Stock Illustrator Journey

With the democratization of publishing and design that the Adobe product line has enabled, many find themselves creating content without having a formal design background. In this session, you'll learn the top ten practical tips for achieving consistently beautiful typography. We'll cover topics such as choosing and combining typefaces, the anatomy of type, understanding leading and how it relates to type size and column width, the proper use of white space and break characters, using special glyphs like em and en dashes, quotation marks versus inch marks, how to create visual hierarchy, and much more.

SEPTEMBER RANKING

2011-10-11T12:44:00.002-05:00

These were my bestselling microstock agencies in september :

ALL OTHERS : BIGSTOCKPHOTO - CRESTOCK - YAY MICRO - VEER MARKETPLACE - PIXMAC - FEATURE PICS - SCANDINAVIAN STOCK PHOTO

Shutterstock Catalog Manager

2011-10-07T04:35:00.002-05:00

Shutterstock is always one step ahead and have just released a new feature to microstock contributors. Now you can make sets with your photos, illustrations and vectors to easily share it with friends and clients and also check your sale stats for each set.

Check it out!

Catalog Manager from Shutterstock Contributors on Vimeo.

NEW UPLOADS

2011-08-27T09:41:00.002-05:00

abstract, background, blue, brainstorm,bulb, business, communicate,communication, community, computer,concept, connect, connection,cooperation, creative, creativity, crowd,crowdsourcing, global, group, idea,illustration, imagination, information,inspiration, intelligence, internet,invention, lamp, light, lightbulb, link, net,network, networking, organization,partnership, people, relationship, social,society, solution, sourcing, team,teamwork, technology, vector, web, white

bright, bulb, concept, creativity, design,discovery, eco, ecological, ecology,electric, electrical, electricity, energy,equipment, filament, glass, glowing,green, heat, icon, idea, illumination,illustration, image, imagination,innovation, inspiration, intelligence,invention, isolated, lamp, light, lightbulb,metal, object, power, realistic, shape,single, solution, spiral, symbol,technology, thinking, transparent, vector,white, wire,

announcement, background, badge,banner, blank, blue, bounce, box, circle,color, concept, copy, copyspace, empty,frame, green, idea, illustration, label,message, metal, metallic, note, notice,object, pad, paper, red, set, shiny, sign,silver, space, spiral, spring, steel, sticker,tab, tag, template, text, twist, vector, wire,

abstract, antique, background, bulb,clock, concept, countdown, creativity,deadline, design, electricity, energy,glass, history, hour, hour-glass,hourglass, idea, illustration, imagination,innovation, inspiration, invention,isolated, lamp, light, lightbulb, minute,object, old, old-fashioned, past,reflection, retro, sand, sand-glass,second, solution, speed, thinking, time,timer, vector, vintage, watch, white, wood,wooden, yellow

aged, ancient, antique, art, background,blank, brown, business, businessman,cartoon, consultant, decorative, design,dirty, document, empty, face, frame,historic, history, human, icon, illustration,isolated, letter, male, man, manuscript,map, object, old, page, paper,parchment, people, person, retro, roll,scroll, sheet, shiny, symbol, text, torn,user, vector, vintage, white, worker,yellow

announcement, award, background,badge, banner, blank, blue, box, color,copy, copyspace, empty, frame, glossy,gold, illustration, label, message, metal,metallic, note, notice, object, paper, prize,red, set, shine, shiny, sign, silver, space,spiral, spring, star, steel, sticker, tab, tag,template, text, twist, vector, wire, yellow

NEW UPLOADS

2011-08-27T09:35:00.004-05:00

back, background, basket, child, city,classroom, college, converse,copyspace, dangling, design, dirty, dust,education, foot, footwear, funky, graphic,grunge, hang, illustration, kid, laces, line,old, outdoors, retro, school, shoe,shoelaces, sneaker, sport, street, study,tenis, tennis, texture, throw, university,up, urban, vector, wallpaper, wire, young

action, american, arrow, background,ball, blackboard, chalk, chalkboard,circle, coach, competition, defense,diagram, drawing, education, football,frame, game, graphic, illustration,instruct, learn, lesson, line, note, offense,offensive, pass, pattern, plan, play,receiver, running, smudge, sport,strategy, success, symbols, tackle, tactic,teach, team, teamwork, touchdown,vector, white, whiteboard, winning,writing

assistance, background, band, blue,bracelet, cancer, cause, charity, circular,color, colorful, conceptual, conservation,cutout, elastic, elasticity, fashion,fashionable, fundraiser, fundraising,group, help, hope, illustration,information, isolated, label, nobody,object, plastic, relief, round, rubber,security, silicon, silicone, social,solidarity, strength, support, symbol, text,unity, vector, white, word, wrist,wristband,

announce, art, background, black,blackboard, blank, board, border,business, chalk, chalkboard, copy, daily,decor, decorate, design, draw, empty,food, frame, graphic, handwriting,illustration, log, lunch, material, menu,message, nobody, notice, old, poster,price, restaurant, shop, sign, space,special, store, text, texture, title, today,vector, wall, white, whiteboard, wood,wooden,

arbitrate, attorney, auction, authority,background, bid, block, brass, court,courtroom, crime, criminal, decisions,defendant, divorce, equality, gavel, guilt,hammer, illustration, innocence, isolated,judge, judgement, judgment, judicial,juridical, justice, law, lawyer, legal,legally, legislation, litigation, magistrate,mallet, object, punishment, ruling,sentence, statute, symbol, system, trial,tribunal, vector, verdict, white, wood,wooden

EARN MONEY BY UPLOADING TO DEPOSITPHOTOS

2011-08-15T13:04:00.002-05:00

Another great opportunity to get some money just by uploading your potfolio.

Depositphotos is back with their Photographer Promotion Program which rewards new members with $0.10 for each uploaded photo or illustration. They're also offering great positioning on the search engine and a VIP status. Think you shouldn't miss this opportunity. Click here to sign up!

When they did that last year, I got over $150,00 just by uploading my portfolio and since then I've been quite happy with their sales. Of course they're not yet among the BIG ones, but last month they've earned me more than fotolia itself! I really hope they'll keep growing and making our sales boost!