Wow

So in the world of graphic design (for those who don't know this) there's people who upload what's called "stock" photos. It's basically an image of whatever, from a rock to a tree to a bathroom, that you can manipulate and use in pretty much whatever way you'd like. There's usually a couple rules like "please give me credit" or whatever, but generally these people are very kind, generous, etc.

Stock photos are by rule, generally very poor images though. They might be bad quality, or contain bad cropping, because it's just a bare image. This is because you, the graphic artist are supposed to manipulate this and turn it into some fantastic piece of artwork, the stocker is just giving you a picture (or pictures) to use.


This photo, was an exception:


Wow. This was taken from soleildenuit2 on deviantart, incidentally. This person's whole gallery of stock images were all incredible. Pretty cool, I thought.