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    Some of you probably have a friend like mine...

    a real starving artist
    shit constantly hitting the fan
    won't hold a normal paying job
    gets hit by cars on his bike

    He likes to work on very large pieces, and now wants to put them on shirts.

    Question. What is the easiest way for him to do this? Take a photo with super high resolution • Bring it into photoshop for retouching? Crop and output.

    There has to be a more professional way than using an iPhone, or? Can't he pay someone to do this for him in a professional manner?

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    • Asking for a friendmonNom
    • Easiest and cheapest way would be iphone. Better would be good lighting & camera with a lens that doesn't distort (e.g like too wide an angle).microkorg
    • There are places that will scan huge paintings for you but I imagine they are not cheap and would likely cost more than you'd ever make selling tshirts.microkorg
    • When it comes to tshirts, print on demand places like Threadless are the thing to use to start off with. Just upload your designs.microkorg
    • You don't need to invest $ in inventory.microkorg
    • Take multiple shots, bring into PS and use Photomergei_monk
    • +1 photomerge for best possible resolution. But really, for a T-shirt you aren’t going to be constrained by resolution. iPhone will be fine.monNom
    • I think the photo merge is the best option because I can't imagine a full frame will not distort. I remember people would scan their work in segments back when.canoe
    • He has a shopify store now MicroKorg, you analog lover boy
      He needs to find his marketplace niche - file under Afro Galactic      canoe
    • *gets hit by cars on his bike
      this is a very sharp pointer of that demographic      Beeswax
    • There are a ton of online guides on this but outside DLSR on a slightly overcast day and adjust in photoshop has given me the best results, for no equipment.webazoot
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