What have I missed - isn't it "just", as he intimates, a cartoon focussed version of a stock photo site?
FWIW I didn't find it particularly hard to find business type cartoons on shutterstock, http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-807910p2.html. There prices are £29 for 12 downloads (for small/med jpeg - for comparison with the post about using images on a personal blog).
[I've used them in the past for some website art and may have an affiliate link somewhere for them, can't recall]
I'm not saying it's bad, seems to be nicely executed; just that a few comments seem like "wow, totally awesome concept" which make me think I'm missing something?
Yes, I think you are. You may be paying too much attention to the technology. Two clever strokes in this idea:
* Identifying huge excess inventory in the market for cartoons and generating value from it
* Positioning cartoons in a manner similar to premium fonts, for bloggers and online publications
I have in mind (it's not my idea mind you) a Javascript blob one would stick on their blog, like you would for the HF+J fonts, and then an interface for picking cartoons (or themes of cartoons) out for individual posts.
> I have in mind (it's not my idea mind you) a Javascript blob one would stick on their blog, like you would for the HF+J fonts, and then an interface for picking cartoons (or themes of cartoons) out for individual posts.
Is there an example of this, or could you please elaborate? I'd love to explore this idea.
FWIW I didn't find it particularly hard to find business type cartoons on shutterstock, http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-807910p2.html. There prices are £29 for 12 downloads (for small/med jpeg - for comparison with the post about using images on a personal blog).
[I've used them in the past for some website art and may have an affiliate link somewhere for them, can't recall]
I'm not saying it's bad, seems to be nicely executed; just that a few comments seem like "wow, totally awesome concept" which make me think I'm missing something?