Alternatives to iStockphoto
Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Here are a couple of commercial vector illustrations that I did last month using my businessman character. Simplified versions of these ones plus other commercial illustrations were intended to be on sale at iStockphoto but lately I’ve been changing my mind about working with them. On the first place I don’t think their commission and way to set up prices is really fair for the artists. Also, their policies to approve the vector work are really restrictive, and it makes the submission of the art as difficult as finding the holy grail.
I’ve been trying to get approved by iStockphoto myself for the last three months, because they require the final artwork in files that may be compatible with really old versions of the applications. I know of a lot of other artists who have the same problem as me.
I’m actually looking for other choices to sell commercial illustration on the Internet rather than iStockphoto. I hope to feature my work in other galleries soon. If you have any suggestion I would appreciate it. Meanwhile, there is an extensive part of my commercial illustration for web sites at our shop.


Brenda Johima says:
Monday, January 28th, 2008
Hi there, you are one of the most amazing illustrators I have seen online, and I agree, you deserve to be paid much higher rates for your work. You may contact me at brenda@johimadesigns.ca as I have a lead for you for a stock company who is looking for vector illustrations.
Brenda Johima