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[Peithelo]

Here you have the first two of my framed lithographs. Inner passepartout could have been slightly broader but otherwise I am very satisfied on how they turned out to be. I have yet to choose a spot for them on my wall.



What do you think?

Modifié par Peithelo, 27 avril 2011 - 02:50 .

[Gamegod2x]

Very nice Peithelo!

[epicjas0n]

^New pics of minis in newer frames.  The older frames were 1mm too small and warped the lithos.

Modifié par epicjas0n, 29 avril 2011 - 02:17 .

[archive-th]

You have your Cerberus already??? Wow.

[shakex]

 ...Not bad Michael's, not bad at all!
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[Gamegod2x]

Nice Cerberus, i used Michaels for mine as well and was pleased.

[tj987654321]

May I ask how much it cost you to frame the Cerberus lithograph at Michael's?

Modifié par tj987654321, 09 mai 2011 - 05:23 .

[shakex]

tj987654321 wrote...


May I ask how much it cost you to frame the Cerberus lithograph at Michael's?

For the frame, double mat, and 50% off custom framing it came out to around $164.

[luvstosploog]

AlphaJarmel wrote...

/covet 

[luvstosploog]

Gamegod2x wrote...

Here is my Dragon Age 2 Kirkwall Gate, and my Mass Effect Lithographs.

what are the dimensions of  this.  I am thinking about doing the same thing but landscape instead of portrait.

[Trapper_920]

Sorry this is a stupid question but I don't normally do matting when I frame pictures. Do you get a larger frame than the picture so that the matting border can be wider?

[luvstosploog]

These are the lithos I own currently.  The Wards #113 & Cerberus #92.  Also, the one with a bunny mask on it is from Bioshock.  I also have Illium, Citadel, Omega, and MM mini lithos that I have yet to hang because I am still deciding where and how I will incorporate them..  I am a huge nerd, I know  My shelving unit is full of anime, manga, star trek, star wars, ME + + +more.    As far as the lithos go....I stuck with simple black frames.  the ME ones are more clean looking, while I got a more vintage looking frame for the Bioshock one...since its supposed to reflect 1959

[Tsuyiin]

Finally got my mini's framed. I'm still debating on the background color for the 2 bigger ones.

[Tsuyiin]

Question, I know cardboard is acidic but say I just want to use it because it's cheap. If I place something non acidic, like construction paper for instance, between the lithograph and cardboard, will it still overtime ruin the lithograph that's sitting on top of the cont. paper?

[AgenTBC]

Construction paper is, itself, acidic. The cheaper something is, the more likely it is to be acidic. The reason most paper products are acidic is that it is cheaper.

If you're dropping cash on lithographs, don't cheap out on backing paper. You can get it for much, much less than the cost of the litho itself.

[Tethoril]

luvstosploog wrote...

These are the lithos I own currently.  The Wards #113 & Cerberus #92.  Also, the one with a bunny mask on it is from Bioshock.  I also have Illium, Citadel, Omega, and MM mini lithos that I have yet to hang because I am still deciding where and how I will incorporate them..  I am a huge nerd, I know  My shelving unit is full of anime, manga, star trek, star wars, ME + + +more.    As far as the lithos go....I stuck with simple black frames.  the ME ones are more clean looking, while I got a more vintage looking frame for the Bioshock one...since its supposed to reflect 1959

I'm the same luvstosploog, kept the frames simple and black. On closer inspection I'm pretty sure that my frames are almost identical to yours. I'll have to get some photographs of my own up here shortly.

[vometia]

Finally got round to doing some overdue framing today now that my mounts have arrived, although having just read the comment about non-acidic backing paper I may have to do them again!  I just have mine sitting against the hardboard backing of the frame, no idea whether or not it's acidic but I guess I should take more care. Edit: turns out I should take more care, the MDF that a lot of frame-makers still inexplicably use is actually quite acidic, apparently.  At the least I should use a neutral backing paper, and invest in a testing pen while I'm at it: if they are acidic I guess I should replace them with something less unpleasant.  Sigh, nothing's ever simple, is it...?

Figured I may as well include the enormous Portal 2 lithographs while I was at it.  Click on a picture for a bigger version, assuming I don't make a complete mess of the BBcode, and apologies for the reflections which I never seem to successfully banish...

