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• New Products: Matted Prints & Interchangeable Frame
  by RedBubble

  Hello, We’re looking to introduce a matted print to RedBubble in a couple of weeks time. The print area would be one size to start (m…

  Hello, We’re looking to introduce a matted print to RedBubble in a couple of weeks time. The print area would be one size to start (max 10 by 15 inches) with an overall matte dimension of 17 by 23 inches. We’re aiming for the base price to be $25-$30. The matted print would be backed with thick card stock and would have a hanging device on the back of them (like mounted prints) so they can be directly hung on the wall. We’re also looking to introduce a ‘interchangeable frame’ that could be used to house the matted print – the theory is that it would be easy to swap a matted print in and out. The base price for the interchangeable frame is yet to be finalized but it’s likely to be $60-$80. The matt board and backing board will be acid free. The frame will be made of solid timber sustainably harvested in Australia (no rainforest timber). Mountain Ash for those who know their Australian timbers. So a few quick questions: 1. Is the matted print a product that you’d be interested in? / 2. Is the interchangeable frame something you’d be interested in? / 3. Do you want the want glass/perspex in the interchangeable frame (or nothing in front of the print)? / 4. Would you be happy to sell your art as a matted print? / 5. Do you want other sizes for matted prints? / 6. What other questions do we need to answer? Here are few images of the prototypes: - Peter

• New Tagline - $200
  by community

  RedBubble is getting desperately close to where we replace the uninspiring tagline of “preview” or inaccurate one of “Art Gallery and Cre…

  RedBubble is getting desperately close to where we replace the uninspiring tagline of “preview” or inaccurate one of “Art Gallery and Creative Community” with something that captures who we are and what we are about. The idea is that it would (most likely) go up next to the RedBubble logo on the top of the page – and also be used in other places. So, best I have for now is the simple “Creative Community”. But as a creative community we may be able to do better. So a $200 RedBubble voucher is available for the person who comes up with a great tagline (not to mention worldwide glory). Peter, Paul and me (Pilgrim) will be the final arbiters of “greatness” but will be listening hard to what you have to say. Just post your suggestions as comments to this blog/journal entry. All suggestions please before 17 September. (And the legal bit is that if we decide to use the tagline and part with the $200 voucher you will need to hand over ownership of the copyright of the tagline to RedBubble.)

• We can make calendars (but ....) survey.
  by RedBubble

  A little while ago I promised I’d have some more news on our calendar dreaming soon – We’re not 100% there yet, still fiddling around wit…

  A little while ago I promised I’d have some more news on our calendar dreaming soon – We’re not 100% there yet, still fiddling around with the final printing stock, size, ordering hanger material etc BUT it’s really close … I’ve made some calendars that everyone I show them to like, including some real life users ! So there’s good news, bad news and we need your help. / / The Good: We are looking at a 13 page, A3 sized 300 GSM calendar, wire bound for about $18USD ($20AUD) – Plus a dash of postage. They feel heavy and look nice. The Bad: Christmas is coming and we have too much to do – But, if there is enough demand “we’ll” ( read Justin ) will try and find a way to squeeze them in somehow. The Help: So what I’d ask you guys to do is help us by answering a couple of questions (in the comments or via BubbleMail to me is fine) 1) How many calendars as described above would you buy of your own work to sell or give away ? / 2) How many calendars would you buy from other artists to keep or give as gifts if they were available ? / 3) How many ‘best of RedBubble category’ style calendars would you buy if they were available ? / 4) What’s of most interest – 1, 2 or 3. Ultimately I think we will do 1, 2 and 3 – But for this year we might have to compromise and I want to make sure we make the right choice to keep as many of you guys happy as we can ! James

• My top 5 for your top 5
  by Cathleen Tarawhiti

  Easy / You look through my work and pick your favourite top 5 and I will / look through your portfolio and tell you my favourite 5. / I’ll …

  Easy / You look through my work and pick your favourite top 5 and I will / look through your portfolio and tell you my favourite 5. / I’ll show you mine if you show me yours – without the nakedness. Unless you feel the need to show me in which I’ll post you here in all your glory for the viewers pleasure.

