There are a number of print-on-demand websites now offering artists, photographers, designers and others the opportunity to create and market unique items from shirts, aprons and other apparel items to calendars, prints, bumperstickers and even mousepads. With no up front costs for printing, no inventory to manage and free web promotion, more artists and designers are turning to these opportunities to engage consumers. Consumers are enjoying the diverse offerings, discovery of new artists, convenient online shopping and opportunities to customize their products. In addition, the values offered by shopping these venues make art and photography affordable to everyone.
Print-on-Demand Services
The following websites offer print-on-demand fine art print services and printing on other products to artists, designers and savvy shoppers looking for unique treasures to give as gifts or for themselves.
Design your own for free on 100's of products, from fine art prints with a huge selection of customizable framing options to sustainable apparel, mousepads, calendars and more. This website also features a free gallery, marketing and promotion assistance and tools, a strong community, good search engine rankings on many designs, versatile payment options and prompt shipping.
An easy to use design interface for creating products on any of 100's of items from art prints, posters and other paper products to mugs and organic apparel. This website also offers greeting cards with recycled content. This website offers a strong itten-work publishing venue and a strong community for writers and bloggers. Free and paid gallery options are available.
Marketing shirts in the US and Europe. This is an international design website for teeshirts only. Free design tools, gallery and promotion. You can design your own t-shirt here and enter it into the design contest running in Feb '09 (expires soon) with a $500 prize to the winner.
This is a resource for artists and photographers, but primarily oriented toward artists. Artwork must be approved (which can take several days), but is available in your private gallery or through the public marketplace via print-on-demand. Fine art giclee prints are hot here as is the opportunity to market your originals through your free gallery and the community.
This website offers a free gallery and print-on-demand. Products include prints, framing, cards and shirts. There is a strong community of artists and photographers here. Networking is encouraged and helpful. A group seems to exist for nearly every occasion or type of photograph or painting and there is plenty of opportunity for gaining feedback or critiques. There are a also a number of contests to participate in.
Just for shoppers. This website offers over 500,000 posters and prints of everything from traditional portraiture to contemporary art and photography. If you want a Monet, a Da Vinci, Van Gogh or an O'Keeffe, or maybe a photograph of John F. Kennedy or Marilyn Monroe, then this is the place for you. It is also a good browse on a rainy day.
More Examples of Print on Demand
Art on Product Blogs at Artinua
The following pages offer some examples of artwork that is currently being made available through these services. They showcase the work of different artists, designers and photographers on the featured items.
Thanks to the new print on demand services with easy interfaces, templates and image storage features, artists can now apply their artwork to the creation of unique custom shoes for women and children. From modern, abstract, fine art designs to nostalgic designs reminiscent of the Pennsylvania Dutch artwork of colonial America, these unusual wearable art items give artists a unique blank canvas and shoppers an extraordinary value in customizable shoes.
If you have ever given a greeting, only to have someone else give the same one the following year, you will be delighted to see these cards offered directly by artists and photographers. A bargain way to collect art that has always been popular among artists and collectors, these cards also allow you to preview the work of an artist or match colors before purchasing the original or ordering a framed print of the same artwork when available.
Prints and posters the way you want them, fast, convenient and in exactly the size, matt and frame or other form that you would like, all without even one trip to the framing shop, making these online print-on-demand resources invaluable to the busy shopper. Add in reasonable printing and framing prices, getting a print that your neighbors won't have on their wall and the opportunity to discover new artists before they become too expensive to collect and you have a winning combination. Here we will bring you samplings of prints and posters offered by some favorite up-and-coming artists from around the world.
From artists, photographers and designers, we feature unique apparel designs for men, women, children and infants. Sustainability is the focus of our search for clothing, in business models and products. Even better, because these apparel designs aren't part of the humdrum everyday stock at your local stores, your friends will never know what a great deal you got on these terrific designs.
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