OK... some more info...

Since the good folks at Renderosity have a poll up discussing their possible plans to offer prints of the works here, I think it is probably no big deal to go into a little more detail about what we are planning.

Basically, we are looking to start with a small number of carefully chosen images, arrange for the absolute best reproduction and framing (if desired by the client) and present those reproductions for sale in a number of venues.

• Online
• Galleries in NYC and LA
• Printed coffee table form

The important thing for us is quality. We will be choosing pieces that we consider to be art and we will be treating them as are - our client target will also see it as art. We know a number of people and some gallery owners here in NYC so we are fairly confident that we can arrange for the acceptance of these images as artistic in their own right.

• The reproductions will be on gallery quality paper with archival inks - they will not fade with time.
• The will be sized for matting or framing and the will be composed within the printed area so that the framing and other elements don;t interfere.
• We intend to offer signed, numbered sets including authenticity assurances for those sets
• We will offer non-signed reproductions in a variety of formats

The prices will be fairly high - these are not posters, this is farmable artwork. We expect the pieces to be in line with high quality reproductions under 100$ without framing but significantly more than 19.95.

We may chose to offer an expanded catalog in more accessible formats if we can do it without compromising the quality brand we are working towards. We will certainly be looking at extremely high quality silk screened reproductions on black t-shirts for example if we think that is appropriate for a piece. If the Smithsonian can put DaVinci on a t-shirt, I think we can pull it off with style. Similarly, we may chose to make posters versions available in some fashion in the future.

We regret that we cannot simply broker for everyone who might like to offer their work this way - it simply isn't possible for us in to do so and keep the path we have set for ourselves. However we will be happy to help anyone get through the technical hurdles of high quality reproductions... we have a number of years of print/media experience behind us and we are fairly competent int hsi area.

So, that's it in a nutshell...

• A small, high quality and carefully chosen catalog for high end reproduction
• A more expansive catalog in more commodity formats

You're an artist - let us treat you like one. Hell, let's see if we can force the art snobs to treat us as artists. It should be interesting  :)

To everyone who wrote me, I'll reply later today. We should have a page up in place this weekend where you will be able to submit URL's of images for us to consider.

I know that in the coming month(s) someone is going to put up a system like the Marketplace here for posters and prints - they will allow you to offer larger format prints with a checkbox. That will be a fine outlet. But frankly, large format printing is very demanding of the source artwork - and a customer is only going to buy so many 640x400 renders blown up to 10K pixels across before the get REALLY annoyed.

Just a thought :)