With Imagekind Create you can print and frame your favorite photos – a perfect gift for Mother’s Day! And, with our current free shipping* offer, you can find framed gifts for well under $15.
Send mom your favorite picture framed (or on canvas!) and if you order before May 4, we’ll cover the shipping for you! Just enter promo code MDAY09 at checkout.
Also, don’t forget to visit our special Mother’s Day art collection. We’ve compiled some of our most popular art that is sure to inspire any mom this Mother’s day!
*Type promo code MDAY09 in the promotion box at checkout. Promotion expires May 4, 2009 at 11:59pm PT and cannot be combined with any other promotion code. Limit one order per person. Promotion code must be used at time of checkout to apply. Your order must be placed during the promotional period to qualify for this special pricing offer. Free shipping promo applies to US ground shipping only. Not valid on greeting cards.
Want to sell your artwork on Imagekind, but not sure how to get it into a digital format for uploading?
Lar Matre, wrote a very helpful blog post recently on how to properly photograph your artwork to create digital files for reproduction. I first read his post in one of our groups.
Lar breaks down the process into two main tasks:
The capture – actually taking the photo of your work
Post processing – cleaning up your digital image for print
Photographing your artwork for the purpose of creating digital images can be a difficult process if you are not familiar with what’s involved. However, one of the most important things to remember is your setup. Below is a good example of how to correctly setup your equipment to photograph your artwork.
Here is what Lar suggests:
You should be able to set your camera about 15-20-feet away from your painting — as the painting gets larger, so does the distance required. You use the zoom lens to fill almost the entire frame with your painting. The edges of your painting should be parallel to the viewfinder. If the edge of the painting looks curved, you need to move back.
Lar goes into great detail about all the recommended equipment you’ll need, processes and procedures. His suggestions are worth a read if you are at all wondering how to photograph your artwork for digital reproduction.
It got me thinking, do most artists even consider having a particular niche or style? How do these two ideas correlate with an artistic brand?
The author, Aggie Villanueva, defines them in a very concise way. She mentions how finding her niche was relatively easy but that finding her style was a bit more challenging. However, as she contemplated her photos one day, a moment of inspiration struck her and she was able to discover her own particular style as well. With that she concludes:
Your niche is what you know
but…
Your style is what you love
With your artwork, what’s been easier for you to discover, your niche or your style?
If you are a lover of Polaroid photos, then you have probably heard the sad, awful news: Polaroid has decided to discontinue the production of all its instant films to make room for new technologies. I am an artist of many mediums, and one of my favorites is Polaroid. Amateurs and professional photographers alike have embraced the instant gratification that a Polaroid gives us. Some well known artists who loved the medium include such names as Ansel Adams, Chuck Close, Walker Evans, Andy Warhol… the list goes on and on.
Imagekind has been getting featured all over the place it seems for our Mother’s Day gift ideas. People are really catching on to all the different options they have when shopping for artwork at Imagekind. It is exciting to see what people think about our artist community where they can shop for artwork from our members’ collection or choose to create their own.
Take a look at some of the great things people are saying about Imagekind over at HGTV, King 5 TV and the moms and baby blog, Baby Scoop. Also, make sure to watch Rob explain some great gift ideas for mom including Imagekind greeting cards and prints on canvas.
More and more people are discovering how easy it is to upload their own personal photos and digital images and have them custom framed and matted, or printed on canvas. However this year, with our newly launched greeting cards and the recently released, Imagekind exclusive Story Frames, shoppers are finding fresh, creative ways to give their moms truly unique and one of a kind gifts.
After only a few simple steps, shoppers are able to upload and create unique gifts specifically tailored to their moms. You can upload family, vacation, wedding, baby’s firsts, and thousands of other special moments and have them printed as special gifts for your mom. Whether it’s a custom framed family portrait, your children’s’ unique school art project printed on canvas, or just a unique snapshot to give as a greeting card, you can create them all at Imagekind.
Remember to use promo code MDay2008 at checkout to receive free shipping on all your great Mother’s Day gifts from Imagekind.
Have you ever wondered what the color “Atoll” looks like? Or, how about what the name of color #EEB863 is? Looking for a particular color but don’t know the name? Guys, do you struggle with the myriad of wall paint choices and don’t want to look dumbfounded the next time your significant other asks which color you should choose for the bathroom? How about just wanting to impress everyone you meet with your vast knowledge of color names?
If you are true Colour Lover, then you should take a look at this handy tool. Find colors, impress people, look like you know what you are talking about when someone asks you if the pink looks more “Salmon” or “Brink Pink.” After your done increasing your knowledge of color names, come back and try naming all the colors in the image above. Do you have what it takes?
For more color-lovin fun, check out COLOURlovers.com where you can create, share and show your own colorful creations. To find the names of all your favorite colors, and to play with the handy widget, check out http://chir.ag/phernalia/name-that-color.
How many times have you recounted baby’s first steps or junior’s first day of school to family and friends? They are stories that you love to tell, right? And we’re sure you have photos to prove it.
Now you can capture and share those precious memories with Imagekind’s Story Frames. Between now and March 15th, Imagekind invites you to send 2 or 3 digital photos of your child’s “firsts” – first day of school, baby’s first bites, first trip to the beach, first time meeting Grandma, that together tell a great story. It could be a collection of different “firsts” or a few shots of one great moment. We’ll choose four lucky winners whose photos tell the best story to receive a custom Story Frame worth $100. To enter, simply email us your digital photos along with a brief explanation to firstmoments@imagekind.com
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