How to print your art at home and for business. Tips and first hand advice from a professional artist with experience of selling art prints for over 20 years.
If you want to make money as a professional artist you must ‘scale’ your art business. That means you must learn how to make prints of your art. But how do artists do it? Most artists choose to make art prints in one of 4 ways: These are your choices, …
This is an article about choosing the best inkjet printer for printing art prints from home. I wrote it because I’m researching the options myself and the Epson ET 8550 and SC-P700 stand out. The Epson Eco-Tank 8550 is a hybrid Pigment/Dye inkjet printer aimed at amateur enthusiasts. It makes …
I’ve been selling both open and limited edition prints for over 20 years, and when I say selling, I mean face-to-face, from a market stall, day in and day out. I’ve talked to thousands of customers, seen what sells (and what doesn’t), and figured out what works through real-world experience. …
I’ve been selling my wildlife art for years, and when it comes to making art prints, I’ve always chosen to bulk print my work through a commercial print shop. It’s worked well for me, but I’ll admit I don’t have tons of experience printing from home. Lately, I’ve been exploring …
In many ways, the Printables business model is the answer to your prayers, if you can make it work. There’s no stock, no shipping, and a recurring income. That’s why I’m writing this post. I needed to know how to start a Printables business. The easiest way to start a …
Are you confused? In this post, I’ll explain what crop marks and bleed mean in Canva, and why they are essential for printing your designs. Crop marks are lines that indicate where the document should be trimmed, while bleed refers to the extra space added around the edge of a …
In this guide, I’ll show you how to print from Procreate, from setting up your canvas to sending your artwork to a printer. This is the sequence in short. Open a new canvas, set the dimensions, enter 300DPI, set the color profile to CMYK, choose a TIFF or PDF file, draw …
You browse an Etsy shop and see a perfect set of art prints, they look great, they’re incredibly cheap, and when you go to buy them they’re digital downloads. Hang on, what if you haven’t got a printer? How do you print art prints from Etsy? This post explains everything. …
I’ve been selling my limited edition prints for over 20 years and I know there’s confusion in the minds of some people about the term. So instead of taking things for granted, I decided to answer some of the most common questions. A limited edition print is a reproduction that’s …