• RedBubble New Features & Release Notes
  by RedBubble

  Hello hello! We’ve just rolled out this weeks release, the highlights include: A real credit card system / You can now pay for stuff…

  Hello hello! We’ve just rolled out this weeks release, the highlights include: A real credit card system / You can now pay for stuff with a credit card without having to use PayPal—you can do it all without leaving RedBubble. Previously, this was only available as an option for orders in Australian dollars. PayPal is still an option, of course. Clear GIFs over the larger images / By popular demand! If you really want to discourage people from downloading the larger versions of your images, there’s an option in your profile to do so. Please understand it’s impossible to prevent downloading of images displayed on web pages (they can still do a screen capture, for example), but activitating this feature will make it more difficult. Interesting nerdy sidenote: GIF is pronounced “JIFF”. The pre-loading images experiment / After the main art & clothing gallery pages load, we’re pre-loading the images for the next page in the background, so that when you click “next” the page should load much faster for most people. It’s an experiment, but it seems to be working really well so far. The activity footer experiment / In another experiment, we’re putting the two most recent activity events down above the footer. The theory is that users might accidentally discover new stuff that they may not have found any other way, and we’ll see how that goes. Featured and recent work in the group home pages / We’re showing two rows of both now, instead of one or the other. Also / There’s the usual bug fixes, tweaks, etc. We know we’re a little behind on launching of new groups that have been proposed—please be patient! Enjoy! — Justin & Co

• New Competition/Magazine
  by Pilgrim

  We are in the very early stages of organising the launch of a Redbubble Magazine which will also be foundation for a competition. The mag…

  We are in the very early stages of organising the launch of a Redbubble Magazine which will also be foundation for a competition. The magazine will be a combination of poetry, short stories and images (digital art, illustration etc). We are thinking everybody who is published will get a copy of the magazine plus $100 RedBubble voucher. We are also thinking about two main prizes. / - For the writing side we are inclining towards a first edition (unsigned) Sylvia Plath book of poetry we have access to. (Could also get a signed early Auden if that is more appealing). / - We are not sure what the image people might like. The first edition of the magazine will be mainly for the digital artists and traditional artists (not photographers who have had their go). Question is what would you like? We could get a Wacom Tablet. Or would people prefer something like a collection of Warhol memorabilia or fine art book (eg signed David Hockey book)? So great book or technology gizmo? Let us know and we will try and deliver.

• [INFO] Welcome to Red Bubble :)
  by Craig Shillington

  I am adding this Journal entry for all my friends and contacts that I have invited to Red Bubble from other Photography Sites etc. So man…

