I made my own facial expressions meme! Send characters and expressions to people who reblog this (unless they tell you not to, of course). Respect the artists’ rules!
I have a few things to finish but I wouldn’t mind doodling some of these of you have any requests!
it was really fun when I did the challenge few months ago so I decided to do it again, this time with my own palettes :)
I’ll do my best but I probably won’t be able to do everything
4sidez-deactivated20170826: Sup Ross, I have a question concerning one of your answers on Art Academy. I mostly agree that the difference between a professional and a beginner is that the professional continued working, but I have seen great artist fail because they weren't that great at self-promoting. So how would you go about self-promotion in an increasingly competitive online environment? Thanks!
This is a hard one to answer. Self promotion can be anywhere from organic and seamless to being irritating and obnoxious. Just establish a broad personal “brand” for yourself and let it be easily found in the public sphere (YouTube, Vimeo, Twitter, Newgrounds, Tumblr or wherever). The harder you work, the more your skill set will improve and the more your abilities will be a beacon of light amidst a million other voices. Which is really where my point of “not stopping” comes from, this takes years, probably close to a decade. Sometimes people will have their works aimed at a niche they’re heavily involved in themselves and regardless of what a lot of people think, that’s totally fine. Any audience or following you can establish doing something you care about is as valid as any other. That following is so valuable to your development and will likely follow you onward to other ventures. To keep yourself accountable, try and establish a group of like minded individuals online, stay close, collaborate and share your work with one another. For example, I’ve been friends with Arin from our Newgrounds days since we were 17. Same goes for a lot of my other art friends, while some have left my life, a lot remain and have found success. We all grew and developed our skills together! Something like that will really drive you to move forward and always better yourself. Sometimes having collaboration with your close friends can bring the eyes of people that previously weren’t following you. That’s also totally fine, if the eyes stay on you, you most likely have something of value that they’re looking for. In short, what I’m trying to say is let your work speak for itself, but also make it easily available for people to find it.
You sure have seen this post. It has spread like wildfire over the past few days so I doubt there is any artist out there who hasn’t seen it. But even if you didn’t, you should read on because I’m about to tell you a handy little thing that can help you to protect your art from such assholes as the anon who submitted this bullcrap, as well as art thieves in general.
The magic word is Metadata.
Metadata is like an invisible signature that is embeded into a file. It can contain all kinds of information, like Title, date, keywords for online seach engines, and copyright information. And the best thing is, since this information is “hidden” in the code of your picture, it’s hard to remove it.
There is a nice basic tutorial on how to add Metadata, or “additional file information” to your images in photoshop. It’s really, really easy so check it out!
“Adding Your Contact And Copyright Info To Your Photos With Photoshop” on PhotoshopEssentials.com
I’m not sure if you can do the same with any other art program. If you know how to do this in other programs / can confirm that it works the same way there, please tell me so I can add the information to this post.
Adding the Metadata will not stop idiots from taking and reposting your art. It also won’t make them stop editing out your signature. It WILL however, help you prove that you are the original artist whenever you have to.
Always remember my friends. You, the artist, are protected by law. No one has the right to take your intellectual property and hard work and repost, use or edit it without your permission. Ever.
I saw this post on my dash (with commentary, dw) and there was one thing that I didn’t see addressed in the comment chain that I really feel needs to be
Once an artist creates a work, they own the copyright
None of this “I paid for the art. It is mine.” bullshit, unless the artist actually sells you the copyright (something which has to be stated and never assumed, and something you would have to pay extra for) you can not claim ownership over the piece, even if you paid for it.
And yes, this means you can not alter the work in any way, you can not use it for banners/advertisements/etc., you can not print it, you can not sell copies unless agreed upon with the artist
and artists are also protected under moral rights
meaning that the artist has the right of attribution (the right to be identified and named as the creator of their work), the right against false attribution, and the right of integrity. (Source)
so fuck off with your “I paid for the art. It is mine.” crap, it doesn’t stick legally