I want more people to buy my drawings, what can be done?
I have done some drawing commission works; Clients provide me with a picture and I draw them, then I email them a high resolution image of the drawing, or if they want to pay the service, mail the drawing, but I want more people to know what I do. How can I get more people to know my work? Here are some examples of my drawings:
http://k12.kn3.net/373805F99.jpg
http://sadpanda.us/images/443556-6HHPZZZ.jpg
http://k11.kn3.net/DD55793E7.jpg
Thanks!
Anonymous2011-07-04T01:53:27Z
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As mentioned above, there is an online community called deviantArt. On this site, it is free to join and many artists from all backgrounds, skill levels and mediums congregate to share their work. There are forums along with contests, too. Galleries are organized well with clear, precise rules to where pieces belong and do not belong. Then, you may also specify when uploading if you would like criticism on your finished artwork. Best of all, as gratification to artists, there is a system in place that allows other users to "favourite" your artwork and even "collect" your piece digitally.
As it is a community, plagiarism is never an option. Someone, somewhere, will report the offending piece and their moderator team is extremely active. As always, if posting artwork online makes you leery, watermarking pieces is always an option as well.
Make business cards and give em to your clients along with the artwork youve done for them. That way they are more likely to spread the word about you. Make sure you have a website and some sort of contact. Good luck!
You can possibly make an deviantART account ( if not already ) here's the link http://www.deviantart.com/ You can sell your arts there, as a print. If not, theres art fairs where i live, im pretty sure theres some all over the world. All people are welcome to sell their paintings/sculptures there! Maybe try looking for the next one? I would also recommend looking for a painting website where you can sell your paintings. Also, you can sell them on like, craigslist or other stuff like that! :) hope this helps!