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IllustrationFriday Topic: Caution

This week’s IllustrationFriday topic was caution. This week I went with the ultimate danger symbol, the skull and crossbones. It says beware of anything from poison to pirates. That’s pretty serious symbolism in my book.

I did this one in Illustrator. I have a variety of Illustrator tutorials on this site. Check them out in the tutorial category. I’ve been pretty lazy about writing tutorials lately, so post some comments to give me a kick in the pants to write some more. I was waiting to buy CS4, so I could have some newer screen shots for my tutorials. Luckily, Adobe is discounting CS4 upgrades $100 this month. So if you were on the fence like me, go out and buy the newest Adobe Suite.

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

IllustrationFriday Topic: Modify

This week’s IllustrationFriday topic was modify. Working in Illustrator for most of my illustrations, it is really easy to modify files. I made this little series from one smiley face into several different objects.

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

Passive Income and Microstock Earnings for July

It was another record month for me. Dreamstime really took a hit this month, but the other agencies made up for it. Here’s the breakdown:

Company
Portfolio Size
Percent of Income
Earnings
Shutterstock
2939
36%
$551.86
iStockphoto
1281
35%
$534.25
Dreamstime
1351
12%
$183.25
Fotolia
847
5%
$72.63
StockXpert
1015
4%
$58.60
Affiliates
-
4%
$57.75
Big Stock Photo
290
1%
$20.50
ClipArtOf
47
1%
$20.00
123RF
389
1%
$12.88
Crestock
104
0.5%
$6.75
Zazzle
240
0.5%
$2.40
VectorStock
10
0%
$1.75
Can Stock Photo
10
0%
$0.30
Total: $1522.92

I finally caved in and started offering extended licenses on a few sites this month. I actually sold one too on Shutterstock which was a nice reinforcement of the decision. Check back next month for my August numbers. Hopefully, things will continue to go up.

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