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New GDMK Images Shop Outlet in Sandiacre

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New GDMK Images Shop Outlet in Sandiacre

I have been fortunate enough to secure wall space in another great retail outlet.

My new outlet is located within the Sandiacre Antiques Emporium which is above Glorious Homes at 50a Station Road in Sandiacre.

Within the emporium you can find same great gifts including Antiques, vintage, clothes, jewellery and collectibles such as Dinky and Corgi toys.

I currently have a wide range of scenes on show which you can buy directly from the shop. You can also collect any web purchase from here and save on P&P![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][ess_grid alias=”sandiacre-antiques-emporium-1″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I’d like to thank Tyna for this great opportunity and hope you drop by as there are some great things to see and buy in her shop.

If you have any questions about buying from my retail outlets then please contact me

Thanks for reading

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Fill That Void in Your Home or Office

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Fill That Void in Your Home or Office With A Unique Picture From GDMK Images

Everyone has that void in their home or office. That certain somewhere which just needs a little lift.

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Pictures To Satisfy

In my galleries you will find pictures of many different scenes catering for everyones favourite subjects ranging from landscapes, flowers, fine art through to trains planes and classic cars.

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Buying Pictures Online is So Easy!

Buying any product from GDMK Images is as simple as 1, 2, 3 ….

  1. Choose your picture
  2. Select a product or select a gift
  3. Decide on the size

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Helping You Find Great Wall Art and Gifts

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Buying Made Simple As 1, 2, 3 …

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Select Your Picture

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Choose Your Canvas, Wood or Metal Print

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Choose Your Size

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September 2017

October 2017

  • 1st – Sunday Scramble at Bicester Heritage
  • 13th – Swanage Railway
  • 14 th – Swanage Railway
  • 15th – Swanage Railway
  • 20th – Mid Norfolk Railway
  • 21st – Mid Norfolk Railway
  • 22nd – Mid Norfolk Railway
  • 28th – Night Time Lancaster Run and Firework Show at East Kirkby

November 2017

  • 17th – Doncaster Railway Station
  • 18th – Doncaster Railway Station

December 2017

  • 15th – Doncaster Railway Station
  • 16th – Doncaster Railway Station

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Still Unsure?

Use the form to ask about any aspect of your potential purchase. I am more than happy to discuss the different products and gifts, which pictures look best on which finish or any other question you may have.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Thanks for looking and reading

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New Digital Art Pictures Available

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New Digital Art Styles Added

Over Christmas I spent some time working through Photoshop. I wanted to push the limits of my Photoshop knowledge by learning new techniques for producing digital art. Here is a summary of the process I went through and a step by step guide to creating your own digital art!

When you start diving into the depths of Photoshop you start to understand just how complex this software is.

I think many beginners struggle with Photoshop simply because its features are so vast and configurable. It can be hard to know where to start.

One of the important things to keep in mind is that any sort of art is a process.

A painter builds up an image through layers of their chosen medium be it pencils, paint or whatever. A musician takes different instruments and overlays them to produce something special (or not, if you listen to the charts these days).

As photographers we manipulate the rendition of light and time to produce our art.

Digital art is very much the same in that you blend layers of images and effects to produce an overall final picture.

I spent a lot of time working with all the filters, playing with their settings and merging them together on different layers.

There are so many effects possible it is hard to know what you can create – here are a few of my digital art pictures using vastly different techniques.

Another important thing to remember is to make notes of every step you take.

I frequently forgot to note the settings that would enable me to go back and recreate the effects! Many times, in my excitement,  I found myself 7 or 8 steps ahead of my notes before realising I had got carried away with various settings.

Its all very well creating a technique, but totally useless if you cant remember how to recreate it. Please remember to make notes of each step as you go!

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Photoshop Filters and Layers

I dont intend to make this in any way a tutorial on how to use Photoshop or specific techniques for digital art. Both subjects are so vast I could never dream to do either full justice.

What I do intend to achieve is to set out what I found useful, and give some pointers, for those who want to push Photoshop further than simple photo editing.

The first lesson I learnt was that starting with a blank canvas didnt cut it for me. After an hour or so I came to the conclusion that creating a colour palette from scratch was way too complicated, and to be blunt, tediuos.

I realised that I had thousands of ready made colour palettes available in my photo collection!

To save yourself some grief, and time, look through your photo collection for an image that has a palette featuring the key colours you want. Remember the chosen picture doesn’t have to be a masterpiece – it only needs to contain the colours you want.

