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Are Art Postcards Superior To Traditional Postcards?

By Mitzi H. Hewitt

The question "Are Art postcards superior to traditional postcards?" is a subject worthy of exploring given how rapidly such postcards seem to be replacing the old time cards that people often send off to families and friends. With the advent of the Internet and websites that use digital technology to create postcards has become very easy to create and send out an art postcard -- which is really nothing more than whatever the art it is the person intends to send.

As a leap forward in traditional postcards, many of these new types certainly will be more effective than the kinds of postcards chosen from a souvenir store that hundreds or even thousands of other people have sent out in the past and will send out in the future. Create art from anything, including your own picture taken of the Grand Canyon, and then go through a website to turn it into a nice-looking postcard.

It would have all the classic attributes of any postcard -- with a beautiful photo of front and areas in the back for address and such -- but it would be you and your talent or skill or ability sending something that can be highly personalized. This alone is certainly an attractive proposition when it comes to really capturing the moment and sharing that same moment with others.

An art postcard is nothing more than a postcard that would be considered -- in and of itself -- to be art. It was once said by somebody famous that he really didn't know what the definition for art was but that he sure would know it when he viewed it. This is just as true today as it was back when this saying first became famous.

Nowadays whole websites are devoted to helping a person create and then send what is called an art postcard. All that's needed is to find such a website through the Internet and a search engine by entering in a phrase such as "art postcards" and then choosing from among the many results that are returned.

Any good website will give its visitor or users away to select from a number of criteria. This criteria can include what sort of art style is needed (minimalist, neo-modern, classical etc.) or what the subject of the art might be (still life, abstract etc.). Once that's been determined, the website then helps the user create the postcard and have it sent out.

Even better, these websites quite often have a mechanism that allows aspiring or actual working artists a way to upload their own art so that it can be turned into a postcard. Artists can create a design that can be viewed by website visitors who can then put it on their own postcards, which can be a great way to get an artist's name out into the public.

Knowing what is now known about art postcards, it's hard to see how they aren't generally superior to old style postcards as a way to get personalized greetings out to friends and family members. When looked at with an eye towards art and beauty, who wouldn't like to receive something that has a bit of personalization and relevance to it rather than the typical store-bought souvenir postcard?

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