DEREK PACKARD ART
Printing guide

From download to finished piece

DerekPackardArt.com sells the artwork license. You buy the physical printing separately, directly from the printing company you choose. We don't print, ship, or handle returns for printed products.

The five steps

  1. License the artwork and download your files from the order page or your email.
  2. Pick a product and size that fits the file. Each artwork page shows which sizes the file supports and how good they will look.
  3. Upload the file to the printing company's ordering tool. Choose the file whose shape matches your product (3:2, 4:3, 4:5, 16:9 or 9:16).
  4. Check the preview. Make sure nothing important is cropped, especially any painted text.
  5. Order and pay the printer. They ship the finished piece to you.

Where to print

CanvasDiscount.com is our starting recommendation for canvas prints: it is a consumer-facing canvas printer and the artist has used it successfully. Visit CanvasDiscount.com.

Prices. Printers set their own prices, sizes and shipping, and they change often, so check the printer's site for current pricing.

You can also use any online printer you like, or take the file to FedEx Office (the old Kinko's) or a local print shop. See where to get it printed.

Preparing the file

  • Size. Aim for 150 dpi or better at your final size. The artwork page tells you the effective resolution at common sizes.
  • Gallery-wrapped canvas. The picture wraps around the frame edges. Ask the printer whether to use their mirror or extend wrap option so no part of the painting is lost, or leave extra margin as their template specifies.
  • Safe area. Keep anything essential (faces, painted lettering such as the plaque in Jesus Welcoming Children at Heaven's Gate) away from the outer edges of a crop.
  • Colour. Files are sRGB. Leave the printer's colour correction on its default.
  • Don't stretch. If a printer's shape doesn't match, choose a different size or ask us about a prepared crop. Don't let the tool stretch the picture.
  • Apparel. Shirts and hoodies work best with a simplified, specially prepared crop. The mockups on each artwork page show suggested crops for approval, not final products.

What you may do with it

Your license says exactly how many prints you may make and where you may display them. See the license summary. In short: a personal license is for your own walls, a church license covers your congregation's displays and presentations, and no license here permits selling printed copies or merchandise.