droob, how do you go about making prints of your and your girlfriend's work? Do you take it to Kinko's or whatever and have them do it, or do you have some process at home?
We have a big ’ol pigment ink printer that does most of the heavy lifting. It's an investment, and wrestling with color profiles is no fun, but I've gotten used to the process.
This thread is definitely food for thought; I've really been dragging my ass when it comes to actually selling my art.
How reliable is this service? Anybody run into any problems? At one point I was considering doing an art book through a book-publishing company that shall remain unnamed, but a friend of mine's nightmarish experiences with Lu - er, with the unnamed company, convinced me to look elsewhere.
They (etsy) do what they're supposed to well enough; that is, provide a simple, easy to use shopping cart for the seller and the buyer. They don't advertise for you, and they don't hold your hand all that much, and the price is fair; though there are always sellers on the etsy forums bitching about how etsy isn't promoting their store in some special way or other. Overall, pretty decent, and has saved me the hassle of creating a real stand-alone cart solution to this point.
No time like the present to stop slacking and get on this Etsy train I suppose. I've put up some of my original drawings and mixed-media weirdness, and also a minicomic I did a while back... NickSedillos.etsy.com
Almost all shipments include a hand-drawn ACEO. Some have other, special prizes. I am about to start offering some new prints, sew-on canvas patches, and larger prints as well. More originals will be listed soon, too. As in, a few minutes from now.