Getting Recognised

[ristar]

Since I have been off from uni and without a job I decided my free time (which I have a lot of, even gaming can't consume it all) would be best spent doing abit of drawing. While I have been making these Pieces of 'Art', I post each finished one on a free site for the critical analysis I normally get from my piers or lecturers as this is, I believe the best way to move on from the last one. But after each day I seem to be getting no feedback, hardly any views!

Is it me I don't know because no one says?

So does/did anybody else have this problem casting their creative net to the masses?

Here is a recent piece

Not my best but the only one on photobucket

[Seerow]

If you mean on deviantart I wouldn't get too wound up about it. You need to give much (comments) to recive anything. When you do recive it is mostly back patting anyway, rarely do you get a comment worth a jot.

[Spunky Monkey]

Agree, on deviantart many people wont give negative comments. Your lucky if they question things you've done but no one will say its crap or whats bad about it. Normally its only people that like what you've done that post.

You're best of posting them on a proper art forum, for example cg stuff you'd post over at say threedy.com but for stuff like yours you'd want a different forum.

Or here, we always like to critisise and stuff.

[TheSlugFormerlyKnownAsNap]

Don't ask, SELL!

[ristar]

If you mean on deviantart I wouldn't get too wound up about it.  You need to give much (comments) to recive anything.  When you do recive it is mostly back patting anyway, rarely do you get a comment worth a jot.

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The place in question was deviant and I know what you mean about the comments. On there it's also the lack of views I know I don't draw manga ECT but some one should, just by law of averages?

[ristar]

Don't ask, SELL!

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Is that a piece of advice.....or an offer

[Seerow]

To get anyone to look at your stuff you need to be a whore, go comment on other people's galleries and they will look and comment on yours, it doesn't lead to constructive critisism but if enough people really like it they will keep looking when you post new stuff, and telling you how ace you are and infating your ego.

[ristar]

To get anyone to look at your stuff you need to be a whore, go comment on other people's galleries and they will look and comment on yours, it doesn't lead to constructive critisism but if enough people really like it they will keep looking when you post new stuff, and telling you how ace you are and infating your ego.

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Hmm the curse and blessing of DeviantArt.

[Spunky Monkey]

Also with deviantart at the moment the search function is down. So if you are searching for mario pictures your gona have a hard time right now.

[ristar]

Also with deviantart at the moment the search function is down. So if you are searching for mario pictures your gona have a hard time right now.

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I do believe since I started putting new work up, the search engine has been down. A ray of hope has shined upon the geranium that is me.

[Tom*]

sorry if this is obvious but:

do you mean to show the work to others as a hobby, or to make a living from it?

if living: my lecturers on my course have given us advice if we want to go freelance in illustration/design. basically get 2-3 portfolios, a website, print hundreds of postcards of your work, including contact details, and basically phone up every magazine, design company, record label and agency asking if they would mind seeing your work. you need to take your portfolio round to people a few times a week and get as much exposure as you possibly can.

if not living: I'm sure there's loads of forums for illustration/art all over the web. basically carpet bomb the internet with your work to reach the maximum number of people possible, and you should get alot more feedback.

good luck

[ristar]

sorry if this is obvious but:

do you mean to show the work to others as a hobby, or to make a living from it?

if living: my lecturers on my course have given us advice if we want to go freelance in illustration/design. basically get 2-3 portfolios, a website, print hundreds of postcards of your work, including contact details, and basically phone up every magazine, design company, record label and agency asking if they would mind seeing your work. you need to take your portfolio round to people a few times a week and get as much exposure as you possibly can.

if not living: I'm sure there's loads of forums for illustration/art all over the web. basically carpet bomb the internet with your work to reach the maximum number of people possible, and you should get alot more feedback.

good luck

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Not looking to do that just yet maybe one or two years away from that would just like to get connected to a few more people interested in that area or at least some interesting and useful feedback about my work.

