Thread 458831

I have 25,000 images like pic related. Old timey engraved images. I found them in old books from Internet Archive before it went belly up. I cleaned them, vectorized them, converted them to backgroundless PNGs. Where can I sell them? I'm trying to get 250 - 300 USofA dollarinos a month. Etsy? What image service should use? Do they even exist anymore?

Also, you have a freebie in pic related.

>>458831 (OP)
other people have been doing that for years on creativemarket, also passive only works if you have a following or fanbase, if no one knows you then you need to offer more than just random pngs, you'll have to make tutorials, offer packs, post blogs, show the uses etc. also lots of people use gumroad for that, eg digilife11.gumroad.com/

>>458831 (OP)
I'd pay $100 for them (but in btc)

>>458833
Sure. I'll accept bitcoin

>>458831 (OP)
I'm trying to start a clothing brand and the stuff you have looks like a great match for the aesthetic I'm going for, I would pay you the same 100 USD anon offered you in BTC but I would rather pay you via paypal or something like that if that's fine with you.

>>458831 (OP)
Did you really vectorize and clean 25000 images?

>>459129
>bitmap>import>2 color
With my current setup it takes as little as 8 seconds to do. Going as fast as possible you could easily translate that much without automated scripts within a week.

>>459130
That's only if you are lucky enough that they don't need cleaning. In my experience, there's always small paper artifacts, dots, smudges, and so on. Plus rotating, cropping, and other small adjustments you need to do depending on each image.

I've tried doing a project with repetitive tasks before, which was really easy, but I had to do it hundreds of time like a graphic monkey. It was absolutely soul crushing

>>459135
Technically speaking even the pic on the OP has flaws. Getting a "perfect" scan is half the battle. From there the process is greatly simplified.

I'd recommend (if you find the task itself repetitive and daunting) to outline and script your process. That way you have the easy repetitive work done. From a marketing perspective, potential clients may favor broken or warped vector scans for a greater "distressed antique" feel.

Ultimately the true value comes from it's source and the efforts needed to repair them. If that is your market I'd advise you to heavily advertise the work you did to repair them. Otherwise that work might go unappreciated.

>>458831 (OP)
>Where can I sell them?
>What image service should use?

OnlyFans.

If you are going to do this make sure you have solid records of what pic came from where, whether it's public domain, etc in case you get into legal trouble
>>458832
Also this. You're competing with a lot of people. Unless you have an established brand nobody will want to buy your stuff

>>459130
Did you fucking do it manually? If you spent on doing this more than 2 hours, you are actually retarded. It's basic operation, even if you're not into coding, it's fucking 1 command on image magick. Could do it in four liner script and be over with it in half an hour. If you really did that manually, you deserve to be beheaded.

>>458831 (OP)
Shameless self bump

>>458831 (OP)
This would have been so much easier to make money on back like 20 years ago as a Clip Art pack with a few CDs with accompanying catalog book. Maybe try somewhere like vecteezy or vectorstock?

fwiw I'd buy the full set in a vector format for like a hundred bucks.

I mean today (and what i would fall for) would be a good instagram ad with a gumroad embed shop site. I bought lots of digital shit that way, like brush packs or graphic packs similar to yours

>>458831 (OP)
>I didn't make this
>I found this on a service that preserves old data so everyone can access it for free
>how can I make money out of this?
You are scum. Apologize to the Internet Archive.

>>460294
same repo that keeps on conceding ground, locking free archived shit away from users. no, they deserve death and nothing but death. nta.

>>458831 (OP)
the fact that they are vectorized repels me, Id rather have access to the original set because data is going to get lost once it goes through your shitty tool preferences, but then that would not give you enough justification to sell others people work

>>458831 (OP)
have you heard of AI?

r8 and hate my faggot amateur designer ass
https://www.teepublic.com/user/comfyleon

>>458831 (OP)
they aren't yours to sell.

>>458831 (OP)

b2b sell to t-shirt websites for clipart

I'm trying to create an auto embroidery webapp and this was my plan to sell it as a component as a webapp. The money is more in the credit than the actual thing. Please torrent the image pack and upload to piratebay etc.

>>460830
who gon stop me nigga

>>458831 (OP)
Shit is quite nice. Big enough to print. I'd pay a couple hundred dor all the set