Brief Introduction

In honor of my cat's memory, I opened a special store on Zazzle.com, selected three rescued cats, and began to (digitally) paint them. My artist royalties (usually between 10 & 20% of the purchase price) will be donated to the shelters housing these animals. Know a great shelter or rescue? Nominate them here.

Monday, February 14, 2011

Zazzle Necklaces: Quality Check

If you've browsed through the Shelter Painter Zazzle shop, you've probably noticed that printed sterling silver necklaces are available. When I created these products, I wasn't sure about the quality of the printed image.  The colors on the preview created by Zazzle looked dull, with very low contrast and color saturation.  So when Zazzle offered 50% off all necklaces, I jumped at the opportunity to check the quality for myself and bought one.  If the print job was not up to my standards, I could simply remove these products from the store.

The necklace arrived on Friday.  So, the verdict?  I was pleasantly surprised!  Take a look at the Zazzle preview and my photo below:

Bolder, truer colors!
As you can see, the colors are beautiful in person.  The Zazzle preview does not do them justice.  I'm so pleased with these results.  They'll definitely stay in the shop!  I'll try to purchase a few more of these later so I can post photos with more accurate colors.

So now I have a question for you...  What sorts of images would you like to see on a necklace?  I'm thinking about doing small paintings for  necklaces and other small products (like keychains).  These could be animal-themed or not.  Any ideas?

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