Where to buy artwork

[SignMasters1989]

I have been trying to find a place to purchase high resolution artwork, specifically teak wood for a boat transom. The only art I can find is nowhere near enough DPI for what I'm needing. Does anyone have anyone have any suggestions?

 

[netsol]

https://www.shutterstock.com/search/teak-wood?image_type=photo

 

[pro-UP]

Freepik is another potential resource

 

[Ron at Forest Litho]

In most of the Art library sites you can buy different resolutions. The highest res is the most expensive. But they are limited by how the artist who made them, made them. So many artists use a default in photoshop of 300 dpi. No matter how I say it, I cannot convince these people that 300 dpi is NOT high resolution. I tell people that they should start with at least 600 dpi (at final size.) I tell them you can always go down but you can't go up! The magic "perfect" number is 1200 dpi. The human eye cannot detect bitmapping on a curve at 1200 dpi. Anything higher than 300 dpi is an improvement. Unless the artwork was made in a drawing program like Coreldraw or Illustrator and an EPS or AI can be made from that . As we all know a vector file from original shapes can be blown up infinitely with no bitmapping. But getting back to your artwork quest. It starts with the artist actually wanting to make hi-res artwork and knowing what you are doing. And as you are finding out, That is the exception rather than the rule. As someone who has received countless files from clients which turn out to be at 72 dpi, I feel your pain.

 

[geezer]

Graphics Unleashed has seamless textures, I have used them in the past https://seamless-textures-unleashed.com/collections_category/wood/

 

[questor]

Wherever you "purchase high resolution artwork", be sure to check the Seller's terms and conditions for use of the artwork. Some Sellers' terms and conditions for using their art they created may restrict the artwork to one-time and private or non-commercial use only.

Shutterstock claims to be a free online service, lists and categorizes the pics they find online claiming the pics are in the public domain on the Internet, but the pics may still be copyrighted and owned by an undisclosed or unknown 3rd party person or company. The devil is in the details.

If the Owner of copyrighted artwork does not want the artwork distributed or made available on the Shutterstock website, they can send a "cease and desist" letter to Shutterstock to remove the artwork from Shutterstock and get a list of login names or IP addresses that downloaded the artwork.

However, a high-resolution pic about "teak wood for a boat transom" would be hard to trace as copyrighted artwork listed by Shutterstock or another online vendor because it would be difficult to prove as a unique work of art unless it is copyrighted.