When I'm going to draw images for Dt I always try to make something I like, and at the same time something that buyers will like. Useful illustrations, trying to enjoy myself and sell well.
Sometimes I reach the goal, and sometimes really not.
I care about ecology, I like nature, wild animals and good lifestyles.
So I have created images with our planet earth, thinking about how to illustrate an article about environment or global warming.
I have drawn these images just for Dt, and they have now zero downloads.
They are today some of my worst sellers.
I don't know why, maybe they are too simple, or Dt has a lot of planet earth images better than mines. Don't know, I think these are not the worst illustrations in my portfolio but this is the game. :)
Yesterday I had rewrite the keywords, maybe that is the problem.
And if not, well, if they didn't sell I simply will draw something else.
A good lesson after all. ;)
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Koratcn
Thanks Onime, surely I keep my spirit because I have a lot of fun in creating images for Dt!
Onime
keep your spirit & make a new creation.. you are one of my favourite artist afterall ;)
Viewpoints
Thank You for sharing your knowledgeable thoughts & your artistic talent.
I appreciate very much, Vickie
Leda_d
Yes, unfortunately we can't know which images really sell or not, we can only continue to draw because we love create ours images. :)
Juliasha
Unfortunatly a few people are thinking about this problem. I hope people who save our earth will be more and your works will be more populate.
I like your illustrations! They are really kindly and cute!
Gennaro86
Very good ilustration! Compliments!
Almaterra
I like your illustrations!
Koratcn
Thank you guys :)
I'm not upset, I'm just trying to improve my work :)
I like making image for Dt, so even if some of theme didn't sell, I will draw and draw more and more again :)
Carla
Egomezta
Your work is good... Have patience, I went to see some more of your images and you're doing great.
Physi28
Much as I don´t know any about drawings I find your´s great. It also happens to me that some wildlife photographies which show dramatic moments of animal behavior are not sold at all while others which are frankly boring and which I thought would not even pass the eyes of the DT editors are sold several times..
Thanatonautii
Your illustrations look great! Maybe you should change the keywords or something....I don`t know what they son`t sell! Sorry! :)
Tan510jomast
Buorgioni Carla, your illustrations are lovely.
Personally, I feel that it is more important to be yourself. Create with your inner vision ... as Sting the famous musician once said in his early days with Police, "i create for me first, ... and the fans and money follow. it does not work the other way around".
Bjorn Born, Monica Seles,etc.. great tennis champions... all said the same thing , "work at the sport... the competition and money take care of themselves".
You can make money with your work everywhere. Not just on microstock.
It is a business, true, but also, the best business people enjoy their business. If not, one day you will not want to get out of bed to earn your living with your work if you only base your success on whether it will sell or not sell just on microstock.
The masters of painting never wake up and say, "ok, I have to paint xxx or xxx because I want to sell this painting".
If that is so, it would be safer and surer to toss burgers, or squeegee cars at the traffic light. you make a lot more money in one hour than one year on microstock , lol.
Create for yourself, let the sales follow you. .. and not vice versa.
This way, ALL YOUR WORK ARE ALREADY WINNERS.
In a business with 16 million images to compete with, you don't need 16 million reasons to quit.
Mani33
Your illustrations are so nice! Unfortunately you never know what buyers of this subject might like!
I have the same issue with my favorite about Bio Food! No sales!
Well as you said I will jump to another subject! :)