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Scheduled Routine Site Maintenance

nate — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 04:30:26 +0000

It’s ok, don’t panic! We are undergoing some routine, scheduled site maintenance and hope to have the site back up and back to normal shortly. Hang tight and we’ll be sure to serve you up some better-than-awesome artwork again real soon.

In the meantime, how about connecting with Imagekind on Facebook and Twitter?

Or, look at this; it’s funny:

Disco Elephant by John Lund

I mean, come on! It’s an elephant at a disco! How can that not be funny?

Ok, if that’s not quite your style, maybe you’ll want to check out some of these popular blog posts to quench your art-lovin’ appetite:

Or, if you’d rather just make some art, visit jacksonpollock.org. Who knows, you might be the next splatter-paint-art-master who starts a whole new trend that really takes off in the 80’s.

If none of those suite your fancy, how about just watching this funny video:

Friday Favorites – Drawing Day 2009 & Summer in Seattle

admin — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:01:18 +0000

It’s Friday! And with Friday comes Friday Favorites. This week we want to make a shout out to Drawing Day 2009, which is tomorrow June 6th, and the celebration of the fabulous weather we have been having here in Seattle!

Drawing Day 2009

Illustrators of the world unite! Tomorrow is Drawing day 2009 so get out your pens and papers (or whatever your preferred medium is) and start drawing. The goal of Drawing Day is to have over one million people upload images that they create on June 6th. At Imagekind we have created a group just for this purpose. Art can be uploaded at any point over the weekend but should be created on June 6th, 2009. To find out more about Drawing Day click here.

Join the Drawing Day 2009 Group Now!

Bring in the Sunshine

Seattle is known as a cold and wet destination, but the last few weeks have been absolutely glorious. We even had a hot weather alert go out this week due to the irregularly hot temperatures. Schools are taking this in stride and there seems to be an abundance of school field trips to anywhere that involves the great outdoors. The office, on the other hand, has been a slightly different story – it is hot and sticky. To help refresh us a bit, I have chosen some great images from Imagekind member artists that celebrate the sunshine and the pleasures of these hot long days.

Have a great weekend!

Eileen

Mother’s Day Gifts for Under $15? What!

nate — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:58:14 +0000

With Imagekind Create you can print and frame your favorite photos – a perfect gift for Mother’s Day! And, with our current free shipping* offer, you can find framed gifts for well under $15.

Send mom your favorite picture framed (or on canvas!) and if you order before May 4, we’ll cover the shipping for you! Just enter promo code MDAY09 at checkout.

Also, don’t forget to visit our special Mother’s Day art collection. We’ve compiled some of our most popular art that is sure to inspire any mom this Mother’s day!

*Type promo code MDAY09 in the promotion box at checkout. Promotion expires May 4, 2009 at 11:59pm PT and cannot be combined with any other promotion code. Limit one order per person. Promotion code must be used at time of checkout to apply. Your order must be placed during the promotional period to qualify for this special pricing offer. Free shipping promo applies to US ground shipping only. Not valid on greeting cards.

Browse Art: Easier – Imagekind Search Filtering

nate — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:19:31 +0000

With over 50,000 member artists and over 1 million art prints for sale on Imagekind, the choices can be enormous when trying to find just the right high end framed art print you are looking for.

Maybe it’s a painting, of a dog. And you want that dog painting to be in a large size. Enter:

Search Filtering

Now it’s easier than ever to find exactly the art print you want! With Imagekind Search Filtering you can narrow your search by medium, size, subject, genre, and more; even orientation!

Start searching to shop for art.

Search Filtering relies on artists’ categorization of their artwork on Imagekind. Based on the account type, artists can classify their artwork through a series of options; including tags and taxonomy.

So, if you’re an artist selling your artwork on Imagekind, make sure you have the correct taxonomy set for each image. You can find the categorization options in your admin under every image. To learn more about how to set your tags and taxonomy, visit the Imagekind Member Forums.

This is just the first of several improvements we hope to be making to the search feature in the coming months. Check back often and stay tuned as we continue to refine how you shop for art.

Search Filtering is one more way we continue to make Imagekind the best community for buying, selling and creating art.

Happy Searching!

New Feature – Easily Update your Membership Level

nate — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:38:12 +0000

Some of you may have received an email recently informing you about membership renewals. Now it’s simple to renew your membership right from your admin.

We’ve just added a new section in every members’ admin area where you can easily view your current membership level; manually change your account type; and your preferred renewal payment method.

Now it’s easier than ever to change or upgrade your Imagekind membership level!

To view your current account type, and make changes to your preferred payment method, follow these simply steps:

Login to your Imagekind account
Click the “My Account” link at the top of the page
Click the “Membership Level” option in the blue header

Scroll down and you can see what your current membership level is, when your membership renews, and the option to change your preferred renewal payment method.

Using PayPal?

If you are currently setup to renew via PayPal, please be aware that there is no automatic option when using your PayPal account. Therefore, you will need to either provide a valid credit card number, or renew with PayPal manually every time your membership level expires; monthly or yearly, depending on your Imagekind account type.