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The year ahead ...
by RedBubbleWe spent most of January catching our breath and thinking about the year ahead. We’re not entirely done with out thinking – because the …
We spent most of January catching our breath and thinking about the year ahead. We’re not entirely done with out thinking – because the devil’s always in the details. But there are a few outcomes I’d like to share. We think we need to communicate ‘more betterer’. We’re often so busy ‘doing’ that we forget to tell you what’s going on and why we’re doing particular things. So we’ll try to be better and more regular communicators. The way we view RedBubble is that we’re in a partnership with the artists on the site. This influences every element of our thinking. And the partnership works like this – we take care of the boring back of house work to free people up to concentrate on their art / writing – and marketing themselves. We solve hard boring problems that individually are very difficult to solve (e.g. manufacturing and shipping goods around the world). But we can’t do everything. We’re a team of 16 – and we’re flat out. Over the next eighteen months we want to grow this to a team of 30 – but even then we won’t be able to do all the things we want. We want to involve you in RedBubble. For example, we’d love to be more involved in selling your work – but the reality is that out of the 16 people in the company now only one has a sales focused role. So we need your help to sell your work. And I think you’ll be far better sales people than we could ever be – but what we can do is to provide the tools / advice to make the selling process easier. This is one of the things we’ll be working on this year. Better tools and advice. Better products. Sales features. I am completely inspired by wikipedia. I’m inspired by the fact that it’s trusting and it works. And this is what I want RedBubble to be – a trusting site. Over the course of the year we want to hand over control of the site to the members of the site. Just like wikipeadia. So if you’re keen to get involved there’ll be lots of opportunities! And this trust needs to extend very deeply – this year we’re going to be very open with our thinking and internal numbers. Our view is that open communication is essential to a healthy partnership. For example, for those of you who wonder about the financial side of things – the current profit margin on the RB base price is 10%. Over the course of this year we’ll be looking to improve our logistics to increase this to 23%. With this money we need to pay all our expenses – staff salary, equipment et cetera. Here’s a quick snapshot of the RB team and our jobs (to give you a sense of what we’re all doing day-to-day) : Xavier – Website builder / Justin – Website builder and thinker / Hop – Answers e-mails and chases up orders / Bridget – Does the books / Ben – Website builder / Tom – Looks after logistics / Ed – Looks after t-shirts / Dave Cheney – Keeps the computers running / Fran – Looks after writing / John – Website builder / Jo – People stuff on the site / Dave Librach – Groups and other people related stuff on the site / Martin – Thinker / Peter – Bus driver and everything else / Grant – Website builder and seller of stuff / Paul – Makes things look beautiful Thoughts, comments, feedback all welcome. Most importantly, are we heading on the right track? Peter
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The road map for the next few months
by RedBubbleSo, we said January is thinking month, yet here we are mid-Februa…
So, we said January is thinking month, yet here we are mid-February and we’re still thinking quite a lot! It’s been incredibly valuable to us to take a step back, look at what we’re really trying to achieve here, and how we make all the pieces fit. The first thing I guess you need to know about RedBubble is that we have no shortage of ideas, and no shortage of suggestions from the community. It’s actually quite rare that we hear of a bad idea — most ideas are great, or as Xavier would say, winners. So when we’re faced with hundreds or thousands of great ideas, the challenge is deciding what’s going to solve the biggest problems for the most people, and making sure we stay true to The Big Plan. A huge part of The Big Plan is the buying and selling. Artists are happy when they sell their work, buyers are happy when they find something they want to buy. With this is in mind, we’re going going to be spending a lot of our time over the next few months looking at our products, as well as how they’re bought and how they’re sold. What does that mean? Hopefully that means… Revised wall art products We don’t think we’ve got the wall art stuff right yet, and this is going to change. Pete’s already previewed our plans for framed wall art with interchangeable matted prints, but this is just the tip of the iceberg — we have some top secret stuff wall art products we really hope we can get ready. Wall art needs to be big and we still haven’t been able to find a way to economically ship big wall art around the globe, so this is high on our list (still). Post cards Our greeting cards still need some attention, but we’re also really keen to do post cards and some other printed promotional stuff that helps the artist sell their work and promote themselves. Photo books Calendars were a roaring success (and they weren’t even publicly available for sale), so we’re pretty keen to get a photo book product out there for everyone to buy. More T-shirt options We’re keen to have more colors and styles available to the buyers, as well as more options for the artist (like front and back printing, shifting the print area around on the tee, etc). Better selling tools As Pete recently discussed in the year ahead, we feel we’re in a partnership with the artists, and we need their help to promote their work and sell it. So we want to give you tools to do that. Business cards and post cards will help, but so will some technical stuff like allowing you to have a more product-oriented profile page and some more widgets to embed in other websites. Personally, I’d really like to help other artists sell their stuff by promoting it, so that’s something we’re going to explore as well. Better buying tools Not everyone is a buyer, but for those who come to RedBubble (or to your profile) with cash in their hand looking to buy something, we want to make it really easy. Mooks and publications In addition to In The Moment (on sale in a few days) and our current competition Gaia, Fran is working hard to introduce more periodical publications in the form of Mooks (not a magazine, not quite a book, get it?) to get more of your fantastic writing and art published. Disclaimers and footnotes This is the big stuff that we really think will make a difference to RedBubble over the next few months, but it’s not a definitive list at all. There’s no guarantee we can get all of this done of course, and there’s obviously other things that we’ll need to take care of along the way, but everyone needs a plan and something to focus on. Hopefully you’re as excited about this stuff as we are! — Peter & Justin
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my a young daughter traveling around Europe 1,5 month with sailing-boat “Lietuva”
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T-shirt was inspired by the Harvest Moon photograph I took Saturday night. It needed a werewolf, so I drew one with my Wacom.
