Printing Authentic Digital art for Professional Artist

[rawjahprintshop]

Hey guys, a really cool thing ive been doing just the past week since we tried it, and they liked it... But I am printing a Professional Artists artwork drawn from Procreate, Onto my regular Substance Icon 3755 digital media (all i have at the moment but thats my question)
which is what i use for my stickers etc with a laminate on my stickers as well, but this artist came to my house, saw the prints and was like, "Holy sh*t, dude thats sick if you wanna work together this could be a nice revenue source."

SO , basically after just talking in general, doing other sample prints and such, What kind of material would be best for me to be printing on if these arent for stickers and for just Giant Art prints?

Im sure there is a specific vinyl of some sort specific to highlight the most out of a drawing or artists work.

May I hear what you guys recommend?
And, any setup secrets from you experts I might be able to change to make it look even just that Tad better? Do we always hit it with something in photoshop to bring the best out of the pic (i dont use PS, never learned it, but i sure would if it helps anything!)
thanks in advance guys, I cant wait to hear what you have to say!!

 

[GaSouthpaw]

My opinion, but vinyl isn't a good media for a "Professional Artists artwork". I would look into some fine art paper or wall cover.
Fine art media would (normally) require individual prints on a flatbed. Printing on a nice wall cover and mounting on wooden art frames also gives a very nice product when stretched and mounted properly.
As for using Photoshop (or any other program) to be "able to change to make it look even just that Tad better"- don't. It's their art. It looks like it does because that's what they want it to look like. If you're worried that your printer doesn't make an accurate reproduction, print a sample and have them approve it.

 

[rawjahprintshop]

My opinion, but vinyl isn't a good media for a "Professional Artists artwork". I would look into some fine art paper or wall cover.
Fine art media would (normally) require individual prints on a flatbed. Printing on a nice wall cover and mounting on wooden art frames also gives a very nice product when stretched and mounted properly.
As for using Photoshop (or any other program) to be "able to change to make it look even just that Tad better"- don't. It's their art. It looks like it does because that's what they want it to look like. If you're worried that your printer doesn't make an accurate reproduction, print a sample and have them approve it.

ok So I guess my message didn’t come across clearly but it’s a weekold and we didn’t know I could do anything similar to so, so we were excited. Plus 1.

plus 2- asking, what would be a good material to print on other than my standard sticker material….. as asked. Clearly sticker vinyl is the absolute worst, but, when your going to an anime show AND YOUR PRINTS SELL FOR 15k and we wanted to print sample size 10 inch designs, and it came three days later, we used what I had…. Sorry you wanna rain on my parade lol.. and yes, the IDEAL WOULD BE PRINTING THEM ON A FLATBED, BUT GUESS what! We own a nice printer in our already business, so why not use what we got when he already loves the results, right!?

as the print production guy, that’s why I came on here to ask about a better vinyl or media than printing on my sticker media, but clearly you already missed that part. Also, if you’re not mad at not deciphering text correctly already haha, do you know of a fine art paper that is a 30 inch roll, similar to say a 30 inch roll of vinyl. do they not make what I’m asking for? A roll of “fine art paper”, to print art onto? I just think the message needed to be read a little clearer that’s all

 

[Geneva Olson]

Not sure what kind of printer you have but hp has fine art paper. not vinyl, but photo paper. I don't know if you want stickers or not, but that's available. FireSprint.com might be able to point you in the right direction...>?

 

[Gino]

I believe you want to use an aqueous type printer with the correct media. Hopefully 'bob' from earth will join in as he is very familiar with this kinda stuff.

 

[Boudica]

ok So I guess my message didn’t come across clearly but it’s a weekold and we didn’t know I could do anything similar to so, so we were excited. Plus 1.

plus 2- asking, what would be a good material to print on other than my standard sticker material….. as asked. Clearly sticker vinyl is the absolute worst, but, when your going to an anime show AND YOUR PRINTS SELL FOR 15k and we wanted to print sample size 10 inch designs, and it came three days later, we used what I had…. Sorry you wanna rain on my parade lol.. and yes, the IDEAL WOULD BE PRINTING THEM ON A FLATBED, BUT GUESS what! We own a nice printer in our already business, so why not use what we got when he already loves the results, right!?

as the print production guy, that’s why I came on here to ask about a better vinyl or media than printing on my sticker media, but clearly you already missed that part. Also, if you’re not mad at not deciphering text correctly already haha, do you know of a fine art paper that is a 30 inch roll, similar to say a 30 inch roll of vinyl. do they not make what I’m asking for? A roll of “fine art paper”, to print art onto? I just think the message needed to be read a little clearer that’s all

 

[Humble PM]

I run this stuff day in, day out for artists.
Pigment prints onto art paper, using an aqueous printer (12 channels). Arches 88 Awagami Kozo, Canson Edition Etching Rag, Canson Platine Rag, Canson Prestige Baryta, Hahnemuhle Photorag, Hahnemuhle Bamboo, Hahnemuhle Rice Paper, to name but a few. Available in 17", 24", (some) 36", 44", (some) 60". Never sen 30" on any of the fine art materials. You could get a 60' and take a chop saw to it. Here is a link to a 36" x 39' roll...

If you're looking to produce $15k prints, I'd suggest getting the right machine for the job. You can pick up a new 44" from Canon, Epson, or HP for 1/3rd of the sales sticker for one print. Chuck in another k for materials, another couple of k for for your profiling and calibration kit, and you're on your way.