Saturday, November 08, 2008

Buying Art

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Samurai Spirit - Slasher by `Artgerm

I have bought this amazing piece from deviantart.com and it arrived today. Their shipping is not fast but the print was very well contained in a big box to insure the safety of the package.

The only downside is shipping cost me almost double the price of the piece itself! Damn Aramex.

20x30 inches on Lustre paper with black aluminum frame, this piece is just perfect for my room. It took its place between my two bulletin boards.

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder".





25 comments:

Ms. Sarah said...

Gorgeous! 3alaik bil 3afya :D

doona said...

thats a pretty nice piece!
mabrook! =)

MeeMzZ said...

A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!! and i mean it!! wooooow!!;p that pic rocks!!;p

Charmbracelet said...

Its veryyy cute =)
-N~

KTDP said...

what type of print did you order? I've always wanted to order some stuff but was afraid that the shipping might cost an arm and a leg.....

MacaholiQ8 said...

swair / dandoon / meemzz / noonie:
Glad you like it. :)


ktdp:
I ordered "Photo Print" since "Canvas Prints" are more expensive, much heavier, and don't have visible frames.

Deviantart have direct shipping to Kuwait but it literally costs a fortune. And as you said shipping will cost an arm and a leg, in this case ordering Canvas is just a loose/loose situation. Besides, Photo looks perfect enough.

As mentioned in my post I ordered Lustre paper because it's a mix between Matte and Glossy papers (best of both actually, hence it's slightly more expensive).

This piece cost me around 16KD and shipping via Aramex 20.5KD. Rip-off, I know, but that's about as cheap as it can get.

Anonymous said...

that frame doesn't do it justice .. try installing a border preferably black and a better quality frame there are tons of shops in hawalli

Qa6Wa said...

for big shipments, I use USWS... and dude, thas amazing! but i'd think of buying art,, hehe

Qa6Wa said...

ee, o 3lek bel 3afya :D

Anonymous said...

Now you need a black wall, Mac, to make it POP!

Mbruk! It is stunning.

MacaholiQ8 said...

geo:
My uncle has a shop for frames and glass work, I will go there and check what he has. Thanks. :)


blasha:
Allah e3afech. What are the shipping rates/charges from USWS?


intlxpatr:
I wish I had painted my wall black but my room is small, it's already very dark and it would suffocate me with black walls. Glad you like it. :)


inoor:
Allah ebarki feech.
Yeah I saw that store in Galleria 2000 but I didn't know they're selling dA's prints! I will go check them out once again and if it's true ooohhh I'm gonna become one *censored words* snitch! ;D

PaLoMiNo said...

mashala very nice:)

Spur said...

عجيييبه

MacaholiQ8 said...

Glad you like it. :D

ZeroArk28 said...

you wanna give that for free? ;p

p.s. REVENGE!

MacaholiQ8 said...

LOL!

Ok here's a deal...

I give you this poster, which I'm sure you like very much, and in return you give me one of the PS3s you have.

No need for pads or anything. Just the console itself.

Fair enough? Ok DEAL. :D

ZeroArk28 said...

no, i can give u a pad in exchange for that photo ;p

i have like 6 pads~

Anonymous said...

hey take a pic of room now with picture

MacaholiQ8 said...

neoark:
Dude this is a bargain not a rip off. :P



elijah:
Soon when I fix some stuff.

Anonymous said...

WoW@@@@@@

thats an amazing piece of art... reminds me of samurai jack!

ZeroArk28 said...

yeah...right...

MacaholiQ8 said...

rayboy:
Yeah it does remind me of Samurai Jack. :)


neoark:
;p

Unknown said...

Looks darn cool!
Have you ever checked Zazzle out for stuff like that?
Shipping costs are steep there too though.

MacaholiQ8 said...

I will check it out, thanks for the recommendation! :)

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