List of Current Sites

Current List of  sites where my art is listed. Oldest to Newest in each list.
MY PRINT ON DEMAND SITES
zazzle.com/serenethosart*

zazzle.com/merrygazelle*

zazzle.com/billsadventures*

fineartamerica.com/profiles/lee-serenethos

lee-serenethos.artistwebsites.com


MY STOCK PHOTO, STOCK IMAGE SITES

dreamstime.com/Serenethos_info

Joined Dreamstime Stock Agency

Night before last, March 4, 2010, I joined Dreamstime stock agency, my second stock image site I joined to sell licenses of photos and illustrations of mine.

I have not uploaded any images to my profile at  http://www.dreamstime.com/Serenethos_info  yet because they said I can upload up to 50 images my first time uploading and I want to make sure I get only the best of my images organized for my first upload.

I also noticed that they now require images be a minimum of 4.0MP for new submitters. Some of my files need to be redone to meet the larger requirements.
I have been reworking the files for about a week now besides other things and am getting better at working out the file structure of managing my images.

I am reworking the IPTC data of the images I will be sending to Dreamstime and putting together a file of the first 50 images I will upload to Dreamstime created from Original files. I'm making sure the files are as perfect as possible before I start uploading.

UPDATE March 11, 2010

I have been reworking my file management system with the help of the DAM book. I am republishing with new IPTC data showing my new website, expanding relevant keywords, making sure artwork is up to par, and making sure Proofs for stock only come from Originals. And, knowing how to locate them again in my system which I'm liking more and more.

Of the 50 for submission to Dreamstime and have gotten together 25 files now from my art collection, mostly scans of illustrations, mostly I colored or enhanced on computer with Photoshop elements 8. I have a lot of artwork and ideas I can contribute to stock photo and stock image sites.

It will be interesting to see how my images do at Dreamstime. Dreamstime seems like a very lively community. It seems like a good and friendly community of like minded people to share with. I look forward to meeting new art and photography friends at Dreamstime.
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Once I get the new camera I will contribute more photos to stock.

http://www.cutcaster.com/studio/pub/549947172/

www.zazzle.com/serenethosart/

http://www.zazzle.com/merrygazelle/

http://www.serenethos.com/

Welcome to Serenethos Art Blog

Welcome to my blog SerenethosArt about my art creations mainly located at http://www.zazzle.com/serenethosart

I have worked on my art since about 1993 when I became more interested in exploring the world of art to create art that has meaning in my own life and the life's of others.

At first I started out cartooning various philosophical ideas by myself and with a few other artists.  It was a time of discovery into what I found most fascinating about certain images that made people think and remember to be present in the moment.
After a few years of creating, drawing cartoon type of art I ventured into the world of painting, did some photography. Some of the philosophical and humorous drawings and photographs inspired some of the paintings.
These days I am moving more into photography. Although I still like to paint. I was wondering about painting electronically with an electronic pen and electronic art pad, creating art on the computer.

I've created art in various ways such as drawing in pencil, pen, painting in watercolor, painting in acrylic,film and digital photography, hiring artists to help me flesh out ideas, commissioning art, working with various art materials an dmore over the years.

A few years ago I started putting some of my art on a site I created with Zazzle at zazzle.com/serenethosart
Below is a panel of some of my current most popular art on Zazzle.

make custom gifts at Zazzle
People have bought my art on various products over the years and sales are increasing.

Lately I've added even more artwork and have republished many pieces of art in the gallery to improve the way it looks. It's still a work in progress as I continually improve my Zazzle SerenethosArt site.
I am still researching a better dSLR camera and want to rephotograph and republish all my artwork with the new camera so the details come out better, clearer. And, to make sure the future photographs I take to share are the best to let the art shine through. Might as well give it all the help it can get. ;~)

I've also started creating an art site called Imagekind. Those gallery's have a lot of improvement to be done.

Sometimes there doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day to work on my art as much as I'd like to, but recently with renewed interest in stock photography and other art sites,  I've begun to make more time in my day and evening to expand the work and play I get to do in art.

In this blog I will share with you the world of my art in various art interests I am exploring personally and in business as an artist selling his artwork in a variety of ways. And, also other interesting things I am learning about becoming an artist selling more of his artwork, interesting art websites such as etsy, red bubble and more.

We'll see what develops.