Ok, this is very cool! First of all, one-off neon risograph prints… cool. Secondly, uploading photos from your phone to make your own custom neon risograph prints… cool. But here’s where it gets really cool: to celebrate the holiday season a lovely friend of mine, who happens to be on the inside at Parabo Press, asked if I’d like to give 100 of my readers {first come first serve} a FREE 12″x17″ risograph print, made from one of your own photos… COOL. I tried it and it’s super easy… well, except that whole ‘which image should I use’ part! Here are some picture-picking tips from the folks over at Parabo:
“Like any monochrome printing process risos look best when the photo you are printing is high contrast. That means the dark spots are really dark and the bright spots are really bright. That is because monochrome printers only distinguish light/dark and not color. Not every amazing color photo will make a great monochrome print. The simplest way to visualize it in your head is to think of a pretty red rose on a green background. Pretty pretty in color, but if you turned that image black and white, it would just look like medium grey on medium grey … not so stunning. You can open the Parabo App on your phone and choose a photo from your camera roll to preview as a risograph. Easy peasey.”
Love it, let’s do this! Download the free app, pick a photo, choose your color, and away you go… use promo code JEALY before checkout, and you’ll just have to pay $8 for shipping. Have fun!
*One per person. Offer lasts until December 13th, which just so happens to be their cut-off for holiday shipping… so make those decisions quickly!
Thanks to you and Parabo for this! I needed a big piece of art for my living room and I made one of these prints with a cute pic of a cow I was feeding in Ireland. Great memory and fun photo for a risograph!
yay! perfect!
love!
Thank you! Just placed an order…. in pink! 🙂
So cool! I just placed an order from one of my photos from Morocco. I can’t wait to hang it in my studio! Thank you!!
I just bought two prints using the code! One of my mother as a teenage in peach and one of my father (who passed from cancer 4 years ago) as a teenager in green! It is going to be such a special Christmas gift for my mother. Thank you, Thank you!
Thank you thank you!!! I just ordered, can’t wait to see what it looks like. I used a photo from our trip to Hawaii this summer – thank to you and Parabo!
I just ordered mine!!! THANK YOU to Parabo!!!!!! Such cool products, I had no idea!
Ah, love a chance to try this out – thanks Danielle and Parabo!
What interesting prints!
Made a portrait of my pup for the family as a holiday surprise! Thanks Parabo and Danielle. Awesome idea and SUPER awesome company. Gonna order some other stuff, too.
So glad the shipping is world wide!! Can’t wait to get mine, it is a really great project (and a cute app)
What fun, can’t wait to try this!
Ooh, I have just the perfect empty wall waiting for one of those fabulous prints!!!
I just got mine in the mail…amazing! Nice job parabo press. I am hooked.