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What animated short did I watch?

dcams — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:52:01 -0800

What animated short did I watch? A couple months back I watched an animated short composed entirely of stock and archive images. It had a comic-book feel to it, and I remember seeing it on a design website. Does anyone know what I'm talking about

Commissioning Illustrations for an ABC Book

alms — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:11:38 -0800

How much should I budget for a series of 26 illustrations for an online ABC Book? How about 26 short animations? Any tips on finding a good artist who won't break the bank? I'm contemplating a small commercial project that would have an ABC Book ("A is for Apple, B is for Boat, C is for Cat, etc") as a component. The target audience is young kids, and of course their parents. I'm assuming I'll need something bespoke, but I'd be happy to use stock artwork if I could find something appropriate.

For illustrations, we're talking relatively small single images, e.g. a 200x200 pixel cat. For animations, we're talking very short, e.g. 4-5 seconds of a cat prancing.

I know that ultimately the answer will be determined by the market and my negotiating skills, but I'd like to get a reality check before I start looking for artists and requesting proposals. Do I have any chance of getting something good for $5,000? $10,000? $2,000?

Also, any tips on finding an artist to work with? Some graphic design skills (typography, web layout etc) would be a plus.

Stock photography for beginners

soviet sleepover — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:58:48 -0800

I recently received an email asking if I'd be interested in adding some of my photos to a stock photography website/collection. What should I ask, or be thinking about, as I consider this? The email (from the creative manager of StockphotoPro, FWIW) mentions several of my photos on Flickr, i.e. the writer's clearly "done his homework" in looking through my photos, and has picked a couple good ones. But I'm an amateur photographer, I enjoy experimenting, and I'm pretty lax about taking pictures seriously, so many of my pictures are either snapshots or have the kind of subject matter &/or lighting that stock photo archives don't tend to be interested in. All this to say that if someone's shown interest in my photos, I'm probably one of hundreds of people he's sent the same sort of email to. Am I right in thinking this, or just lucky to have been stumbled upon?

I'm not averse to having my photos included in stock photography archives, but I'm not extremely interested in it, either. Of course, a little extra money/royalties would make me more interested, but will this amount to more than pennies? What should I ask him about? Or, more generally, what should someone who's considering selling [a small handful of] images to stock photography archives know or be aware of?