Unless this is your first time on this site, you probably know that I create stock art and sell it on the internet. There are a variety of places out there that you can partner with to help you sell your work, but many of them take a large cut of the royalties. So, some artists (like me) have created their own sites and keep 100% of the royalties.

I wanted to compile a list of those sites, so I enlisted the help of the people over at Microstock Group to help. Here are the sites that they listed (in no particular order):

Site: MyStockVectors
URL: http://www.mystockvectors.com/
Artist: Cory Thoman (That’s me!)
Description: MyStockVectors is a premium collection of cartoon vector illustrations by artist Cory Thoman.

Site: Real Stock Photos
URL: http://www.realstockphotos.com
Artist: Tyler Olson
Description: Real images of real people. I like to shoot candid portraits of professionals and outdoor adventure lifestyle.

Site: Clip Art Candy
URL: http://www.clipartcandy.com
Artist: Amanda Bodack
Description: Clip Art Candy sells fun modern clip art and illustrations with an emphasis on people and vector characters.

Site: Jareso Stock Database
URL: http://www.jareso.com
Artist: Boris Jaroscak (jareso)
Description: Personal website of enthusiast photographer. Website features selected photos of landscapes, animals and architecture.

Site: Vectorella
URL: http://www.vectorella.com/
Artist: Cihan Demirok – Cidepix
Description: Stock Vector Illustrations and Design Elements.

Site: Denis Pepin Royalty-Free Stock Images
URL: http://www.denispepin.com
Artist: Denis Pepin
Description: Beautiful and useful images for your home or limited commercial purposes from $2.00 to $10.00. Extended commercial purposes, $28.00.

Site: Travelling Light
URL: http://images.travelling-light.net
Artist: Colin and Linda McKie
Description: Mainly travel/scenic and food images direct from the photographers at microstock prices.

Site: Elenaphoto
URL: http://www.elenaphoto.com
Artist: Elena Elisseeva (Elenathewise)
Description: Diverse portfolio of more than 12,000 stock images covering lifestyle, concepts, travel, food and nature photography.

Site: About PhotoStock
URL: http://images.aboutphotostock.com
Artist: Colin and Linda McKie
Description: Mainly travel/scenic and food stock photo images direct from the photographers. Rights Managed and Royalty Free.

Site: Cascoly Software
URL: http://cascoly.smugmug.com  and http://cascoly.com
Artist: Steve Estvanik
Description: World travel, maps and people from Europe, Egypt, Syria, India, China and the Americas. Patterns, backgrounds and textures.

Site: Rudersdalfoto
URL: http://www.rudersdalfoto.dk
Artist: jean schweitzer
Description: Stock pictures and local pictures from Denmark.

Site: SweetSham Stock Illustrations
URL: http://www.sweetsham.com
Artist: Melissa Patton
Description: Royalty-free stock food and drink illustrations in jpg and vector formats. A growing collection including cakes, sweets, and food characters.

Site: Pixels Away Stock Photography
URL: http://pixelsawaystock.com
Artist: Marek Uliasz
Description: Concepts in business, education, science, internet and self development. Vintage typography. Fitness and outdoor recreation. Healthy food. Colorado and southwest.

Site:  Lisafxphotostock.com
URL:  http://www.lisafxphotostock.com
Artist:  Lisa F. Young
Description: High quality collection of royalty free stock photos at reasonable prices. Areas of specialty include people/lifestyle, business, education, medical, and industrial.

Site: Photostockit
URL: http://www.photostockit.com/
Artist: yuliang & szefei
Description: We specializes on south east asian, chinese and malaysian content. Prices are at microstock level.

Well, those are the ones that people sent me. Hopefully, this will be a useful list for buying illustrations and photos directly from the people that created them. Feel free to add more suggestions to the comments. Please try to limit them to sites run by one or two artists.