  I am adding this Journal entry for all my friends and contacts that I have invited to Red Bubble from other Photography Sites etc. So many of you have already joined and it is really heartwarming to see you all here. I know it can be a little hard to understand how the Bubble works so hopefully I can make it a little easier for you by directing you all to this Journal Entry (JE) to give you some hints and tips on making the most out of Red Bubble :) :) Thank you so much for joining or at least having a look :) :) VBS HomePage and RedBubble Page. First off I would suggest adding these to your contacts. :) By adding these three into your contacts, you will receive information on the Red Bubble community into your Activity monitors. That way you will know right away about importance changes and announcements :) :) Selling you Works Okay, okay. I admit it …. that is what really attracted me to Red Bubble to begin with ;) It’s not so much the sales for me now and you will understand that the longer you stay involved with Red Bubble and the wonderful Community vibe here. But yes, we all want to sell our works and make money. :) :) Red Bubble has many options for selling our works and are introducing new options all the time. Ranging from Cards … all the way up to Fully Framed Prints. These are the dimensions for the files that you will want to have your works to be able to sell in each category: Cards: about 1300 by 900 pixels (1 megapixel) 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) For t-shirts, please upload PNGs that are 12” x 16” in size, with pixel dimensions of 2400×3200 pixels. You can access a template for t-shirt designs The Forum Red Bubble has a wonderful Forum where we can become so much more involved community wise :) It’s a great place to meet new people and also have deep and meaningful discussions and a wide range of varied topics or simply have fun :) The Forum also includes important updates you may miss and has many FAQ’s etc regarding Red Bubble itself. It might pay to have a look around in there too. To get to the forum, click on the People Tab at the top of the screen … then look down the bottom of the page that opens. Or you can click HERE Personalizing your Profile Some of us like to Personalize our Profile pages … or even just add quirky parts of ourselves to our pages and posts. Red Bubble does not use HTML, it uses a basic form of a code called Textile. It’s a fairly simple code to follow, so if you wanna know how to make a link, add a small picture and similarly personalize yourself here, I have written a few [HOW TO] ’s, hopefully explaining in simple terms how to do certain things using the code that Red Bubble uses. RSS If you are familiar with RSS, Red Bubble offers feeds on the Forum and also on every bodies Portfolio and Journal Pages. Keep an eye on the HomePage for any updates to this in the future. Simple Text Formatting As we are typing we can make our words Bold etc. by formatting the text we are using, here are some of the more basic ones you might want to use from time to time. I need to put spaces here so you can see the code, so when you use these, type them out without any spaces at all for them to work :) :) type * BOLD * – To make text BOLD / type _ ITALIC _ – To make text ITALIC / type ^ SMALL UP ^ – To make text SMALL UP / type ~ SMALL DOWN ~ – To make text SMALL DOWN / type + UNDERLINED + – To make text UNDERLINED / type – CANCELLED – - To make text CANCELLED type * * * with no spaces and a blank line before and after makes a horizontal line So I can make text bold italic small and small , underlined and oops, I didn’t really mean that ;) To make text clickable to a link, wrap the text in quote marks {“} add a colon {:} and then the link (with no spaces): ” text ” : http://www.linkhere.com If you can think of something handy for someone new that should be included here, please let me know and I will add it in :) :) Enjoy and have fun :) :) View all my INFO’s

• Dodging and Burning
  by Alison Johnston

  For some reason, people go a funny shade of green when one starts talking about Dodging and Burning …. nothing to fear at all. I’ve ju…

  For some reason, people go a funny shade of green when one starts talking about Dodging and Burning …. nothing to fear at all. I’ve just realised that I haven’t got any little images to insert in this tutorial …. I’ll make them later. Dodging and Burning is not difficult at all, when you realise that 20 low opacity strokes are better than one huge Dodge or Burn stroke. D&B is used to create precise shadow/highlight and can certainly add enormous amounts of lift/punch to an image. Most people would duplicate the layer to do some D&B on, and this is fine until you are working on a 10/15/20mb file and everytime you duplicate the layer the image size doubles. Unless you have a huge amount of RAM, your computer will slow down and sometimes even freeze. Is there a solution …. of course there is, its photoshop. So you’ve been working on an image, and naturally taken snapshots along the way. Now you decide that you would like to do some D&B. Click on the new layer icon on the bottom of the layers palette. Go to Edit>Fill>50%gray>click ok and that’s it LOL, nah, only kidding. Change the blend mode of this layer to soft light. Go grab the Burn tool (example), select whether you want to burn the highlights, midtones or shadows from the top menu and I would suggest quite strongly that you use a very low opacity – around 10% to start out with. I usually use a very soft brush for this and set the size according to what I’m going to be doing. The sheer beauty of using the 50% gray layer set to soft light is that you can simply turn the layer on and off to view your progress – don’t like what you’ve done … trash it and start again. Use exactly the same principle for the Dodge tool. Yet another way to D&B. Click on the new layer icon on the bottom of the layers palette, change the blend mode to soft light (without filling it with 50% gray), select your brush tool and make sure the foreground colour is set to black. Lower your brush opacity in the top menu bar to round about 10% again and start brushing where you want to Burn (darken) the area. Do exactly the same thing, only with white as the foreground colour to do some Dodging (lighten). Yet another interesting take on the above is that you can D&B with colours. Try it … grab your f/ground colour as red (example), check the opacity is down and Dodge or Burn away with that colour. Perhaps even pick a dark red (example) from the image itself to use as the Burn colour. Have fun, and don’t be afraid to roll up your sleeves and get stuck in. The sheer joy of photoshop is all the fun you can have with it.

