Opinions on this Tron art?

It's just $60 more to buy the undisputed absolute finest art available for Tron.

http://phoenixarcade.com/art.htm#tron

I realize $60 is a lot of money at times, but if you have to save for an additional month or two to make it happen than so be it. I've seen inkjet Tron art that started to lift after a year and it didn't look nearly as good as Darin's art in the first place. Of course it's not always possible to buy the best of the best at all times, but even if you have to pick up cans on the side of the road to make it happen it's worth it to buy Darin's Tron art in this case. You simply won't regret the extra $60...

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There have been 5 reproductions for sale from different printers using inkjets. We make the ONLY reproduction that doesn't use an inkjet! Why cut corners to save money only to see the quality and longevity greatly suffer. We have owned 3 of the 5 most well known reproductions and they fall short of anything worthwhile for our machines. So we decided to make these ourselves. Trust me, we can inkjet these, print them one at a time like the inkjetter's do and sell them for $80 a set and make a handsome profit. We could do that with all of our products but that's not what we do best. We really could go on and on about the shortcomings of inkjets, but why take our word for it. Call any full service commercial printer and ask them the differences between offset and inkjet. Don't let the inkjetter's fool you, their products cannot match a silkscreened or offset press.

This production run is printed on high quality Flexcon Busmark adhesive backed vinyl, using fade-resistant pigmented inks. We have screen printed a UV Clear coating - both to provide luster (shine), and help supplement the pigment inks in fade resistance. Finally, these are precision die cut using a flat bed plotter.

We have garnered critical acclaim from our customers who demand the best. If you liked our silkscreened art reproductions, wait until you see what this offset press has done for TRON! Nothing short of amazing which will last you many years. Why settle for less when you can have the best!

In determining how to reproduce this project, we took a close examination of an NOS. Because of the size of the line screening (or dot frequency), it's pretty apparent that these were not originally screen printed (as most other graphics of it's time), rather offset printed. We estimated this line screen to be somewhere around 133 lines (of dots) per inch (a rather common line screen for offset printing). Simply scanning and re-printing the NOS might seem to be the correct route - but we had to do a bit of tricky work to minimize what's referred to as a moire. If we were to screen (or create tiny lines of dots from) a scan of an already screened print (they had to screen these back in the 80's), the two screens would "fight", or create a rather offensive pattern of large light and dark spots in the print. It's the same phenomenon when looking through two screen doors next to each other. Printers avoid this issue by printing from an original photo (not a print) whenever possible. In this case, it simply wasn't possible - so we needed to avoid using the scan whenever recreation was possible. We undertook the process of recreating the lines and circles using a vector program, and "placed" the filtered image inside of it's border shape. Using this technique, our RIP will create new screens for the area with lines, and the picture area will be re-screened (at slightly different frequencies and angles) from a "de-screened" scan.

We didn't stop there. First, we output a "composite" black and white transparent film to lay over the image to assure correct line thickness - and optimum screening frequency. We then output a full size digital print for a final "double-check" prior to finalizing the file. Finally, we verified colors by outputting a match print that would be both indicative of press colors, and would be used as a pressman's guide during printing.
 
Personally I would pay a little more and get screened sideart.. But the guy claims he used original NOS art to recreate it.. He also offers your money back if you dont like it.. Might be worth a shot. Still I would go with the screened...
 
It's just $60 more to buy the undisputed absolute finest art available for Tron.

http://phoenixarcade.com/art.htm#tron

I realize $60 is a lot of money at times, but if you have to save for an additional month or two to make it happen than so be it. I've seen inkjet Tron art that started to lift after a year and it didn't look nearly as good as Darin's art in the first place. Of course it's not always possible to buy the best of the best at all times, but even if you have to pick up cans on the side of the road to make it happen it's worth it to buy Darin's Tron art in this case. You simply won't regret the extra $60...

More About the Phoenix Arcade Tron Side Art
Okay, thanks for that. I had never ordered resto-art before and didn't realize what a difference there was. Going for Darin's once I get the dough for sure :)
 
I have the art from Phoenix Arcade.

It's top notch and I would go with screened art over solvent any day.

Also the pics in the eBay ad... they look good... but they appear to be too glossy/wet looking.

The screened NOS stuff had more of a satin sheen.
 
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