Custom Posters

[Chili]

We have been toying with the idea of offering large custom posters to try to increase sales.

We had a fundraiser last night for the young racer who ended up in a coma earlier this summer (he's making a full recovery) and I figured this would be as good a time as any to try and come up with something to print up at 24x36 and see what it looked like. I've included the final product and was extremely pleased with how it came out. They posted it at the entrance to the hall and it was a hit.

I wish I could take some of the credit but this was all the work of my son (LazyBoy) all I did was supply the photo's.

 

[MXGirl230]

That's sweet! We have a few pics that parents want made into 16x20s. Phil was doing a little research on posters the other day.

 

[ellandoh]

very nice looking , many people will be scooping those up im sure. maybe try a different shape for the 4 pics at the bottom besides square. im thinking maybe some sort of flame or explosion shapes :blah:


ps ive seen some of your PS skills, what is that green thing behind the kids left elbow :p

 

[Chili]

We will definitely make use of some other shapes down the road but for this one simplicity was the key since we had a very short time frame to knock it out.

As for the quad, I really didn't care for that shot as the main shot due to the background but limited time leads to limited results.

 

[Squid31]

Looks great Doug. Should boost sales a bit. I bought some 24X36frames at Wal-Mart to frame a couple posters of mine. Maybe they have them in your area, and you could offer them framed as well.

 

[Chili]

I'll take a peek Emile, thanks for the tip.

 

[kenc1959]

Oh man I like that

 

[oldguy]

Doug did you remove the link I don't get any thing but your text?

You know I still want to buy something from Milleville of Spider in Poster size
We found the frames at a craft shop by us if you want I'll take a picture of ours and get some prices for you also

 

[Chili]

Dave I've been planning to try an online poster printing special for some time now. The plan had been to get Troy to make one up of Spider and then just get it shipped to you. Like everything else there never seems to be time to get it done, I'll try to make it a priority around here in the next week. As for the link it's still active here but I'll double check my site to make sure it's good.

 

[oldguy]

The link is working now and looks great. Glad to hear Jonathon is doing so well again :cool: .
I would be willing also to trade fantasy SX entries towards the poster :nod:

 

[BSWIFT]

Nice work Chili and LazyBoy!

 

[LazyBoy]

Here's my favorite one we have done up.

 

[Moose]

That is one sweet looking design. :cool:

 

[Chili]

Since you posted that one kid, this is my favorite of the ones you've designed.

 

[oldguy]

wow great work Troy you have a great eye for layout and it sure doesn't hurt that your dad has a great eye for shooting

 

[motoxistence]

How are you going to have them printed? I'm interested in doing the same but don't know much about printing stuff that big.

 

[oldguy]

Got Spiders poster this week and in full size it is great. Nice work and thanks Chili and Lazyboy :cool:
BTW that is the same corner as Dungeys poster :cool:

 

[Bspeed]

very professional!

 

[kenc1959]

love it

the posters are great. love the way they look. would be nice if I could do that sort of thing.

 

[Chili]

How are you going to have them printed? I'm interested in doing the same but don't know much about printing stuff that big.

We deal with a pro lab that is capable of handling large files to be printed at those sizes.

 

[r0yal]

Are you getting them done at Dons Photo? Dan Harper said they did REALLY good prints OVER 30x20.

 

[Moose]

I think he's talking about Rob at ImagePlus. I've seen some of Rob's work, he does a very nice job.

btw, nice to see ya back here r0yal. :cool:

 

[Chili]

Are you getting them done at Dons Photo? Dan Harper said they did REALLY good prints OVER 30x20.

And you only need a mortgage to pay for them from Don's. I'm actually using a Lab in the USA and having them shipped up.

I think he's talking about Rob at ImagePlus. I've seen some of Rob's work, he does a very nice job.

Rob is a nice guy and turns out very good work for graphics, numberplates and banners etc these posters aren't something I would consider having him print. We are looking at working together on selling some lifesize images along the lines of the fatheads though.

http://www.fathead.com/fatheadsweb/whatisafathead.html

 

[Bspeed]

What software works best for these posters ?

 

[Chili]

My son (LazyBoy) created these in Photoshop CS2, apparently Adobe Illustrator is good for this kind of stuff as well but he hasn't learned how to use it yet.