RedBubble – Taking it to the next level? Why are we here? a) A platform in which to exhibit our artwork / b) A place to admire and b…
RedBubble – Taking it to the next level? Why are we here? a) A platform in which to exhibit our artwork / b) A place to admire and be inspired by the work of others. / c) Ultimately we would all like to sell our work. I am very pleased to note that lately the Bubble is also becoming a social network. I wait for the comments from such as Meach ready to fall off my chair with laughter. But unlike Facebook (“See you down the pub at 9pm M8T”) the Bubble has PURPOSE!! / And the purpose is for the production of BEST WORK. There are those out there who love art and buy it for that reason. But there must be billions out there who think art is something you have to take out a second mortgage in order to purchase. And yet here we are offering for sale reasonably priced original and brilliant artwork. Red Bubble and in my own modest way are promoting the works. You recall I made the suggestion a while back that my fellow moderators should do some promotion work specific to their own groups. I was a bit sad to note that quite a few rejected my journal suggestion to their group. Hope they took it on board anyway. There has been a lot of hot air expelled recently about reply buttons, taking offence and unpleasant criticisms. In a way this is good because it brings peeps out of the woodwork to discuss. Which brings me to my point (at last!)…… It seems to me that in order to sell to the masses we really do need follow the overiding purpose of the Bubble and display only BEST WORK. / To this end I would like to make the following suggestion regarding the use comments box. Superb, wonderful and stunning are fine where appropriate but let’s take it a stage further; help others to achieve the Best Artwork. Perhaps an example would be – some months ago I spotted a seascape where the horizon was sloping downhill. I bravely asked if this was ‘meant’ and if not using my limited experience of photoshop I explained how to level it up. A few days ago I spotted another thing that could improve an artwork but wasn’t brave enough to place it in comments and sent a bubblemail instead. I was relieved to note that both comments were gratefully received Occasionally there is a dull photo that is good as a concept but would benefit 100% just with the addition of a drop of ‘contrast’. Two things then. BE BRAVE and use the comment box to help that person (and others) to technically to improve their artwork. And two – all of us should write the following on a post-it and stick it on our monitors, “I will not take offence if someone suggests an improvement to my work”. I am not suggesting that one should suggest conceptual improvements but comments like ‘why not re-shoot from a different angle’ or ‘crop it so the object is filling the frame much more’, are acceptable. In other words stick to technical comments. / Peeps offering comments like “That picture is cr*p” should be banned from the site I reckon. Let’s all of us get super-interactive. Use the comment box to boost the standard of our artwork so as the masses start to log-on big time they are presented with Best Work. / Over all remember the words next to the comments button – PLESE PLAY NICE. As a final thought to moderators – I will be seeking ways of splitting the Watersports and Activities group artwork into sub-groups i.e. Sailing, rowing, surfing, underwater, etc etc so that when a punter or advertising agency comes on line it will narrow their search. If anyone can help me with that I won’t be offended – honest. LOL LOVE & PEACE / & “ALRIGHT THEN MY BIRDS, MY HANSOMES!!!!! ‘avin a good day do ‘ee”. P.S. That’s A Proper Cornish greeting hence no question mark at the end of the greets. The second one responds with “yes” or “Alright Boy” or “maid”. Honestly, how can anyone take offence at being called ‘Hun’ – We are in a global Village now. Everyone has a different up-bringing / social education / way of being. Andy / Moderator / Watersports & Activities Group.
/ Sold today a matted print of Red Chrysanthemums – thankyou to Kirsty who bough…
/ Sold today a matted print of Red Chrysanthemums – thankyou to Kirsty who bought it as a Christmas Present.
