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Decided to try a print ad in the MFM 2009 conbook.

Mostly did it because the ad was cheap, or at least cheaper than any other way to reach the con, and I'd already blown the deadline for advertising for Anthrocon...

The ad had to be B&W due to printing restrictions, so I went with a new piece done specifically for the ad (I hadn't started doing B&W pieces before now), without gradiations / halftones because I didn't want to leave any room for error up to the printer. I even included the artwork as an exclusive FREE desktop wallpaper, to help track the ad better...

... and got zero response.

I mean, I know it's hard to sell a color comic in a B&W ad, but CHRIST...
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~ill-lushtrator May 29, 2010
I dunnoe but why is the deviation shown a blank screen instead? O_O

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=lastres0rt May 30, 2010  Professional Digital Artist
Try again / see if you can isolate the image and get that to load.
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~ill-lushtrator Jun 2, 2010
I did load again, no luck; was the image uploaded properly, 'cause sometimes DA may not upload properly? :o

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=lastres0rt Jun 2, 2010  Professional Digital Artist
I can see the image on DA. Unless you have a certain DA server blocked, it should behave.

Have you tried loading "just" the image (by isolating the location of the image and loading that)?
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~nikolai60 May 6, 2010
ouch, sorry to hear that

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=lastres0rt May 6, 2010  Professional Digital Artist
Meh, it was an experiment.

My main flaw putting this experiment together was that I was thinking that an experiment should actually produce data... so really, this is an example of an experiment with inconclusive data, not "negative" data.

Still, $40 out for the ad with nothing to show for it is pretty negative data anyway, so...
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~nikolai60 May 6, 2010
hmm....i wonder if a poster minus bottom part/modified bottom part, might be something to put up in a comic shop. mind if i take a copy of this (just printed on normal printer) to the local comic shop and ask if he'd put a bigger version up?

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=lastres0rt May 6, 2010  Professional Digital Artist
If you're going to do that, I'd rather send you a PDF version so it'll print properly.

Better yet, let's see who else responds so I can actually post a new (hopefully improved) version that would be more appropriate for a large printing situation. ;)
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~nikolai60 May 6, 2010
yeah, good idea

luckily i have the attention of the guy who runs the shop (local place, no franchise) so i can usually talk him into at least taking a look. he won't think about ordering books yet cause of an ordering mixup with the people he already buys from, but i'm sure i can get him to at least put up a poster or have those advertising cards on the counter.

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