• Welcome to the new community page
  by community

  This is the place to hook into all the creative stuff happening on RedBubble. Events, discussions, featured people, recent stuff, what’s …

  This is the place to hook into all the creative stuff happening on RedBubble. Events, discussions, featured people, recent stuff, what’s hot, etc … it’s all here! Community blog – our commentary on what’s going on, including collaborations, interesting case studies, and stuff to check out What’s Hot – get the inside word on what blogs, images and t-shirt designs are becoming popular right now What’s Happening – here’s the most recent activity on RedBubble, including signups, blog entries, comments, forum posts, sales, watchlists, favourites, and new art and designs Say hello – meet one of the many interesting folks on RedBubble Other – links to other stuff like our fortnightly newsletter Bubblewrap, competitions, forums, learning centre, etc We reckon it’s a big improvement – what do you think?

• RedBubble New Features & Release Notes
  by RedBubble

  Whew! That was a long downtime, sorry for taking so long… Hello Bubbleologists! I’m pleased to announce that we’ve just rolled out …

  Whew! That was a long downtime, sorry for taking so long… Hello Bubbleologists! I’m pleased to announce that we’ve just rolled out our weekly(-ish) release which contains many wonderful things, including… Featuring Work and People in Groups, Redesign, etc We’re mid-way through some redesign and re-structuring of groups. One of the things we were really keen to release was hosts featuring work from their group. It’s a mixture of art/writing/clothing (to keep things simple) and as hosts start featuring work in your groups, the group home pages will start showing the featured work. This led to a mini-redesign of the group navigation, page layouts, etc. We’re not done, but we think it’s a great start. Hosts: Start featuring work from your group, and we’ll probably post some more info in the hosts forum soon. Search Redesign The search screens have been redesigned to make them a bit easier to use, and a bit better for search engines to index your lovely content. VAT As announced a little way back, we’re now charging VAT on all orders being shipped to addresses in the UK. Those pesky bought/sold things We’ve removed the “bought work” and “sold work” things off everyone’s profile. They caused a whole lot of extra load on the servers, so the simplest thing to do was remove them. But if you guys really miss them, we’ll find a way to bring them back without crushing the servers—let us know what you think. More Red Dots We’ve started handing out a few more of those little red dots to people in the community, recognizing their contribution as volunteers. The first to be “dotted” are Colin Tobin and Imogene Munday, but we have a few more on the list to contact over the next few days, including kseriphn, Martin Pot, Anne van Alkemade, Kathleen, Damien Mason and Faizan Qureshi. Thank you! Etc That’s about it this week, with the usual bug fixes and miscellany. For those of you wondering if you just missed an entire day of your life, no, we’re just releasing on Wednesday instead of Thursday this week because of a public holiday in Melbourne soon. Also, check out Stiched 9.9 from the Ministry of T-Shirts too! — Justin on behalf of many other people

• New RedBubble
  by RedBubble

  Welcome to Thursday everyone, only a couple of minor changes to the site this week. The new look homepage is starting to take shape,...

  Welcome to Thursday everyone, only a couple of minor changes to the site this week. The new look homepage is starting to take shape, it’s not done yet, but we couldn’t wait. A whole bunch of minor mybubble account features, you can hide your suburb and country if you want to, you can sniff delete your own account (as if you want to) plus heaps of little things to help us ! Kinda a slow week, but that’s because we are working on our next super secret big project in the thought bubble. .... (Hint, first letter G)

• New RedBubble Series - Artist Profiles
  by RedBubble

  Hello all! I’m constantly inspired by the people I meet via RedBubble. There are so many interesting and inspirational people involve…

  Hello all! I’m constantly inspired by the people I meet via RedBubble. There are so many interesting and inspirational people involved in RedBubble … and I’d like to help get more of our stories out. As one way of doing this I’ve started (today) a series of ‘artist profiles’. The guidelines for these profiles are very broad. People involved in RedBubble write about other people involved in RedBubble. The profiles should be short (500 words) and interesting. The first profile is on the wonderfully talented Tom Godfrey So if there’s someone on RedBubble who inspires you – and you’d like to write a short piece on them please get in touch with Peter.

