new flatfile

so, finally dropped in on another set of big flatfiles. they are not as nice as my first set, some drawers don't open well, but they are better than posters stacked on tables.

reorganizing took some time, damaged more than one poster on accident, always nice.

from this

to this

plus found this old one that i thought i'd lost

nothing amazing but it actually hangs in Voodoo Doughnuts in downtown portland, i saw it there a few months back. kinda cool. poster must be 5 years old now.

also took a pic of this

not really a variant, since its actually just a misprint where they left off the yellow layer since one of the other layers before it was screwed up, but then they printed the black, kinda cool, interesting to see how it would look without the yellow. its the only one i have so i'm not looking to sell it or anything, but still, kinda cool.

Emails regarding poster availability

sometimes i get emails from people. sometimes regarding posters. usually it breaks down into two types.

the ones i don't mind: friendly emails that ask if i have a poster. stuff like 'Hey, if you have a copy of _______ I would love to pick one up.'

the other type i get are more like this: 'I am angry at you. I want to buy this poster and you won't let me? I will burn all other artwork I've purchased from you. You don't care about your fans. You are mean. Sell me this poster or else.'

sometimes i do have extra posters left over, not often, but sometimes. and i offer them to people randomly. but when i do have some left over to offer, i usually do it to those who write emails like the first category, the nice emails.

so try to be nice. at least if you want something from me.

shipping metal posters

why the difficulty shipping metal posters?

a few reasons.

1. i am not set up to easily ship heavy metal flat objects that are 24x36. i usually ship posters, rolled up, in poster tubes. so this is a completely different type of shipping.

2. i've done metal posters once before and a few of them were damaged in shipping. since i can't just print more, losing those few out of a small edition sucks, since there are that many less now. plus, i had to replace them with the few i had left over, which can get pretty expensive.

3. cost. shipping these costs a lot more than shipping posters. sure, i can just charge the buyer that, but then if its damaged i have to ship it again, and if they ship the damaged one back, i have to reimburse them for that shipping as well. it adds up. plus the printing cost of these metal posters is quite a bit higher than paper posters. approximately 13 times as expensive. not including shipping. so, having these damaged in transit is pretty costly.

4. time. it takes a lot more time packing up one of these, like 30 minutes, as opposed to 5 minutes for a paper poster. i will eventually sell some online i'm sure, via lottery or contest etc. but only when i actually have time to pack them up. right now i'm behind on my next job and just can't do that.

so, those are a few reasons i'm not shipping metal posters, and alamo didn't ship their metal posters. its just a lot of work and very risky. its not a 24x36 sheet of glass, but close.

again, if you're passing through brush prairie washington and would like to pick one up, let me know. if not, i will sell them down the road (after everyone's lost interest) when i have time / shipping supplies.

best - tyler