Posters are almost ready to go! A quick poll, first...

[tugrik]

The original gallery show is printed on a matte fine-art paper known as Hahnemuhle PhotoRag 308gsm. It was selected by the artist after going through a number of paper options as being the best way to display the cards. Therefore getting a poster done on the same material, while a little more expensive, will be the most direct way to see the works as the artist intended.

For a lower-cost option that expresses the same amount of detail, the 48lb Bond paper has a similar color tone and matte surfacing. It'll look almost the same, though the paper won't have the same weight and feel.

If the room you want to display the poster in has 'warm' lighting (slightly more yellowish) or dimmer lighting, I'd suggest the Hahnemuhle Bamboo paper. It's very similar to the artist's choice of PhotoRag but will display more vividly with lower indoor lighting conditions. It's got a wonderful surface texture. It's also an environmentally sensitive paper, being made of >90%, fully-renewable bamboo fiber pulp.

If you want an actual poster like you're used to seeing in a store, the semi-gloss Poster Gel option will do well. It has a satin-like surface and is a more traditional photo-print. The deep black details will be richer but not as high resolution compared to the matte offerings. However, this is what most people expect when one says "poster". It's also a tough tyvek-mixed material that will survive a bit of rough handling, unlike the more 'fine art' papers mentioned above. If you're just going to poster-tack this to a wall with no framing or covering of any kind, this is your best choice.

Lastly, I can make a few on actual stretched-canvas, gallery-wrap style. Due to the texture of the canvas some of the finest-details on the smaller cards won't be as crisp (just like with the poster gel), but the overall result is stunning. They're printed on a matte canvas and coated with a protective satin spray. The only downside to this is that a mounted canvas has to be box-shipped, which will add more to the price (I'm still researching exactly how much more).

All prints are guaranteed to show up in top-notch condition, or I'll replace them, no worries. They're created with archival-class, pigment based inks that are rated for 100-200 years of lightfastness under indoor conditions. Except for the canvas, the projected prices in the poll include "fine art" style shipping: tube-within-a-tube, FedEx Ground.

Please note: The prices shown are with shipping. Multiple posters bought together can ship together and save on shipping cost. Please see the actual for-sale entry later on in this journal to actually purchase them.

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Of course, if you have any suggestions or comments, please let me know. There are other types of media we could do this on, from outdoor banner material to self-adhesive vinyl, but I didn't think people buying a fine-art poster like this would want such things. If you do, however, please comment away!

Comments

[eriscontrol.livejournal.com]

Ha, I'd love the bamboo paper, but this all depends on how much money I have when these posters become available!

[shatterstripes.livejournal.com]

I gotta say, looking at the results of this poll is making me pretty pleasantly surprised about what the market will bear!

[baxil.livejournal.com]

I'm holding out for the deck itself, but I can virtually guarantee we'll get a copy ASAP.

[cobaltie.livejournal.com]

I know it'll be a while before the actual deck might get done, so I want one of these posters in the meantime...but I don't have a huge preference for quality. Thanks for at least posting the prices of the paper, too...price is a small concern, yeah. :-P