So, if one does art, how does one get noticed?
It's all about getting out there right? Putting your art out for the world to see, and for someone to find. That's the ultimate goal, being found. Someone out there in the great wide world is looking for some image to use, for someone to hire, and we have to wave big flags and say "Here I am!"
Through my seemingly endless journey through the interent, I have seen many sites that are for the sole purpose of showing art off. The one I find myself going to most is deviantArt, though I find it to be more of a place to socialize then to be employed. That's the problem with a lot of sites of this nature, it seems that no serious employers frequent them. In all honesty I can understand why, but that doesn't solve the problem does it? How do we know if what we're posting will be seen?
One website that has thoroughly impressed me in its professional nature is ConceptArt.org. The website itself is essentially a huge forum. A place where artists go to seriously discuss art, and its a place to be noticed. Though the intent of the website seems fairly limited to artists who hope to become concept artists, any type of artist can join. The site itself is used mainly for displaying finished art, displaying unfinished art, and showing the pages of your sketchbook for people to see and give you feedback for.
ConceptArt has a huge advantage in the sense that the main users of the site are people already in the business. Also if you actually follow the site and are active there, a lot can be learned.
I've got an account, how about you?
I've milled over this problem myself over many a night. Of course, being a writer, I come from a slightly different perspective, though our boats are approaching the same iceberg, so to speak.
ReplyDeleteWhen I look around for online publishing of my poetry, I find that they are for the anyone and everyone, and anyone with real talent gets lost underneath the rubbish.
To me, that's saying that while the internet is an amazing communications tool, it hasn't quite integrated with the fine arts. I still find more success going through traditional mediums, such as literary magazines and poetry contests.
Unfortunately, I can't say anything about the visual arts. That is your forté.