How to Sell Vector Images
You have some vector images you'd like to sell. Perhaps you are a graphic designer who'd like to make a little extra money outside your regular job, or you started illustrating as a hobby and have gotten pretty good at it. Regardless of the reasons for wanting to sell your artwork, there are several ways you can do it.
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Instructions
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Set up your own website. Find a web host that allows you to have a shopping cart, and create your own online store of images that people can buy.
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Sell your vector images on a commission basis through stock imagery websites.
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Find clients that might use your illustration services for commercial purposes, such as logo designs or greeting cards.
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Consider specializing in a certain area of illustration. Then you can sell vector images of your specialty. Two big areas needing artists are medical illustrators and technical manual illustrators.
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Create a cartoon series. Then you can sell your finished comic strips to newspapers, and also be able to sell vector images of your characters online.
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Tips & Warnings
When submitting to websites and clients, always make sure that your illustrations are completely on the artboard, and that any stray paths, points and marks have been cleaned up before submission.
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working
Dec 27, 2008
I am trying to get my illustrations on istock, with a recent rejection letter I was told to make sure that the illustrations are super clean in the zoom view. Literally back to the drawing board. I look forward to being an old hand at this. Thanks for the advice. -
working
Dec 27, 2008
I am trying to get my illustrations on istock, with a recent rejection letter I was told to make sure that the illustrations are super clean in the zoom view. Literally back to the drawing board. I look forward to being an old hand at this. Thanks for the advice.
