Do you sub out any of your basic art like jpg to Vector?

[prozyan]

I send out almost all of my redraw and vector work.  I can pay $15 and have one day turnaround time and be off to other tasks.  I could do it myself, but even the quick ones take me 15 minutes to half an hour (mainly because I never do it) and since my shop is only my wife and I now it actually benefits me to send it off.  That 15 or 30 minutes is better spent on the press for me.

[Sbrem]

Our in house staff artist and I have both been doing this since the seventies, so simple stuff gets knocked right out. Redrawing we also do in house. But sometimes, we're full, and I'll get some help, a guy named Dan... I usually sep the high end work that comes in from contract customers, being a Photoshop junkie and all

Steve

[Prince Art]

Ours is a small, low-volume shop where I wear most of the hats, including design. We've only recently grown to the point where I've started to outsource when I'm maxed out. For me, it's a shift of mentality - from "a penny saved is a penny earned" (=I'll do it even though I'm slow at it) TO time saved is money earned (=outsource to someone who can do it faster, so that I can do something more profitable). Right now, outsourcing only makes sense when my schedule is full; if I've got the time, I might as well do it & keep the money.

I'll add that I'm curious how people found/find their outside artists. Finding & working with an artist, + how to know what fair pricing is - that's something I haven't wandered across many articles/threads/how to's on. I just work with a graphic designer I know personally; he's good, but I wish he knew something about textile printing without me having to teach him!

[Maxie]

I'd love to find someone who can do seps in India, Far East.
If one one has a name they can share please pm me.
Right now we have two in house graphic artists working full time but sometimes they cannot keep up and the high end stuff they cannot do.
Hard to find high end separators who deliver on time.