Finished, Printed, and displayed ArtRage Artwork

[Raybrite]

They should make a room freshener with the smell of the art studio after a painting for when we finish one.
Nice paintings.

[Sketchism71]

Looks great Madge! That's a great idea with the frames...design the art to fit the frame. Could save a lot of money in the long run buying frames in advance that are on sale! Thanks for the post!

[Flynn_the_Cat]

They should make a room freshener with the smell of the art studio after a painting for when we finish one.
Nice paintings.

ugh, no thanks - the smell of paint makes me ill.


Re: printing. I didn't do it - i gave my stuff to a local printer, and sold the above (some of it, anyway *sad* ) at a local art convention.

What I had to be sure of:
dpi (300 or more)
size - this particular printer wanted each file to be EXACTLY right (eg, a6 size for postcards, a5 etc - minus 5mm for trimming. )
- be aware of whether you want a border or fullbleed, as you can lose stuff around the edges

Colour! this was a big one. Firstly you don't know until it prints EXACTLY what it will be like. Secondly, if you can get at Photoshop (i used a friend's) or something else (what?) that can convert to CYMK (ink colours) from RGB (all possible colours - computer default) then do it. Most of mine where fine, but there were a few colours - the sky in this picture, for example - that need extra inks, so only very professional/expensive places (eg Redbubble) will print it properly (I bought some cards from them ^_^ )



Also, paper type (plain paper? what can the printer handle eg ink or laser) gsm (210 is thin card, 100 is thin paper, 250 is thick card etc)

[Silentman]

Thanks heaps Madge great to know that an ink jet will do a nice job, the cup cake looks great

Excellent Flynn, was hoping you would come back with some more info

[D Akey]

I used some really brushy paint thickness along with the metallic setting as a sort of faux impasto gold leaf background frame sort of thing around a spliced in photo of a guitarist for a cd cover and it looked most convincing as a painted surface.

That paint viscosity look was my big question and it read great in my context.

[screenpainter]

wow the baseball looks awesome Sketch. good idea for a thread. Liked the cupcake too Madge... that turned out great in print.

[RobertSWade]

Note to self ... take at least one picture tomorrow of my printed and framed works.

[misterpaint]

Air Terminal Concept
Print on Canvas 40x60cm






VARIUS WORKS:

[Sketchism71]

The artwork is amazing misterpaint and the prints look fantastic. Thank you for posting them! Any hints or tips you can give for anyone wanting to print?

Hope all is well with you and again thank you for the post!

[Aged P]

Hi Guys,

One annoying downside to a good printer.

I had an old HP printer which would turn out acceptable prints. I now have a new Epson which is more modern and infinitely better.
But!

It is so good that it shows up all my errors in the paintings.

My personal perception is that paintings done with the ArtRage lighting switched off look more like the original when printed.

It's something I have banged on about for several years.

ArtRage has a virtual light source in the top left area of the canvas. It makes paint look shiny and 3D. That light will often make no sense when the picture is placed on a wall. It is , of course, fabulous on screen!

Therefore I often paint with the virtual light switched off and use traditional techniques to give three dimensional effects. The light is then where I imagine, and decide, it will be. When exposed to typical room light the printed painting is still defined by the light that I painted.
If it were possible for me to light each print, from roughly the same assumed point that ArtRage provides, then I would do that and leave the inbuilt lighting on.

To me it then looks better when printed, but it's a very subjective thing.

I suspect that to get it more "right" I need a "screen spider" to synch the colour of the screen and the printer.

Phil

(When we've resolved this one we can move on to the simpler question of "What is ART?")