Selling Graphics http://sellinggraphics.com Information about selling and buying graphic files (photos, vector illustrations, flash, footage) on microstock sites. Articles, tips, tricks for photographers, illustrators, graphic artists and designers. Tue, 07 Mar 2023 12:38:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.10 My handmade creative project – Dubanci / Acorn elves http://sellinggraphics.com/handmade-creative-project-dubanci/ http://sellinggraphics.com/handmade-creative-project-dubanci/#comments Thu, 22 Feb 2018 14:10:29 +0000 http://sellinggraphics.com/?p=177 Few years ago I started creating animals and figures from chestnuts and acorns. Over time, I have improved the figures and their photography – you can see more images on their English Acorn Elves site or on the Czech Dubanci site. Also there are two e-shops, where you can buy Acorn elves products (calendars, t-shirts, […]

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]]> http://sellinggraphics.com/handmade-creative-project-dubanci/feed/ 3 Dollar Photo Club alternatives http://sellinggraphics.com/dollar-photo-club-alternatives/ http://sellinggraphics.com/dollar-photo-club-alternatives/#respond Fri, 08 Apr 2016 08:35:02 +0000 http://sellinggraphics.com/?p=157 Because Dollar Photo Club will terminate its service on April 15th, 2016, now is the right time to take a look at some alternatives – find some stock agency with similar price / selling model. The best solution – right now – that I found, is 99 Club from Stock Photo Secrets, but there are also […]

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]]> http://sellinggraphics.com/dollar-photo-club-alternatives/feed/ 0 How to convert text to vector glyphs http://sellinggraphics.com/script-convert-text-to-vector-glyphs/ http://sellinggraphics.com/script-convert-text-to-vector-glyphs/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2015 21:44:08 +0000 http://sellinggraphics.com/?p=123 I bought a great Path Type – Single Stroke Glyph Set from Sam Jones (Sivioco), but I was too lazy to put together the text from the glyph letters. So instead of spending few minutes on playing with letters, I spent few hours with programming a script, that will do it for me. Maybe there are […]

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]]> http://sellinggraphics.com/script-convert-text-to-vector-glyphs/feed/ 3 Lorem Ipsum plugin for Adobe Illustrator http://sellinggraphics.com/lorem-ipsum-plugin-adobe-illustrator/ http://sellinggraphics.com/lorem-ipsum-plugin-adobe-illustrator/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2015 07:56:55 +0000 http://sellinggraphics.com/?p=114 As a illustrator and designer I need to fill my designs with some texts. The easiest method is using dummy Lorem Ipsum. But it is too complicated to open some web browser go to http://lipsum.com or some other site, copy the content and paste it into Illustrator text field. Because I’m too lazy, and didn’t found […]

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]]> http://sellinggraphics.com/lorem-ipsum-plugin-adobe-illustrator/feed/ 9 T-shirts for graphic designers and bikers http://sellinggraphics.com/t-shirts-bikers-graphic-designers/ http://sellinggraphics.com/t-shirts-bikers-graphic-designers/#comments Tue, 10 Dec 2013 13:14:36 +0000 http://newsite.sellinggraphics.com/t-shirts-bikers-graphic-designers/ After more than one year here is a new article – this one will be about my new project. My microstock portfolios are going well, so I decided to make some pause and do something just for fun. I always wanted to design some T-shirts and because I love biking and graphic design, I created several t-shirts for bikers, […]

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]]> http://sellinggraphics.com/t-shirts-bikers-graphic-designers/feed/ 1 How to pass iStockphoto Logo Design Application Quiz http://sellinggraphics.com/how-to-pass-istockphoto-logo-design-application-quiz/ http://sellinggraphics.com/how-to-pass-istockphoto-logo-design-application-quiz/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 02:11:14 +0000 http://newsite.sellinggraphics.com/how-to-pass-istockphoto-logo-design-application-quiz/ Did you know, that you can sell logo designs on microstock? Well one of the sites, where you can sell your logo designs and suggestions is iStockphoto. In this article you will find the right answers for iStock’s Logo Design Application Quiz (check also the quiz for vector illustrators and for photographers). The quiz is really […]

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]]> http://sellinggraphics.com/how-to-pass-istockphoto-logo-design-application-quiz/feed/ 3 Free Forrst invite http://sellinggraphics.com/free-forrst-invite/ http://sellinggraphics.com/free-forrst-invite/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 05:48:05 +0000 http://newsite.sellinggraphics.com/free-forrst-invite/ I have one free Forrst invitation for you (I know Forrst is not as good as Dribbble, but it is good start for you – if you have Forrst account you have better chance to get Dribbble invitation). Do you want it? It is quite simple, just follow these simple steps: Write here a comment with a […]

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]]> http://sellinggraphics.com/free-forrst-invite/feed/ 5 Are you a graphic artist looking for work? Try drawing / taking photos for microstocks – seasonal work, a second income or full-time work http://sellinggraphics.com/graphic-artist-looking-for-work/ http://sellinggraphics.com/graphic-artist-looking-for-work/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 05:43:17 +0000 http://newsite.sellinggraphics.com/graphic-artist-looking-for-work/ I run into classified ads in which graphic artists are looking for work all the time on the internet. I would like to recommend to them one source of income thanks to which they will be independent, free, can work from the warmth of home and if it goes well for them they will also be well […]

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]]> http://sellinggraphics.com/graphic-artist-looking-for-work/feed/ 3 Free Dribbble invite http://sellinggraphics.com/free-dribbble-invitation/ http://sellinggraphics.com/free-dribbble-invitation/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 03:28:15 +0000 http://newsite.sellinggraphics.com/free-dribbble-invitation/ I have one free dribbble invitation for you (if you don’t know, what Dribble is, than I think you don’t need it, but you can check the dribbble site). Do you want it? It is quite simple, just follow these simple steps: Write here a comment with a link to your portfolio and a brief statement about […]

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]]> http://sellinggraphics.com/free-dribbble-invitation/feed/ 27 Microstock file formats for uploading vector illustrations http://sellinggraphics.com/vector-illustrations-microstock-upload/ http://sellinggraphics.com/vector-illustrations-microstock-upload/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:42:13 +0000 http://newsite.sellinggraphics.com/vector-illustrations-microstock-upload/ Every Microstock agency use a bit different upload system – specially for vector images. On some sites you need JPG preview with EPS file with same filename, on others you need to have it packed in a ZIP file, somewhere you need big JPG preview and some sites needs just EPS. Here is a simple […]

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