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I have a World's Greatest Screen and I'm looking for some artwork for the front. I could use the cover from the PF2 or SF screens that I bought, but while that art is fantastic, it is too detailed to print well on a home laser printer.

Whats your favorite art or sources for Pathfinder/Starfinder that is simple enough to print nicely?


printing nicely is somewhat a function of your software and physical printer & paper.

My suggestion is GIMP(can be frustrating) or Inkscape if you don't have existing software.
A 1200*1200dpi ink jet does a nice job at 300 dpi. Make sure your printer function is set to high resolution otherwise your printing software dumbs it down to save time & ink. Use 24# matte or photo paper. Spray with auto enamel to seal.
The big printers at FedEx and such on chromecoat do a professional job. Wallymart has photoprinting in some stores.

For personal use the internet is your buffet for one-off home projects. Try museums, Google image search, deviant art websites, etc. You can even scan some pages from an art book from your local library. Old medievil art/maps/tapestries work great.

I find you will need layers; Art, artwork & highlights & shadows, big square of 50-75% transparent white or gray fill to lower saturation, maybe a texture layer, border artwork, outlined text at some transparency, contrasting text.

Honestly, AoN & paizo pdfs are very handy to reference on a laptop/tablet during play. You could just print your condensed data to a png and reference that. pdfs are 150-200dpi.

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