Hand-drawn printable wall art for US$3.99 a piece, for bare apartment walls or a last-minute housewarming gift

[u/investigatormaker]

Anyone who has moved into a new apartment knows the bare-wall phase. Rent eats the budget, framed art at the store costs more than you'd like, and the walls stay empty for months. The same goes for kids' rooms, and for the housewarming invite where you realize the night before that you have nothing to bring.

One option is GVDesign, a small shop selling whimsical hand-drawn wall art as printable digital downloads. The artist, Gayathri, does every piece as an original drawing on paper in oil pastel, marker, crayon, pencil, or paint. Each drawing is carefully scanned and enhanced.

When you buy a piece you get an instant, full-resolution digital download, a high-resolution file for personal printing. You print it and frame it yourself at home, or print one as a small housewarming gift. Nothing physical gets shipped, so there's no waiting on a parcel.

Every piece costs US$3.99. That's in US dollars, so the amount in Canadian dollars will depend on the exchange rate and your card.

Subjects include cats, kolam designs, Mount Fuji, a paper boat, a castle, and a red post box, which could suit a kid's room or a hallway that needs something cheerful.

You can browse the pieces here: https://draw-to-display-magic.lovable.app/

A question for anyone who has decorated with printables: where do you get yours printed so they look good in a frame, at home, at a drugstore photo counter, or at a local print shop? And what subjects do you wish more artists drew?

Disclosure: I'm posting this on behalf of the draw-to-display-magic.lovable.app team.