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Layers Blending Modes and Layer Masks

If you want to keep your adjustments under control then understanding the basic layers system of Photoshop is essential.

You are going to use filters and layer blending modes that, when taken in isolation just look a mess. Once these filters, blending modes, layer masks and adjustment layers are put together something beautiful (hopefully) could be revealed. But then again you might just get a mess!!

Layers, blending modes and layer masks are probably already familiar to you from your photo editing work. If not, hold on tight this could get bumpy!

Seriously, if you are not familiar with these features now is the time to start. Below is a very rough and ready quick intro to start you off.

Layers

Layers are an essential Photoshop feature and you need to be familiar with their use.

Without turning this into a full blown layers tutorial, a ‘layer’ is a container overlaid onto the ‘layer’ below it.

Your start image is usually at the bottom of the pile and labelled as ‘Background’. By adding further layers with different contents, filters or settings you affect what you see as your final image.

Layer blending modes

Blending modes affect how the chosen layer interacts with those below. Some blending modes completely obscure everything below that layer. Some allow certain colours or elements, such as lightness or darkness, to show through or be blocked. Some blend colours to produce different colours.

Layer Masks

A ‘layer mask’ allows you to restrict the effects to distinct parts of the layer. A layer mask is usually white which signifies that the whole image, filter, effect or settings of the selected layer interacts with the layer below.

Alternatively you can make a layer mask all black which means the layer has no effect on the layer below.

This becomes very useful because you can make the mask 50% grey (or any value between 1 and 99). This, unsurprisingly, means that the effect on the layer below is affected by half (or the percentage you state).

Even more useful is the ability to paint on the layer mask. You can paint over certain bits to restrict the affect on the layer below. An all white layer mask affects the whole image except for the bits you paint out on the layer. A completely black layer mask has no effect on the layer below except for the bits of white you paint onto the layer mask.

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Filters

I really wanted to get to grips with some of the filters and see what each could do in respect of digital art.

There are so many filters within Photoshop, it is hard to know where to start. When you add in each filters settings and options then you can be excused if you start to feel your eyes glaze over.

Some filters have amazing effects whilst others appear to have no effect whatsoever. Have a play yourself, and see what the various filters can do. I have highlighted those I found useful below.

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Creating Digital Art

Step 1 – Deconstruct Your Photo

The very first thing I will state to anyone starting out and hoping to knock up a digital art masterpiece in two minutes is simply – good luck kiddo!

At all stages, keep in mind that your masterpiece will only reveal itself once you have several images on layers that might be described as ‘how on earth did I get that’, ‘what the …’ and ‘hmmm do I delete or duplicate’.

Dont get disheartened early on when your initial steps resemble an incoherent mish mash of random colours. Trust me, it will all come together in time.

Once you have selected your photo containing the colours you want, the first step is to deconstruct that image so it is no longer recognisable.

To do this, make a new layer – it is good practice to leave your master picture as the background and work on new layers as you add effects etc. Dont worry, you wont see any of the background image.

I found the following filters useful in deconstructing my pictures

  • Distort
    • Ripple
    • Wave
    • Zigzag
  • Pixellate
    • Crystallize
    • Mosaic
    • Pointillize

You can use one or more of these filters for your deconstruction. Try to keep each effect on a different layer. This way you can easily remove an effect or use the blending modes to fine tune the destruction and resulting colours.

If you really want to get creative try using Liquify for your deconstruction. If you enable the advanced settings you can happily spend hours just playing with the Liquify effects!

Step 2 – Smooth Out The Mess

The next step involves trying to bring a bit of order back to the mess you have created.

Before this step make a new composite layer by using SHIFT-CTRL- ALT-E.

This takes all the layers you have created and makes a new base layer for the next step. This makes it easy to go back to your main deconstructed image if you dont like how your adjustments are working out. Trust me you will be going backwards and forwards between layers to fine tune or completely change things.

I found these filters useful to smooth out the tones

  • Blur
    • Motion Blur
    • Radial Blur
    • Shape Blur

Again use these either individually or mixed on different layers.

You are defining the smoothness of your final colour tonality in this stage. Run your chosen filter only once or twice to have a chunky tonality. Run the filters 3, 4, 5 or 6 times (more if you want) to create silky smooth tonal graduation.

Step 3 – Bring The Digital Art to Life

Create another new Composite Layer. Duplicate this composite layer so you have two identical layers sitting on top of each other.

On the first composite layer run a filter such as Zig Zag or Wave.

On the duplicated composite layer, run the same filter, but crucially, reverse the settings. By this I mean if you ZigZag the first layer at 90 degs then ZigZag the second layer at -90 degs.

