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lediva move, the doorbell rang. It was FedEx with a big-ass tube.
This tube, as it transpired, contained another, smaller tube, with waxed paper wrapped around it. And embedded within that waxed paper were... two prints!
tugrik got himself a giant-ass printer recently, and is going into the art-print business. This was both a test for him and a come-on for me: I'd sent him several AI files that I thought would be torture tests, and got a couple of his test prints in return. The big one (about three and a half feet by one foot) ended up in my studio; the smaller one (two feet by six inches) ended up...
...on the oddly-angled wall next to the bathroom. Just the right size!
The strange thing about finally seeing my work printed this large is that it's not a shock - it's about the size I always saw it at through the window of Illustrator. Maybe when he solves the driver issue that aborted the 14-foot-long print he was going to try of this, it'll feel different. I dunno. It sure has a lot more impact than a little jpeg hovering on a screen does, though!
Thanks for brightening up our walls, Tug - I think there's gonna be some more stuff coming your way soon, including a significant chunk of the stuff for the show!
lediva move, the doorbell rang. It was FedEx with a big-ass tube.This tube, as it transpired, contained another, smaller tube, with waxed paper wrapped around it. And embedded within that waxed paper were... two prints!
tugrik got himself a giant-ass printer recently, and is going into the art-print business. This was both a test for him and a come-on for me: I'd sent him several AI files that I thought would be torture tests, and got a couple of his test prints in return. The big one (about three and a half feet by one foot) ended up in my studio; the smaller one (two feet by six inches) ended up......on the oddly-angled wall next to the bathroom. Just the right size!
The strange thing about finally seeing my work printed this large is that it's not a shock - it's about the size I always saw it at through the window of Illustrator. Maybe when he solves the driver issue that aborted the 14-foot-long print he was going to try of this, it'll feel different. I dunno. It sure has a lot more impact than a little jpeg hovering on a screen does, though!
Thanks for brightening up our walls, Tug - I think there's gonna be some more stuff coming your way soon, including a significant chunk of the stuff for the show!
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Date: 2008-06-23 07:10 pm (UTC)And I entirely understand. I also have the incredible silly BA in Communication Arts and the only thing I can partially remember is the 300dpi rule - though we never had the chance to see actual products and consequences for lower resolutions and such.
The before thing is so important. I've been doing this all wrong for years! Sheesh.