What is the most decorative way to print art from a digital file?
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January 12th, 2011
I have a new house with lots of walls. We are researching ways to decorate the house with art. Right now there is no budget to buy original art pieces, but still we would like to have some images and designs on the wall. I hope to be able to find something better than just posters.
We were thinking that perhaps there is a way to use an advanced form of print (on specific materials) to reproduce images of specific (rights free?) paintings, illustrations and graphic art that we like. We would have budget for nice frames and materials.
Maybe the idea is crazy, and we should buy real art or do with posters for the time being. I do know that for photographic images using a sheet of plexiglass looks really good. I would assume paintings, and graphic illustrations would ave a different optimal technique. Any ideas are welcome.
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Digital laser prints of 16X20 inch photos can cost $60 to $145 to print. Good quality prints require high res digital photos. High res will be 12.8 mega pixels and higher, not your thumbnail that you find on the internet.
Maybe you make your own art take a class at local college? ? ? Fabric on wooden frames.
To print an image on plexiglass is going to cost about what a print would cost. If you’re talking about taking internet images and using as enlarged printed pieces, that won’t work because the resolution of online images is equivalent to 72 dpi and you’re going to need at least 300 dpi for a digital image to get a decent look. As you enlarge the image, the dpi decreases.
It’s really the framing that runs up the cost of pictures, not the prints. You can hit a museum shop and get great unframed posters for $10 – $35. It’s the framing and the matting that add to the cost.
Are you striving for a “decorated” look or ecclectic? I have found wonderful pieces at college and high school art sales, regional art sales and even consignment stores, as well as framing children’s art. I frame everything in black with cream matting; this way, pieces can be moved about and will work with eachother. I recently had a concert poster framed at a national chain craft store. Instead of doing a custom frame, I chose a standard frame. Framing was on sale, and I had 50% coupon from the newspaper. The picture cost me $20 for the print, and $30 for framing.
You can also find interesting artwork on www.shopgoodwill.com. I bought two watercolors on there for $5 each that appraised for $1500.
i would also make sure to check out etsy where theres a lot of cool arts, crafts + goods from indy designers, artists + creatives. check it out @ www.etsy.com! theres a ton of stuff!
You can also make some pretty interesting art pieces yourself such as:
Mounting dried leaves which you can check out here
Or you can make your own mosaics to hang on the wall which you can see instructions here You can either make tile or glass mosaics like this or this or paper mosaics using color samples like this
Or you might enjoy some framed wall paper samples like these I’ve seen this done on several of the HGTV shows recently and I think it looks really cool.
And I second the idea of going to thrift stores and rummage sales and garage sales to find artwork. Here is an example of someone’s really nice find. I’ve found several fabulous things, but the trick is to go often (or to have some type of theme or color scheme in mind when you go).
Search for “Vinyl wall sticker decals” on Etsy, I think it’ll be perfect for what you want.
Some of the people will print what you want. (your own designs)
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