Category Archives for "Publishing for visual artists"

Steps to publish your art as cards, notecards or postcards

Publishing your work as art cards, notebooks and postcardsArt cards, notebooks and postcards are excellent for getting your name out there while earning some coin. Notebooks are working well for abstract artists where color and feeling draw. Postcards are great for photographs and promotion.  Art cards are used as stationary and often framed. They are available in a […]

Standard Card Sizes for Art and Promotion

Standard envelope sizes make for efficient Art Card packages. Promotional and postcards come in standard card sizes too. PageMaster prints five standard folding cards, plus postcards and notebooks, to share your work. To promote your book, show or event we produce postcards and bookmarks (sometimes for sale). For more information on planning your card strategy […]

Sizing Up Your Images for Print

You’ve shot that masterpiece image of the Canadian rockies, and it is breathtaking. It’s so breathtaking, you’d love to see it printed on a canvas and hung on your living room wall. Or, perhaps you’d love to print some cards of your images to sell, promote your photography or give to friends and family. But […]

Photo Resolution: Sizes Needed for Printing Your Images

Resolution test strip. The original image portion used was 300 pixels per inch (31mp Hasselblad art capture). Each test was downsampled from the original and printed on photo paper at the same physical size. There is some loss of quality between 300 and 144 ppi but barely perceptible. Below 144 we deem too soft or […]

Capturing Your Art: The Critical First Step

Setting up for excellent reproduction You’ve spent a lot of time and effort to create your masterpiece. Capturing what you’ve created is the most important step in creating faithful reproductions of that work. Have you ever tried to capture your own work? The best of us can get close, but we still struggle. “The colors […]