Thanks for sharing that FreezingPictures. In my mind 15 to 30 percent is a fair portion for an artist to yield to a rep.

One of my reasons for wanting to pursue selling off my own site is to offer very specialized, elaborate illustrations that take exceptional amounts of time to make. These would be like a collection of fine wines and are not meant for the mass markets but rather the connoisseur. The focus is to build one's reputation as an extraordinary resource for exquisite specialties that are priced accordingly. That is why a simple, intimate and focused interface of presorted images makes so much sense.

Hi Norebbo,

Thanks for the insights. I like the quality of the images on your site, 1st class!

Interesting discovery of how people check out your site but make the purchase through a large corporate site. I think you are right about falling prices. I think eventually stock art will be selling for the price of a song. So these be the days of the big money ($25)!

Thomas

First of all vector art is not expensive. But I guess compared to digital photos you might say that. You could also say a rocket ship is more expensive than an airplane. The present pricing more than a buck because it takes time to make the files.

Probably one of the longest times for me to make a vector illustration for a client was 70 hours for which they paid $3500. Granted that was a custom technical vector illustration created from blueprints but to make great stock vector art is nevertheless a very time intensive process.

Try it. It is a very humbling experience. The skill takes years to master. I've been making vector art since 1988 and I'm still honing my craft.