How to Hang Anime Posters in your Room and Still be Classy

I recently made the life-changing move of removing myself out of my parents basement, and into an apartment. With that I also decided to change the appearance of my bedroom. Gone were the days of posters, now the time of the picture frame will reign. I soon realized that I should have done this earlier, a lot earlier. You too can have a bedroom that is both classy, and nerdy at the same time, and this is how.

Step One: Pick an Image 

Posters for one reason or another have a lot of baggage attached to them; they either make you look like a little kid, or like a frat house. But once you put that poster into a frame, everything changes. However, good posters are hard to come by, and you can only find them in comic shops or conventions; and most of the time you have to pick one you might not necessarily like because it was the only one there. The real secret to all of this is to throw away buying pre-printed posters, and print your own!

      First you have to find a high-definition image, and this is most important because it will look like crap when it’s printed if it isn’t high-definition. A good source for high-definition artwork is in anime art books, though finding a scan of them is sometimes difficult. What I think looks best are images that look as if they were painted, or have some kind of traditional artistic look to them.

Step Two: Choose a Frame 

Most internet printing places will frame the picture for you, but it is expensive as hell. A cheap alternative is to buy a frame at an arts and craft store, like Michaels for example. Buy the frame first, so that you know what size picture would look good in your room, and also what size you should print the picture so that it will fit into the frame. You can not skip this step, a frame adds so much class to a simple picture; it may be even more important than the picture itself.

Step Three: Print it Baby 

Of course I’m not talking about printing it yourself with your printer at home, unless of course you have some kind of awesome printing press in your house. What I’m talking about is uploading your image to one of many different online printing houses that will print it for you. The service I used was called Mpix, who printed the images and had them to my door in only a couple days. Now there are many options on what medium you want it printed on, from regular photo paper, to metallic paper (awesome), to even canvas; there are a lot of options available, depending on how much you want to spend.

Step Four: ????? 

While you wait for your picture to be shipped to you I recommend you play video games, or watch Gintama, or drive down to your local home improvement store and buy some hooks specifically made to hang pictures. They are easy to install, and you don’t have to nail unto the studs in order to hang your picture, which is very convenient.

Step Five: Profit! 

Put the picture in the frame, hang it on the wall, and wait for members of the opposite sex to flock into your new super classy bedroom. Below are a bunch of images I wanted to make into posters, but haven’t had the opportunity yet. Here is a .rar of them all, with all of them in high-definition, ready for printing. Let us start the frame revolution here, for we will no longer hang posters in our bedrooms naked! Promise me brothers and sisters, for this is our new rule for the rest of eternity!
 
 
 






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