Now we get to the Frankenstein moment when the resultant mess is transformed into something special.

Select the top layer and click on its blending mode. Scroll through the blending options. You will be presented with some absolutely hideous results, but mixed in there will be some beauties – well hopefully!!

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Taking Your Digital Art Further

There are literally no limits to the creativity possible using these techniques. To go further why not add different filters to each of the last two layers before blending?

You can go on and on and on …..

This last digital art picture was worked through with many different layers and effects blended together and finally reworked in black and white.

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I have condensed 3 or 4 days solid tinkering into a few hundred words and barely scratched the surface of what is achievable. One useful side effect is the experimentation with layers, masks and blending modes will be extremely useful for your photo editing!

I hope you have enjoyed this article and found it useful. I would love to see your results if you decide to have a go yourself.

It would also be great if you shared your thoughts on what I have written.

Do you have any alternative processes or techniques?

Anyway, thanks for reading

Cheers

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4 Awesome Things About the GDMK Images Website Overhaul

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GDMK Images Website Overhaul Focus Is On User Experience

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1 – Mobile Experience

The number 1 priority was to make the GDMK Images website totally mobile friendly. All pages are now fully responsive to the screensize of your device.

You can view in fullsize glorious technicolor on your desktop or have a scaled but still glorious technicolour experience on your mobile phone. Functionality of the website is fully accessible regardless of your viewing device.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]

2 – Buying Wall Art and Licensing Pictures Brought Together

My second priority was to make the GDMK Images website equally relevant and accessible to you, irrespective of you wanting to buy wall art and gifts or wishing to licence pictures.

Right from the homepage you can select direct access to my Editorial Picture collections on Alamy and Picfair or the Wall Art and Gift Picture collections.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”7100″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_rounded” css=”.vc_custom_1450382093916{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;border-left-color: #0098da !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #0098da !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #0098da !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-color: #0098da !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;border-radius: 5px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]

3 – Buying and Licensing Options Available Directly From Your Chosen Image

An important factor was to make the various buying options obvious and readily available.

From the homepage you can choose a gallery featuring a defined subject or style of picture.

Once inside the gallery, hovering over the image (or touching the picture on your mobile device) reveals the buying options for that picture. Select the gift or licensing outlet to go directly to the product buying page.

Even if you choose to view a specific gallery, both Editorial and Wall Art options are directly available from each unique picture.[/vc_column_text][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”7098,7097″ img_size=”full” onclick=”” css=”.vc_custom_1450382111581{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;border-left-color: #0098da !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #0098da !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #0098da !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-color: #0098da !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;border-radius: 5px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]

4 – Intuitive Picture Searching and Product Filtering

Every gallery features easy searching and filtering capabilities. Even if there are 100’s of pictures in your chosen gallery, you can use the filter buttons to break the results down into gift types such as Mug, Phone Covers etc.

Use the ‘Search’ box to search the pictures in your selected gallery. All pictures are extensively keyworded to allow easy searching.

At the bottom of each page is a group of the most common used keywords. Select the keyword to see all pictures and products featuring that keyword tag.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”7099″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_rounded” css=”.vc_custom_1450382125790{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;border-left-color: #0098da !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #0098da !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #0098da !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-color: #0098da !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;border-radius: 5px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]At the bottom of each gallery is a contact box to request products where a direct link isnt available for a given picture.

Most pictures are available to buy as any standard product.

One thing to remember when requesting a product that isnt listed, is the picture format. Portrait format pictures dont lend themselves well to mugs for instance. In contrast, the taller portrait format is ideal for taller products such as travel mugs.

The changes to the site have been very comprehensive but ultimately should lead to a better user experience.

Should you encounter any broken links or errors please let me know.

Thanks for reading and please let me know your thoughts on the new layout and functionality

All the best for now

Gary

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Why People Love The GDMK Images Personal Art Event

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GDMK Images Personal Art Event

Do you have a bare wall and don’t know where to start looking to find a quality picture? Live within 40 or so miles of Nuneaton in Warwickshire?

If so, the GDMK Images Personal Art Event is just what you are looking for.

The Personal Art Event is perfect for those who would like something to hang on a wall but are unsure of how an Acrylic Print compares to a Canvas Print or if a 30″ x 20″ print is too big, or too small.

What Is A Personal Art Event

A personal art event brings quality samples of beautiful and unique wall art pictures and gifts to your home or chosen venue for a personal viewing for you and any invited friends or family.

