Today we’ve launched a new Envato Community blog called Envato Notes. The new site is going to be the epicenter of our community not just for the Envato Marketplaces but for our entire network of sites. On the site you’ll find heaps of different stuff including:
- News about all Envato Sites
- Interviews of authors and people from the community
- Case studies about Envato Authors
- Competitions
- Announcements about New Features and Categories
- News from the Envato Dev teams
- How-To articles for our sites
- Staff Interviews from the Envato team
- Polls, Discussions, Contests, Features, Photos, Plugs, Freebies, Reports, Tips, Giveaways, Guest Posts, … you name it, we’re going to have it!
So be sure to head over and check it out now at Notes.Envato.com!
I’d like to announce that the River Current will be taking a “holiday hiatus” over this holiday season. We will be back up and running sometime in 2010. The change is sure to bring some exciting this to the marketplace blogs. All the old content on the blogs will stil be available in some form or fashion. In the meantime, the current blog will stay up. You will also be able to check back here for site announcements and news until the new blogs launch.
On a more personal note, I’d like thank everyone for taking the time to hear what I had to say. I hope that some of my ideas about the marketplace and tips on selling files have helped both GrapahicRiver authors as well as authors on the other marketplaces. It has been a pleasure writing for you guys and working with the ever inspiring Envato Network.
If you all wish to keep up with me, feel free to follow me on Twitter or via my blog:
@DannyOutlaw
Outlaw Design Blog
For me, it seems like December started just the other day. In all actuality, Christmas is right around the corner. My how the time flies! Whatever happen to the days as a kid where it seemed like the end of December couldn’t come fast enough? For this weeks round up I did a small collection of Christmas artwork I discovered on DeviantArt. I hope you enjoy them and they help get you in the festive mood of the holidays!
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I have been noticing the “pixel effect” in a lot of design work here lately. People are using it in a variety of ways; from gigantic over sized pixelation, to mosaic style pixels, the style is popping up everywhere. GraphicRiver author Lovi has created a file that capitalizes on this trend, but with a bit of style. Rather than just create some multi color pixel backgrounds, Lovi has created background with a variety of pixel shapes and patterns.
If you are on the lookout for a pixel style background, this could be just what you need.
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This weeks question is more geared toward the GraphicRiver authors who have been selling on the marketplaces for a while. I am wondering if you have learned anything about selling on the marketplaces since you first started? Have you learned any tricks for higher selling files? Any advice on what works and what doesn’t?
So, my question this week is:
What advice would you give new authors about the marketplace to help them increase their sales?
I would love to join in this discussion, but I have pretty much already shared my advice about selling on the marketplace in this blog! In case you missed any of those post, here are some of them:
- Author’s Username: udfrance
- Member Since: October 2008
- Location: N/A
How Come?
GraphicRiver author, udfrance, has a quite a variety of files in their portfolio. If you take a look, you will see a few web elements, some sweet text styles, and a ton of web/graphic backgrounds. It is these backgrounds that made me decide to showcase their work. While there are a number of background files for sale here on the marketplaces, I thought udfance did a nice job of taking popular style sand making them a bit more unique. What do you think?
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As a web designer, I am constantly on the look out for good designs, trends, and all around pretty looking web elements. Back in the day, I used to just bookmark good designs I cam across. Now, thanks to some more savvy web experiences and some great tools and apps, I have a much more sophisticated system for finding and store web design inspiration. Below are my favorite websites for finding web design inspiration. Yes, two of them are Envato websites, but that’s just the way it goes. These are sites I constantly find myself going to for ideas/
What are your favorite inspiration sites?
1. Ember
The Ember website has been my “go to” website for design inspiration since I first discovered it. I love that that there are a tone of new images added daily. CSS galleries are great, but many only add a few new sites a day. I also use the Little Snapper app which syncs seamlessly with the Ember website. In fact, the Ember app works much better for organizing your inspiration collections much better than the LittleSnapper app. The site also makes it easy to “favorite” designs that others have uploaded. This way you can keep all your design inspirations online, rather than bookmarked to a single computer or browser. There are free and paid accounts available. (more…)
There are a number of great web designer kits for sale here on GraphicRiver. I have bought a number of them myself. Many of them are full of an outstanding number of items. Many include everything from buttons to tool tips, and then some. This set of Delicious Buttons might not include a wide variety of elements, but the ones it does include are pretty stylish.
Whats great about them is that they are so simple and easily customizable, that the can be adjusted to fit just about any sort of site design you may be working on. While the file includes two color variations, it is painlesly simple to adjust the colors to fit your needs.
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For sake of being festive, I thought it would be fun to hear what everyone is wishing for for the holidays this year? Why don’t you share a “in my wildest dreams” gift and a more realistic gift? Don’t expect any Oprah style surprise gifts from me or anything though!
I myself would have to wish for the new 27 inch iMac as my “in my wildest dreams” gift. In a more realistic approach, I would probably have to ask for a sweet iPhone clock radio. On that note, do you guys have any suggestions?
So, what are you guys after this holiday season?
