I have started a DeviantArt page.
Some of the images uploaded will be the same as those uploaded to Fine Art America/Pixels.
I am also uploading images there that aren't part of my Fine Art America portfolio. Many of these will be available under a Creative Commons license and will be free to download and use. (Images not free to use will be marked with a DeviantArt watermark)
Why offer free images?
For starters, I like taking pictures. Sometimes the subject matter is very pedestrian. It's hard to sell these images. A picture of a dandelion may be well done, but it's still a dandelion. It's a subject matter just about anyone with a camera can take a successful picture of.
Some pictures just don't meet my standards when it comes to charging for them. Slightly out of focus image or images with noise or noticeable grain when viewed close to full size may still be useful as stock or artist reference material. (I do offer the option to buy prints of the images uploaded to DeviantArt. A slightly out-of-focus image or one with a little noise may be worth using at less than full resolution.)
Freebies also happen to be good publicity.
Extra traffic to this blog or sites I actually sell images can't hurt.
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