#file size

[howtobeaconartist]

Hello! I wanna ask about how should I set my canvas resolution for printing 5x5cm acrylic keychains. Some said I should keep it to the original keychain size, and some said it's a good practice to always make it bigger like twice the size so I'm not sure which one I should follow lol. Though I do understand that I should make the DPI to 300/350 for printings and preferably draw it in CMYK (not a fan tho.) Thank you!

Kiriska: In general, it doesn't hurt to go bigger, though this is mostly so you can repurpose the art for various applications. If you don't know what you plan to use the art for when you make it, it's better to err on the side of bigger.

However, if you do know what product the art is for, it may be better to just work at 300 dpi at your final dimensions.

The one downside of working bigger than you need is that you may end up putting in detail that won't really show up in the product. If you tend to work at 100% canvas size, but your canvas size is significantly bigger than your end product, a lot of that 100% detail won't show up when it gets printed.

Which is better may end up being dependent on your style though. If you tend towards fine details, it's probably better to just work at your final size. If your style is simpler and made of big solid shapes, it probably won't hurt to work a bit bigger, and then if you later decide you want to use the art on something bigger, your art may already be able to accommodate that.

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[nickjames2271]

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[strangesigils]

Ahh you beat me to it! I totally just made a red bubble account to try to sell sigils I've made! Do you have any advice/ anything you've learned so far? I'm having a little trouble with file size and such and such

Well right now I’ve only been doing stickers which with file sizes anywhere from 120 KB to 550 KB end up in a rough average ballpark of 2″x 2″ in sticker form (Image dimensions lying in the general ballpark near 600px x 600px)

For images I used to make sigil tshirts and other products (none of which are available anymore for the time being), I received best results with images 3.0 MB to 4.0 MB and dimensions in the ballpark of of 4000px x 4000px. There’s room to play with dimensions for sure, but I wouldn’t recommend going below 3000px. Feel free to go larger as far as file size and dimensions since mine turned out kinda small for my tastes from what I can remember

Hope that helps 

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[howtobeaconartist]

Hello! I was wondering, I use procreate exclusively now to make my art since my cintiq broke a year ago. Do you think procreate can handle the quality needed to produce good, full size prints? 16x20, etc. What are the limitations in your opinion?

Kiriska: I don’t use an iPad Pro or Procreate, but.

As long as the program can handle your desired print size at 300+ DPI, the quality should be sufficient. Other limitations are down to personal preference (Procreate apparently has a maximum of 128 layers?), but the primary indicator of print quality is just DPI.

16″x20″ at 300 DPI is a canvas size of 4800 x 6000 pixels. (DPI is just a multiplier.) Preliminary googling suggests Procreate’s maximum canvas size is around 8000 x 8000. If true, you should be fine.

Further reading: #dpi, #file size.

[howtobeaconartist]

Hello! I apologize if you already answered this, but I was wondering what you guys would suggest for file size/resolution when making art for acrylic charms. I was thinking of doing 2" single-sided charms at 300 or 350 dpi, but what I really want to know is how big/small I should make my drawing or if the size doesn't really matter that much. Thank you so much!

Kiriska: You should check with your charm manufacturer for the file sizes they prefer, or see if they have any templates you can use. Usually 300 dpi is what they want.

Other than that, there’s no real harm in working bigger than that and then resizing for the final files/template, but keep in mind how your details might look shrunk down if you choose to work at a larger size.

[howtobeaconartist]

For charm making, the templates I've come across are on smaller canvas sizes then I'm used to drawing on? (Like a 2in charm, on a 700x700 canvas) Will I lose quality resizing my art to fit on these smaller canvas sizes? Or should I draw the charms at those sizes?

Kiriska: You do not lose quality resizing down, so you should be fine to resize larger artwork down to your template size. 

However, you should be aware that extra small details may simply be indistinguishable at a smaller size. A 2in charm cannot hold as much detail as a A4 print -- there just isn’t enough room. 

If your drawing style is typically very detailed, I highly recommend simplifying for designs intended to print on a small surface area, as well as zooming way out every now and again when you work to sketch that all details you want are still visible at its intended print size. (You can literally just zoom out until the picture on your screen is ~2in. Can you see everything you want to see?)