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April 13, 2009

the next gapingvoid print: “create or die”: $265 pre-order

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Though this car­toon, “Create or Die” is less than a week old, it see­med to really reso­nate with peo­ple, and by the time the end of last week rolled around, the num­ber of peo­ple emai­ling me about this image almost equa­led those who voted for Wolf v. Sheep. So, being the kind of per­son that hates to disap­point, I deci­ded to damn the tor­pe­does and go ahead and publish it, as it seems to make lots of peo­ple happy.
The car­toon was ins­pi­red by a dia­log I had going with one of my clients, Dell Com­pu­ters, just before Christ­mas. The more I thought about it, the more I rea­li­zed that this “crea­ti­vity” thing isn’t just a Dell issue, it applies to all of us.
Like I said in my pre­vious blog post:

In this glo­ba­li­zed, hyper-linked, internet-enabled world, “Boring” has sud­denly become a very expen­sive luxury.
[…]
I want to make limited-edition prints that somehow, even in a small, indi­rect way, helps make com­pa­nies and indi­vi­duals less afraid, and more willing to be CREATIVE, more willing to embrace the CREATIVITY that they already have. Because eco­no­mi­cally and spi­ri­tually, that is ulti­ma­tely where our future lies, even if that idea some­ti­mes terri­fies us.

I can’t tell you what to make. I can’t tell you what your cus­to­mers will find inte­res­ting or use­ful. I can’t tell you what’s going to knock their socks off. I can’t tell you what “Create” means to you or some­body else.
But I will tell you, I AM RIGHT about this one. Create or Die. That’s why I wan­ted to make this into a print. Something on the wall to serve as a steady remin­der.
[The Small Print:]

1. It’ll be prin­ted around the end of April, and will retail at $450.00. Not yet sure on the edi­tion size, we’ll decide when it is going to print, all hand-signed and num­be­red by me. Using the Pay­pal but­ton below to make a $100 depo­sit, you can own at the pre-publication price of $265.00. The pre-pub price will expire by Thurs­day. Any orders after that, but before the publi­ca­tion date can buy it for $350.00. The minute the image is prin­ted, the price reverts back to $450.00.

[UPDATE: The Pay­Pal Depo­sit has been remo­ved.]
2. To secure your pre-order, please use the Pay­Pal but­ton above to make a $100 depo­sit. The Pay­Pal form will ask you for all your details [inc­lu­ding your pre­fe­rred ship­ping address], which of course we’ll have for our records. Why are we asking for a depo­sit? To weed out the spam­mers, fla­kes and trolls out there [This is the Inter­net, after all], lea­ving only com­mit­ted buyers in the mix. No other rea­son.
3. When asked for your details, please inc­lude your real name, not just your busi­ness name. The ship­per won’t deli­ver it other­wise.
4. The print will be ready to ship in 4 – 6 weeks from today. We’ll email you another Pay­Pal for the outs­tan­ding invoice once the art­work is prin­ted and pac­ked.
5. We’ll be prin­ting these to the same high stan­dards as last time i.e. top-of-the-line inks and paper, approx 24″ x 35″ in dimen­sion. If for some rea­son, I don’t like the way the colors lay down when I am proo­fing it, I reserve the right to change the colors and if you don’t like the final image, you can have your depo­sit back, no ques­tions asked.
6. Ship­ping & hand­ling [approx $45 USA, $65 abroad] is not inc­lu­ded in the price. The buyer is also res­pon­si­ble for any Cus­toms & Excise outside the USA. We ship them flat, not rolled.
7. If you have any ques­tions, please feel free to drop me an email at gapingvoidprints@gmail.com, and either Laura or me will ans­wer them.

Thanks, as always, for your love and support!

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2 Responses to “the next gapingvoid print: “create or die”: $265 pre-order”

1. notsleepy says:

   April 14, 2009 at 8:58 PM

   I don’t know… “or die”? Didn’t that die with PDiddy?
2. random graphic designer says:

   April 20, 2009 at 2:51 PM

   It helps to make your designs in CMYK or Pan­tone and not RGB… RGB is for screen dis­play and not print, and comes up more vivid on screen than it will print.