• Grunge Text/Type
  by Alison Johnston

  So lets make some grungy text. You may never need this, but it’s simple to do … so why not! The image below is the only image we ar…

  So lets make some grungy text. You may never need this, but it’s simple to do … so why not! The image below is the only image we are going to be using today, but you will need the larger file, so clicky on THIS link. Copyright is mine – yada, yada. Open Photoshop and create a new file 800px X 600px, background set to white. Open the larger image (which you will have saved to your computer) and with your move tool selected and the shift key held down, drag the tree image over to your new file. Holding down the shift key will centre the image for you. Working on the trees layer Go to Image>Adjustments>Threshold and I want you to take the slider to the left until it reaches 80 (see image below). We’re aiming to get a lot of white in the image. Next we’re going to add the type. Select a foreground colour, I used Red. Grab your type tool and select Horizontal type – then go ahead and type something, I used RedBubble. (Arial Black > Regular>100pt>Sharp – for those who may be interested) Move your text to where you would like it to be, you can place it similar to where I placed, but it will need to be over some of the black. Once you’ve played around with this a couple times you’ll get a general idea of where the text should go. Before we go any further, we have to rasterize the text. You can either right click on the text layer and choose rasterize type or go to Layer>Rasterize>Type. Now the fun begins :-) click on the trees layer, the one you did the threshold adjustment on and select your magic wand tool, check that the contiguous box on the top menu bar is unchecked and select some of the black. Because you have the contiguous box unchecked, the magic wand tool will select all of the black areas. Now, hide the trees layer by clicking the little eye icon and click on the type layer, then press the delete key. Go to Select>deselect or press ctrl D on the keyboard. And there you have it, some grungey type text. Use your move tool to position the text wherever you want and you can drag the trees layer to the little garbage bin icon … cos you don’t need it anymore. I’ve cropped my final image. Larger file is HERE Enjoy playing, and if I haven’t made anything clear just ask me.

• Redbubble break
  by Mel Brackstone

  Arrggghhh….I’m going to miss you all so much! Leaving tomorrow for a second honeymoon in NZ….not going to be much time for the bub, s…

  Arrggghhh….I’m going to miss you all so much! Leaving tomorrow for a second honeymoon in NZ….not going to be much time for the bub, so I’ll just have to say hooroo and will catch up with you all when I return. Gotta go pack – cameras, lenses, tripod, cable release, lee filters, batteries, battery chargers, power leads, extension cord, powerboard….these are all essential, of course. Clothing and toiletries are optional extras… Take care all you lovely people, I’ll log in if I can, but it’s not going to happen often, I suspect.

• my first day at redbubble
  by Jo O'Brien

  Well kiddies, they called my bluff and gave me a job....

  Well kiddies, they called my bluff and gave me a job. So today I trundled myself over to fitzroy for my first day with the bubble elves. Having worked managing an art gallery this last year, it is so awesome to now work for you wonderful artists and focus on making our cool little community and groups even better. Here’s the rough Job Description Now I have an excuse to be on here close to 24 hours a day (what’s new!). / Can’t wait to get stuck into it Jo jobrien@redbubble.com

• A new Blue Moon Photo Competition
  by Deri Dority

  Announcing a new Photo Competition. The theme is “Once in a Blue Moon” / Deadline February 28, 2008 You don’t need to have a blue moon i…