Welcome to the 2nd round of Mix It Up, my news f…
Welcome to the 2nd round of Mix It Up, my news for MOnday ! Based on a mixture of what I’m up do, things I find around RB on my travels, featuring some new art and just a general catch up, touch base, fun link up to keep up and in touch with all the goings on here, there and everywhere. / I love Elle66’s unique colouring style and technique, she’s new to RB, so please make her welcome!! / I simply adore Reynaldo’s characters and colours, a vibrant style…another newcomer to RB, please make him welcome also / I was amazed by fydbac this week, another new and very talented artist…this style blew me away! Please make these new artists welcome to RB… 1. Twitter thread in general discussion forums / 2. Your favourite piece of work and why thread in the general discussion forms / 3. Splatter, Smudge, Smear & Drip a new Group for you to check out/join – i love it!!! / 4. Just Butterflies another great new group / 5. Tree Drawings />someone new today….... please make design9 feel welcome…her work is splendiferous too…i really love it, brand new discovery and you saw it first here folks…check her out!! Collection of Quotes Music is really powerful, it can change my mood, lift me up when I am down, even inspire me, so I determined this week that I must find some new stuff to listen to…thought i’d investigate some oriental instrumental type stuff as well as some other chilled and very sweet stuff..see below…something a bit different kibun (luv this, dainty…sweet…beautiful….elegant) / Weezer – Island In The Sun: Spike Jonze Just heard my work will be on display at The Surtex Show in New York City 17-19 May 2009! Fingers crossed I get noticed by some of these folks yeah! / ...... Just had a big clean up out here in the art studio, after showing Troppo Bob through yesterday. No big plans this week, i think i’ll start going on my walks again and work in the studio in the afternoons. I planned on going for these great long walks every since i got back from Tangalooma, quite a few weeks back…hmm, never happened….a lot of great inspiration comes through during those walks, so lucky to have the beach here… fingers crossed the weather stays beautiful for it / .... Sales so far this month have improved a lot with 9 tees sold this week, something of a record for me….see below for complete listing of this month’s sales so far. 27 Apr 09 Tree of Life Tshirt T-Shirt / 26 Apr 09 Minky Whale Tshirt by Karin Taylor T-Shirt / 26 Apr 09 Madonna and Child TShirt T-Shirt / 26 Apr 09 Jess n Jumbo TShirt T-Shirt / 26 Apr 09 Smile Baby Tee T-Shirt / 23 Apr 09 Mega Rainbow TShirt T-Shirts x 4 / 18 Apr 09 Littlest Elephant Love Links T-Shirt / 18 Apr 09 The Littlest Elephant Greeting Card / 12 Apr 09 CHUNKIE Elephant Poster / 9 Apr 09 CHUNKIE Wedding Greeting Card / 9 Apr 09 Mary Banksia Fairy TShirt / 7 Apr 09 Littlest Elephant Love Links Poster / 5 Apr 09 Little Suzi Su T-Shirt / 1 Apr 09 Tattoo Babies Greeting Card and sold 40 cards of Littlest Elephant Love Links on zazzle last week… so all up i think i’ve made about $200 this month (including zazzle) which is very very very good for me :) thank you for looking :)
I wanted to know which of my images were most viewed. / I wanted to know which were least viewed. / I wanted to know if my better selli…
I wanted to know which of my images were most viewed. / I wanted to know which were least viewed. / I wanted to know if my better selling images were really better selling. / I wanted all the above for my t-shirts too. I couldn’t find out. So I created a small software application that could connect to the RedBubble site and sift through my stats and work it all out. I have called it ‘Red Bubbler Stats’. It works like this. You run the program and then it will cycle through all your art work (or t-shirts) collecting the number of sales, comments, favourtings and views for each. It also works out a sort of percentage calculation based on the number of views for sales, comments and favourtings. In other words, you might have an image that has been viewed 100 times and commented on 10 times. This means it has a 10% hit rate. This can be very useful because a high hit rate means that the image is a ‘hit’ with those who view it. A high view rate with a low hit rate for sales, comments or favourtings indicates that your tags are good but your image is not! This information can be seen on the application’s screen but you can also export it and load it into Excel for additional number crunching. SInce every piece of art (or t-shirt) is displayed in the application you can also jump straight to that piece for editing on RedBubble, or to the page that the item is listed on. That can be very useful too. It’s also possible to sort the collumns displayed so that you can get very quick answers about what has the most or least comments or views etc. I am making it available for any to use, though I make no guarentees it will work for you or anything else. If you are running WindowsXP then you should just be able to download the executable (which is zipped) and run it. If you’re running Vista, I have no idea but you’re welcome to try. As it only comes as an .EXE with no install, it should not cause any harm at least. The instructions probably need to come but essentially, 1. You run RedBubblerStats.exe / 2. You WAIT until the redbubble screen is displayed. You’ll need to log in the first time of course – I don’t see or store your usercode or password. / 3. When the screen has logged you in, press the START button after making any option changes you wish (e.g. include non-visible works, art or t-shirts) / 4. It will cycle through all the pages and build up the statistics tab – flipping you there when done. / 5. Clicking on a header in the STATS tab will sort (alternately) by the column chosen. EXPORT will create a .CSV file that can be loaded into Excel. / 6. Select a line in the STATS tab list and click on Edit Item button to edit the particular piece of art or clothing in the EDITS tab. Click on the Edit Page button to go directly to the page list with that item on it. You can download it below: Zip file : RedBubble Stats V01.00.00.01 BTW. for the nerds, it was written in VB6 because it’s all I have available to me. Version 01.00.00.01 includes a fix whereby items with only 1 sale were not being reported correctly! Doh!
