06-23-2016, 01:48 PM
No probs.
Promotion can be split into a couple of basic ways of looking at it, Indirect and direct.
Indirect means you spam your stuff on all the biggest art sites, Art station, dA, cgsociety. You can also share your work via social media on Instagram, Twitter, facebook, and you can do posts on reddit and imgur in the various categories. Learn to use hashtags on Insta and Twitter.
If you have content you think might be useful to others (workflow / process / tips etc) you can also create YT video content.
Direct means you send links to your folio directly to potential clients / companies / ADs that you have found through prior research.
The indirect way is good to get your stuff out to a wider audience and will build up over time so it is good to do fairly consistently, or at least when you have new work you want to share but there is no way of telling when or with whom you will get work from. The direct way may directly lead to gigs in the short to medium term, and you can (and should) keep track of who you have approached.
Do both.
I see many new freelancers doing the indirect, but not doing the direct enough, expecting that clients will magically land on their laps. Sometimes it will, especially if you have been sharing your stuff indirectly for quite a while, but don't skimp on the direct way...that should actually be your focus if you want to get paying jobs quicker.
There are also things such as going to artist conventions or comic cons and things like that, probably a little down the line for you.
That's basically it really.
Have one main place that every image you post links back to where you want the most focus, like your central hub. Many people use ArtStation these days. It's not a bad idea, lots of AD's will use it to find new artists. At least have a profile there, if you want to have your own website as well.
Promotion can be split into a couple of basic ways of looking at it, Indirect and direct.
Indirect means you spam your stuff on all the biggest art sites, Art station, dA, cgsociety. You can also share your work via social media on Instagram, Twitter, facebook, and you can do posts on reddit and imgur in the various categories. Learn to use hashtags on Insta and Twitter.
If you have content you think might be useful to others (workflow / process / tips etc) you can also create YT video content.
Direct means you send links to your folio directly to potential clients / companies / ADs that you have found through prior research.
The indirect way is good to get your stuff out to a wider audience and will build up over time so it is good to do fairly consistently, or at least when you have new work you want to share but there is no way of telling when or with whom you will get work from. The direct way may directly lead to gigs in the short to medium term, and you can (and should) keep track of who you have approached.
Do both.
I see many new freelancers doing the indirect, but not doing the direct enough, expecting that clients will magically land on their laps. Sometimes it will, especially if you have been sharing your stuff indirectly for quite a while, but don't skimp on the direct way...that should actually be your focus if you want to get paying jobs quicker.
There are also things such as going to artist conventions or comic cons and things like that, probably a little down the line for you.
That's basically it really.
Have one main place that every image you post links back to where you want the most focus, like your central hub. Many people use ArtStation these days. It's not a bad idea, lots of AD's will use it to find new artists. At least have a profile there, if you want to have your own website as well.