ProFile Stock Launches
This past month a new site for illustrators was launched called Profile Stock. Bryan Gray who created the site along with his partner have spent numerous hours researching the issues that artists face in dealing with selling their work. In turn they contacted artists like myself who have been openly critical on stock houses and together we discussed what was wrong with stock sites and their approach to the market place.
Most importantly Bryan listened to what was said and formed a web site that offers quality images to clients, allows artists to negotiate their own fees directly with the client and most importantly would allow artists to control their intellectual property and benefit from the success of promoting the site to their clients.
I have had the good fortune to talk with Bryan over the past two years as they have developed their site and retooled what artists and clients need.
They have invited many Illustrator's Partnership of America (IPA) artists to take part in this venture and have listened to their suggestions. The advisory board is made up of people who understand what is wrong with the industry and how best to make it work. From people like Brad Holland and Cynthia Turner who since early 2000, have openly discussed the problems with stock houses, the failures of unionization, the flawed Conyer's bill and the effects of the current Orphan Works Bill on our industry to people like Steve Heller and Dugald Stermer.
These respected individuals have a serious understanding of artists and their needs.
Like many artists I have expressed what was wrong with stock sites and I have pulled all my images off of these sites that once claimed to be artist's friendly. ProFile Stock has created a site that reinvents the stock concept while at the same time, listening to artists who have grown weary of what is available to them.
From artists keeping 100% of their fees, access to their clients, to a new system that allows artists to print out postcards and send them to clients, this is a site artists should support.
I hope others visit the site and take a look for themselves.
ProFile Stock
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