I recently ordered a canvas print of one of my photos from RedBubble.com, an Australian-based company that provides print-on-demand services. You can buy prints of your own photos from RedBubble, or you can buy prints of any of the many high quality photos uploaded by other RedBubble users.

I've previously ordered greeting cards from them (great quality!), but this was the first canvas print I've bought through RedBubble, and I decided to write this review to allow people to see what a canvas print from RedBubble looks like.

I ordered the large canvas version of this image, which works out at a size of 610x311mm. The completed canvas print was delivered about 8 business days after being ordered online (published times for standard delivery are 10-15 business days), and was securely packaged in cardboard, bubblewrap and plastic.

After unpacking the canvas print, I took a closer look at it, and was surprised at how much detail had been retained in the image. Some canvas prints lose a lot of details due to the texture of the canvas, but the texture of the canvas used by redubble is subtle enough to ensure detail is preserved.

folded canvas on the corner

solid wooden frame

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securely mounted hanging wire	image name and artist
felt pad on bottom corners	bottom corner detail on the wall
the result - hanging on the wall

I was pleasantly surpised by the quality of the canvas print, and can certainly recommend RedBubble canvas prints as being high quality and good value for money.

Note that many printing places only offer fixed size canvas prints, with a fixed aspect ratio. However, RedBubble will adjust the aspect ratio of the canvas print to match the aspect ratio of the image. That means you're not limited to specific aspect ratios, but you can use any aspect ratio, including square images, rectangular images, and long panoramic images.

My only disappointment is that the largest canvas print size offered by RedBubble is 610mm along the longest side. However, I believe RedBubble are intending to offer larger sizes in the future.


Update (17 July 2008): Apparently RedBubble only recently started producing their canvas prints with the wooden stretcher frame, as shown in the photos above. Prior to this time, RedBubble made the canvas prints with a gatorboard backing, rather than a wooden frame.