See at first hand the quality of the prints at close quarters.

Get to understand the details of each product and their differences in the comfort of your own environment with no pressure of crowds or other distractions.

Learn about the unique customisations you can make to ensure your purchase is truly unique to you.

See how the pictures can be transposed onto gifts such as phone cases, mugs, t-shirts and bags. Indeed, I guarantee you will find something for that ‘difficult to buy for’ someone every family has, however frustrating their gift buying needs are.

Why Host A Personal Art Event?

  • view wall art and gifts on your terms at your convenience
  • in your own environment
  • no pressure, crowds or distractions
  • remove the guesswork involved when relying solely on a website to buy wall art and gifts
  • customise the finish of your wall art pictures to exactly match your home
  • commission your own work as wall art or gift
  • a chance to get family and friends together for a chat and a bit of fun!

The host receives a small reward from the events takings which increases should a guest book and host their own Personal Art Event!

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Wall Art For Small Spaces

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Wall Art For Small Spaces

Love wall art pictures but only have a small space available? Live on a canal boat, in a small flat or house? Still at home with the parents?

I have launched a new series of smaller sized products, called ‘Wall Art For Small Spaces’, aimed directly at those people who struggle to find room for large pictures.

The series features my popular Acrylic, Aluminium, Canvas and Wood Grain prints but in smaller sizes. You still get the wow factor but the products fit nicely into smaller areas.

The range features pictures in the following sizes

  • 12″ x 8″
  • 8″ x 8″
  • 10″ x 10″
  • 12″ x 12″

Prices start from £19.95 for a standard 8″ x 8″ Canvas Print so are extremely pocket friendly!

See examples on our event stall (see all upcoming dates) or at our retail outlet at

Alizzins Cave

No 10 Rugby Road

Hinckley

Leics

Christmas Competition Open

The Christmas Competition is still open until 7th December, so get your entries in for the chance to win a 15″ x 10″ print.

Thanks for reading

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Will You Be The Next GDMK Images Christmas Competition Winner?

Could you be the next GDMK Images Christmas Competition Winner

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Will You Be The Next GDMK Images Christmas Competition Winner?

Well, it certainly could be you.

My subscribers have already been submitting their entries, now its time for the wider world to have a chance to win.

What Will I win?

One person will be drawn randomly from all replies. That person will win a 15 x 10 print from their favourite gallery mounted on their favourite product.

A second random name will win a £15 discount voucher valid against any purchase from the online shop.

Cool, How Do I Enter?

Simply go to my website and let me know what your favourite gallery is and what your favourite product is.

You can add your entry as a comment to this post, email your entry, post a comment on my Facebook competition post or tweet it out (include @gdmkimages on Twitter).

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You Could Win Something Like This In Our Christmas Competition!

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Need Ideas For Wall Art Christmas Presents?

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Ideas for Wall Art Christmas Presents

So it comes to that time of year again and the dreaded ‘C’ word, no not that one, the ‘Christmas’ word.

Many people love wall art, but sometimes it’s so hard to get a feel for how a picture on a website will look in real life. This in turn makes it difficult to get sufficient confidence to pull the trigger on a purchase.

People want to buy quality Christmas presents but how do you demonstrate quality simply from a website?

Thats why we take to the road and display our wall art and picture gifts in the flesh at shows. This gives you the opportunity to see at close quarters just how stunning the modern wall art we supply looks in real life.

It also allows you to ask questions that simple text on a website can’t always answer. You can see the physical difference between an Acrylic print and a Metal print and have the confidence to purchase, either there and then, or go away and review the different pictures on our website and buy after consulting with the family.[/vc_column_text][vc_masonry_media_grid gap=”3″ grid_id=”vc_gid:1480435218339-b1ac34c0-f598-8″ include=”2792,2357,2765,2767,2769,2356,2770,2781,2374,2641,2370,2548,2366,2766,2362,2768,2369,2361″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]There is no doubt you will find many ideas for wall art Christmas presents on our stall. Our range features simple picture based gifts from keyrings, through to mugs, t-shirts, phone cases and notebooks up to stunning wall art that any person would be proud to display in their home. All my pictures and digital art work are totally unique and not sourced from 3rd party libraries.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]

Where Can You See the GDMK Images Stall?

Come and see us at any of the shows below and see for yourself the quality of the artwork prints. As you can see the shows are spread out across the midlands and feature both large and small events.

