Transforming Memories into Masterpieces | Our Simple Prints Journey
Simple Prints was established in 2018. By two friends Sam and Tia. They began in the midst of studying towards a Masters in Landscape Architecture. As a young, creative architecture student, Sam was playing in photoshop and amazed that when photographic images were tweaked, and turning them into 2D designs, that it was still clear who the person in the picture was. They hadn’t seen anything like it, Sam and Tia realised they were onto something. But as with any small business starting up, there was a lot to learn.
They started off pricing their Simple Prints at the low price of $8.00 NZD for an illustration of any size – and including as many people as customers requested. But for a student, making $4.00 an hour was awesome. And, when it came to packaging, well… let’s just say that the initial methods weren’t the most robust… but hey, there’s no room for growth if you don’t make mistakes, right?
Sam and Tia learnt (through a very time-consuming, inefficient way of doing business) that people wanted to see previews of their prints before they received them. So, when customers were delivered prints they didn't like, they would re-do, re-print and re-post... again and again.
They also quickly learnt how to deal with and avoid water damages. But these problems were all just signs of growth.
After getting a little better at the packaging side of things they were able to improve their systems even more. They updated the website and Tia went on to pursue other passions.
Sam is continuing to improve Simple Prints and enjoys creating special keepsake artworks for you to love. Pictured is Sam.
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We take your special images and recreate them as a unique piece of art. Whether it’s a meaningful gift or something for yourself, a custom illustration is a simple way to bring sentiment and joy into your space.
Framed orders have a 7 day framing period after preview confirmation, for more details on our framing read more here
1. Select the number of people, the size of paper you'd like to be illustrated and whether you want a physical print sent to you, or a digital copy emailed.
2. Upload your photo on the product page by clicking "upload your image". Clear, full or half body photos are the best for this type of illustration. If you are unsure if your image will work please email simple.prints0@gmail.com and we will let you know if the image you are after is high enough quality.
3. Add to cart and complete check out.
For Digital Copies:
Hold tight and wait for your beautiful illustration to arrive - it won't be long! We aim to deliver your digital illustration within 48hrs. It will come in a PDF Digital format of the size you select for you to get printed yourself!
For Physical Prints:
We have a 3 day creation period and then shipping time of up to 3 days.
Please Note:
We send through a preview before we print your illustration. We can minor edits such as colour changes free of charge.
Pets are equivalent to the price of a person
Our style is minimalist - we do not offer patterns and additional features
Digital Copy: This is a digital product only, you will receive a PDF after ordering. Please ensure your email is listed on purchase.
Physical Print: This is a printed version of your print, posted to you once the design is confirmed.