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The prints come in tubes. If you don't pay for express shipping, it takes two to three weeks to arrive, which is a bit slow but within the norms. However, this actually poses a problem when you ordered big prints. I ordered the highest size of fine art print for this deviation (not shown here, it's HUGE). First, they sent me the wrong picture (funny story actually: they sent me a picture in black and white of a spiral stair, but it wasn't my picture! I sent them a message and they sent the right one for free, immediately. Good service!), and finally I received mine, carefully wrapped in bubble wrap (I guess there isn't a tube big enough for this kind of print...). I didn't order a frame because this picture doesn't actually have any black in it, and a black frame would only accentuate the fact that it's a bit faded. So I wanted to have a frame custom made, in France...

However, this didn't happen: when I went to see a professional to frame my picture, he refused to take it: the print had been folded for too long and could not be held flat (we were about to stretch it and glue it to a hard surface, but even then you have to make sure you can make the picture flat at some point...). So be careful: either buy the picture framed so it is actually flat, or ask for a speedier shipping, as if it waits too long in its package, your print will effectively unusable... I learnt it the hard way...

All in all I'm a bit underwhelmed by the quality of the prints offered on deviantART. I've always been on the impression that they were some of the best you could get, and that buying a print on deviantART, thanks to their careful screening process, was an assurance of good quality. While I wouldn't say the prints I received were of bad quality per se, they are not as impressive as I hope they would be.