I do old school spot illustration with black outlines.  I mostly don't use gradients, so I can make vector files that translate to the widest possible number of editing programs.

Once in a while, I'll break out into something more artistic.

My favorite subjects don't overlap well with what sells.   Erotica and mythological creatures.

Microstock is micro stock. You get a a bit of chump change with multipurpose collections. You own the rights to the image/graphic and someone has the right to publish it for a limited time and or per use on stuff.
If you do get some jobs in designing video games, you obviously must get more royalties because its more specific. Its more on the RM side after all. Well for some. That is if you sell the whole rights to an image or character design then you only get one fixed price. 
Or if your lucky enough you get to be an in house artist/designer and get an actual wage. Still, there are some places you can still do better then that.   If you find it and or know someone. Or.....have built up a pretty good reputation, you can go far.

Yup every one does that. Its called multipurpose usage. And then some too. Just have to try a bunch of things and find what is most suited for your assets. 

Nice! Thanks for sharing. 😊

Any illustrators here on society6?

Yes, the uploading and formatting is extra. I haven't done much with my shop since I started, but here it is:

https://society6.com/pursuitofnatural

I was featured last year and the uptick really showed how dismal traffic and discoverability normally is over there. I'd like to follow more illustrators over there too, if you feel like sharing your link. I had this brainwave for collaborations on there, where each artist creates a piece for a collection and each sells a particular product for that set exclusively. So a bag, a hoodie, and a phone case all designed to go together but sold separately through each artist's shop. It would depend on having similar styles, I think, but would be good for building community, discoverability, and cross promotion.

Yes, the uploading and formatting is extra. I haven't done much with my shop since I started, but here it is:

https://society6.com/pursuitofnatural

I was featured last year and the uptick really showed how dismal traffic and discoverability normally is over there. I'd like to follow more illustrators over there too, if you feel like sharing your link. I had this brainwave for collaborations on there, where each artist creates a piece for a collection and each sells a particular product for that set exclusively. So a bag, a hoodie, and a phone case all designed to go together but sold separately through each artist's shop. It would depend on having similar styles, I think, but would be good for building community, discoverability, and cross promotion.

I see. This is just another custom apparel site. Similar to Zazzle. For now, just trying out the mentioned. So far I only had one sale, but the amount of "stuff" I have there is minuscule compared to other people who have more stuff and been there longer.
Just one of the many things I'm trying out to supplement my side venture and to supplement my main ventures.   

Anyways. I wonder if there's a good place anyone could recommend that would have custom night shirts available to be custom designed? So far I haven't seen those offered at any place where you can design custom products.

Zazzle has nightshirts.  I think they call them dorm shirts, or shirt dresses.

Howdy, medveh!

The changes in June 2020 at SS made me think that I should shift my focus from microstock towards other areas like POD sites. I love creating seamless patterns so now I am focusing on that too.

I figured the same, especially as POD sites and Etsy note the uptick in people buying for their homes because they are stuck at home most of the time. It only makes sense to invest a little more time into my portfolio there.

I like to plan out illustration sets or mini collections around a theme, and I definitely want to have some seamless patterns. They look great on pretty much every product offering and have been fun to make since I learned how to. My goal this year is to create a xmas holiday collection around one of my better selling pieces on society6 and see how it does.

Howdy, medveh!

Quote from: medveh on February 09, 2021, 17:47

The changes in June 2020 at SS made me think that I should shift my focus from microstock towards other areas like POD sites. I love creating seamless patterns so now I am focusing on that too.

I figured the same, especially as POD sites and Etsy note the uptick in people buying for their homes because they are stuck at home most of the time. It only makes sense to invest a little more time into my portfolio there.

I like to plan out illustration sets or mini collections around a theme, and I definitely want to have some seamless patterns. They look great on pretty much every product offering and have been fun to make since I learned how to. My goal this year is to create a xmas holiday collection around one of my better selling pieces on society6 and see how it does.

Only thing is that if you're a regular person, the products being sold are rather expensive. I mean if I really wanna T shirt with a design on it, for me, I would rather spend a few bucks compared to about 20-30 or more bucks in Canadian.
For a Canadian, those products are a bit pricey.  This is concerning for me especially if buyers might see this as expensive. Oh well.  Still I have to try just like anyone else.