Click here for lots more photos of our products at Singapore PaTH markets...
Click here for lots more photos of our products at Singapore PaTH markets / / CHUNKIE China Glass Pendant / (design by Karin/pendant by Fa) Did you ever have a friend that just goes beyond the call? I have one called Fa who some of you may already know. She sells my designs at the markets in Singapore Fa just sent me some photos of our accessories on sale at her stall, I’d like to share them with everyone…. you can read more about Fa and Path below… and scroll down further to see all the photos! / Fa’s PaTH Market Stall, Vivocity, Singapore A bit about Fa / Fa is a creative genius/entreprenaur/artist and designer who creates accessories, tshirts and jewellery from her own designs and mine. Fa sells our goodies at The PaTH Market, Singapore, Vivo City to locals and to people from all over the world passing through Singapore to other destinations. Check out her wonderful portfolio of designs here About PaTH “What Fa Says” Karin, your pieces are very much loved in Singapore, they are very popular Fa reports sales have been strong and she is kept busy producing the many different accessories needed for each weekend the markets are on, some of the accessories she makes are mobile phone charms, pendants with our designs under glass, magnets, posters.. and Fa has her own range of tshirts as well. / Kokeshi / Stargazer / I luv Lollies / Party Girl / Smooch the Pooch / Dippy Love / Thank You!!! by Fa / Migaloomagic in Antarctica / China Party Girl / Polly’s Pearls / Lost and Found / Legend of Little Geisha / Career Bunny Dancer / Little Suzi Su / CHUNKIE China / Madonna & Child / Migaloo Blue Magic / Lambie Love / Pippit Little Birdie of Happiness by Fa / Little Multicolour Teapot / Sixties Chick / Forever Friends Blue Skies / Little Bear / Stargazer / Ribbon Dancer / Legend of Little Geisha / Love is a Big Hug / One Spring Day / Little Bear / Stargazer /
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Thank you so much to the person that just purchased a framed print of Binda You have just absolutely made my day!
This morning I was thinking it’s all very quiet here at RB and suddenly my monitor lit up with Sales news… I want to share that someone…
This morning I was thinking it’s all very quiet here at RB and suddenly my monitor lit up with Sales news… I want to share that someone special purchased 4 tshirts this morning, and to thank them for buying the following tees.. as I don’t know who they are :) You really made my day :) thank you ! I’m also happy to say that I’ve sold 4 cards recently to different folks (big thanx to you all) / Rainbow Elephant to Caryn Benness / / Forever Friends to the lovely Caryn Benness / / Hidden Treasure to my dear friend Anita / / Sweethearts and a matted print of Madonna and Child also sold recently a tshirt of Wear Your Humanity / thank you everyone!!!!!
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/ detail from the Elephant Baby TShirt My little Elephant Baby was uploaded yesterday and happen to receive a feature on the tshirt pages.. which i’m so chuffed about! / Elephant Baby It got even more exciting when I found out I’ve sold 3 of these tees since uploading yesterday, thank you so much to the buyers. At last count I had sold 11 tshirts of Patchwork Elephant in the last 2 weeks, these are absolute record sales for me, I’m just stoked! / detail from The Patchwork Elephant TShirt / The Patchwork Elephant
I would like to thank the two people who bought 2 LARGE framed Prints this week , many thanks SOLD / Balmoral Dreaming...
I would like to thank the two people who bought 2 LARGE framed Prints this week , many thanks SOLD / Balmoral Dreaming: Golden Reflections:
... been hoping all week that i might get even just one sale of a framed or canvas print and tonight all my dreams came true :) !http:...
