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I've been busy uploading some new contemporary retro designs to my shops.

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 Here are a couple of collections I have set up on Society6 shop I currently have two collections where I am selling a huge number of products, ranging from credenza chests , wall clocks , wall murals , tables , t-shirts , tote bags , coffee mugs , phone cases , cushions and face masks . Why not take a quick look and see if there are any pattern designs that inspire you? Here is a selection of the 80s Memphis Design pattern products that I have listed: https://society6.com/billingtonpix/collection/80s-memphis-style Here is a selection of the Contemporary Retro Design pattern products that I have listed: https://society6.com/billingtonpix/collection/contemporary-retro I don't have as many designs uploaded as I do at my  BillingtonPix.RedBubble.com shop or my own BillingtonPix.com website, simply because the upload process is rather torturous. I have to physically enable each product, unlike on RedBubble where I have to just switch off the ones I don't want to push live. I do ...

My Print on Demand Story

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A bit of background about me and some detail on how I have tried to build up my print on demand enterprise in the last 12 months. I've listed out a few general starter tips that might help someone to succeed at selling their digital artwork, although I am by no means an expert at this! Covid changed everything Until last year I worked in IT. I've done so since 1998. In April 2020 that all changed when Covid hit and I had to choose between a reduced salary or a redundancy. I chose the latter. For a while I haven't been enjoying my IT career. I was a solution architect but had not progressed for a while and was feeling rather disillusioned. So I left my job. For the next month I binge-watched Netflix, applying for new IT jobs and getting lots of rejections. The economy was hitting a buffer as companies froze their IT recruitment and I found myself just wasting my time preparing for interviews that never progressed. At that time I thought about selling my photography. I though...

In Love with 80s Memphis Style

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In Love with 80s Memphis Style I've created an 80s Memphis Style collection on my BillingtonPix Society6 store . What is Memphis Style? 80s Postmodern abstract shapes and flat colors juxtaposed together. Most people either love or hate it. The designs of the 1980s weren't particularly suited to work very well together, tended to clash and were quite hard to integrate with existing furniture. More recent designs tend to have a more toned down look, but not always.  Check out my 80s Memphis collection on Society6

Starting out with Print on Demand

Hey everyone, I'm Matthew and I'm currently in the process of creating a set of market place shops that will help me with my print-on-demand business. I live in London, and am currently sheltering from the Covid virus. It's been a tough year for a lot of people, but I'd like to document my own personal development since the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic last year.  I took redundancy from old workplace last April. For a month I binged on Netflix. In my mind I had decided not to continue with my career. Until then I was a solutions architect, having begun an IT career back in 1998. To be perfectly honest I was no longer enjoying it, so the chance to leave my company with a bit of cash was quite appealing. I'm kind of nearing the time when I would ideally want to stop the professional working anyway (although about 5 years early!) so thought this might be the best opportunity I get to go out on my own terms. For the first month I binged on Netflix, in my flat, ...