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In a recent discussion, I explored the use of AI in both photography and traditional arts, prompting some to label me as either anti-AI or too pro-AI. However, I remain undecided on the matter, though I do recognize some benefits of AI in the visual arts, particularly for artists themselves.
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In my last post, I started some on how AI could revolutionize the art scene, more specifically how it could relate to photography. I’m not against AI, but I recognize its potential for good and bad. But, should traditional artists should be too concerned?
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If you have been keeping up with trends lately, you probably know that AI has been a major topic of conversation from media circles to individuals. Various questions arise such as how will AI affect one’s ability to use it for investing in stocks to controversies surrounding its usage in higher education to write term papers. One topic I have not heard a lot about has been how will it affect the visual arts. My plan is to make this at least a 3 part series where we explore how it could affect photography, how it will affect more traditional arts like painting and drawing, as well as how it will affect an artist’s ability to be more successful.
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Giclee prints have become mainstream in the world of fine art printing. It’s not just artists doing reproductions of their original paintings. It’s also photographers who have widely contributed to this newer form of printing technology.
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Ever since I set foot by accident inside the Lik Gallery in Las Vegas some years back I have been mesmerized by acrylic prints. His gallery at the time was primarily displaying his work in this fashion which allowed his landscape photography to take your breath away. Since then I have been on a mission to make these prints a possibility for our artists and photographers.
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First-Class Package is a popular shipping option offered by USPS that allows businesses and individuals to send lightweight packages that weigh up to 15.99 ounces. Many artists and photographers we know who do their own shipping use this service to ship their prints. What they may not know is this service will be changing in July of 2023. Here are some things you may want to be aware of if you are using this service.
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So much more artwork is shipped today than before. And using the right box to protect an art print as well as elevate its value is incredibly important. Most of our customers do not bother to ship themselves and have their orders drop shipped through us. But occasionally a customer will want to ship their prints themselves. If so, they will have needed to develop some sort of shipping strategy.
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As part of my next topic in a two-part series discussing canvas, prints, I want to bring to your attention some of the advantages canvas prints have for the person reselling their artwork as prints or even for the photographer.
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A lot of our customers choose to ship their prints themselves, especially if they are taking advantage of built-in volume discounts on prints. It is not uncommon for them when they are first getting started to ask for advice or tips relating to best practices when packaging unframed prints.
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I recently discussed torn or deckled-edged prints. But people also ask how we cut and manage so many giclee prints. When we give them a behind-the-scenes look at our facility they are quite amazed at the organization and sorting of so many prints when we may have to produce so many prints each day on over 20 different giclee papers.
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