  Announcing a new Photo Competition. The theme is “Once in a Blue Moon” / Deadline February 28, 2008 You don’t need to have a blue moon in your entry. I am looking more at the phrase “Once in a Blue Moon”, meaning something that doesn’t happen very often (if ever). For example, pigs flying, snow in Los Angeles etc. This is wide open for your imagination. / Requirements: The entries must have been worked on in Photoshop only. No other editing or specialty programs are allowed. See the rules below. / The artwork must be brand new artwork. The purpose of this competition is to encourage people to go out and create something new and different in Photoshop. / Snowdog (winner of last years Blue Moon Photo Comp) and Deon de Waal have graciously volunteered to help me judge this contest. Thanks guys. / Prizes are: / 1st: Red Bubble Gift certificate for $100.00 USD / 2nd: Red Bubble Gift certificate for $ 50.00 USD / 3rd: Red Bubble Gift certificate for $ 25.00 USD / I am working on some additional goodies for the winners (TBA) 2 Honorary awards will each receive a $10.00 Red Bubble Gift certificate (USD) The rules must be strictly adhered to. Failure to do so will mean elimination from the contest. 1. One entry per person. More than one entry means disqualification. 2. Put “oncebluecomp” in your tag line. If you don’t have it in your tagline, you are not entered. 3. Artwork must be completed in 2008 (brand new artwork). 4. Photoshop only. No other editing or specialty program can be used. Photoshop plug-ins from different vendors are allowed. 5. If you use any stock photos in your artwork, you must give the photographer or stock photo company, credit. 6. Collaborations are allowed. I can split the gift certificates if need be. 7. You can change or alter your entry up until Feb. 28, 2008 as long as you stick to the 1 entry per person rule. Here is a link to last years winners. 2007 Winners

• New Features
  by RedBubble

  Today’s product release provides two main features: • A new gallery page which allows multi…

  Today’s product release provides two main features: • A new gallery page which allows multiple ways of seeing works (by recency, by product type and by popularity). You can expect to see further evolution of the gallery to provide ways of featuring the full range of works on RedBubble / / • A capacity to report inappropriate comments made on your works (you will see a link next to comments on your art) We will be turning on forums in the next 24 hours. They will be steadily populated over the coming week. There is also substantial behind the scene work in preparation for allowing international purchasing to take place. Enjoy …

• I Now Own My First SLR
  by Jeff Burns

  Well I finally have done what I have been wanting to do for a long time. I purchased a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTI 10.1 MP. I have been…

  Well I finally have done what I have been wanting to do for a long time. I purchased a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTI 10.1 MP. I have been wanting a full Digital SLR camera for a very long time. It is my very first one. I currently own the Canon Powershot S3 but it was limiting me way to much. / I also purchased a killer lens. / The Sigma Zoom Telephoto 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro Autofocus Lens So hopefully soon I will be uploading some new work. Sorry to say I have not bought the IR filter yet. / Also on Friday I am beginning my first class as a member of / The Cleveland Photographic Society Its a class that meets every week for learning and competitions. / Also do field trips. I would like to thank everyone on this site for inspiring me to get more involved with Photography.

• Get your new RedBubble ... T-shirts and some display changes
  by RedBubble

  Hello! Well another Thursday and another release … this release was all about t-shirts. We’ve shifted all production to the US and …

  Hello! Well another Thursday and another release … this release was all about t-shirts. We’ve shifted all production to the US and we’re using a new t-shirt printing technology. This technology can print white ink – which makes designs work on dark coloured t-shirts. We’ve also introduced more colours and an XXL size. Ed has written more here. We’ve also updated the layout of the ‘work view’ so that it’s clearer that folks can buy things and so that the comment box is closer to the work (to make commenting easier). The next release is all about groups … we’re adding forums to groups and making the administration of groups much smoother (and there’s a few other group goodies that we’ll keep as a surprise). Happy bubbling! Peter

• New stuff: Ordering, blogs, community...
  by RedBubble

  More new stuff for you, and a few hints on what’s on the way soon… 1. Change the order of your art and designs! And check out the st…

  More new stuff for you, and a few hints on what’s on the way soon… 1. Change the order of your art and designs! And check out the stats on how many views, comments, favourites and sales each has received. 2. The Portfolio in MyBubble has been split into Art and Clothing sections. This is a precursor to giving art, writing, and clothing their own separate public areas. 3. “Journal entries” have been renamed blogs. We are working towards separating out “written work” (e.g. poems, stories, articles) from blogs, which should make a big difference to all you writers! 4. The old “people” page has been upgraded to community . Find out what’s happening on RedBubble, see which work is popular right now, meet featured people, and get involved in activities and competitions. Phew! It’s been a big week, but there is plenty more on the way soon…

• New Home Page
  by community

  You can get a sneak preview of the new home page direction here. ...

