It’s Our Summer Fun Giveaway!
“Can you believe it’s already August,” my friend Sara asked me over the weekend. “The summer is almost over. Boo hoo.” I refused to let Sara’s pessimism sway me from enjoying these remaining weeks of...
View ArticleMovie Magic
A tutorial in movie poster design by Art Director and founder of Pureworks, Victoria Jordan. Lately, I’ve been inspired by a few of the big summer movies like the Dark Knight Rises and The Bourne...
View ArticleGet Your Free Image of the Autobahn, Fast!
About two years ago, I drove on the Autobahn, the subject of this week’s Free Image. The drive was part of a road trip from Berlin to a small village in Bavaria. Originally, the thought of driving on a...
View ArticleThis Week’s Free Image Is All A Blur …
Let this week’s Free Image blur the edges of possibility for any of your needs. The “City Lights” image, by contributor Rusdi Yahya, could be the perfect fuzzy fit for any city of your choice. Tourism...
View ArticleWhy You’ll Love Bigstock’s New API Partners
In what is perhaps some of the best partnership news since french fries met mayonnaise (am I alone in this?) … we’re thrilled to announce Bigstock’s new partnerships with CafePress and Emma. Thanks to...
View ArticleEight Illustrations That Will Melt Your Heart
It’s wintertime here in NYC, and boy, do we need some smiles. Thank goodness there’s Valentine’s Day to remind us all of what really matters: Love. So, turn that frown upside down, and take a look at...
View ArticleContributor’s Corner: Making a Metadata List
Checklist with blue pencil Image ©Mikhail Mishchenko Making time for metadata doesn’t mean starting from scratch every time you upload content to Bigstock. An easy solution is to create your own Master...
View ArticleAn Intro to Working with Vectors
Vectors are images that are suitable for illustrations that contain precise measurements. A vector is different from a bitmap image (jpg) because its information is much simpler, and it is scalable to...
View ArticleThe Memes of Spring
From Cristin Burton, Bigstock’s graphic design guru, who’s clearly had enough of winter: Here in New York City, the poopy winter is just winding down. Spring is finally here! I can hardly contain...
View ArticleCelebrate Mother’s Day with Our Collection of Cool Moms
My mom was certainly no alterna-mom, but I think she would fit right in with these hip moms who strut through motherhood, making it look cooler than two tickets to an REO Speedwagon concert. Not only...
View ArticleHow to Use Photography to Enhance your Homepage
Facebook recently reported that over 350 million photos were uploaded to its website every day during its fourth quarter of 2012. This comes as little surprise when you consider that, nowadays, more...
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HANDPICKED & HIGH STYLE: CURATED BIGSTOCK IMAGES NOW AT ART.COM
We’re thrilled to announce a beautiful partnership, both figuratively and literally. Bigstock has partnered with Art.com. As you know, Art.com is a leading online destination for experiencing and...
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ENTER TO WIN A TEMPLATE TO CREATE YOUR WEBSITE FROM TEMPLATE MONSTER!
Cool news! We’ve teamed up with TemplateMonster, a US-based template-selling company, to give away seven (7) premium templates! Seven readers will win a template of their choice for their personal or...
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3 WAYS WIX CAN HELP YOUR SMALL BUSINESS
Amazing imagery is becoming more and more essential when creating your online presence, which is why we’re happy to announce our new partnership with Wix.com, a leading cloud-based web development...
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3 Ways Zoho Campaigns Can Help Your Email Marketing Goals
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5 Tips to Picking Your Brand’s Facebook Cover Photo
As more small businesses bring their brands to Facebook, the challenge of being able to stand out from the crowd becomes greater. Your cover photo on your brand’s Facebook page is prime real estate...
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Contest: #ShutterstockSketch for a Trip to Cannes Lions 2016
Can you sketch? Can you draw? Can you doodle? Would you like to go to Cannes Lions? If you answered “kinda sorta” to any of those questions, we have a very cool contest for you to enter. Our friends...
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8 Kickstarter Tips for Small Businesses
Camila Prada recently ran a Kickstarter campaign to bring her cute, ceramic tableware characters to life. Capturing the imagination of a whole new audience with her passion, drive, and personal...
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5 Tips for Better Business Emails
Consider this: when you email a business contact, client, or colleague, you are essentially presenting yourself and your business in the form of text. You might think that in the era of instant...
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4 Reasons Your Retail Business Needs a Facebook Presence
Is your retail business on Facebook? Here are four reasons your company needs a presence on the social media platform. Facebook has billions of users throughout the world, and many of them use the...
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