Self-Promotion

Website Promotion 

I will research into various way and tools to help promote myself as an artist, this is a massive aspect of being an artist not only does it help others see our work, but it helps future potential employers reconise our work as artists.

Websites are the main resource artists have to promote themselves, There are many types of websites resources we can use this will vary depending on the artist and what we need to promote ourselves, I have the option to fully design my own uniqe personal website which may be very effective as a final produce but this can take time and when promoting yourself time can not be wasted as potential jobs are being lost, there are many website in which allow the user to create there own site such as Weebly although some of the sites simillar lack the tools to fully edit the personal page this is still a starting point to get promoted, So I will look into various sites which offer easy and free set up website but also which are better in overall interface and which offer the user for a more unique experience for the user to customise the website to their own personal tastes as artists we like to make things our own and unique.

Weebly Is very simple and the overall interface it speaks for itself very easy to use, very clean and precise presentation with easy tools for customisation although it could offer a lot more in the sense of customisation, offers text,video and animation to your website.

 Wix is very simillar to Weebly in a sense yet its much more customizable and proffesional and yet keeps its simplicity, they offer a wide range of customization from text, picutres, videos layouts and even backgrounds, they also offer a dedicated app which is optimized for smartphones allowing you to edit and customize on the go.


 Social Networking 

Many online portfolios offer links to their various social networking these range from facebook to the more proffesional sites such as Linkedin, I assume the generic sites such as facebook offer a more professional feel than personal, Social networking allows users to share and follow which can lead to being noticed by the right people, although such things as facebook and twitter can become off putting as they come across unprofessional, Also not social networking can be seen in massive communities based within forums such as Poly count, Epic games community forum and 3D motives  these offer all kinds of artist to critque work and help each other out, as many people from the industary use these this is a great entry point for any starting artisit.