Blogs
The benefits of an artist promoting themselves with a blog are:
- A blog is free
- Accessible to everyone and anyone
- Easy to use
- Add as much content as you want
- You can follow people who inspire you
- You can connect to Google and Facebook (to interest more people)
- You can edit and update the blog anytime, rather than having something printed permanently in a book
- You can control the layout and design
- You can distribute other links to other sites you may have related to your artwork
- Blogs would be appropriate for budding illustrators or newbies to introduce your work
The problems with owning a blog:
- People may breach copyright terms by stealing your artwork/photos
- You yourself could be breaching copyright!
- You could attract negative feedback and criticism from "trolls"
- You may have to be careful what you're uploading - content may offend
- Only accessible to people who have an internet connection
- Unless properly advertised/publicised, your blog isn't reached to everyone. Some people may not have heard of your blog ever existing
- People can't contact you or publish a comment without having their own account
http://chociblog.blogspot.com/
Good examples of artists' blogs:
http://www.whokilledbambi.co.uk/
http://www.illustrophile.com
The pros and cons of an artist having a Twitter account:
Pros:
- Easy to access - apps on iPhones and advertised everywhere
- Most people have heard of Twitter
- Quick and efficient
- It's easy to follow people who inspire you
Cons:
- You only gain a massive amount of followers if you're very famous
- You can't post pictures up - only links to your pictures
- You can only write a certain amount of text (limited characters)
- It's not easy for everyone to use
- It's difficult to find other people on Twitter unless directed from another website
- Impersonators may create Twitter accounts under your name
Easy
No publisher
Anyone can see
No quality control
Click on links that go nowhere
No marketting
Competitions:
Prize
Get noticed
Student - good rep for college
fit it on top of everything else (committing)
Independant
cost of materials
can be a waste of time if you dont win
Business cards:
Anyone with a job can promote themselves
-Name
-Occupation
-Website
-Contact details
-Possible example of work
icon pictures?
business cards on other objects - rubbers, crayons etc
Postcards:
You'd rather pay for a postcard than just pick up something on paper even if your just going to put it on the wall.
Doesn't have to be full coloured
Shocking pictures on postcards always stand out
No comments:
Post a Comment