Six great platforms to buy illustration and graphic design prints and spice up your walls for virtual meetings.

You are a talking head on the video call. You speak in the monthly meeting, a little awkward as people watch you when all you can see is yourself gabbing away on the screen.

You’re out of your pajamas, you’ve shaved, you’ve washed; the kids are safely stowed away and your partner isn’t hanging around in the background. And yet, something is wrong, hideously wrong. Nobody will tell you this, but you’ve committed the most heinous sin: You’ve left the wall behind your head completely blank like a right tool. Or, even worse, you’ve left up some naff photos of yourself that look nothing like you.

The solution? Well, you could download a virtual background for your Zoom or Hangouts app, but that joke will wear thin quick. Besides, nothing can be as fancy as a great piece of art on your wall. Also, why not support a starving artist during lockdown instead of downloading a background image for free?

If you agree and are looking for the finest places to buy illustration and graphic design prints and posters to spice up your wall for a video call, then you’ve landed on the right page friend. Now follows our top six choices to buy wall art online, including ones that frame your purchase and which are all still shipping during this time of distinct crisis.

We’ve also chosen our favourite artworks on sale currently from the stores.

K&M began life in 1982 as artist/silkscreen printers working with a small second-hand screen press in a basement flat in central Brighton.

Today (still in East Sussex) they operate from 30,000 square feet of workshops and offices with brilliant printers, framers, designers, customer service, accounts and admin teams. King & McGaw still make everything by hand and focus on creating beautiful products for many of the world’s greatest museums, galleries and artists and through this retail web site. 

Our pick: the below Green Cat print by none other than Andy Warhol, £10 with no frame, or in Black stained ash frame with window mount, 46 x 39 cm for £70. Other colour frames available.

Print Club London is a screen printing studio and contemporary online gallery dedicated to nurturing creative talent and the craft of screen printing.

Central to the values of Print Club London is to produce high quality, handmade, limited edition screen prints at an affordable price ranging from £30 – £1000, making Print Club London’s online gallery an accessible and inviting platform. Representing a diverse selection of contemporary artists, PCL cherry-picks some of the UKs best talent ranging from street art to graphic design and illustration.

Pick 1: Fresh Cut by Stephanie Unger, below, 500 x 500mm print for £70, add frame for prices starting from £79.00 in flat form, with pricier boxed and float frame options available.

Pick 2: Mr. Blobby by Eunjoo Lee, below, 500 x 700mm print for £50, add frame for prices starting from £88.00 in flat form, with pricier boxed and float frame options available.

Society6 is home to hundreds of thousands of artists from around the globe, uploading and selling their original works as 30+ premium consumer goods. It offers prints framed and unframed, posters, mini pieces, canvas ones, metal ones and even wooden wall art, all customisable in a variety of sizes.

Our pick: Coffee by Haley Tippmann, below, only on sale framed for discounted prices starting from $65.99/around £50. Variety of sizes and frame colours on offer.

We Built This City’s curated collection of London-inspired prints, gifts and souvenirs supports over 250 London-based creatives at any one time – helping them to drive sales, find new audiences for their work and ultimately, build long-term sustainable careers in the city.

Pick 1: London Hands by Biff, below, 42cm x 59.4cm (A2) for £35.00, add £45 for framing in white or black.

Pick 2: YES by Supermundane, below, 29.7cm x 42cm (A3) for £25.00, add £35 for framing in white or black.

Redbubble was born in 2006 in Melbourne, Australia. The dream was [email protected] Give independent artists a meaningful new way to sell their creations. Today, they connect over 700,000 artists and designers across the planet with millions of passionate fans – all for very affordable prices.

Our pick: Waiting For The Cities To Fade Out by Frank Moth, starting from £14.54 unframed, and starting from £58.64 framed in box style (flat also available.) Variety of sizes on offer.

Etsy is the global marketplace for unique and creative goods, home to a universe of special, extraordinary items, from unique handcrafted pieces to vintage treasures. Framing options, sizes and prices rely simply on the artist themselves; there’s no cookie-cutter service here, which we like as it allows creators the ultimate freedom with their merch.

Our pick: Have you ever danced with the Devil in the Pale Moonlight – Batman 1989 by Peter Strain, below, 18 x 24 inch screen print with glow in the dark ink for £29.00 unframed.

If you’re looking for pricier, more limited prints then we suggest the following artist stores and boutique online shops:

Related: Risograph Printing for Beginners

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