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Love…and concern… and excitement… and nerves…. and cravings…. www.cathleentarawhiti.co.nz To see more of my work, you are most welcome to visit my Facebook photograghy page Lingerie supplied by / Cathleens Magical Wardrobe Featured in Live, Love, Dream / Thank you. Featured in Featured Features – For Featured Art, Photography, T-Shirts, Writing / Thank you. Featured in Color Me a Rainbow / Thank you Taylor. Featured in Personal Meaning Photography / Thank you Callum. Finalist in the Contemplation challenge in the Peace, Love & Tranquility group / Thanks for voting. 2000+ views People/Portraiture HDR Photography Macro Photography Architecture Collaborations Skyscapes Animals/Birds/Insects Street Photography Everyday Objects Seascapes/Rivers/All Water Summer Photography Odd/Unusual Flowers/Plants/Trees Landscapes New Zealand Abstract Humour Black and White Photography Canon 40D
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www.cathleentarawhiti.co.nz Textured layers kindly supplied by Pareeerica Featured in Birth and Maternity / Thank you Jenny. 1000+ views People/Portraiture HDR Photography Macro Photography Architecture Collaborations Skyscapes Animals/Birds/Insects Street Photography Everyday Objects Seascapes/Rivers/All Water Summer Photography Odd/Unusual Flowers/Plants/Trees Landscapes New Zealand Abstract Humour Black and White Photography
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These make excellent birthday cards ! I am designing 12 images based around the months of the year and the old Celtic luna months. They will reflect the changing of the seasons and the ever turning wheel of the year, the magic and mystery attatched to each part of the cycle and any special festivals falling in those months. I hope you enjoy them as much as I am enjoying creating them :) Blessings Angie* “October – and the skies are cool and gray / O’er stubbles emptied of their latest sheaf, / Bare meadow, and the slowly falling leaf. / The dignity of woods in rich decay / Accords full well with this majestic grief / That clothes our solemn purple hills to-day, / Whose afternoon is hush’d, and wintry brief / Only a robin sings from any spray. And night sends up her pale cold moon, and spills / White mist around the hollows of the hills, / Phantoms of firth or lake; the peasant sees / His cot and stockyard, with the homestead trees, / Islanded; but no foolish terror thrills / His perfect harvesting; he sleeps at ease. “ William Allingham
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last but one image for my Celtic Luna Months Calendar….just July to go :)
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the final image for my Celtic Luna Calendar It will be added to the other 11 images and available to buy through Redbubble as soon as I have uploaded this. I will also sell them via Lulu, which (because I have greater control) will have the dates of the New and Full Moons in each month and also the dates of any festivals falling in that month…such as equinoxes and solstices etc. You can buy the calendar via Lulu from Monday Oct 6th October through visiting my website at : www.celtic-photography.co.uk
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the inspiration for this photo. Also Available – Mother Earth / (click on photo to reach page)
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Sorry but couldnt think of a title then the old Split Enz song made it’s way into my noggen, i know ther is no boat but i did see one near…honset!
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Medium: Gesso, sanguine pastel on Arches 300gsm rag paper, 76×56 cm (30×22”). / Worked directly from a life model in my studio gallery, this work combines both drawing and painting skills. I have a love/passion for embellishing, building up a surface with both actual and implied textural qualities. / / WORKS ON PAPER- ‘Two (2) Colours’ Challenge / In TOP TEN – In 2nd place (mid-July 09) / Click on the image link below to see the challenge page. / A Monthly FEATURE (June 09) / in Life Session Expressions / “Life Session Expressions” Challenge “No. Favouritings – in The Top Ten
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Bits and Pieces Model Nikon D50 DSLR / Editing in CS3 www.daviezimages.com
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Model Nikon D50 DSLR / Editing in CS3 www.daviezimages.com
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Model Nikon D50 DSLR / Editing in CS3 www.daviezimages.com
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Model: Charlie Nikon D50 DSLR / Editing in CS3 www.daviezimages.com
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http://albastock.deviantart.com – Background / http://falln-stock.deviantart.com- Model Hope you like it! This was nominated for the Prestigious Pay it Forward Award. / Suggested by “Phatpuppy” / http://redbubble.com/people/phatpuppy / She said: / “I’d like to nominate LunaStar’s piece “Strolling Through the Park”. it is most restful and gives me such a sense of quietness and peace whenever i look at it. I’d like to note that the artist is only 16 and shows a great sense of depth to her artistic ability through this piece. / I just love it. It takes me from today and puts me in a place of another time long, long ago.” Thank you very much! Featured in: / - Red Spot Award / - Hats and Hat Boxes / - Pay it Forward / - Dimensions
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A gorilla for every month of the year all proceeds to Gorilla Haven
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December .. the 12th month .. a beautiful mermaid offers a treat to the mystical winged sea horse
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My gratefully cherished treasures… October 2009. / Breast cancer awareness month. All proceeds will be donated to PINK RIBBON
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November .. this enchanting witch is a shop keeper, her shop has many magical items for sale featured in the group / Witches, Wizards and Warlocks
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I know it is a little early, but it is never far from our minds, what with the current reportings in the news. This is dedicated to my Uncle who died in the Falklands war. Here is a little history about that day… / On the night of June 2nd a ‘friendly fire’ incident took place between the SAS and the Special Boat Squadron (SBS). They were mistaken for Argentine forces. A brief firefight was initiated during which one of the SBS patrol, Sergeant Ian Hunt, was gunned down. This tragic incident was the catalyst for improved cooperation between the rival units. Always thinking of you.
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In anticipation of Remembrance Day … 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month … See here for more information. We will remember them …
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