For Sale: Limited Edition Cycling Prints

After a very successful visit to the little boys room, I am now taking offers on my own limited editions. Not strictly 'hand' made but my own creation all the same... and for every one I sell, I'll donate one to the forum

thats rather funny...considering the level of talent that floats around this forum, these prints aren't all that desirable.

I wish you luck in your endeavours, though to be honest they aren't that attractive or inspiring are they?

thats rather funny...considering the level of talent that floats around this forum, these prints aren't all that desirable.

I wish you luck in your endeavours, though to be honest they aren't that attractive or inspiring are they?

Pow..! Blow..! Zing..!! take that..

Pow..! Blow..! Zing..!! take that..

I wasn't trying to be particularly rude...I'm sure they would look great hung in a bike shop, or workshop.
There are many, many beautiful quotes about bicycles, people have been eulogising about them for the last 200 years...though these seem to have been chosen because they would fit on the page.....if there is a pow...thats it.

Since when do digital prints need to air dry?

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d0tHkKlE6I/TIOQ6_CfFlI/AAAAAAAAAx0/me_t67BG6-U/s1600/all+hung+front+on.jpg

they are being showed off, in an arty farty way. FFS!

either that, or straight off the jet printer

I think you're all being a little harsh
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Since when do digital prints need to air dry?

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Exactly my thoughts.

It doesn't really matter if they are hand printed or not, in terms of their 'limited edition' aspect, but screenprinting adds an extra to the image itself considering the craft and effort put into each print. And each one will be slightly different, not carbon copies of eachother.

But I'm a screenprinter, so of course I would say that ;)

^ PotatoChop fail... ;]

meh..can't be fucked with spokes and fonts and shit, I'll leave that to you graphical designers

Exactly my thoughts.

It doesn't really matter if they are hand printed or not, in terms of their 'limited edition' aspect, but screenprinting adds an extra to the image itself considering the craft and effort put into each print. And each one will be slightly different, not carbon copies of eachother.

But I'm a screenprinter, so of course I would say that ;)

So am I (was I), and I would always rather have a hand printed bit of work than a giclee, for the reasons that you mention above.
I just get annoyed about the instant dismissal giclee gets a lot of the time, it does what all the others cant do, accurate high-res reproductions.

i disagree about the melancholy thing.

Hi, I have recently designed and produced a series of limited edition prints with cycling quotes. They are limited to 50 prints per colour, and are signed and numbered. They are printed on heavyweight stock and are available in A3 and A2.

Either this is a joke ............ or you are, which is it?

stop beating around the bush and come right out with it

These look like prints that have been designed with a limiting one-colour printing process in mind, and aren't really making the most of the advantages that glicée offers. The added interest in these if they were hand-pulled screenprints/risograph/letterpress would be the small but noticeable unique differences that a manual printing process often generates, adding at the least, a little warmth.

Anyone who has opened photoshop can appreciate that these probably took longer to source the quotes than it did to lay them out. One (low res, possibly stock) vector overlaid on a plain background, with some lazy-leaded text does not a piece of art make, limited edition or no.

I'm not trying to piss on your bonfire, but if you want to sell prints, take 5x longer to produce the artwork (and then charge 5x more if you think you can get away with it!). It's often apparent if something is a rush job, and it seems these were. Sorry.

Fuck Me sideways.

These look like prints that have been designed with a limiting one-colour printing process in mind, and aren't really making the most of the advantages that glicée offers. The added interest in these if they were hand-pulled screenprints/risograph/letterpress would be the small but noticeable unique differences that a manual printing process often generates, adding at the least, a little warmth.

Anyone who has opened photoshop can appreciate that these probably took longer to source the quotes than it did to lay them out. One (low res, possibly stock) vector overlaid on a plain background, with some lazy-leaded text does not a piece of art make, limited edition or no.

I'm not trying to piss on your bonfire, but if you want to sell prints, take 5x longer to produce the artwork (and then charge 5x more if you think you can get away with it!). It's often apparent if something is a rush job, and it seems these were. Sorry.

True dat.
Screenprint or not, they're just not very good...

to pary col's version- fuck me pink, and call me Rosie

art - wtf: each to their own, but this isn't my idea of art, being hawked on here- its just plain photocopies I can do on mine own printer if I bovvered, and I'm not going to waste my time there as I'd rather ride me bike/s

Usually paper ends up in the bin, (or is used as arse wipe) I just hope that process is accelerated here

I agree with the dislikes in spirit but some of the above text seems unnecessarily harsh.

I agree with the dislikes in spirit but some of the above text seems unnecessarily harsh.

If it's constructive, then I don't think it's unnecessary.

worse than bin/bog paper? Really?

Yep harsh for sure.

pretty cruel bunch on here , mob rule as such......politely i said not for me and moved on .

worse than bin/bog paper? Really?

If it's constructive, then I don't think it's unnecessary.

Neither of these comments were constructive, so here, I agree with you.

My point is, I don't think it does anyone any favours to tread lightly around their talents (or lack of). People here are quick to call out those that might benefit from Cycle training, and so they should; this here's a cycling forum, and Cycle Training is, I'm sure, always beneficial.
So why not call out those who's artistic flair could do with some refining? Judging from the quality of what the op has posted, I'm presuming that they are not in the twilight years of their creative career, therefore any criticism, harsh or not, is a good indicator of if/where/how they might progress/improve/refine.

Performance > Feedback > Revision.