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*please credit me if used, and provide a link*model: TaraFly
photographer: Joe Teach
taken at Cacapon State Park, WV
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Hey! I have picked this stock as a choice for the members of to create a piece of work for our "4 week stock challenge"!
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Thanks so much for including me!
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Just saw this message! Thanks for choosing my stock for part of your challenge!
[signed in under my art account, lol]
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Haha, I can't speak for the other stock providers... the few that I follow are still with us.
(*magikstock , =night-fate-stock , ~fae-stock , etc...)
Although I certainly wouldn't call myself greedy or egotistic, I suppose it depends on how you view their motives.
For instance, I've been following a passion to paint cats recently... and the majority of my limited free time is spent on work pertaining to my website, TaraFlyArt.com - blogging, painting, working on my cat adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, etc... because I can really sink my teeth into it. 
It reflects who I am.
Now, because I sell prints and receive great feedback from customers, someone might consider my artwork a form of "greed"... but I don't see it that way.
I'm making a small income to help out my husband, who is the sole "working" member of the family now.
Otherwise I'm just chasing after toddlers all day! LOL
Cleaning their messes and feeding them occasionally too, as well as all those other wifey duties like washing laundry and vacuuming carpets.
So my ability to run around the park wearing customes has become very limited. When we *do* make it to the park, we're acting as sheepdogs to keep the children contained within the playground parameters.
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Awww "sheepdogs". No hon I certainly don't mean any of the things you mentioned. I sell my artwork too and it is sporadic at best but every little bit helps in these horrible times. It is awesome that you do so well with yours!
The people I am referring to were mediocre stockists to begin with which meant a lot of editing work had to be done on their stock to work with it in the first place...to have them suddenly begin making these packages and attaching a price to them which doesn't justify the poor quality to begin with. Or they have a bit of a fit over something and close the account. Last I checked, ~fae-stock had removed all of her stock from her account. At first the entire account was a dead husk, then she sort of came back but not as a stockist. She had been one of my favorites too
While I am not a cat person...now you really have my curiosity piqued on your "Pride and Prejudice" project. Is it done in pictoral form, or written?
Speaking of wifely duties I have some golden retriever hair to vacuum. *sigh* Sometimes Razzle is worse then a child.
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Hey, I'm back! LOL
Did you mean *faestock ? Yeah, something has been brewing for awhile and she finally caved... but I haven't been following her journals religiously.
I think dA is much like any social networking site, in addition to proving great resources... there will always be drama between users and frustrations over policy changes.
Some of us avoid it by simply not being around much... lol
It's one of the reasons why I try to limit my online social life, because whenever I stroll into the Etsy forums, wander across popular blogs, or controversial posts on Facebook... I always feel my blood pressure rising. It's easy to get sucked in, and start debating with complete strangers. Which doesn't bode well for the rest of my day. LOL
I also think, for many of us, stock modeling was a hobby that filled a need in our lives. We either created stock because we were working on projects and couldn't find the exact pose or model we wanted (so we started taking our own).... or else we wanted some self validation. I began my ~TaraFly account after my divorce, and it was akin to therapy for me... the reactions of my watchers and the artists who created such lovely work using my face, gave me an emotional high and a bit of self-confidence.
As my focus shifted from myself to my family, I became less interested in posing in pretty pictures and being admired.
However, as an artist who finds stock photography extremely useful, I also realize that I've been neglecting my obligation to "give back" to the community which has given so much freely to me.
I'm trying to convince my husband to get back into photography, as his "day job" is sucking the life out of him, and he's rarely in the mood to do anything remotely creative anymore.
My Pride and Prejudice project is mainly illustrative at the moment... I'm working on character portraits right now, and someday I'll adapt the story itself to go along with my pictures. It's taking longer than I imagined... 
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I can totally relate to the boost in self confidence from seeing art of yourself. Divorce or any relationship ending wrecks us so bad 
Drama...its everywhere. Like you I get pretty worked up over stupidity and feel the need to have a say but often just turn it off and walk away. There is no winning some arguments especially in an anonymous forum.
I can relate to your hubby's issue. Mine has no creative outlet and he is a creative person. He plays video games and often just gets more upset and frustrated then if he did something soothing like a fractal or art. I have gotten him to do a few fractals and art pieces but he can't relate to digital media too well and has no motivation to pick up a pad and pencil
As for Faestock...if she goes away for too long people will stop searching for her stock and move on. It is too bad, she genuinely seemed to enjoy the work. I never really read any journals detailing any drama which suits me just fine.
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