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sheydgarden · 8 months

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goth Jewish apparel now live at Threadless! thank you to everyone who helped with my POD search - i chose this one based on a combination of quality, the company being long-established, pricing & profit margins for artists, & the ability to have a static shop with products available 24/7. nobody hits every single mark at 100% but i'm hoping to be pretty satisfied with this switch. reblogs greatly appreciated!

[ID: left - a grey t-shirt with the WE WILL OUTLIVE THEM anti-fascist Jewish monsters (featuring the Ziz and Leviathan tearing a swastika flag apart under Yiddish text) print in black ink. right - a black t-shirt with the DEATH HAMSA design (a clawed hamsa with a crying eye, thorns, and the Hebrew word for death)]

#artists on tumblr #jewish art #jumblr #goth judaica #threadless #print on demand #artist apparel

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synthwavepoem · 12 days

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[RedBubble]

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darkness-beyond-ink · 3 months

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The Witch 🪄

She was with a rare gift of magic born, but never knew her true origins. She in a secret forest grew, where nature's secrets and the arcane from an old crone she learnt. She skill'd in arts of divination, enchantment, and illusion was, but also had a thirst for darker and more forbidden lore.

She ancient books and relics sought, and delv'd into the mysteries of life and death, of fate and chaos, of light and shadow. She a potent and enigmatic sorceress became, in darkness and in mystery wrapp'd. She fear'd and honour'd was by those who of her being knew. She had no name, no friends, no foes. She only as the witch was known.

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laracrafts · 3 months

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terrible--things · 3 months

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I absolutely love the public domain. Get your Disneyworld outfit here.

#public domain #steamboat willie #steamboat willie merch #steamboat willie shirt #steamboat willie stickers #disney #disneyland #disneyworld #mickey mouse #redbubble store #redbubble #redbubble artist #redbubble shop #graphic design is my passion #funny #print on demand

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mxshlee · 4 months

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art prints !! 🐇🎀🤍

currently have these 5 prints on my shop!! ill be updating when I have new products on there >< rlly want to sell from stickers, tote bags, pins, keychains, and even jewelry <33

#artists on tumblr #creepy cute #digital illustration #gothic art #semirealistic #art print #print on demand #prints #art shop #freelance artist #freelance #artist support #digital artist #creepy cute art #unique prints #poster #bigcartel

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neonharvest · 8 months

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You can now get my design on redbubble. I have just started my shop and will be uploading more pastel content soon.

#pastel art #pastel aesthetic #pastel goth #speculated flying fox #flying fox #bat #bat art #rainbow #australian wildlife #pastel bats #pop art #spooky #spooky art #pink art #pink core #stars #redbubble #print on demand #redbubble artist

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jessiarts · 1 year

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I posted this in an art discord & they said it should be a post so others (both non-artists & artists) could see it too, so I'm pasting it here with a just few edits to add context:

Having feelings about capitalism and art.

Like, got an unexpected Redbubble sale today. Unexpected because I genuinely never expected to see another after I took some advice and did the whole "raise your margins to 50% in protest so people will use Redbubble less because 'prices are too high'" (For those unaware, Redbubble is introducing a tier structure for artist accounts, where Redbubble will now be taking up to 50% of an artist's monthly earnings as an "account fee" if they end up in the "Standard" tier. Artists are upset about this and are finding various ways to protest the change.)

And it got me thinking about margins, and what it takes to run the company, and how much CEO's take home and just-

Ok so say base price for a product is $10. If your margin is 20% it sells for $12 and you take home $2. Redbubble takes 80%, and uses that to buy materials/print/pay workers. Ok, no argument. I want workers to be fairly compensated.

But you look it up, and the highest paid Redbubble executive makes $950,000 a year. Average executive salary is around $235,000 a year. You can't really find the info for the positions of workers (meaning those who labor to print the products) only that "the lowest compensated makes $34,000" -aka roughly $16 an hour at 40hrs a week. And good on them for paying the workers a decent wage if this info is correct. Hope they keep it up. Or pay them more even.

