Red Bubble ...

[Paul]

They look fantastic Craig.
Of course it helps that the images are brilliant to start with.

[Onyx]

Wow, look at the collection of cards you got there Craig!

RedBubble seems to be a great creative community with an emphasis on the artistic side of things, in contrast to Progalleries - which offers a similar service of selling prints that appeals more to wedding and events photographers.

[Big Red]

i've just ordered a T shirt so i'll let you know what they are like when it arrives.

[Jonesy]

Coming from the team at Horsham I would expect there to be no quality issues. They are very good. I'm using them more and more and have a "PRO" friend who has been with them for 17 years. They really know what they are doing.

Craig they look great

[Grev]

I remember I have registered a while ago: http://www.redbubble.com/people/grev but I forgot about it and right now since my capable computer is in repairs I can't edit or upload anything on there yet...

[macka]

Craig, these look awesome, especially the big one. Good price?

Does this mean we can all expect xmas cards from you?

[Alpha_7]

Macka just PM me your address and I'll add you to the list , the Canvas was a good price $110 (as I was getting stock price without mark up), with my mark up it's a bit above the price of some of the shops ($165) I've seen, but the quality is far better then anything I've seen in HN, CH and other chains.

My dilemma is I'm selling more cards then prints, so I have my mark up aimed more at the cards not the big prints. That said I wouldn't feel ripped off buying this quality work for $165 as it's top notch.

[foonji]

mine is http://www.redbubble.com/people/perceptiblefallout

[Alpha_7]

mine is http://www.redbubble.com/people/perceptiblefallout

Hahaha, I'd already watchlisted your work and didn't realise it was you.

[Bluebell]

They look fantastic Craig. You must be very happy with them. Just one question though, why can't I find the "teddy bear" on your redbubble page? Is it there maybe I just didn't see it

[Manta]

Gee they came up well Craig.

[marcotrov]

Amazing quality both in the photography skills applied and the product. Well done Craig and Red Bubble.
cheers
marco

[Big Red]

took a pic of a spider and put it on a T Shirt last night... looks real enough on the shirt pic but i wonder how life like it would turn out on the shirt?

[Alpha_7]

Shane - I haven't ordered any T-Shirts yet, so I'm not sure the quality, on the RB forums I have seen a few shots of people wearing there shirts, but I find seeing it in the flesh is the only true way to test the quality.

[Killakoala]

The shirt quality is very good but make sure you order one size too big to allow for shrinkage (of the shirt )

[BT*ist]

A reminder: the Redbubble Real Photography Competitoin closes for entries today (Friday 24th).

I've placed an entry into every category (well... one more photo to upload then that statement will be correct). I'm finding that there's considerable overlap in a couple of Categories, so I'm trying to figure out whether my B&W self-portait would go better in 'fashion, portrait and commercial' or 'black and white, street and reportage'. Decisions, decisions.

... anyway, good luck to all who enter!

[Alpha_7]

Thanks for reminding everyone I got my last entry in last night, I had some umming and arhing with the fashion, portrait, commerical entry too. I'm also not sold I've entered the right Europecomp entry either.. but you've got to be in it to win it.

[NJ]

here is the link to mine, although i think i have probably added everyone already...

http://www.redbubble.com/people/enjay

[MCWB]

Finally got around to putting some of my stuff on there. Seems like a nice idea, good to see so many DSLRUsers on there.

http://www.redbubble.com/people/mcwb

[blacknstormy]

I couldn't resist - and I've joined Nothing there yet though ... not sure if any of my stuff is good enough to be honest, but what the hey - got to try huh

[Big Red]

it certainly makes you rethink those images you thought were great on the web

welcome aboard

[greencardigan]

Hi All,

You can find me at RB now too.

Haven't had a chance to add any pics yet though.

[Willy wombat]

Quite the little DSLRUSer community developing. Im trying to add all the new users to my watch list too.

[Mal]

Count me in
http://www.redbubble.com/people/heapsofphotos
Looks like fun.

[W00DY]

http://www.redbubble.com/

Craig even made the front page under the Buyers Booth section

W00DY

[greencardigan]

I have a question regarding the photo dimensions required.

