I joined the last week in January and I have found such wonderful people and such talent, it really is like traveling the world in 80 mins, I have learnt so much in the short time I have been here. I have sat back and got to know many fine artists and get really sad to see some disapointment with no sales, from so many talented artists and feel quite guilty that I have indeed been lucky to have a few, I feel that RB is such a new site that its a growing process for us all, a lot of the sales are in house, but I do beleive this will change in the future as RB gets more and more recognition, but remember RB has to grow and expand too, to be able to cope, and the quality of what they are doing is just outstanding, We have to remember this, this site is free and gets all us artists recognition, whether its showing people our pages on the outside and all the lovely comments we get, and thats priceless or to the people who love our work on the inside, as it grows so will we and hopefully our sales will grow too. We are all chasing a star, who knows if that next picture we upload is the one that brings us that star.
So chin up I say and pop another picture up, but for me I think the tees can wait a while hee hee LOL LOL Dawnxx
Dawnsky2, 2 months ago
thats well said dawn,,,, well done indeed,,,,:O) xxxx
dawndavies in reply to Dawnsky2’s comment, 2 months ago
thank you, I thought I may get told off hee hee dawn got to go to mothers now, lol I am redoing baskets and baskets of yes PLASTIC FLOWERS my dad wanted to cheer her up and was impatient for flowers to grow, he just plonked them in so i am trying to make them look as natual as i can hee hee he has dont 20, great way for me to get a tan, seriously though, i just had to say this, irb is growing and that means we have to too dawnxxx
linaji, 2 months ago
The two Dawns above me!! wel written and ain’t life Grand Here!! thank you Dawn for your insite and your wonderfully expressed feelings on RB.!
Lori Peters, 2 months ago
Amen, Dawn.
LavenderMoon, 2 months ago
Very well written… : )
Aritheeagle, 2 months ago
Art like water must flow….
and every flow finds its bank to rest on….
LOvely
~Ari
KatsEye, 2 months ago
Very well said. Thank you for sharing.
dawndavies in reply to linaji’s comment, 2 months ago
thanks so much, i have listened and chatted a lot since joining rb and over this short period of time I have seen people become so upset not to have sales, and i tried to comfort the best I could, but how could I when I am one of the lucky few who have sold 23 items, it felt like I was a hippocrite, but I truely believe this site will gow, thats what keeps me here, dawn
dawndavies in reply to Lori Peters’s comment, 2 months ago
thanks Lori
dawndavies in reply to LavenderMoon’s comment, 2 months ago
thanks a lot, just hope it does go that way I feel it will hee hee dawn
dawndavies in reply to Aritheeagle’s comment, 2 months ago
thanks ari,
dawndavies in reply to KatsEye’s comment, 2 months ago
thanks os much, all I hope now is that I may be right lol Dawn
kim Davitt, 2 months ago
beautifully said
Melissa Hintz, 2 months ago
I think for those of us with no sales, we have to remember that we are all artists here trying to sell our work. I love the work of others and please forgive me but I probably will buy few pieces of work that I could do myself. A tshirt or something artsy that is not in my realm of design maybe, but not until I establish myself. (in my town that is). So, I feel that if we are saddened a tiny bit, then that could be normal, but if we are truly offended then we need to rethink our line of work. :)
dawndavies in reply to kim Davitt’s comment, 2 months ago
thank you so much, i was worried about posting it, but dont want to see anymore disapointed people, lol hope i am right Dawn
dawndavies in reply to Melissa Hintz’s comment, 2 months ago
well the way i see it, is that you can go to your town and show these lovely comments you are already getting, thats what i am going to do, but i am so new as all this that i want to earn my spots so to speak dawn
Melissa Hintz, 2 months ago
I agree Dawn. I am getting more and more confident in my abilities. Don’t get me wrong, I would love to sell and sell and sell some more, but I believe it will come in time. :)
dawndavies in reply to Melissa Hintz’s comment, 2 months ago
thats the best way to think, i have been luckier than most on rb and sold 23 items, but in real cash that £14.70p sterling, dawn
But I will still put up work as I learn and I still have the originals here so its a double benifit, if they sell here they sell, but they are not going to make me a fortune lol yet dawn
Melissa Hintz, 2 months ago
You go girl!! I haven’t been on very long (2 months?) but I did buy one of my cards to see the quality and it was fabulous! I will probably buy some prints to show off and sell. I don’t believe I will make a fortune either, but I want to be more than a hobbyist. LOL
Selina Jackson, 2 months ago
Well said Dawn. I too am only new but I am loving every minute ofit. I have “met” new people and seen so much wonderful art and wiritngs. I have been lucky enough to sell a few cards and am so grateful for that opportunity. I have also learnt a lot here and have am excitedly looking forward to learning much more. Thanks to Red Bubble and all the wonderful people who make it what it is. Cheers!!
