If you're decorating an apartment or a kids' room on a small budget, you probably know the problem. Store-bought framed art costs a lot, and a lot of cheap printables look like the same generated graphic in a different color. GVDesign is a small shop run by an artist named Gayathri. It sells her original hand-drawn pieces as printable downloads. Each one starts as a real drawing on paper in oil pastel, marker, crayon, pencil or paint. It's then carefully scanned and enhanced, so the texture of the medium still shows. Subjects include cats, kolam designs, Mount Fuji, a paper boat, a castle and a red post box. The style is whimsical, which I think works well in a kids' room or anywhere you want something a bit lighter on the wall. Every piece costs US$3.99. The download is instant and full resolution, and each purchase includes a high-resolution file for personal printing. You print it and frame it yourself. Nothing physical gets shipped. Because it's quick and cheap, it can also work as a last-minute housewarming gift if you print and frame one before you go. You can see the pieces here: https://draw-to-display-magic.lovable.app/ A question for people here who print wall art at home: what makes a printable worth buying for you over just finding something free? Is it the subject, the hand-made look, or how it actually turns out once it's printed? Honest answers would help. Disclosure: I'm posting this on behalf of the draw-to-display-magic.lovable.app team.   submitted by   /u/investigatormaker   to   r/digitaldownloads [link]   [comments]