Around here we are huge fans of web developers turning their passions into their income. Pixelgirl Presents and Pixelgirl Shop, made by Shana Victor of Morfia Design appears to be doing just that. Morfia is a custom graphic and design shop specializing in logo/branding, iconography, OS icons, flash, etc.

Pixelgirl Presents allows anyone to upload icon sets they designed and anyone else to download them. There are also articles and tutorials and in the end there is a solid community feel of iconographers meeting and sharing with other iconographers. It’s for icons what Chank used to be for fonts. If Alexa is to be trusted Pixelgirl has a 21,000 ranking which is no small feat.

After the surprising growth in Pixelgirl usage and meeting so many artists and DIYers Shana started PixelgirlShop an impressive online store of modern crafts and popular items. Most items are consignment based direct from artists. Nothing is mass produced.

Between adsense ads and donations on PixelgirlPresents, Percentages from PixelgirlShop and custom development for what I would imagine would be an ever growing list of clients for Morfia Design I have to imagine Shana Victor has made herself a self-sustaining business with lots of opportunity for expansion and growth in the directions she prefers.

We really like that around here. Go Pixelgirl!