  You can get a sneak preview of the new home page direction here. We would love feedback. It would be especially good if you can send it to a few friends who may not be familiar with RedBubble and see how they react. Ask them if the site would interest them. And what they think the site is about and whether they would likely explore it more. We are trying to achieve a few different things including: / - Do no harm. The current page works quite well with a very low bounce rate (~10%) of people who don’t further explore the site / - Provide a clearer view of what products are available. A lot of people have said they see the home page and don’t understand what is for sale / - Entertain people. That is give them something interesting to click on / - Show that purchasing is an important way of participating in the community (but not by any means the only or most important way!) / - Provide a place where we can promote things like competitions, bubblewrap etc more easily / - Try and convey on a single page what RedBubble is about. Thanks for any and all comments and suggestions. No promises except that everything will be read!

• New Release
  by RedBubble

  The new release is primarily about forums. You will find them here and also linked to from a slightly r…

  The new release is primarily about forums. You will find them here and also linked to from a slightly redesigned people page. We see forums as a platform for: / • Getting help and advice / • Discussion on technical and marketing issues / • Promoting events (both in and outside RedBubble) / • Providing feedback to RedBubble about what we should be doing / • Discussion on matters of general (or controversial) interest / • Getting feedback on your work. It is up to the community to decide what topics are raised in the forums and what direction they take. We ask that you continue to respect each other’s feelings and to foster positive debate (while not being anemic or being afraid of being controversial). Also in this release, international purchasers can now buy and there have been a large number of bug fixes (hopefully we got to yours!).

• BubbleWRAP-Evolution : The Wrap Is Yours
  by RedBubble

  ”... for the times, they are a-changin’...” In With The New / It seems wholly appropriate to quote the masterful Bob Dylan for th…

  ”... for the times, they are a-changin’...” In With The New / It seems wholly appropriate to quote the masterful Bob Dylan for this, the latest edition of BubbleWRAP, because things are indeed changing. RedBubble is about creativity, inspiration and expression; about finding and re-igniting the secret passion you had when you were a child; about sharing your artistic endeavors and knowledge; about learning more and connecting with others; or simply being imaginative. Now, when RedBubble started out, we created BubbleWRAP as a way to connect our members and their stories – we would share with everyone what we found to be inspiring and noteworthy. Well now it’s time to turn the tables and hand over the reigns… that’s right – BubbleWRAP is now yours! We want YOU – the RedBubble Community – to drive the inspiration and creative content of BubbleWRAP. We want you to share with us everything that excites your inner child or anything that inspires your creative pursuits. They can be in any form that you find them, be it images or designs, stories or interviews, poetry or tshirts, quotes or collaborations – the list is endless. We want BubbleWRAP to become a showcase of your brilliance. This issue is the first attempt, so please support it and help us to improve the offering. Send any entries (such as image and tee reviews, member interviews or inspiring stories) to: / tom@redbubble.com Thanks must go to Sasufi, Evangeline, TBO & Danny for making this issue possible. Tom.

• RedBubble Update - Greeting Cards !
  by RedBubble

  Cards Cards Cards / The big news this week is the launch of Greeting Cards – Nearly any image can be sold as a greeting card on RedBubbl…

  Cards Cards Cards / The big news this week is the launch of Greeting Cards – Nearly any image can be sold as a greeting card on RedBubble, any file of about 1Mpix or larger ! The product itself is beautiful, photographically printed, bonded with high grade paper and folded. Here’s what it looks like – Just click the card icon at the top. / / Please make your work avaliable as cards – RedBubble is all about artists choice, you need to tick the box to sell cards. / / / Updates to the Watermarks / So we pushed these out a few weeks ago and had a heap of feedback from confused buyers, not sure if the watermark would be on the final product. / / In response we’ve changed the way we are doing this. There isn’t a water mark on the smaller image so buyers can see it clean, on the larger image we are still displaying the watermark – we’ve tried to make it subtle and explain it a little better while still protecting your images.