For a while now, I had the interest of selling my artwork online. However, due to a busy work schedule, I’ve kept putting the idea aside. With the end of my course fast approaching, it’s served a solid reminder that my time as a university student is slowly coming to an end. Now seemed like the perfect opportunity to pursue this interest, and begin building a strong online presence for myself. Selling my artwork online seemed to be a great place to start. I first wanted to organise the pieces in my portfolio, printing the best illustrations from this collection. Once I'd gathered a sufficient amount of designs, I could begin listing them online.
I've been researching into printers for quite some time now. I must say, printers are definitely not my area of specialities. There are a great selection of models on the market, which each have their own unique selling points. Therefore, finding a suitable one to fit my requirements provided some difficulty. Plus, printers are extremely pricy. I wanted to make sure I selected the best one which did the job, and most importantly was value for money. Initially, I was going to get my designs printed professionally online. However, after calculating the costs I realised that I wouldn't be gaining any profit from this. Investing in a good printer provided the best option. Plus printing my designs from home seemed to be more convenient.
After weeks of searching, I eventually found a compatible printer. I invested in an Epson XP-970 model, allowing me to print my designs to a maximum size of A3. There was some slight difficulty setting it up, however I managed to overcome this challenge.
Yesterday, I managed to do some test prints to see what the print quality was like. To showcase my illustrations to the highest standard, I used 220gsm, A3 paper which helped add a smooth and matte finish to the final designs. To achieve the best print quality possible, I'm hoping to experiment with different types of paper.
Printed illustrations
Overall I'm really happy with how these have turned out. In the upcoming weeks, I'm planning to print some more designs off. To sell my illustrations I'm hoping to use a website called Etsy, commonly used amongst freelancers. All that's left now is to list these prints online. As you can see, I've already made my profile page.
My Etsy page
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