It's not a big deal really, but I just thought I'd share. Maybe give other people some ideas.
I purchased this "Kalender 2005" last year and I never used it. I liked it because it had manga art (instead of anime art) and I thought one day I would cut it up and display just the pictures, something I've done before with other calendars... I also have the 1998 Berserk calendar released in Japan, but I didn't feel daring enough to cut that one up just quite yet .
Anyhow, I got these two frames from Aaron Brothers ($30 total because it was actually 2 for the price of 1 so I lucked out) and then I went to an arts/crafts store called Michaels and bought some pre-cut mattes (sp?). Anyways, mattes always seem to make a big difference when displaying something (double mattes are even better!), but I didn't want to pay $100+ to get custom matting for the frames... so pre-cuts were an easy solution. In the end, they cost me less than $15.
So yah, here's what I came up with. A pretty nice display set, for really little money. At least, I think it's nice.
(sorry pictures suck)
What do ya'll think? Has anyone done anything similar? I know Aaz got one of his trading card pics blown up and printed it on a SUPER NICE glossy medium, and I know JIN did something similar but instead printed it on a canvas medium (both are awesome), so I'm curious to know what everyone else has!
I purchased this "Kalender 2005" last year and I never used it. I liked it because it had manga art (instead of anime art) and I thought one day I would cut it up and display just the pictures, something I've done before with other calendars... I also have the 1998 Berserk calendar released in Japan, but I didn't feel daring enough to cut that one up just quite yet .
Anyhow, I got these two frames from Aaron Brothers ($30 total because it was actually 2 for the price of 1 so I lucked out) and then I went to an arts/crafts store called Michaels and bought some pre-cut mattes (sp?). Anyways, mattes always seem to make a big difference when displaying something (double mattes are even better!), but I didn't want to pay $100+ to get custom matting for the frames... so pre-cuts were an easy solution. In the end, they cost me less than $15.
So yah, here's what I came up with. A pretty nice display set, for really little money. At least, I think it's nice.
(sorry pictures suck)
What do ya'll think? Has anyone done anything similar? I know Aaz got one of his trading card pics blown up and printed it on a SUPER NICE glossy medium, and I know JIN did something similar but instead printed it on a canvas medium (both are awesome), so I'm curious to know what everyone else has!