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Make Velvet Rag Giclée Prints

$37.50 - $5,023.75
Smooth as butta! Perfect for bright paintings with lots of brush stokes.
Favorite paper for Illustrators & designers
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Smoother than the finest European butter!
Wanting to showcase your buttery smooth gauche panting or your Mount Everest high thick oil paint is a no brainer! We would want that too! Allowing your art to speak solely for itself in all its beautiful confident self. Your art prints will have the slightest visual texture and beautifully matte color making the prints look as velvety as the birthday cake icing you swiped your finger through for a sneaky taste when you were 5 years old. Finding a paper to show off all your excellent mark-making and fantastic textures used to feel impossible, before we found our Velvet Rag paper.

print field notes


01. Museum archival giclée prints


02. Medium-Heavy weight feel
03. 100% cotton rag paper + pigment based inks 



04. Smooth with some visible paper tooth

05. High file-to-print color accuracy [custom RGB ICC profiles at ≦ΔE1]

 06. Variance with printing & cutting ≤1.5 mm from edge

file prep trail guide

01. Skip the effort + save time with our print ready giclée art print templates + how to use templates e-book

02. RGB color space [sRGB IEC61966-2.1 or use the Velvet Rag ICC Profile]

03. 300 DPI minimum resolution please! 

04. File types we use for giclée: PDF | TIFF | PSD | JPEG | AI
05. Full bleed images [no white border] need 0.25" bleed around art

06. Keep text + logos 0.25" inside of final print edge
07. Create at ordered size or equal aspect ratio to avoid cropping

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Explore our Velvet Rag Giclée Paper

*See a visual comparison to all other giclée papers in product photos

01. Paper Stats
    • 300gsm
    • Smooth texture with slight paper tooth
    • Split Arrow Exclusive
    • Bright-White color
    • Tube/rolled shipping safe
    • Signs with 2h+4h pencil
    • 100% cotton rag paper
02. Features that print well on this paper
We don't think we've seen an element or technique not look good on our Velvet Rag Paper.
    • Experimental mark making
    • Art nouveau
    • Large flat fields of color
    • Graphic design
    • Illustrations
    • Thick + Chunky brush strokes
    • Photography
    • Text based designs
    • From Pastel to Loud colors
    • Smooth gradients
03. Design + Retail Tips
    • White borders stand out the best
    • Open or closed editions
    • Hand-embellishes well
    • Medium retail price for giclée
    • Stamp name/ logo on back if open edition
    • Pair with a custom certificate of authenticity
    • Sell 50% in frames + 50% with a "how to frame at home" insert
    • Shout in the town square about your buttery Velvet Rag prints

Product Image Example Artworks Credit: Lumberjack Tom

Smooth as butta!:
Perfect for bright paintings with lots of brush stokes.
Favorite paper for:
Illustrators & designers

Product Reviews

Score: 5 out of 5 (based on 8 ratings)
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5/5
100% great quality
Written by Anna Lyle on Sep 29th 2024

Excellent service, fantastic quality! I love Split Arrow!

5/5
Gorgeous, perfect
Written by Emmett Hobbes on Jul 5th 2022

Absolutely will not go with another printer for artwork. The velvet rag is a matte paper that still feels very fine, and I'm always surprised by how vivid the colors turn out.

5/5
Couldn't be happier!
Written by Sophie on Apr 12th 2022

I am so happy to say that I will be transferring all of my giclee printing needs to Split Arrow Prints! They did an absolutely fantastic job with some 16x20's for me--quick turnaround and stunning product. The prints came well packaged in all recyclable materials, which made me (and my cats who got to play in the box for a bit) very happy.

5/5
Velvet Rag Prints
Written by Marisa Mahathey on Nov 30th 2020

This is my first time ordering with Split Arrow and I'm in love! The prints that I ordered came out perfectly. The color is beautiful and I love the texture of the paper. Great customer service communication, too!

5/5
Velvety goodness
Written by Aliya Smith on Oct 14th 2020

I love this stock so much. I’d been exclusively ordering prints on cold press water color until one week when they were waiting on a shipment. So they recommended I try the velvet rag and I’m so glad I tried it out. It’s perfect for pop colors and I love how digital pieces look printed on it. The textures is also as suggested—velvety. Can’t recommend it enough.

5/5
Velvet Rag Prints
Written by Leah Perrotta on Jul 31st 2020

They look great! The colors and details are just the same as the images I sent. My customers are very happy. Thank you!

5/5
Love!!
Written by Kadee on Jun 29th 2020

Beautiful quality and colors. I'm never disappointed with my prints from Split Arrow!!

5/5
Real nice!
Written by Jei on Feb 20th 2020

Really great quality. Colors and resolution look perfect. Packed very thoroughly and shipped without any damage. Very glad to have found this company, awesome customer service.

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