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« on: February 09, 2012, 17:45 »
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« on: December 29, 2011, 17:44 »
Here she is with arms in that pose http://x.co/cA5x
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« on: December 29, 2011, 16:06 »
It's Venus de Milo
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« on: November 21, 2011, 23:34 »
Non-exclusive rates up from 25% to 33%. This will be the fourth rate increase in our five year history! That's good news collis. Do you honestly think 33% is a fair rate? Where does the other 67% of profits go? Can non-exclusive contributors expect to get 50% of every sale in about 5 more years?
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« on: July 12, 2011, 13:07 »
"Already invited? We've temporarily exceeded our capacity. Please try again soon."
I guess Google wasn't expecting so many users this month. Paul Allen (Founder of Ancestry.com) predicts they will have 10 million users today. https://plus.google.com/117388252776312694644/posts/bGJPTALDkDe
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« on: July 05, 2011, 17:26 »
BIG improvement over the last design. The orange logo does make me eyes feel a bit weird if I look at it to long. Not sure if it needs to be brightened or darkened but the orange search button looks really good against the blue.
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« on: June 27, 2011, 15:00 »
Interesting, by the way, how Google, Bing and Shutterstock spell the word differently
- "Clip art"
- "Clipart"
- "Clip-Art"
So which is it ? 
Ive also seen the term 'Clip Arts' used. Bing & Yahoo process all the variations of that term without displaying "Did you mean: Clip Art" in the results. Google prefers 'Clip Art' and so do I Screen capture:  I'm with helix7 when it comes to marketing illustrated graphics. If I had to choose between the terms; Clip Art, Illustrations, and Vectors, ... Vectors would be the primary term I market. - - - - - - - - - - Another stock vector site available to illustrators is Draw Shop, http://www.DrawShop.com/. This site was developed by stock illustrator, Poul Carlsen. More information about why he started this site at the about page, http://www.DrawShop.com/aboutus.php Currently they are paying out 50% commision on stock illustration sales and 85% commision for any custom orders you do. Sign-up and details available at the registration page, http://www.DrawShop.com/registration.php
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« on: June 27, 2011, 01:22 »
I tend to look for images that have fewer downloads, because I don't want one of my customers to open up a magazine or find an ad online that has the exact same stock images as a competitor (it has happened to me and to other designers I know).
If you are working with clients and they are expecting images that wont be used in their same industry, Royalty-Free is not the proper license type. You should be licensing Rights-Managed images for such clients. For rights managed images I recommend working directly with the artist or the following sites. The other thing I notice is that I can get helix7's illustrations right off his own site for considerably less than you would be offering them on yours. Interesting.
You can get Helix7's images even cheaper at the following stock image sites. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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« on: June 26, 2011, 21:27 »
O n T o p i c - - - - - - - - - - - I recommend Image Zoo ( http://www.ImageZoo.com/). They are a stock illustration library specializing with both Rights Managed (RM) and Royalty Free (RF) license types. For more information about contributing contact Stephanie at [email protected]I do not recommend the following stock illustration sites because they do not credit the illustrators which should be a cybercrime - in my opinion I personally think 'clipart' does not have good connotations from a creative point of view, although that is just my personal opinion.
I agree with you 100%, if you were basing that opinion on Clipart during its inception. These days Clipart is at the same level as Illustration. Why else would Google & Bing use the term "Clipart" over "Illustration" as an option to filter image results? Could it be that the term 'Illustration' does not have good connotations from a creative point of view? iStockPhoto knows the term 'Clipart' and 'Illustration' are on the same level, that's why they went out of their way to associate every one of your illustrations with the term 'Clipart' in the keywords section. ShutterStock also knows that when it comes to Clipart and Illustrations, they are virtually identical. That's why they include Clipart & Illustrations side-by-side under the category list on every page (25,400,000+ pages). Screen capture:  I also think to base an image collection on whoever showed the organiser their work first in a particular category, rather than who can create the best work in a particular category, could result in a collection of images that possibly wasn't of the highest quality.
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« on: April 13, 2011, 23:24 »
Confused... where did this quote come from? None of the files shown here are hosted or transmitted by this server. The links are provided solely by this sites users. The administrator of this site (Freeimageworks.com) cannot be held responsible for what its users post, or any other actions of its users. You may not use this site to distribute or download any material when you do not have the legal rights to do so. It is your own responsibility to adhere to these terms.  Kenny
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« on: March 26, 2011, 23:42 »
I am new to the forums, but I have a "big idea"  and the financial means to see it through. I just want to make sure I post the information in the correct place in these forums.
Let me get back to my original question...where do I need to post this project on the forums? I don't want to ruffle any feathers by posting in the wrong spot!
