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Re: How should I display my pixel art in a gallery?

Reply #10 on: July 30, 2015, 12:44:56 am
Basketcase: that looks really cool. I'm a bit scared to put that much money into it though. If the portraits don't sell, I just paid $250 to print my art. Not sure if I can afford that. I'll have to think about that. That's the kind of cool stuff I was looking for though, thanks!

Of course, if I find a way to lower the cost by doing the glass print myself somehow, that would be awesome.
EDIT: I think you can use Gel Medium to transfer the image onto glass or maybe metal sheet. Cost goes down massively I bet.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Image-Transfers-with-Acrylic-Gel-Medium/

Surt: You're onto something I feel. It's just that any art that comes with either batteries or an electric cord is going to be hard to sell. For art that's a bit more arcadey, I do think you're really onto something. Print on glass, with a scanline and bleed filter, put some light behind it. That could work really well.
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Re: How should I display my pixel art in a gallery?

Reply #11 on: August 13, 2015, 01:21:43 am
Wow, that's brilliant... so many possibilities with that technique.
Though I don't see why you would transfer to metal since that would negate any illumination possibility.
Saving the $250 on the glass printing would certainly make the light component viable, something like this, perhaps.