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"Feeders" by Mel Strawn
Printing Digital Art:
Fine Artists
Explore the Promise
of New Markets
by JD Jarvis
Las Cruces, New Mexico
March 15, 2008
Digital tools and techniques have revolutionized how most imagery
and even Fine
Art is being made. Photography, for example, is thought of today as primarily a
digital endeavor.
The general public understands and, for the most part, has accepted that scanning
and inkjet
technology has improved the quality of art reproduction to the extent that we see
what could be
described as an entirely new product within the art reproduction market. And,
although it remains
somewhat misunderstood, the making of original digital fine art directly within the
workings of a
computer is a widely practiced and accepted means for making Contemporary Art.
Regardless of which
approach or combination of the above you take toward making your digital imagery,
chances are you
materialize that work in the form of prints either on paper, canvas or some other
substrate
associated with the often fickle and arcane world of Fine Art.
As with nearly every other endeavor in modern society the Internet beckons to you
with the
potential for worldwide markets and fast, flawless distribution of your digital
goods. Virtual
galleries coupled with print-on-demand websites continue to spring up offering both
digital and
traditional artists global markets and even hands-free printing, framing and
shipping services.
For an artist, the idea of having a presence on a site that is open day or night to
the entire
world and that might produce prints and perhaps even frame and ship them to your
valued
customers, then deposit the spoils directly into your bank account seems to answer
all one's
needs. A quick check of the web tells us that such marketing services are already
beginning to
spring up. In a perfectly digital world this is the answer to your dreams....
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