But then I keep coming back to the fact that the company needs the artists' work to even exist. So why, if the CEO is making nearly a million dollars a year and the company obviously isn't hurting for any money to compensate it's workers or run itself, why does everyone make artists feel greedy just for asking to not have our cut eaten into with added fees? Why are we made to feel bad if we express any disappointment that a CEO makes so much money off the designs of so many artists in comparison to the artists' cut?

Idk how to say it right. It's like we're just expected to collectively fork over our work, let someone else get obscenely rich off it while we make barely anything from it (or in the case of many social media platforms, make literally nothing from it), then then smile about it. Anything else is seen as artists being entitled or 'lazy' or idk what else.

Or we're told to "just raise your margins" like competitive pricing isn't a thing that exists. Not to mention that fact that whenever prices do go up, especially with art, those same people complain that the prices went up and look for something cheaper.

I always see people saying that artists are just jealous that they don't make more sales, or saying "well maybe you'd make more if your art was better" but they're completely missing the whole point that is: Maybe if a company literally depends on the creative 'content' of individuals to exist/profit, maybe don't treat them all as disposable?

#art #artists #redbubble #capitalism #fuck capitalism #capitalism ruins everything #capitalism ruins art #print on demand #social media #artists on tumblr #redbubbleartist

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fyblackwomenart · 1 year

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"Feminist Art, braided hair, Mid Century Modern, Retro Art, Empowered Women Poster,Home decor" by Esraa Alaidy

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copperbadge · 9 days

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Hi Sam! I have the first three Shivadhverse novels in their separate paperbacks, but I want to also get the omnibus editions and I'm trying to decide between hardcover and paperback. Are there pros and cons to either of those? Thanks!

Hey! I also had an anon question about this so I thought I'd post publicly, hope that's ok -- and thank you for your support!

As far as these things go, I think it mostly just depends on what you prefer. The hardcover mainly exists because people suggested it might be a nice variant, but the internal text is identical -- it's literally the same file used for both with only the ISBN code changed, so even the page numbering is the same. The hardback comes with a dust jacket, but there's no content on the dust jacket that isn't on the paperback cover. I get slightly more revenue from the paperback edition, but not enough to matter in the long run.

I am not certain how they stand up to each other in terms of durability. On the one hand, usually hardbacks are more durable, and my proof copy of the omnibus got really dinged up really fast being carried around in my bag. On the other hand, this is a print-on-demand operation and it may be that a hardback book's cover separates from the text block more easily, especially if they use the same glue.

While the paperback will definitely show more wear, I think it may be helpful to know that I've had some issues with the hardback covers being printed incorrectly. Basically, the hardback cover has the title and author stamped on it underneath the dust jacket...but it's not always the correct title and author. Like I did a special one-off hardcover variant of an earlier book for someone as a favor, and the dust jacket was right, the internal text was the correct book, but the cover had a random title and author on it. This has happened once or twice with the hardback Omnibus as well.

And that one copy where the person got my cover but a popular Harry Potter fanfic instead of Omnibus V.1 on the inside was also a hardback... (I still laugh about that.)

Now, on the flip side, if a printing error happens to your copy, regardless of edition, you can reach out to Lulu and they will absolutely make it right, or at least always have in the past, and then potentially you have two copies of it, and can loan the wonky one out. But if you want higher odds of them getting it right first time out, I'd go with paperback.

#shivadhverse #publishing #print on demand #aerinalanna

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skulldog · 1 year

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Welp, see you Redbubble.

Hid all my works, and will be avoiding buying from them from now on.

Blog post with details on their new tier system and just takes a ton more money from artists.

Who has some other sites that haven't gone down the shit path for POD shops at this point?

#doing artists dirty #website #print on demand #text

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madomano · 2 months

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Me new adventure time fern art design

#artists on tumblr #fern the human #adventure time #adventure time fern #adventure time fanart #teepublic #t shirt #print on demand #t shirt design #cartoon network #finn and fern

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darkness-beyond-ink · 2 months

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The Charm of the Pale Moon 🌕

In a magic world where gloom doth reign, there dwells a black witch with powers most arcane. One dismal night, under the pale moon's eye, she weaves a charm to make the world in darkness lie. The pale moon, a sign of hope and light, doth stand as the sole bulwark 'gainst her wicked spite. But the witch is not alone; she hath a faithful mate, a sable cat, who shares her dream of a world without light. Together, they devise to quell the moon's dissent and unleash their dark arts upon the world unmeant. However, they wot not of a secret prophecy that tells of a hero who will thwart the witch and bring the balance of light and dark to be.

