This banner is from one of my personal groups where I invite
authors to post about their books. I’ve
made an investment in my graphics. If you have a budget and it provides for a
graphic artist, then by all means, hire the person and go back to writing. I
don’t have such a budget so I make do with what I can.
Here’s some new memes without text that I purchase from a stock photo
house. These are primarily from DepositPhotos.com. They usually have sales;
i.e. 100 photos for $100 for a year. If they don’t show it on the website, chat
with a sales person and it might be available.
This is used for a current Valentine’s Day
Contest.
This is a favorite of mine. I post on the social
media sites with a catchy phrase in the comment section. “At another time,
another place, if he might find her again, Raven would demonstrate all the
other things his lips and manly parts could do.” From Once Upon a duke.
Here’s another photo of my Regency Lady, where I
use various phrases. Is she going to meet someone? Has she heard a noise and is
frightened? Did the draft blow her candles out?
There’s no end to how you can utilize a photo.
It goes without saying--do not simply copy pictures from the internet. There are copyright
laws and you don’t want to tangle with these legal issues. Pay for what you use
and you’ll feel safe.
I’ve used this saying of mine in a few books, just to show
there are countless ways to make your words count.
Above all, you want your memes to be fresh and new without
breaking your bank. There a few other stock houses you can use: Dreamstine,
Pixabay…just to name a few.
So here’s my last one.
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5 comments:
Thanks for these very helpful posts, Sandra. You have some lovely images there. I so appreciate your sharing this!
These blogs, and of course your memes, are absolutely inspirational! Can you tell us what program you use to create them, and do you work on a PC or Mac. Thank you so much for sharing with us. I am off now to check out some of the photo sites you suggested!
Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge, Sandra. I love playing about with graphics (I can't afford to pay anyone to do it so I've had to try to do it myself.) I use 'Dreamstime' for most of my pictures, as I find them quite reasonable. Hopefully I can improve after reading these posts!
This series of blogs has been fantastic. Thank you so much for your advice. You've definitely inspired me!
Thanks Sandra. Very interesting.
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