By Josh Taylor, graphic designer

I recently learned that istockphoto.com is “excited to announce a whole new product coming to the iStock collection”: they will start selling logos on the site. IStock is a discount stock image and video Web site where visual artists upload royalty free images and then  iStock customers can purchase from the Web site. Original artists are then paid a commission for those individual works.

As a designer, it’s no secret that from time to time I use photos and illustrations from the service because of client or project budget constraints. Perhaps the client can’t afford a photo shoot,  or maybe they just can’t stretch the budget for a professional service like Getty. Unfortunately, our industry seems to be shifting more and more into the mentality that stock houses like iStock, and amateur sites, are simply the more affordable equivalent of their professional counterparts. (more…)