A couple months ago my friend wanted to buy a third print from me. It is an 18" x 24" black ink collage drawing.

Well, after months of Jerry Springer moments and no idea where in this podunk town to get a print done, I finally dropped off the drawing at the printers today, and will pick up the 11x16 print Friday next.

I took in some of my other artwork to see how much they would charge me to put all my images onto a disk. Ehhhgads.

My 22 x 28 images will be $28 for the first image and $22.50 for each additional image. The 14 x 22 images are $28 for the first and $10 each additional image.

Now, I haven't updated my inventory list in years, so I know some pieces have been sold, some reworked and made into new pieces, and there are new pieces to be added. But, quite frankly, I lost the disk with all my data and information and I just don't want to create a new list today. So, estimated at over 50 pieces that need to be scanned to disc.

**hits calculator button on fancy keyboard, estimates how many big, small, medium and off size artpieces.... **

Yeah. I remember why I stopped showing pieces. Getting the ground work done to enter contests is rediculous. Over $600 just to get the images scanned to disk.

I sure wish I had my own camera!!!

I would attatch an image of the piece I sold, but whilst making some repairs on my computer I completely lost the photo shop program and can't seem to find the orginal disk. Silly me. Thinking I could fix something on my computer. Just made it worse.

Okay.

Anyone local have a digital camera and know how to take pictures of artwork......... CHEAP??

JJT

Anyone local have a digital camera and know how to take pictures of artwork......... CHEAP??JJT
If all else fails, you could put an ad up at your local community college- you might find a student who prob. wouldn't charge that much (and would welcome the work as he could put it on his resume.)

Good idea!!

Thanks!

JJT

Yeah, unfortunately, the company tries to recoup the cost of the scanning equipment. It's not easy to scan large format...good luck...

I would say your best bet is to increse the quantity of the prints you want... Typically your print wont be run alone, that same huge sheet of paper will be run with other jobs and than cut down, so there is greater likely hood that it will be run more times than once, you share the "run" with other people, thats how everyone makes money... this is not the case at say... kinkos but im sure theres a place you can hook up with in your area.. they would generate a way more professional product like a poster on the same paper stock.. (text stock)


as far as scanning in vs having someone take a digital shot of it, you can always just scan it in peices in on a small bed scanner and just peice it together in photoshop(or pay someone to do it) it should just be like $75 bux at most for a designer to scan them and peice together the job, esp if they can set up the printing for you. once you have it all together in photoshop and they have a file they can print from you can arrange to have the file put on cd or dvd.