zaps *dpm* with genuine John-Simm-sonic-screwdriver.
I received my calendars today (one's going to Isobelle) - much squeeing!!
But, apart from the awesomeness of having our work in print, I have to say I'm not 100% happy with them :-/
Firstly, they've cut off the prints so none of the autographs are on them. This wouldn't be a big deal if we hadn't accounted for the bleed area, but we did, so >:(
Second, it contains solely US holidays. I should have expected that I guess, but it would be nice if cafepress would put in an international calendar option.
But apart from that - it does look very shiny and professional, so thumbs up on that front. Well done guys :)
Has anyone else gotten theirs yet? What do you think of them?
Yeah, I noticed the watermarks weren't there :( And next time we'll have to be aware of how low we put our text in the picture because the rings end up very close. And, whilst I was expecting it to be only American, it would be nice if they'd asked what kind of holidays we wanted. Obviously it'd be impractical to print the same calendar with different versions, but since we mostly have Australian members it would've been good if they'd asked Obernet what holidays they wanted. Although I guess since nothing ever gets big print lines they probably just mass produce the month pages and then print the pictures for each individual store as they ask.
But the printing's very nice, and it looks awesome on my wall! I'm very much enjoying looking at the Ober Bunch every day ;D
I think with the holiday options - they wouldn't be printing them until they were requested (I think?) so it could be an option when you purchase; it allows people from other countries to purchase items, so why not give the option to have the calendar printed with your own country's holidays?
You're right, at least we've learned for next year's calendar entries what to and what not to do :)
Ashling Guildmistress
15 years ago
Ashling Guildmistress
Mage
Next year aye? ;D
[act]starts plotting[/act]
Glad to hear, that despite the setbacks they look great :D
Dreamweaver Ward
15 years ago
Dreamweaver Ward
Dreamscape Artist
[act]joins MK in plotting for next year[/act]
I'm very happy with my calendar as well, although I agree they didn't crop the images very well. All the same, it looks great, and I actually didn't notice the holidays being from the US. |:|
And it's a shame all your work on the watermarks was lost, Min - the one on the front came out looking great, but I did notice that the others weren't visible. :(
