DigitalArtist opened this issue on May 29, 2000 ยท 8 posts
CharlieBrown posted Fri, 23 June 2000 at 12:05 PM
If someone has Adobe Acrobat 4, it can save full color files in a relatively small, print-ready format. This is ideal for short-order print runs. Of course, this would require: 1) A person with a fast internet connection, and a lot of storage space, to compile and store the calendar 2) Either the person in #1 or someone else having contact to a print shop willing to do small runs 3) Artists to produce good-sized art in a print-ready format (no 72 DPI low quality JPGs!). 4) Someone to coordinate the whole project. Over at Willow's PFO, Willow tried to get something like this going a few months ago, but there wasn't much interest in providing art for it (I think someone DID put one out for 1999, but it was done on their own, with art collected from the galleries and permission obtained from each artist, and $20 a copy or some such - and it just barely covered expenses at that, IIRC), and the project was set aside when they started having server problems. It's a good idea, but we'd need to work out the logistics first. If an Admin has Acrobat 4 and (ha!) free time, maybe they could get the ball rolling... Of course, I suspect there will be a plethora of images offered for months with major holidays... Maybe each month should have a submission gallery/forum (like the one for the BBay/Renderosity contest a few months ago) here; the winner (based on popular vote, I guess) would be asked to provide a high-resolution version of the image, and maybe be given a store credit or something as a prize (along with a free copy of the calendar when it comes out)?