I quite like the addition of the mounts/borders/whatever they're called, they make the overall effect look much more finished, though it's a shame I managed to cut off Chell's fingertips while I was at it!

Modifié par vometia, 17 mai 2011 - 03:47 .

[vometia]

Trapper_920 wrote...

Sorry this is a stupid question but I don't normally do matting when I frame pictures. Do you get a larger frame than the picture so that the matting border can be wider?

I've normally gone for a slightly larger frame with built-in matting of sorts, but have recently settled for getting a frame to fit the lithograph so I don't have to faff about securing it place (though some can be a very tight fit so I don't necessarily recommend it!)  I'm not entirely sure it's a good idea, though, as my Portal 2 lithos demonstrate: I've had to go with a very thin example on the Aperture Labs litho so it doesn't overlap the picture, the latter of which has happened with Chell.  I don't mind too much since the frames are gigantic as it is, but in future I think I'll go with oversize frames for any lithos I think would benefit from some additional embellishment; I've finally invested in some picture corners to hold the litho in place anyway, though I would recommend using slightly larger ones than the tiny 1/2" corners I ended up with!

Er anyway, shorter and less rambling answer: yes.

[archive-th]

vometia wrote...

turns out I should take more care, the MDF that a lot of frame-makers still inexplicably use is actually quite acidic, apparently. 

I wouldn't worry about it if I were you. The frame might be sightly acidic but it's not even touching the picture, not with the matte and everything. It really should be fine.

[DukeOfNukes]

IMHO matting is kind of pointless with these...not a fan. They have a built in white matte. But, to each his own.

I have a large stack piling up of lithos that need to be framed. Cant afford to frame any of them...cant really afford to purchase them to begin with. If I don't find a better job soon, I might have to sell off my collection, rather than try to keep up with it.

[vometia]

archive-th wrote...

I wouldn't worry about it if I were you. The frame might be sightly acidic but it's not even touching the picture, not with the matte and everything. It really should be fine.

What I'm uncomfortable about is that the entire backing board is made of MDF; I guess I should at least put some sort of neutral backing paper between it and the lithograph.

When I Googled the subject I found some professional framers' forums where a number of them seemed to get very excitable about just how toxic MDF is to the lithograph, you, your pets and how it would cause your entire town to disintegrate and its population to die etc, though I suspect they were perhaps being overly cautious.  But I figure that a thick piece of neutral padding isn't such a bad idea, all things considered.

I'm also wondering if the picture mount/border (I wish I knew wat to call it, I've seen at least half a dozen names) might be more essential than I thought too, since some people seem to think it's not such a good thing to have the picture in contact with the glass (or styrene, perspex or whatever is in the frame) which again I suspect is being overly cautious, but I can see some merits to it, especially not wanting the signature to be disturbed.

[shakex]

 Since we're showing other framed lithos, I would like to share my latest framed piece...

Modifié par shakex, 17 mai 2011 - 09:54 .

[vometia]

shakex wrote...

 Since we're showing other framed lithos, I would like to share my latest framed piece...

Nice.  It's curious that I didn't think much of the double-matte thing first time I saw it but it's really growing on me.  In this example it picks out the colours really nicely.

[Marksman_iza]

I fianlly found a spot to hang my lithos. I'll retake these pictures when I have better lighting, getting alot of glare on them.


Those Mass Effect lithos look really slanted, they are straight just the only angle I could get that didn't have glare.

Modifié par Marksman_iza, 19 mai 2011 - 12:36 .

[revisedr3ality]

 After MONTHS, I finally got my Illusive Man framed and have it and The Wards both hanging up on the wall! All I have left is my Normandy and two minis (Citadel and Minuteman), but I'll have to keep it safe because this is getting a little expensive. I had both of these done at Michael's and got the 60% off "deal" they're running all the time...The cost was about $170 for each and included the wood, two mattes, and UV glass. I'm so excited, they both look amazing! 



The border is actually more blue than gray, but I can't get it to really show up in the lighting here. Looks gorgeous though





And I already posted my Wards lithograph here, but I thought I'd show it hanging up on the wall since it took me for-ev-er to get it up there - I'm way too happy about this!

Modifié par revisedr3ality, 19 mai 2011 - 07:14 .