Small wall art print: about 1600×2400 pixels (4 megapixels)
Medium wall art print: about 2160×3240 pixels (7 megapixels)
Large wall art print: about 2560×3840 pixels (10 megapixels)

Note that if your image size or format is not right, this might restrict you from selling some products. We automatically determine which products your file can be used to create, so that we only ship products that both you and we can be proud of.

Can I use 6MP pics from my D70 for medium and large prints?

What if I upsize them in photoshop?

[Kris]

Hi Guys

It's a good site

http://www.redbubble.com/people/kriskeen

Last week I sold $180 in prints, a mounted and framed print, profit for me was $62.50. Previous to that a few cards, but nothing else major. I was lucky enough to win the runner up prize for the US comp a while ago (same competition in which Craig won the camera) and got a $100 voucher. Today I've ordered my bike rider shot on Canvas, medium so ill post a photo once it arrives.

I'm pretty happy so far! Naturally I wish more sales but oh well

Cheers
Kris

[Alpha_7]

Brad you can resize them some shots will resize better then others, I have some that I make only available as Small, to keep the quality level high, but there are a few images I've that I've printed that have been resized and have come out great.

[greencardigan]

Thanks craig

[BT*ist]

Decided to splash out and buy some cards (some from others, some of mine to check out the quality) - very impressive, but I've now gone back and started to remove all white borders from my works because I'm not sure they're properly aligned when printed (not angled.... just cropped). Has anybody had this experience?

[Alpha_7]

BT*ist - There is some bleeding on the cards, it means that some of the edges don't line up exactly (only with the cards) the rest of the products show up exactly as shown. There is further discussion on the forums re this is your interested in more info.

[BT*ist]

Thanks for that - will check it out! Anyway, I thought the quality was excellent - very impressive. It also made me think about the kind of images I want to post on the site that make best use of cards...

[greencardigan]

I bought some of my own artwork on cards and I'm quite happy with them.



Are people getting many sales?? I havent sold any yet. Maybe my pics aren't good enough.

[Alpha_7]

I've done a fair bit of self promotion Brad, but I've been making fairly regular sales, with the occasional decent one. Roughly I'd say I've made between $150 and $200 dollars, and I've got fairly low markup on my art.
Your cards looks great, I've got plenty of Xmas ideas planned out.

[Willy wombat]

I dont think anyone is likely to make their fortune on Redbubble.

I have a cheque for $7.40 at home (I still havent cashed it) - sales have been very slow for me. There has been an absolute boom in membership and artworks uploaded on the site , so my stuff (little fish) seems to have been swallowed up in the big pond.

I think the promotional aspect that Craig talks about is very important, but I am lazy. Plus the fact that Craig's stuff is awesome also helps.

Im just happy to use the site as an online portfolio to show off what I can do, and also make the stuff available for sale. If I make any $$ on the side from sales then that is also cool.

[greencardigan]

I've got fairly low markup on my art.

What markup do you usually use? I left mine at the default 20%.

[Alpha_7]

30-50% so not that low, but I based mine mark upon card sales as I sell them more often the the larger items. I basically rate my images into three teirs and my best shots get 50%, the ones that aren't quiet in the best mob are 40% and the ones that are experimental, or less likely to see I have at 30%.

[olrac]

Now on red bubble but no images uploaded yet.

http://www.redbubble.com/people/olrac

[Onyx]

I signed up before I went overseas. I came back and now forgot my login and/or password details. LOL, my account's stagnant.

[greencardigan]

Just got my 1st sale.

It was a card using my shot from the Egg Challenge a while ago (see my post up the thread a bit).

$0.50 for me. Only another 39 card sales till I can get a paypal payment.

[Willy wombat]

Might take a while at 50c a pop!

[greencardigan]

Is there some way of keeping track of your account balance?

[dawesy]

Is there some way of keeping track of your account balance?

Not that I have seen. Think they owe me about $1.50 from the 3 cards I sold. Not going to make me rich any time soon!

[DStrom]

I don't think there is, but you should have been sent an email detailing how much you made when the sale was made.

It's prob best to add that up. or alternatively you can check the activity monitor.