iStock Iconography

or "What The H*ck Are All Those Little Pictures?"

Any given page of iStockphoto is packed with tiny little badges, icons, trophies, and canisters. We even have a chicken head. We understand that it can all be a little overwhelming. Below is the complete guide to every icon at iStock, and what they all mean. You'll never have to ask about El Platano de Oro Loco again.

Contributors

Individual Member Awards

Steel Cage

Site Features

Specialty

Photographers, Illustrators, and Flash Artists

This contributor's images, illustrations, or Flash files have had:

Base: 1-249 downloads		Bronze: 250-2,499 downloads
Silver: 2,500-9,999 downloads		Gold: 10,000-24,999 downloads
Diamond: 25,000-200,000 downloads		Black Diamond: 200,000 + downloads

Exclusive Artist

This contributor's royalty-free images and illustrations are only available from iStockphoto.

Videographers

This contributor's video footage files have had:

Base: 1-249 downloads		Bronze: 250-1,249 downloads
Silver: 1,250-4,999 downloads		Gold: 5,000-12,499 downloads
Diamond: 12,500-100,000 downloads		Black Diamond: 100,000 + downloads

Exclusive Videographer

This contributor's royalty-free video footage is only available from iStockphoto.

Sound Artists

This contributor's royalty-free audio files, songs, samples or tracks files have had:

Base: 1-124 downloads		Bronze: 125-1,249 downloads
Silver: 1,250-4,999 downloads		Gold: 5,000-12,499 downloads
Diamond: 12,500-100,000 downloads		Black Diamond: 100,000 + downloads

Exclusive Sound Artist

This contributor's royalty-free audio files are only available from iStockphoto.