Imagekind

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Imagekind is a commercial website that sells images of participating artists work printed On-demand. It also includes a social networking and marketing site for artists and their customers. It was founded in Seattle, Washington in 2006 ^[1] by Adrian Hanauer, a Portland, Oregon frame shop owner, and Kelly Smith, a software & digital media specialist.

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Imagekind is an online art website where artists working in 2-dimensional art forms can upload digital files of their work. The work is then displayed on the website in "galleries" where customers can buy print-on-demand inkjet prints (giclée) of the work. After an order is submitted, the company custom prints the member artist uploaded image. Artists set and keep their own markup from the sales of their artwork. Images are printed on large variety of substrates (including canvas and paper) using Epson large format Ultra-Chrome inkjet printers. Currently, Imagekind has over 300,000 images for sale and also offers a framing service for prints purchased. Framing and matting is provided by Northwest Framing in Portland, Oregon^[2] The website encourages social interaction through its associated blog. Aside from member art, the website also offers a large selection of posters and prints from artists ranging from Michelangelo to Dalí to Mapplethorpe. In October of 2006 Imagekind formed a partnership with EBSQ, an online art association of self-representing artists^[3].