adywan said:

vbangle said:

Ady, when the painting is finished, how are you going to scan it? Do you know what you are going to use? The techno geek in me is curious.....

I'm going to go down the photography route. I have had a few paintings scanned in the past and the results haven't been that good. the problem with scanning a painting is that the scanner emphasises the brush strokes and highlights them. the best route i have always found is taking a photograph. You need a tripod and good lighting, preferably daylight, but not too strong that there will be any reflections on the painting so never use a flash. I always use the self timer function because this eliminates the risk of any blurring when taking the picture. You do need a good camera though.

Have you had good results with photographing your art yourself? If not, it may be cost prohibitive but there are places that specialize in photographing art. When I worked for an artist's agency in NY, (the same agency that once represented the SW "circus" poster artist Charles White III, btw) they used to send all of their art to a place called Jellybean to be made into transparencies for the artists' portfolios or for reproduction purposes in magazines, or whatever. I imagine they do digital files now as well.

I have no idea what they charged, but I can't imagine that it would be too terribly expensive for one piece.