leckz asked: hey bara! i was just wondering, as i'm sure you have a lot of experience—any opinions on the best place to get art prints done online? thanks so much!
my favorite places for prints are iprintfromhome and catprint :] catprint is perfect if you need stuff cheaper and/or in larger quantities, and ipfh does very high quality photo prints and can mount them beautifully for galleries and wall art and such.
marithis asked: Wow such an up beat style that is so different! I'm an artist just starting out and I really admire you! But something that has always eluded me that I have always been interesting in selling my own nicknacks with a design of mine own but customized stuff seems expensive that in order to make a profit I'd have to sell even a pencil case for 20 bucks! You seem to be able to keep your prices so reasonable. Can I ask you who do you go through to get your stuff printed up?
thanks!! i have my stuff printed through about a million different places, i really just google what sort of merchandise i want to make and then shop around to see who has the lowest prices and minimums. there’s a ton i still wish i could make but haven’t been able to find anyone that does it for less than like 200 pieces per order, or they charge so much per piece that i’d never be able to resell the stuff…
keep an eye out for any special offers you can hunt down too (sometimes places have offers right on their site, or on their facebook/twitter accounts, or you can check on retailmenot, ebates, etc.)
if you think you can rally enough support for any one project in particular, you can try kickstarter — i know some artists go there to fund print runs for shirts, books, etc.
good luck!
moonsofjuupitr asked: Hi there! I'm just another fan of your fabulous work! n_n I'm curious...how did you go about setting up your online store(s)? Do you have any advice to illustrators who want to start printing their own apparel and merchandise? Thanks! :D
thank you! :]
if you don’t mind, i’m going to direct you to this tl;dr post! feel free to ask me any questions i didn’t cover there, though.
the only other bit of advice that comes to mind right now is to get used to working large (300 DPI at least,) if you haven’t already; and either draw in CMYK mode for stuff you plan on having printed, or be mindful of using colors that don’t print well (dark colors and brights.) often i use photoshop’s default palette because its colors are pretty print safe. every printer handles things a little differently, but in general, your work will print darker than it appears on your screen.
oh, and creep printing companies’ facebooks and twitter accounts for deals B) HO HO HO.
good luck!!
springiette asked: I know you've been asked this before... >< but what's your favorite site to print posters? :3
combeenation asked: I just peeled and applied some of the Bon Bon Giselle stickers I bought from you like 2 years ago... I have to ask, where did you get these stickers made? They're amazing in terms of quality.
thanks, i’m glad to hear you’re pleased with them!
i had them done at paper forest (now printsess) a few years ago, but they don’t offer sticker services anymore :’(
jokerkilljoy asked: Have you ever thought about making an art book of your work? (:
yes, a couple of years ago i was thiiiiis close *pinchy hand motions* to having one up for sale at one of those on-demand places. it had some progression shots and design processes for a lot of my pieces, along with some color illusts drawn just for the book that i never posted anywhere else. then……..i took it down to add more to it, and never quite finished doing that. HURP. (pointless fact: the name of this blog came from that book)
one of these days i might do a nice hardcover kickstarter deal though, i feel like that’d be a way better value for everyone’s money than the on-demand stuff. p.s. does anyone recommend any good printers??