[Tom*]

then some of it still applies. I've e-mailed magazines and some other illustrators, asking them if they would be able to give me feedback on my work. I wasn't saying "give me a job!!!", just wondered if they had any useful info or opinions on my work. You could try this as all you have to do is e-mail people, and you can get some great advice from people who do the same thing all the time, whether as a job or not, which is probably better than random internet peoples.

[ristar]

then some of it still applies. I've e-mailed magazines and some other illustrators, asking them if they would be able to give me feedback on my work. I wasn't saying "give me a job!!!", just wondered if they had any useful info or opinions on my work. You could try this as all you have to do is e-mail people, and you can get some great advice from people who do the same thing all the time, whether as a job or not, which is probably better than random internet peoples.

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Woop ok I will give that a try as well. Thanks

[Chris303]

I feel the same way as you ristar, I used to post my pictures on deviantart but the feedback I was getting was crap. dA has become a victim of it's own success, there is just too much work on there from too many people. When you submit something you get about 2 seconds in the recently submitted section before getting bumped off by other peoples stuff. In the end it has just become a popularity contest, with the popular people just getting more popular.

[Chris303]

I'm guessing you're on a summer break from uni/college etc? Can I suggest you sort yourself a decent website with all your work. Then you can tout the address around as some kind of permanent place for your work. It's also ideal because you can have contact information in the same place too.

Oh and if it's nice enough get it put on the Pixelsurgeon news, you'll get a lot of hits from that, and then other similar graphic design portals like Lounge72 etc.

[ristar]

I'm guessing you're on a summer break from uni/college etc? Can I suggest you sort yourself a decent website with all your work. Then you can tout the address around as some kind of permanent place for your work. It's also ideal because you can have contact information in the same place too.

Oh and if it's nice enough get it put on the Pixelsurgeon news, you'll get a lot of hits from that, and then other similar graphic design portals like Lounge72 etc.

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Hmm didn't really think of that. I Don't really know the world of website design, but I'm always up for a new challenge. Does that cost money?

[MrPogo]

You can get free sites, but if you want to look professional you're best off paying a bit to get your own domain name etc.

[ristar]

You can get free sites, but if you want to look professional you're best off paying a bit to get your own domain name etc.

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Yeh think my own domain would be the best root. Guess I'll have to start counting the pennies.

[pretentious_helvetica]

I got me some freelance work via DeviantArt, published stuff in magazines and all. Nothing else has been generated from that as yet, though self-promotion is a good thing. I think a portfolio site is particularly handy.... I'm currently in the process of revamping mine. Can't believe I'm actually doing it after years of neglect.

[ristar]

Ahh I was just caught by a Genre of comment i completely forgot was on Deviant Art. Cuteness!

[Sng]

To get real exposure on dA you need to get featured on their daily deviation. Unfortunately it seems the people that pick what gets selected only ever go for photos of women semi-naked.

[ristar]

If you are serious about Art woudn't that be the correct choice?

[pretentious_helvetica]

To get real exposure on dA you need to get featured on their daily deviation. Unfortunately it seems the people that pick what gets selected only ever go for photos of women semi-naked.

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Not necessarily so. I was spotted from this deviation because the technique matched what they were looking for at the time...

Best and most soul-crushing course of action to get spotted is look to see what's on the cover of many art mags these days and blatantly copy it until noticed. Mmm, so jaded.

[Sng]

Yeah, I didn't mean 100% of the time but the majority certainly are.

[Tom*]

yeah I don't ahve my own DA account but it depends who you want to see it. I've been told when I did work experience that almost all agencies, magazines and anyone who uses illustration or graphics rarely ever goes looking for artists themselves. they get hundreds of artists sending THEM the work every week, and they often get recommended artists by other poeple they know in the industry. they can pick and choose who they want and see what the current trends are. DevArt is such a huge resource of talent now, but i would easily bet that hardly any people in the profession have the time to look at artist forums or personal websites, let alone wade through the Deviations submitted every day, tbh. you should send everyone your work by e-mail!

[pretentious_helvetica]

This could be handy...

[Orchid]

I know I'm bumping a 2 year old topic but I thought it might be useful for anyone trying to break into the industry or just get recognised as there's some decent advice in here.