December 2016

  • 2nd – Doncaster Railway Station Concourse Christmas Market
  • 3rd – Doncaster Railway Station Concourse Christmas Market
  • 8th – Nottingham Christmas Night Market
  • 9th – Fargo Christmas Fair, Far Gosford, Coventry
  • 10th – Fargo Christmas Fair, Far Gosford, Coventry
  • 11th – Great Central Railway Santa Steam Trains, Loughborough
  • 14th – Doncaster Railway Station Concourse Christmas Market
  • 15th – Doncaster Railway Station Concourse Christmas Market
  • 16th – Doncaster Railway Station Concourse Christmas Market
  • 17th – Doncaster Railway Station Concourse Christmas Market
  • 18th – Great Central Railway Santa Steam Trains, Loughborough
  • 21st – Great Central Railway Santa Steam Trains, Loughborough
  • 22nd – Great Central Railway Santa Steam Trains, Loughborough
  • 23rd – Great Central Railway Santa Steam Trains, Loughborough
  • 24th – Great Central Railway Santa Steam Trains, Loughborough

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Christmas Competition

Another reason to come and say Hi at the shows is to enter our Christmas competition. Follow the link if you would like to read the details and enter online or come and see us at any of our shows to find out more!

Thanks for reading and we look forward to seeing you at the shows

Cheers

Gary

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Everything You Need To Know About The New GDMK Images Birchwood Print

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The New GDMK Images Birchwood Print

We have added a new Birchwood Print to our range of wall art products.

The Birchwood Print is a solid wooden block comprising of several pressed layers of wood which results in a fantastic alternative product for your art work to be mounted upon. Your chosen image is printed directly onto the wooden surface creating an incredible effect as the print incorporates the woods textured grain.

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Birchwood Print Pricing and Availability

 

The new Birchwood Print is available in the following sizes

  • 12″ x 6″
  • 18″ x 12″
  • 24″ x 16″
  • 30″ x 20″

Prices start at £43.95 plus £9.50 p&p (or collect free from Alizzins Cave).

You can view all my products at Alizzins Cave at No 10 Rugby Road in Hinckley. I am in the shop several times a week so pop in and say hi!

Its worth visiting the shop to have a look at the Birchwood Print alone. I liked the wood look as soon as I saw it in the catalogue, so ordered a sample for the shop. Well, simply speaking, I was that stunned with the quality that the sample is up on the wall at home and I have ordered another for display in the shop!

I am in the shop several times a week so pop in, have a look and say hi!

Thats all for now, thanks for reading

Cheers

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What Are GDMK Images New Products?

Black leather effect and silver plated keyring. Available with any image from the GDMK Images portfolio

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GDMK Images New Products

In connection with a few behind the scenes changes, the GDMK Images brand and product range is set to significantly increase. The first noticeable change will be an increase in the products available to buy.

In the coming days you will be able to buy many new products with my photography and digital art on. These new products will include

  • 3 types of keyring
  • notebooks
  • fridge magnets
  • yo-yo’s
  • mugs
  • travel mugs
  • tote bags
  • adult and childrens t-shirts
  • plus many more new products to be announced …

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GDMK Images Event Stall

The second change will be the increased visibility of the GDMK Images event stall. The stall is now booked to attend 20+ events between now and Christmas including

  • Game & Country fair at Newark Showground
  • Festive Gift Show at Newark Showground
  • Derby Night Market
  • Lichfield Gift Market
  • Rothley Antique and Gift Fair
  • Hatton Shopping Village Christmas Market
  • Great Central Railway Santa Steam Days

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Why The Changes?

The changes are for many reasons, but the predominant change was the success of the Summer Events stall. My wife had the crazy idea to take my art out to a couple of summer events with our good friends at Alizzins Cave. The reception, feedback and demand to my work was overwhelming. In short, as a result of the success of the event stall, she has taken the marketing and product range to a whole new height.

GDMK Images is primarily about supplying wall art and editorial stock imagery. The photography and creating digital art will remain my focus and will still be the central focus of GDMK Images. My wife will be taking the photographic and digital art and marketing it as unique gifts through the website and at events around the country.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]

New Wall Art Rental Service

With the changes, now seems a good idea to announce the imminent launch of the GDMK Images wall art rental scheme. Very shortly, both home owners and businesses, will be able to rent wall art from GDMK Images for very affordable rates. The details will be revealed in full in the coming weeks, but essentially you will be able to rent some exceptional wall art with prices starting from £4.95 per month.

With all the changes happening, why not subscribe to the GDMK Images newsletter? You will get a heads up on all the news, a 10% discount against purchases and subscriber only discounts and offers.

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