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rformidable · Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:15 pm

that's why i don't live off this....
this is just leisure activities for me...

milinz · Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 3413 Location: Planet Earth

rformidable · Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:50 pm

i'm a freelancer, doing logos, illustration, portraits, layouts as well as i illustrate a comic book and coming up, i'll be illustrating a children's book.....

i spend about 18h/day sitting in front of the puter drawing...everyday...

so, you can imagine that i can get very tired and bored of drawing stuff sometimes, so i suppose if i don't have to, i don't...lol

by 2015, i'd like to have about 400 images in my port...lol
i should make more web buttons, shouldn't i

milinz · Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 3413 Location: Planet Earth

michaeldb · Joined: 09 Sep 2005 Posts: 1167 Location: Helena, MT

Sales can be predicted, IMO: People used to use the phrase 'ebb and flow' a lot, as if all changes in sales were random and there was no point in worrying about them. I think though lately more people have come to think of stocking as a business, and if you experience sudden changes in your revenues, you would be wise to see if you can identify the cause.

Also, as people's portfolios become larger the sales become more stable, and so more predictable. Statisticians and physicists have a simple equation which predicts the increasing stabiltiy of a complex system as it become larger. The same principle applies to polls, the larger the sample them accurate the results of the polls.

http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-52861p1.html

rformidable · Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:38 pm

milinz · Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 3413 Location: Planet Earth

rformidable · Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:55 pm

ok, yeah...i get it...

you gotta understand, my days are stressful too, and sometimes it seems i'm not making enough for the sh*it i have to deal with also...

clients who can't make up their minds, clients who take their time paying...or try to cheat and get stuff for free...

i have to cover my own expenses, such as health insurance, and whatever, coz i don't have coverage from a company..
i have to make sure that all my bills are paid in advance, just in case i have a bad month and don't get enough work...

if i get sick or break a hand, i can't work, which means i lose money for the amount of time i'm out of commission ...it doesn't get reimbursed to me coz somebody feels generous or a company is covering my sickness...

i'm lucky now, coz i have decent contracts that i'm working on, but it's not always that great...
sometimes macaroni and cheese is all that i have in my cupboards...and as much as i like macaroni and cheese, i don't want to eat it everyday...

yeah, it's a pain in the arse sometimes, but i still wouldn't want to give any of this up, it's too enjoyable for me, even if i'm drawing stock or doing actual work..

plus, the wife expects expensive things sometimes....i gotta keep her happy or i'd be sleeping on the couch alot more than i already do...lol

drflash · Joined: 23 Feb 2008 Posts: 63

some problem here. newest photos can not found

rinder99 · Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:42 pm

I know. it sucks. im not uploading anything till I get direct proof it's fixed.I like a lot of you take this seriously, And we do a lot of work to see it dissapear. or get buried. MAJOR PROBLEM HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cardmaverick · Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:51 pm

Keep in mind, now that the problem is "fixed", it should take up to 72 hours for the new images to appear. I've watched this numerous times myself in the past. The first place the shots appear is your gallery. Mine are showing up just fine in my gallery, like they always have, as they were approved today. I typically can't find them for the next 24 hours in actual searches, etc... So as far as I'm concerned, all is good. We'll see what happens in the next day or so....

nrassadko · Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 41

Even if the problem is fixed, who will compensate me bad sales due to this error?

george green · Joined: 02 Feb 2005 Posts: 1204 Location: Lancashire.

With 70,000 photos added weekly any new shots accepted will be on page 1 of newest for approximately 20 seconds!
Newest shot is becoming irrelevant when times like this are concidered. Much more important is accurate keywords and stunning photos.
I believe that is why many older shots are appearing.

rformidable · Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:14 am

xalanx · Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 5:55 am