Hi Todd, I think the category you posted in is most appropriate but you could probably get away with posting in the following category http://www.microstockgroup.com/new-sites-general/. I'm not sure which one of these sites your developing but I would definitely add your website to the main subject of your post. Example: Ideas Wanted - TurnerGraphics.com
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« on: February 11, 2010, 01:02 »
The sad thing about this is naive artists will contribute to StockXpose.com. One of the reasons I say this is because the websmaster of this site, microstockgroup.com, has made this very important topic only available to registered users! If you are not a member, you can not read this topic. It has been blocked from the search engines as well.  Kenny
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« on: February 11, 2010, 00:36 »
StockXpose has a very good chance of success, ... but Naveen better have a wish left in that magical lamp!
Kenny
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« on: February 11, 2010, 00:20 »
Hi Naveen, I would love to hear how you are doing and what your plans are for resurrecting stock.xchng. Whoops! Did i say that!? Sorry Naveen  I get so confused because your micro stock business name is similar to the well know stock.xchng (sxc.hu) site owned by Getty Images. What I meant to say was... how do you plan on resurrecting Stock Xpose, http://www.StockXpose.com  Best regards, Kenny
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« on: February 10, 2010, 01:48 »
Comment by nruboc:
Mighty fine research there!!! I hope Getty makes an example of this guy, although he may have removed the content quick enough for them to get any traction.
Guess what? I just so happened to make a complete copy of StockXpose.com before Naveen Kumar deleted everything from the site!  Latest Comment by stockxpose:
Guys for your information. We removed all the photos which you peoples listed in this forum thread.And also we banned that user for scam.
Thanks for your valuable suggestions & findings. You act as if you are the victim Naveen Kumar, .... as if the contributors pulled a fast one over you! Check out Naveen Kumar's stumbleupon profile pic: http://i49.tinypic.com/27ybtio.pngI highly doubt you purchased a license from Artur Gabrysiak (creo77) at http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-7692383-little-girl-drawing.php.Kenny www.ClipartOf.com
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« on: February 09, 2010, 20:11 »
9 images left on StockXpose, lol! The owner and operator of Stock Xpose is Naveen Kumar (naveenfriendly), a 24 year old guy from India. Also, StockXpose is run on servers in Canada. What's really interesting about this is that Naveen Kumar had his very own personal account on Stock Xpose... not no more. He deleted it! Why would he do that? Hmmmm, I just can't comprehend what he might have been thinking  http://i46.tinypic.com/35cpx12.pngWhat are the odds?! A brand new stock site... and almost all the contributors sell stolen hi-resolution image files by other artists who had no clue this was going on. Please note throughout this post I added screenshots along with direct links to the webpages I referenced. I did screenshots so you can see exactly what I saw at the time of putting this post together. Naveen Kumar's "cleaning up house" so the webpages might not be the same... but the screenshots will ;-) One of the biggest issues to note here is that StockXpose has already illegally sold image licenses. The following image that StockXpose sold stood out to me because it is supposed to be an ISTOCK EXCLUSIVE, yet StockXpose has sold it to one of their customers. StockXpose:http://stockxpose.com/photo/chicken-salad.html (screenshot: http://i49.tinypic.com/a5ggwo.png) iStockPhoto:http://istockphoto.com/stock-photo-1698083-buffet-food.phpgo get em Getty!What do you know?... StockXpose has a Flickr account and the 1 image they have in their portfolio was stolen from iStockPhoto's contributor, Artur Gabrysiak (creo77). StockXpose - Flickr Profile:http://flickr.com/people/26400152@N04/ (screenshot: http://i47.tinypic.com/2eye7at.png) StockXpose - Flickr Portfoliohttp://flickr.com/photos/26400152@N04/4300718715/ (screenshot: http://i47.tinypic.com/29y32n6.png) The stolen image in StockXpose's Flickr portfolio can be found here at iStockPhoto: http://istockphoto.com/stock-photo-7692383-little-girl-drawing.phpMr. Naveen Kumar (naveenfriendly) stumbled his own website, StockXpose.... take a look at his stolen profile picture as well. I seriously doubt he purhcased a license to use that image! http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/stockxpose.com/index.php%253Ftypes%253Dphotos (screenshot: http://i46.tinypic.com/2lax10w.png) Stumbleupon Profile http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/stockxpose/ (screenshot: http://i45.tinypic.com/2enrp55.png) I also found that StockXpose runs another site called FreeImagesDownload.org which is very similar but instead of licensing images, they just give them away for free. This site has many pop-ups which crashed my browser so I'd advise looking at the screenshots instead of visiting that site. They only have 50 images at this time. Page 1. http://i48.tinypic.com/23jhl6t.pngPage 2. http://i50.tinypic.com/2pzbrsg.pngPage 3. http://i50.tinypic.com/11s1elk.pngNaveen Kumar has a personal account at FreeImagesDownload.org with 1 free photo. http://i46.tinypic.com/2rptuzp.pngWhat an endless mess! Kenny www.ClipartOf.com
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