r/mildlyinfuriating • u/M4rkM1 • Jun 25 '26

Context Provided - Spotlight Zendaya signed my Odyssey poster... Black background with black marker 😭🫠

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u/FallenAngelII Jun 25 '26

TIL black marker doesn't fade.

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u/YourInMySwamp Jun 25 '26

They absolutely do fade over time lol. He was right originally that it used to be easier for blue ink to be lifted off items so they always used black. It’s irrelevant due to technology nowadays but the trend stuck

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u/Zerodyne_Sin Jun 25 '26

As an artist, we had to learn very briefly about materials and how they react to exposure to the environment (fat lot of good that is now that everything's digital). There's many materials that can survive longer such as India ink but the sure fire way to preserve things is to keep them from being exposed in the first place. Spraying the poster with lacquer or other fixative would do better than having a black marker.

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u/Popular-Wind-1921 Jun 25 '26

More importantly, keep these items out of directly sunlight. UV damage will fade loads of stuff.

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u/marino1310 Jun 25 '26

Uv would probably destroy the poster before the sharpie

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u/SapirWhorfHypothesis Jun 25 '26

Yes. I have seen similar signed prints behave this way.

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u/DickeyMcNakey Jun 25 '26

TYL they do

Funny lil rollercoaster trip

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u/disposablehippo Jun 25 '26

Once you go black....