This week’s IllustrationFriday topic was adapt. I drew this guy a couple days ago, so I guess I’m adapting him to the theme. I could go with an explanation of it being difficult to adapt to basic training and a drill sergeant. Or… My final thought was to print him and cut him out , glue him to a popsicle stick and proceed to yell at people around my house with him. People will have to adapt to that. Either that or they will have me committed.

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This week’s IllustrationFriday topic was cracked. I resisted the temptation to draw a plumber crack and went with a crazy mad scientist instead. I did this one in Adobe Illustrator.

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My opinion seems to change quite a bit about Fotolia. I must not be the only one because both customers and contributors seem to have a lot to say about Fotolia too. Some of it isn’t very kind either. With all that said, I thought it would be nice to organize my reviews and articles about Fotolia all in one place.

First Impression
My first impression of Fotolia was fairly positive, but I wasn’t earning a whole lot there.

Second Review
I started earning a lot more at Fotolia, so I decided to give it a second review.

Pricing Change
Fotolia simultaneously raised prices while lowering royalties. The change ended up working for me, but a lot of members weren’t pleased about the reduced royalty.

Vector Pricing Change
In a complete head scratching move, Fotolia slashed prices for vector files. This caused me to just stop uploading there.

What’s New?
Not too much for me. Fotolia is holding strong as my number 4 micro site, but I haven’t uploaded any of my new files since their vector pricing change. They haven’t re-priced my old files (which is good), so I haven’t had to consider deleting anything.

Right now, I’m not a big fan of Fotolia, but who knows… my opinion will probably change, again.

This post was written on IllustrationInfo.com. Content copyright 2009 Cory Thoman.

I’ve been working on a new series of cartoon people. I set up a lightbox for it at istockphoto, but here is a little sampling.

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This week’s IllustrationFriday topic was contagious. I went with the saying, "laughter is contagious". I did this one in Adobe Illustrator.

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This week’s IllustrationFriday topic was hierarchy. I figured a king was at the top of any hierarchy, so that is what I drew. I did this one in Adobe Illustrator.

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I don’t know what happened this month, but I hope it continues. This was my best month in earnings ever. It just seemed like all the agencies hit all at once. It really made me see the possibilty of microstock again. Here’s the breakdown:

Check back next month for my May numbers.

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