... been hoping all week that i might get even just one sale of a framed or canvas print and tonight all my dreams came true :) ...this lovely family bought 4 medium canvas prints and 4 greeting cards, thank you so much Also today, the lovely Stéphan Alomène purchased a greeting card of Moon Guitar A big thank you to Katie Goldsmith who recently purchased greeting cards of Zen Garden and Little Sunshine the Patchwork Elephant / and also my special thanks to the buyer of Elephant Baby TShirt Finally, thank you to everyone who has bought art from me during August, i am so grateful, I won’t mention them all individually as some are gifts that have been bought and need to remain under wraps … But so far in August I’ve sold 1 laminated print, 11 tees, 23 cards and 5 canvas prints…thanx again everyone, for all your love and support and continual encouragement… KT xxx
Hi everyone, Well, we spent a long day in th…
Hi everyone, Well, we spent a long day in the studio today hanging paintings and it’s so satisfying to finally have this all done now. It feels great, more spacious and more like a real gallery. We’ve had the hanging system lying on the floor of the studio for well over a year now, and never got round to actually putting it up, so I thought I’d share a couple of pics with you guys!! I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned it before, but I have lots of original paintings for sale, if anyone is ever interested in the original work, give me a yell and we can talk turkey :) I have lots and lots that are unframed too and you can’t see ‘em here .. so let me know if you see something you like in my portfolio and would like the original
Have you ever felt lost…..? This little orca got separated from his family / !http://images-2.redbubble.net/img/art/framecolor:black/f…
Have you ever felt lost…..? This little orca got separated from his family / / but then he found them again, they were just around the next iceberg! (reunited below) / / Little Lost Orca became quite famous for getting frequently lost and found, so much so, that his parents made up tshirts and posters to paste on billboards as a way of keeping tabs on him, so in the event that a stranger should find him and see the tshirts and posters (see below) they would identify him and help him return to his pod! / / Late last night, some special person decided to buy a tshirt to wear with Little Lost Orca on the front / / from my Migaloomagic store, thank you so much!!!
The Art/T-Shirt Club! Want your art sold? We all feel your pain but in these harder times w…
The Art/T-Shirt Club! Want your art sold? We all feel your pain but in these harder times we have to come together! So this is the best way we can do just that… / To join us in getting your art sold … You simply need to make a purchase, whether it’s a Card, T-Shirt or Wall-Art from anyone on Redbubble but after the first artist makes a purchase then all the following artists need to buy something from one of the artists who have made a purchase below! / You can also join by listing what you’ve bought in the past but for those / who haven’t bought anything please consider when you have the money to buy something from someone who has posted or buy something that they post. This way everyone will / get something sold! This is how I see it… / We shop in stores like Wal-Mart and the mall which are all run by millionaires and raise prices while under paying most of their workers. / So why always give your money to them when you can spend with the truly / creative people like on RB? You can post a comment to this but to join post something that you purchased from anyone on Redbubble but if someone’s posted already shop in their gallery and join our movement! Thanks to everyone who makes RB a great website to display and sell / on! Currently there are no purchases of someone who posted here, why not be the first? When you leave this message without favoriting it….Let the force be with you…because you’re on your own baby! :)
/ This morning I harvested these yummy mulberries …
/ This morning I harvested these yummy mulberries from my tree below / / Could hardly believe how much ripe fruit there was, almost a kilo (910grams or 2 pounds) I can’t wait to make it into mulberry syrup and pour it over some vanilla icecream later on! Other good news is i sold 3 tees and 2 prints over the last few days… / Thanks to the lovely buyers…. have a top week everybody!!
I’ve been missing a lot of work this week, and really missing the bubble…but family first and all that, but hopefully I’ll be back in t…
I’ve been missing a lot of work this week, and really missing the bubble…but family first and all that, but hopefully I’ll be back in the swing next week and be in touch with everyone again :) Okay the hum drum first…I’ve spent a lot of time in the car this week …. multiple journeys into town to drop off and pick up the kiddles…to and from, from and to…. neverending it seems…but in the midst of it all, actually while I was out grocery shopping (which i really don’t like much any more) I came across something quite out of the ordinary, which looked to me like a perfect sized template for drawing background patterns on my 56×76cm sheets of Aquarelle paper. Thank you to Aldi Supermarket!!! I found this in a bin about to go into the rubbish… and it is actually the perfect size, fitting flush against the paper…so next time you see one of my designs up….you may notice the design in the background looks something like the above. So that’s hum drum and supermarket treasure dealt with, and now for happiness… Yesh!! I sold 3 things…. / / a laminated print of Little Green Teapot to the lovely Alexandra Felgate and one of Geisha Girl / my heartfelt thanks to Alexandra… and hugs I also happened to sell a calendar of Moon Guitar ...woot!!! ... so happy about that…this is my first Calendar Sale for 2010 so i’m pretty stoked..yeah, i dunno who bought it…but my BIG THANX to you if you happen to see this journal :)
Just a reminder that Red Bubble are giving customers 15% off all 2010 calendars, and if you buy 10 or more, you also get free shipping. ...
