Nice publicity for Stocksy, but it's so closed (so few people are accepted) that I'm not sure how what it does applies to any of the open platforms or marketplaces.

There's clearly some very bad things happening to Uber drivers even as customers love the service; and to neighborhoods when Airbnb is effectively operating hotels in residential neighborhoods. I'm hoping that changes will happen there, but I can't make the connection with the Stocksy model as the way to bring it about

Unfortunately, we need to be protected from each other as well. I don't think there are many other ways to do it than not inviting everyone to the party.

I earned approximately - none of your business and what a stupid nosy invading question. Okay now that is out of the way and I have vented, I earned between $0 and $1,000,000. Now I will get all the doubters this forum thrives on and they will ask me to see my portfolio to prove it.

You've revealed too much. Now, we know you're not one of the ones over $1 million.

Underneath the back. 

Taxes are kind of a loaded question. I probably only write a check to Uncle Sam for about 20%, but that doesn't include health insurance or other perks that higher taxes might get you in another country. I live in a state with no state income tax, but that might mean I pay more in property tax or sales tax than another state. I'd say if you are planning on moving to look at all the factors.

It's so easy to steal other artist's vector illustration and to profit from someone's hard work! 

Profit? What's that?

Since we launched the new subscription site two years ago, it has become very popular and today brings in by far the vast majority of YAY�s revenue.

Well, we wouldn't want to mess up YAY's revenue. 

I've been using Lightroom 4 with El Capitan. I haven't seen any problems. The new operating system fixed some of the issues I was having in Photoshop and Illustrator. I'd recommend the upgrade.

If it makes you feel better, I didn't get accepted there. So, I guess some files is better than none. 

I quit advertising!

Here's how you do it:

1. Miss your umpteenth flight to L.A. to shoot yet another bad commercial because you're still jet lagged from the red eye you took back from L.A. two days before, but you had to fly back because you had 100 things to do at the office and nobody would cover for you.

2. Call your partner from the airport to tell him you missed your flight, you'll miss the day's casting, you've had it and you're not doing this any more.

3. Each time someone from work calls to convince you to come back, laugh and say no thanks. Repeat five times.

That's all there is to it!

(Is there a way to make a living that doesn't suck?)

Congrats. That makes stock art sound easy.

They've done a good job of preventing me from using the forum at all. I can't seem to get it to work in Firefox.

It looks like it is multiple artists too. I see Chromaco's eagle head in one of the designs as well and others look like multiple styles combined.

Feel free to send me my sweetheart deal, Scott. Otherwise, I'll probably be sitting on the sideline until I see the needle move a little bit at FT/Adobe.

Do they sell vectors?