Thread: I wanted your opinions on this...

...so I am thinking about starting to make some bellydance themed trinkets (on the side from my photography) and want to know if these are types of things you guys would be interested in at all? or your thoughts:

1. Wearable hand PAINTED art. Its not silk screen its painted. either designs or specific images on actual clothing. Some stuff ive done or am in the middle of working on for example: Henna designed gloves & scarfs, I am doing a front and back Bruce Campbell (actor) themed sweatshirt and Belly dance related Duet Sweatshirts with painted versions of the dancers on it.

2. Non clothing actual paintings of either bellydance related things or specific dancers (yourself or someone else with their permission).

3. Bellydance Figures made out of clay and/or Found objects like ticketstubs, bottle caps, etc....


the first one was my main focus but the other two are some other ideas I had and wanted your thoughts.

I'd like to see some bellydance figures made out of clay and paintings, Several times I have hunted for reasonably prices BD figurines to no avail and the one or 2 I have come across have been extremely expensive.

Originally Posted by Mosaika

I'd like to see some bellydance figures made out of clay and paintings, Several times I have hunted for reasonably prices BD figurines to no avail and the one or 2 I have come across have been extremely expensive.

What kind of prices are you looking for? just so i can keep that in the back of my mind if i decide to do some test ones

If you are good at painting portraits of dancers, I think many of us would want you to do so...
What type of painting do you do?
Even raw sketches are cool...

Originally Posted by Julsie

If you are good at painting portraits of dancers, I think many of us would want you to do so...
What type of painting do you do?
Even raw sketches are cool...

I like doing oil painting and sometime acrylic and making it look like water color, Im starting to get into water color tho.

and ive been recently reallly getting into the whole painting on fabric thing idk why lol.

but yeah if this is stuff ppl deff will be interested i will do some mock ups after the holidays :) yay this makes me happy lol

I would *adore* henna gloves!

Originally Posted by beafarhana

I would *adore* henna gloves!

they dont have henna on them but they are henna designs via paint hehe :)

Henna Ink-look ( and even colorful tattoo) design costumes on flesh colored fabric would be a hit for the tribal dancers!
I wonder if it is possible for you to paint mesh body stockings, midriff covers or nude tights...those would be cool too!
You could look at different designs of tattoos people like & paint it onto their midriff covers...I would order some of those!

Silk veils painted like henna! Foot covers, gauntlets...

Sorry, I can come up with the impossible! I will stop now...

Originally Posted by Callistaangel

What kind of prices are you looking for? just so i can keep that in the back of my mind if i decide to do some test ones

Maybe small ones around $20 to 25 to larger ones up to around $40 or something, I don't really know if they are realistic prices though.

Originally Posted by Mosaika

Maybe small ones around $20 to 25 to larger ones up to around $40 or something, I don't really know if they are realistic prices though.

uhm im not sure until I make them and see how they go with how much they will cost might be slightly higher but i wont really know till i make them. I will try to keep around that range in mind though.

Im glad I am getting feed back from you guys and will deff try to get some more samples of diff things by the end of jan for more feed back :)

oh and in case i forget to update here my FB acct (and eventual etsy) for this stuff is Amanda-Corrine Arts so feel free to add me tho right now its more photobased and is need of some updating across the board but thats all part of my winter project list :)

Originally Posted by Julsie

Henna Ink-look ( and even colorful tattoo) design costumes on flesh colored fabric would be a hit for the tribal dancers!
I wonder if it is possible for you to paint mesh body stockings, midriff covers or nude tights...those would be cool too!
You could look at different designs of tattoos people like & paint it onto their midriff covers...I would order some of those!

Silk veils painted like henna! Foot covers, gauntlets...

Sorry, I can come up with the impossible! I will stop now...

heh im not sure how the paint will react to tights or silk but ill add it to my list of things to experiment ;)

I would love to see paintings of bellydancers in any of the media, acrylic, oils or water paints. And little BD figurines would be adorable, they would make great gifts. And if the paintings are good I'd put them on my wall. Price range...$10-30 for the figurines and under $100 for the paintings, that reasonable?

Originally Posted by RahelDance

I would love to see paintings of bellydancers in any of the media, acrylic, oils or water paints. And little BD figurines would be adorable, they would make great gifts. And if the paintings are good I'd put them on my wall. Price range...$10-30 for the figurines and under $100 for the paintings, that reasonable?

I am going to mess around a bit when i get home (in jan) and see what I come up with. art stuff is kinda similar to bellydance costumes where depending on what you want changes the price around.

It make take me some time to play around with the different stuff to get things just right so as i start posting them up on FB (& etsy) feedback is always welcome cuz i want to make things you guys like and want :)

I will deff try to keep price range ideas in mind. so some may be in those ranges some may be a little above.

oh and i looked into the veil painting so some interesting experiments will come in the future ;)

Hey,

Good luck! I look forward to seeing what you come up with. I've wanted to get into doing bellydance art for a looong time (who wouldnt want to draw gorgeous dancers and costumes all day!) but I've been so out of practice since my degree I need some serious art rehab. Henna gloves sound great - could be like patterned versions of the lace gloves tribal dancers wear to keep their bracelets on, so you don't have to worry about them not looking like gloves?

haha i was thinking about just doing every day wear gloves for the winter time :)
but ill deff look into those too! im so excited i cant wait to get home and start on all my bagillion ideas

im still making samples in my rinkydink apt but im doing a mini contest on my arts page on fb (Amanda-Corrine Arts)

i was feeling idk silly and happy so here is:
mmm inspired by everyones giving spirit. Im thinking of a number between 0 and hmmm 58. guess it and free art prize of your choice (portrait painting, photoshoot, wearable art, figurine..) hmm limit of guesses per person (see im ahead of you lol) is 3

(have to Message it on FB tho to be fair on when i check stuff)

have been (and will be soon) posting veil colors and hand painted shirts/scarfs on the fb page. more will be going up so if u want to go there and message opinions thats good too :)

no henna patterned veils yet...still working it out