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letoscrawls · 2 years

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Hello 👋 So I’m going to be posting my art online for the first time and was wondering if you have some general art advice or things I need to keep in mind. Also I’m not sure which platform I’m going to use. I feel like tumblr and IG are on opposite sides of the spectrum when it comes to exposure. But I have looked into other platforms as well.

Hello!!! first of all i'm very happy for you and also proud that you will show your art to the world :)))

I'd say there's not a perfect platform for artists right now, at least not among the popular ones, so it really depends on what you're focusing on and the audience you want to reach, but ultimately choose the one you're more familiar and comfortable with!

Personally out of the three platforms i have, Tumblr is my favorite, not only it feels like a safer space (crazy i know), but i really like the way you can organize multiple pics in a post and customize your blog etc. Also you get asks, the notifications are classified on type so you can filter them well and it's nice! also if feedback is important for you you are most likely to find it here through reblogs or hashtags! another good thing is that your statistics are personal, so you won't feel stressed to reach certain numbers since nobody except you are going to see them. it may sound stupid but i think on the long run it's important!

Instagram kinda kills the quality of the pictures and sometimes i have problems with the apps and have to retry posting something multiple times, i don't know if it's an issue with Android but it's really bad ://// also i don't know how the algorithm works anymore, they change it all the time and idk if it's a good platform for new artists anymore, but i'd say give it a try. maybe just use it as an archive for all your art and link your ig account on other platforms. i know artists who are very active here or on twitter but run ig accounts too, even though they don't use them much!

Twitter is also a great option these days, there are a lot of artists who use twt only and i've been using a lot too in the past months! It's not an app made for artists but some recent changes (such as the size of posts) made it more accessible for art! Twitter also allows to filter stuff you don't wanna see, protect your tweets and your art if it contains some kind of sensitive content, which is something instagram hasn't done yet so keep that in mind too!

Now this is more of personal advice, but i think it's better to have a main platform and maybe use the others just to post art and go. This is very bold of me since i now use all three platforms the same amount to talk about different things and it makes me look like i'm going insane (which is probably true) and one of my resolutions is to stick with one of them and keep the others for art only instead of trying to fit into all them equally. i think it's very time consuming and stressing, especially bc in the end tumblr, instagram and twitter have different audiences so it can be very confusing :///

anyways!!!!!!!!! this answer is more of a personal breakdown of the platforms i use based on experience, there are others out there for sure so in the end it's your choice!!! my experience might be different from yours, just. don't stress too much about it (unless you are planning to make a profit from your art, in that case i'd say the more places you showcase your art the better!!!)

good luck <33333

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