well we'll see if this works, been awhile since i've dusted off the ol blogger.
just wanted to update with the thoughts behind the last sale, thought it went well from my perspective. obviously shipped later than i would like, but holiday sales will do that.
other than that, some questions people had.
Q: talk about the 24x36 print included with calendars.
A: just something done for funzies, wanted to work with premier press in portland oregon, wanted to check out what their quality looked like. i got the verbiage from them regarding the 'offset litho press w/ spot pantones.' its not just press a button and a print comes out, it was a very intricate process that i enjoyed being a part of.
Q: why was it folded?
A: because i actually collect movie posters from days passed, olden times, and most of those are on thinner paper and folded up. i enjoy the look, adds a mystique to it. i know some people might consider it 'damaged', but to me it gives it a lived in appearance. its one of those things that 'if i fold a poster i designed, its ok, but if someone else folds a poster i designed, its bad.' weird huh?
Q: my extra items were damaged in shipping? can i get a replacement?
A: hopefully everyone knows i replace damaged items that are purchased from me. if its a free extra though, sometimes we don't. if its a stickerpack that is sold 'with two handbills' then both of those handbills are absolutely protected, you bought them from me, you expected them, i will replace damaged prints. but if we throw in a 3rd handbill and only it gets damaged...sometimes we don't replace free stuff you weren't expecting. but we will also always refund orders if you're not happy with them. pack em up, ship em back, we'll refund. stuff you've received within the last month or so, not like years later, then we don't really replace damage. but yeah, we want you to feel good about your business dealings with us.
Q: talk about pros and cons, are they random? why are some harder to find?
A: these are indeed random. we try to put out a good mix so if you bought one pack and your neighbor bought a pack, it won't be the same pack. if you buy two packs, we try to not give you two of the same pack. but ganging these up to print (ganging means putting several small pieces on a larger sheet of paper, like a gang), when they go to be cut, sometimes you can't cut some out without cutting others in half. that happened to three this run. which was dumb on my account, but basically some handbills there are 100% of the run of. and some are 75% of the run. and some are 33% or whatever a third of the run is. just one ended up like that, but my printer had to slice through two to save one. so it just threw off the percentages. and other times, i have enough space to gang up all the handbills 1 time, and then enough space left over to repeat 4 out of the six designs (or whatever). so for every 100 runs of that print, some handbills would then have 100 copies, others would have 200 copies. its confusing, which is why it confuses me and we don't end up with an equal amount of handbills.
Q: why were there so many colorways of the PROS&CONS_WRLD bigger handbills?
A: because i'm a sucker for free printing space. you'll notice that those handbills share the same colors as either the pros and cons or the lunar calendars (well now you'll notice, if you didn't before). and i had extra space so i drew up those three and printed them in the margins. if i had time, i would have drawn up a bunch of others because hey, free printing space. but i only had time to draw those three and i figured hey, lets change the colors up a bit, on this one its a red spinner, on this one its a green. just give people choices. i'm not a fan of a billion different variants of something, so it wasn't me trying to pull a double triple quadruple dip. i just had the space and thought it was fun.
Q: hey did you update your sticker section on your website, tstout.com?
A: WELL YES I DID. hopefully i caught them all. please let me know. btw, not sure if anyone notices, but the stickers usually have varying degrees of quality...just like life! in a perfect world i would use sticker robot for everything. their quality is superb, they are screenprinted, they stand the test of time. i think. put them on your car bumper or water container and let me know if they fall apart. BUT, they are also the most expensive. hey, you pay for quality. but if all my stickers came from them, that would cost a pretty penny. so i get some of the real bangers printed by them, and then some of the other are printed via a variety of sources, i'm still trying places out. if anyone has a sticker printing place recommendation, let me know. i've used stickerapp, couple other places. all of them should stick to any inside surface (within reason i guess, not like, people's bare skin, or pets).
but yeah, my goal is always the perfect sticker that lasts forever and is good quality. i can tell you, from this last batch, these are all sticker robot.
just so you can get a feel for which ones might last the longest. but hey, some of the other ones have lasted long for me as well, so i dunno, its a bit of a roll of the dice. i want to sell quality stickers, but its a balance between quality and charging 30$ per sticker pack, ha.
Q: well shoot, i think you answered all of my questions!
A: well good. i am glad. if you have more, email away.
