Some more information on where and how it is going.... thanks so much for all the replies! I figured I could post some more of this here, so if you sent me a private note, then this is part of your reply :)

We are speaking of a mechanism/service to make high end rendered artwork available to clients in physical form as art. That will mean lithographs, books and so on. At this point we are not talking about poster type print quality and t-shirts etc.

Generally an interested artist will contact us about a specific piece and we will review the work. We will be making editorial decisions on what we accept - this isn't to offend anyone or insult... but we have a very specific editorial vision in mind and we will be building a brand around that. Those artists/images who we do not accept we may be able to provide information or services to help them publish themselves.

If we go ahead, we will work with the artist to format the image for publication, helping them render at the proper resolutions or helping them with any additional post work if they need our help. We will also work with the artist to get the surrounding elements to work for the image and for our format (copyright notices and other information).

When that's all done, we will work out a commission/rate with the artist and offer it for sale through a few mechanisms we have in mind (we have working relationships with several publishers so widespread bookstore distribution is an option). We handle all that, the artist get's their commission and all is well.

An issue... We would need to be able to be exclusive for physical distribution for a time period. We will be happy to work on the terms with an artist but if we are selling an exclusive series of numbered prints it simply won't be of any value to the customer if 5 other outlets are also selling them.

We are working out details with the printers we work with to get an idea on the formats and rate for reproduction costs. Then we will be moving ahead to hopefully offer our first set sometime before December. if you want, send us a note) letting us know you are interested and we will review your gallery. We will be picking about 5 pieces to start with.

I do understand that this could be a problem for many. Whenever you make editorial decisions you run the risk of insulting someone you haven't chosen - or making enemies or causing community strife. That is not our intention. You must realize that the type of reproductions we are talking about have a fairly large up-front cost to set up the printing process and we simply will not be able to afford to do it unless we believe an image is going to work in this way for the client base we are going for.

Some notes:

Also, you might be interested to note that this is not specifically limited to poser art. While we prefer fully rendered works we will also be considering enhanced photography.

The print size we are talking about is thousands of pixels on a side to begin to have the quality we need. Some pieces will scale up from what you already have (if you have a large version on your machine) and some might need to be re-rendered. We can help you with the re-rendering if your machine can't handle it. This does mean that if you spent a lot of time doing post work on an image that is 640x480 - no matter how pretty it is we might not be able to use it simply because it can't "scale" to the right size.  We are working on format's that accommodate the reality that digital artwork may need to be physically smaller to retain resolution ( 36 inches across is too big for small renders).

Anyway - that's more info for now. Feel free to ask questions here if you want or in email.