn money for his art when some company hired him. I doubt Chris realizes he can sell via Craigslist or Ebay, or hell, even Deviantart has a sell print feature.

Chris is literally too lazy. Remember, he wanted a company to discover him and do all the work for him. Chris' understanding of economics is:

Step One: Draw shitty comic
Step Two: ???
Step Three: Profit

Then in reality it became

Step one: Draw shitty comic
Step two: JULAAAAY!
Step three: BAWWWWWW

 

[RagtimeRoastBeefy]

I'd only pay 150 for something significant like the straw or the crumpalope containing shecameforcwc.jpg. otherwise he could make a killing selling shit for as low as 10 or 20 dollars before he flooded his own 8 person market. Maybe that's his retirement plan. He's already selling his retirement pornography.

 

[Lefty's Revenge]

The weeners would deface them and he can't handle that.

Well my idea was predicated on the fact that he knew it was only trolls and weens buying them, so he wouldn't draw something he couldn't handle seeing defaced. Like say if he sent them a drawing saying "I KNOW YOU'RE A TROLL!".

Defacing the art would just prove to Chris that he was right about them being a troll. And he'd still have the money.

I'm not talking like, sending out Rosechu drawings and tardraging when someone shoops a dick on it.

I don't know. I think you're giving Chris a lot more credit than he deserves. This is the same guy who thought his poopy, awful, mildew ridden, hard copy, laughably bad, and easily accessible elsewhere pornography was worth $1,000 and that someone would actually be willing to come to his house with the money in cash to pay for it.

What you're laying out here takes a level of basic business sense that Chris is just not capable of.

 

[PCA]

Because nobody will buy it

 

[JeffGoldblumIRL]

Hell, make a new issue of Sonichu and make it purchase only or something.

This wouldn't work because a troll would likely finagle a free copy from him and then it would be immediately pirated by means of adding it to the CWCki.

I suspect the size of the market for Chris' "art" is significantly smaller that of the market for used tampons.

Pretty much. As other users have mentioned in this thread, and as I've stated in other ones, there are likely few people who'd legitimately want a piece of Chris' art. Even then, it would be one of the "famous" pieces like the straw, the non-retconned Love Quest Ending, SheCameForCWC.jpg (which has allegedly been destroyed), and some others. There are some pieces of his art that I'd absolutely buy off of him if he were going to be a TRUE and HONEST salesman. (Personally, I want the Attraction Sign.)

That leads me to this post, though:

Even if he decided to try it, nobody would buy it.
If there's any value in some of the "classic" pieces, it's only due to them being associated with some of the more comical and outrageous parts of his sagas. Chris' scrawlings by themselves are worth as much any of the countless pieces of shitty fanart floating around the internet, absolutely fuck all.

I don't think new artwork or commissions from Chris would sell very well, They MIGHT, but my personal history in the art scene where I grew up suggests to me that artwork made by someone after they've achieved their status is not worth as much as their original art they made while unknown; it's the same principle as a rookie baseball card. I don't want a 2014 Sonichu drawing, I want the one from Christian's Favorite Hits (for example).


I would really love to see Chris sell some of his artwork, not to see him "forced" to give up something special to him, but because I feel like if he worked with an actual agent and not a troll trying to fuck him over he'd make some extra cash. He'd invariably blow it on something trivial but it'd just be one of those "good for you" moments, I guess.

 

[fridgesrants]

It calls back to Chris's laziness. A few years ago when Chris when more people were following him he could have easily became a youtube partner and maybe created a website to sell "original" merchandise and art. Now that Chris is less popular even if he did create merchandise/art would people even care anymore? It still is a better idea then trying to sell used porno DVD's though on Craigslist. I bet Chris would make some money on selling some of his original art work if it is in decent shape still. I lowkey would buy some art or Sonichu medallion for $20. To bad only my roommate would get the joke. It would be funny if Urban Outfitters started carrying a shirt with an infamous scene out of his comic book on it. It would be strange if Hipsters started to follow Chris ironically.

 

[JeffGoldblumIRL]

It calls back to Chris's laziness. A few years ago when Chris when more people were following him he could have easily became a youtube partner and maybe created a website to sell "original" merchandise and art. Now that Chris is less popular even if he did create merchandise/art would people even care anymore? It still is a better idea then trying to sell used porno DVD's though on Craigslist. I bet Chris would make some money on selling some of his original art work if it is in decent shape still.

Even though he is pretty much "washed up" in terms of his Internet notoriety it was hypothesized in another thread that he might do decent in the convention scene; that's where voice actors go when they have little to no traditional VO work to do anymore. They get a table, some lithographs of the character(s) they voiced, and sell autographs for $15 a whack. Chris is past his prime online and I feel that his lingering notoriety -- especially in the anime/furry/otaku/gaming communities catered to by conventions -- would at least get him some extra coin. Even people who forgot about him would see "Attending Guests: blah, blah, Christian Weston Chandler, blah" and immediately go "holy shit I remember that guy".