As a Zazzle artist, what do you truly love creating?

I've often wondered, as an artist, do you create what you truly love or what potential buyers might love? 

I love designing fantasy flowers, any flowers, fruits, no rhyme or reason. I think I've done some beautiful flowers and anything related. I also love cartooning. I've recently tried my hand at it in PS In fact I use PS for most of my designs. Some of my designs, looking back at my earlier flowers and cartoons, are quite awful. The designs I thought I might delete, actually sold. There's no account for taste. Second guessing a potential customer, is an impossibility. With that being said, then why shouldn't we create what we love and maybe potential customers will love it also? 

Below is just a small example of what I love doing.

"Thoughts of you" by erniesvoice
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"Just Fruit" by erniesvoice
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How does my garden grow by erniesvoice
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Girl Belly Button Bear magnet sculpture by erniesvoice
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Belly Button Bear magnet sculpture by erniesvoice
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All my cats by erniesvoice
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June 3, 2010. Below you'll find beautiful art from Zazzle artist, featuring their favorite designs.

Ice Cream Sundae by simplesketch
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simplesketch writes:
Some of my favorite sketches are those designs that deal with a usual or common object or subject, but I present it in a way that one is not used to. I also like to draw subjects that are related to my personal likes (favorite food, favorite hobbies, etc.).
Case in point, yesterday I completed a sketch called Ice Cream Sundae which was a joy to work on. Not only do I enjoy ice-cream, but I wanted to try to present this favored dessert in a unique manner. So I decided to sketch each component of the design, the fountain glass, the frozen yogurt, the hot fudge drizzle, the sweet cherry, and the dessert spoon, with a distinct hatch stroke. I was especially pleased with how the hatching of the frozen yogurt came out, it appears as if the frozen yogurt is especially light, soft, and creamy.

Thank you simplesketch for taking the time to tell us about your work. 

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Mira Gutoff "Fairy" Poster by miragutoff

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miragutoff writes:

This picture features a prisoner of the Fair Folk, transforming into one of them. Beneath her lies a quote from the Ballad of Tam Lin: "When we were frae the hunting came /That frae my horse I fell /The Queen o' Faeries she caught me /In yon green hill to dwell." Photograph taken by Alexia Anastasio. 
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French snail, French Recipes by ruralfrance

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ruralfrance writes: 

I struggle to be creative. With photography, I see what I see, but I find it almost impossible to create something out of thin air. Nearly everything I do revolves around nature, and living in France coupled with an abundance of edible snails, I arrived at this binder. It's a compromise between what I like doing, and what I think everyone else might like Smile.

I don't know if this is my favourite - everything has different merits, but I do strive to actually make or design something with my photography, and I'm quite pleased with how this turned out. It's certainly one of my most creative!

The snail's shell had the colour added in Photoshop - it wasn't actually painted!

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Below added, June 6, 2010

Yellow Daisy by ArtformTheHeart

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ArtformTheHeart writes:

I love designing lots of different things, one day it's a painting of flowers, the next it's a nude pencil drawing, next again it's a cartoon creation on photoshop. I've picked this Yellow Gerbera Daisy as (one of) my best pieces. It was my first attempt with using a graphics tablet and painting software and took several hours to get it to a standard I'd expect of myself if using a traditional medium. 

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Brown and White Owl Poster by artbymar

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artbymar writes:

Here is one of my favorites, a brown owl. I loving painting owls. Image is from my original acrylic painting. This regal brown and white owl is sitting on a tree branch with a landscape of blue water and sky in the background.

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Finale by cutesaru18
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 cutesaru18 writes:

This is one of my newest creations, but I love how it reminds me of fireworks (appropriate given that tomorrow's the 4th of July)

Gothic Girls 2011 Calendar by gothictoggs
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gothictoggs writes:

I love art! It doesn't matter who creates it, or what the motivation is. If it makes me feel something, than it's art. From doodles to a 1000 year old manuscript. no difference in my opinion. Art should come from your heart.
As for a favorite piece. I don't have one. Because i feel like all 13 GB on my computer and the house full of paintings, ceramics, sketches, quilts, etc... are all my art and all my "babies". 

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Graffiti 1 by animotaxis
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animotaxis writes:

One of my newest creations. Vivid, colorful, psychedelic fluo abstract graffiti street art. 

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AA- Cheerful Coneflower Poster by naturesmiles
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naturesmiles writes:

Cheerful coneflowers floral art poster. Wonderful close-up pink daisy like flowers make great wall art. Perfect for college dorms too.

Thanks for the opportunity. I love floral art. This is one of my favorites.

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Fireflies Miniature Artwork Cards by DizzyDebbie
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DizzyDebbie writes: 

This graphic artwork by Dizzy Debbie shows a blaze of flames with butterflies emerging from the flames like embers. Set on a black background gives this miniature artwork a stunning look. Perfect for collectors and traders. 

This is one of my top favorite designs, created a few years ago I call it Fireflies.

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Daylilies in a Red Vase Poster Print by sfcount
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sfcount writes:

Print from my original gouache digital painting. The painting is a naive still life of three orange daylilies in a bulb-shaped brick red vase. The background is beige with a canvas texture. This charming image is available in a variety of sizes and paper types. My newest is almost always my favorite and this is my newest. 

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Desiderata poster by HightonRidley
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HightonRidley writes:

The full Desiderata by Max Ehrmann Go placidly amidst the noise and haste... A single pillar stands contemplating new horizons, absorbing the wisdom of the years. Here's one of my most favourite images (taken on Felixstowe beach) - it also happens to be my top seller! (I wonder if the two facts are related??)

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Elephant Portrait Posters by wildlifeart
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wildlifeart writes:

This African Elephant portrait was rendered in pastels by award winning wildlife artist Kathie Miller. This is one of my best pieces done with pastels.

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Water Lily Poster by thenaturalgift
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thenaturalgift writes:

I just started a new series of miniature oil paintings of flowers. I like this one the best. A single pink water lily among dark green leaves. The original is a miniature oil painting by Kathie Miller.

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It's Complicated by Lyreck
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Lyreck writes:

I work almost exclusively with Prismacolor colored pencils. I do other types of work but my favorite to view and create is hands-down abstract. I have two favorites, but I think this one wins for now probably because it's my most recent abstract piece. Spend hours with your friends discussing the possible meanings and symbolism in this creation, original work done myself with Prismacolor pencils.

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Thelonious Monk by Bebops
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Bebops writes:

My photography is my art and that is mostly what I have in my Zazzle store. But I made this collage of the great jazz pianist, Thelonious Monk, and scanned it for this poster. This poster is a colorful collage of one of the piano masters of modern music, Thelonious Sphere Monk. Along with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie he is generally credited with pioneering the jazz music called Bebop.

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Thank you artist, Beautiful work!