Selina Jackson, 2 months ago
And I can’t spell either!! LOL
wynity2, 2 months ago
You have taken the words right out of my mouth, but you have expressed them in a way that I couldn’t have achieved!!! Bravo, Lil sis!!! :-)
dawndavies in reply to wynity2’s comment, 2 months ago
thanksyou so much Beth, over this last few months a lot of people have dropped out and its so sad, i just hope i am right thats all, morning Dawnxx
dawndavies in reply to Selina Jackson’s comment, 2 months ago
hee hee thanks so much I been pondering if I should do this or not, Just hope i am right Dawn
dawndavies in reply to Melissa Hintz’s comment, 2 months ago
that just how you should look at it, then we dont get a shock if we sell loads hee hee dawnx
MuscularTeeth
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2 months ago
you are VERY right dawndavies. which is a major reason why i make the redbubble vids.
technology
and
black and white
send these vids to everyone and anyone you know in your email, facebook, myspace pages. why? they will join redbubble and are potentially customers.
:)
good write up.
dawndavies in reply to MuscularTeeth’s comment, 2 months ago
thank you so much, at the moment i am struggling with learning all this new stuff on a pc lol, i an old pc dummy lol be sure though i will learn and pass on redbubble to all, I have even contacted them to say when they post stuff out they includ a little redbubble card, if they made this a car sticker that would get them more regognition, but i wonder too could they cope with so much extra, i think they would be able to in the future but now, i just dont know, lol i am still trying to figure out how to show a card on my pages hee hee waiting for the kids to come and show me how dawn
MuscularTeeth
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2 months ago
aah yes, stickers ive suggested before, as well as those iron on decals you can put on bags and jackets etc.
then i suggested… SHOES ! yup. standard converse type shoes, with a canvas type cover, which the artist can design for. instant success methinks.
and badges. i like a good badge myself.
MuscularTeeth
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2 months ago
oh and then you could get one of the many redbubble type tshirts that are around. i know stephen mitchell has a few good ones..
and ive got a parody -type one. an insiders joke for those who want to be recognised as a redbubble member, but confuse those who know nothing ..
incredibubble
:)
dawndavies in reply to MuscularTeeth’s comment, 2 months ago
yes if they could do like Zazzle.com does then they would fly, zazzel has loads of items for artists work to go on, but to get around the site is crap, not like Rb thats far better and i love the incredibubble top lol dawn
Lindsay Knowles, 2 months ago
Great read Dawn. Thanks.
Stephen Mitchell, 2 months ago
RB only gets recognition from OUR promotion, our work only sells from OUR promotion. our sales only go up when we buy OUR own work … and onsell. Don’t sit back and ‘wait’ ... Be Proactive. Promote and sell, promote and sell.
End rant.
dawndavies in reply to Lindsay Knowles’s comment, 2 months ago
thank you so much, i have indeed told a few this and they have stayed on site, so i hope it has helped and i just hope i am right for us all dawn
dawndavies in reply to Stephen Mitchell’s comment, 2 months ago
yes that too just like I said, but you can go to buyers and show this site off and all those priceless comments which has a knock on effect, i have and now a shop has asked me to maybe do a few for them, i would not say rant, encouragement dawn
cheetaah, 2 months ago
oh so well written, I’m not offended, well because one day I will shoot that star…........ lololol thanks for thinking of us….
dawndavies in reply to cheetaah’s comment, 2 months ago
that really is the way to think, many thanks dawn