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My work with Fotolia continues to show promise with another 3 sales in July and all of these my most popular image to date. Just click the link to be taken to that image.
Pyr 02 by Pete Linforth- Fotolia.com
You could also visit my complete collection of images on Fotolia.
Finally got to grips with the Lulu interface and managed to grab the code for my new art book preview Images from my mind.
It had to happen at some point in time, I finally got it together and published my very own book of some of my favourite art creations.
The hardback book is an ideal Coffee Table item and has a variey of art creations themed on specific subjects.
Photographic manipulations where I take a standard photograph and manipulate it into an art piece.
Mathematical creations where I use mathematical formulas and techniques to create my art.
Digital reality where the boundary between reality and nature becomes blurred.
Reflection where the inner world of the mirrored sphere is explored.
Zazzle continues to deliver for me, this time I’ve sold some greetings cards with my slippers design.
Take a look at my whole range here
My WEBSHOTS account has finally hit the 1,000,000 views, well 1,000,550 views actually. It’s been a long time coming and those last few views seemed to take for ever to get there. but I’m there at last.
My WEBSHOTS art hits the 1,000,000 views
I’ve created a special album with a single image in it dedicated to all the people who have viewed my work. You can visit that album by clicking here.
by pete1111
So I guess it’s onto the next million – now how long is that going to take?
Thought this might be useful for your posts, write ups ,web sites etc.
If you like this and want the full sized version get it here
I’ve had a WEBSHOTS account for a few years now, way back then then computers were running just 1MB RAM (yes they used to be like that) I was creating my first digital art. A friend from work told me that this company had set themselves up called WEBSHOTS and you could load up your images for free to share with the world and also have access to images uploaded by other users.
I signed up, was a little miffed that my user Id couldn’t just be Pete as that had already gone so I ended up with Pete1111 and that’s remained to this day. Over the years I dropped out of being creative and submitting art to the site for users to download for desktop wallpaper. I just didn’t have the time or energy. But for some reason I came back not so long ago and started creating once more. To my surprise whilst I was away (I still maintained my account just didn’t use it) my total number of views had increased heaps as had the total number of users and images available on the whole WEBSHOTS site.
I’m now at the stage of nearing the 1,000,000 views mark, which for me is a major achievement. I’m hoping in a few weeks that target will be reached and in preparation for the event I’ve already created my special album called Digital Illusion 1,000,000 with a single image dedicated to all my friends and fans who have helped me reach the 1,000,000 mark.
So it’s about time I share with you some of my creations on this blog to encourage you to visit WEBSHOTS and my albums to get me to the 1,000,000 mark that little bit quicker.
I’ll update you when I reach my goal!
Things continue to move my way on Zazzle with the sale of a set of post cards of my Bubble Wrap Psychedelia creation.
I like bubble wrap but lets face it the plain old monotone bubble wrap is not so pleasing to the eye. so I set about creating my very own ‘brighter’ version and this is what I ended up with. People seem to like it and they do make cool post cards.
Zazzle also provide other options for this creation and will do huge poster prints on request. Imagine a multi coloured psychedelic print on your wall. OK so it’s a bit of a marmite moment – you’re either going to love it or hate it.
So enjoy or not !
Social network by Pete Linforth
Click here if you want this image without the SAPMLE wartermark
I must say I’m impressed with Fotolia as an organisation that I can work with. Firstly lets give you an insight into what Fotolia actually is all about. This next bit is taken directly from their site in the About Us section.
Fotolia is the first worldwide social marketplace for royalty free stock images, allowing individuals and professionals to legally buy and share stock images and illustrations.
Fotolia offers the largest image bank of free and affordable royalty free photos and illustrations perfect for any medium, web or print.
Photographers and designers constantly update Fotolia with thousands of new photos and illustrations each day, while photographers and designers receive commission from each photo sold and revenue from advertising on the free section.
Similar to the music or film industry, we believe that every artist’s (photographers and designers) image is a work of the soul and protected by intellectual property rights.
Fotolia is convinced that the principle reason for illegal pirated use of protected images is mainly due to the high price barrier created by other agencies.
Fotolia provides a compromise between photographers and buyers, by protecting a photographer’s intellectual property rights and offering high commissions, while legally lowering the price barrier so that everyone may enjoy/afford these beautiful images.
Fotolia challenges the traditional closed agency model by offering the opportunity to monetize their talents to everyone, hobbyist or professional, whatever their fame, status, or size of portfolio may be.
Thanks to our collaborative online model, Fotolia is able to offer individuals and professionals (advertising agencies, press, small business, graphic artists, designers) the greatest image collection in the world for free or as little as £ 1 .
So now you have an idea what they’re about It’s worth telling you why I’m so impressed.
I love creating art/graphics digitally. I’ve been into that sort of thing for a long time now and I’ve created thousands of images for desktop wallpaper over the years under my WEBSHOTS Id pete1111- Check them out if you want some crazy whacked out stuff for your computer desktop. They are all free so you’ve nothing to lose.
But then it occurred to me that I could perhaps use my creative juices to make a little extra income. Searching Google for a while delivered this company called Fotolia and I soon realised after reviewing their site they were the ones for me.
- I only have to worry about the creative element. They provide the business side.
- They manage all the accounts.
- They encourage contributor communications.
- They provide affiliation tools.
- They handle advertising.
- They cover a huge subject and concept range allowing me as a niche creative to get involved.
Results so far have been good, my work is up for display and I’m getting a fair amount of interest in terms of people viewing my creations and a few sales already has kept me boyant in using Fotolia as a means to generate some additional income. I’m looking at maybe a two to three year journey here in order to create sufficient images for my portfolio and for the buying community out there to get to know my creations. I’m in it for the long term but hey I love creating these things anyway so it’s no chore.
I’ve been working on some construction pieces recently and thought I’d share just a small sample with you.
I like these forms as they’re a throw back to my old engineering days. They are constructions, things that could be made and engineered. they feel somehow real and yet they are only real in my own imagination. They do exist of course but only in binary form, it is only when the correct algorithmic code is applied do you get to see what the construction is all about.
Click on the preview images to go to the hosting site where you can download full size images suitable for a desktop background or slide show.