Just a reminder that Red Bubble are giving customers 15% off all 2010 calendars, and if you buy 10 or more, you also get free shipping. Offer started a few days ago, so we have about 4 more days left to take advantage of the deal. See more details here I’ve been very lucky this week as my mum has purchased 7 calendars and my dear sweet friend AnitaInverarity also purchased one of my Calendars which was custom made specially for her / Mum bought 6 2010 Moon Guitar Calendars / Mum also bought 1 2010 Love is a Big Hug Calendar thanx again mum n dad :) / Anita ordered and purchased 2010 Collections by Karin Calendar yesterday, big hugs and thanx to you Anita :) Anita herself has a beautiful range of 2010 calendars, be sure to check them out here
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Thankyou so very much to Extreme Close Ups for featuring Slinky Pink- great news! / AND: I am so grateful to Clive / for purchasing two Mounted prints of mine to adorn his home- I so hope you enjoy them _ I am really chuffed at the thought of my pictures hanging up to be looked at and (hopefully) admired- makes it all worth while and a great feeling- thanks loads!! / / Just Thinking of You / and / Flower Power /
Well I didn’t think anything could get me more excited than being on the home page BUT…...I just had three sales of mounted prints in m…
Well I didn’t think anything could get me more excited than being on the home page BUT…...I just had three sales of mounted prints in medium size of each of my Cherry Blossom Watercolor paintings. Funny, I was just thinking the other day how nice the three of them would look together as a feature on a wall…..and then….its happened. / A HUGE THANKYOU to the wonderful person who purchased my work…..I really appreciate it…I’m on a roll….so many good things happening to me these last few months. I’ve been totally inspired by an audio CD “The Power of your Emotions” by Esther and Jerry Hicks.
/ A big thanks to fellow bubbler / Susannah Kotyk / for purchasing a poster of / There’s an Elephant in my Garden Other works of art in my ELEPHANT SERIES can be seen by clicking on the button/linky below / / in the raw There’s an Elephant in my Garden – Sepia Drawing
Hi and a very big thank you to customers who purchased the following tshirts overnight and this morning, nice to wake up to, and hope you…
Hi and a very big thank you to customers who purchased the following tshirts overnight and this morning, nice to wake up to, and hope you enjoy wearing them…. / / Geisha Girl TShirt / / Smile Baby Retro TShirt / / Patchwork Elephant
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/ Bosom Buddy went through this fun phase of painting Bums and Boobs and decided to put as many as I could squeeze into a calendar, thank you so much Julie who bought one today! / I went through this fun phase of painting Bums and Boobs and decided to put as many as I could squeeze into a calendar, thank you so much Julie who bought one today! / / Hot Pants / Reggae Booty / South Pacific / Blockout / Sun Spots / Dot and Spot / Gold Rush / Spring Flowers / Exotic Bloom / Rockpool Therapy / Beach Bum / Migaloo / Cheekie / Here Comes the Sun
Peace, Hope, Trees, Thx, Accessories / / Hi Everyone… I have …
Peace, Hope, Trees, Thx, Accessories / / Hi Everyone… I have a few different things or ‘stuffs’ to share (as my friend Fa would say) but first would like to share a pic i took of my Christmas tree (which is actually a white one) everything on it is actually silver or hessian or string or seashells…...that’s the kinda thing…and it looks real pretty! I even have my little clay angel CHUNKIE Angel standing Guard at the bottom of the tree…as she might topple off were she to sit atop :) / ............ / / My dear friend Fa who i think most of you already know, has just completed making up a round of glasses for accessories, pendants including RINGS see more here and she asked me to post here to let you all know, if anyone’s interested in having any of these glasses below made into accessories, please contact Fa here enquiry@frozenfa.com and she’ll be only too happy to hear from you / / here’s some more laid out on the lazy suzan, i think these are already with silver bails ready to thread on necklaces of your choosing…fa has black chains now, which are all the latest fashion, as well as other types of ribbon and cord I believe, she lets the cutomer choose / / Fa’s also working on a wholesale price for 5 and 10 pieces, so if you like them to give as gifts throughout the year, just enquire through Fa and she’ll give you a reduced price. / / example of how they look as pendants with a silver bail attached / ........... / Sales in the last 4 days I’ve had quite a few sales, and thanx so much to everyone for their purchases, it’s been wonderful, and i am truly grateful…some of you I’ve personally thanked, some of you, I do not know but thanx to all! / / ......... / .......... / think that’s it folks :) / The End (for now) xxx
I sold the “Cardinal t-shirt”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !http://images-3.redbubble.net/img/clothing/bodycolor:black/product:tshirt/size:lar…
I sold the “Cardinal t-shirt”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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