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laracrafts · 2 months

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sheydgarden · 8 months

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fair print-on-demand for artists?

i'm making this its own post for more visibility - feel free to reblog, i'm primarily looking to hear from other artists rather than from customers.

quick definition: a print-on-demand service (POD) is a company that allows you to upload your designs (that you retain full rights to) and have them printed on a variety of products - usually t-shirts & other apparel, stickers, mugs, etc. - by the company itself or a subcontractor. the key here is that you're not ordering a supply of products to sell yourself (or not) at a later date, you're offering customers the ability to go to this website and select a potential product which is then printed on demand, and the company handles all the interaction with the customer (shipping, quality & returns, etc.). because they're doing the manufacturing & shipping, they take a significant cut, but different companies have different pricing structures & some are more fair to artists in terms of profit margins than others.

TLDR: i'm looking for a new POD service to replace my Redbubble account, which i deleted after they decided to severely undercut creators (especially small artists). more details below, please read before you rec!

so the nice thing about POD is that it's passive income - you made the work, you put it up & leave it, people buy things when they want & you get a bit of money when that happens. i also - infrequently! - run an Etsy shop where i sell things i've either handmade or ordered from suppliers (mostly stickers). i get more money from that, yes, and also it's a lot more work on my end. i primarily work as a freelancer illustrator, i've started selling at (COVID cautious) in-person events again, & i'm disabled - this is why my Etsy has been empty all year.

i am very lucky to have enough of a following to be able to regularly sell all my stock when i do put it on Etsy, and (when I had an account) to have a smaller but steadier trickle of income from POD. i do not have enough of a following for it to make sense for me to order large quantities of apparel-type products & sell them myself.

it's frustrating to see that many alternatives to Redbubble (like Bonfire or Spring) have moved to a "campaign" model where you release a design in a time-limited campaign with a selling goal, aggressively promote it on social media, & then all the products (shirts, whatever) are shipped at the same time. i understand why it exists - larger batches mean lower manufacturing costs & higher profit - but for someone like me who doesn't have a massive social media following or really even a big presence now that Twitter is dying, i'm not sure it could work. for me the point is that i put it up, i leave it alone, i direct people towards my shop & the small handful of beautiful weirdos who vibe with my work can buy what they want on their own time (i adore you, weirdos! there are so many more of you than i ever expected, but i am not, as the kids say, an "influencer")

i've been researching various companies & i keep finding that Redbubble, prior to their nasty fee restructuring, seemed to have some of the fairest profit margins due to the ability to set your own pricing above the manufacturing costs. what i want to hear from other artists is where you sell & if you feel like different systems (Society6's 10%, for example, or Threadless' artist cost-setting vs. letting them manage your shop & offer discounts to move more products) work or are ripping you off.

thanks so much for reading & solidarity to all the other working artists who are struggling to stay afloat as various social media collapses & corporate greed continues to cut our opportunities in half!!! for the love of fuck just let me make things & get paid

#print on demand #artists on tumblr #redbubble #help me get my work back into your hands please #artists talking shop

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dancing-coyote · 1 year

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A (non-exhaustive) list of RedBubble alternatives

Marketplaces:

Vida

Zazzle

TeePublic

Threadless

CafePress

Dropshippers (Integrate into your own Etsy, Shopify, and/or online store):

Printful

Printify

CustomCat

TPop

JetPrint

TeeLaunch

Gelato

Apliiq (apparel only)

AOP+

Obviously this is not an exhaustive list of print-on-demand sites and services, but it's pretty extensive and should have something on it to fit everyone's needs.

#RedBubble #RedBubble alternatives #print on demand #dropshipping #shopify #etsy #e commerce

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