Another great way to promote myself and my work is through social media. Existing online means that hundreds of people can see my art work at any one time. Providing that I keep up to date with posting new artwork and making sure that all of my contact details are correct, I will be able to keep people interested and create a following and also a clientele.
So I have created my own Facebook page and also my own Instagram account.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lizzymasonillustration/
Instagram: @lizzymasonillustration
These are both social medias that I am familiar with so I know how they work and hopefully over time I will be able to create a large following and have lots of people familiar with my work.
Since creating these web presence's, both my Instagram and Facebook followers have been increasing. The more pictures I post of work in progress and completed work, the more people see what I have done and therefore follow my progress. Not to mention, the positive feedback gives me a little confidence boost as well!
Creating My Portfolio Website:
Setting up my own website requires buying a domain name from websites such as www.iwantmyname.com or 123-reg.co.uk. Here I could type in what I want my domain name to be and it will gave me a long list of variations to choose from and each with a different price. From here I could then choose what one I would like and purchase it.
I then go to another website like tumblr.com or carbonmade.com or portfoliobox.com and from here I can set up my website and set my domain name I have just bought.
Setting up my website:
Firstly, I wanted to make sure that I have all of my artwork neatly displayed and portfolio ready. This involved scanning my chosen artwork on to the computer and on Photoshop doing any trimming and neatening up of the images and then placing them on a plain background with an equal margin around the outside of the image. This allows for the perfect portfolio layout as the artwork is framed and the presentation of the image is simple and neat. Once I had a good amount of images, I then chose my domain name.
I went onto iwantmyname.com to purchase my domain name. I bought lizzymasonillustration.co.uk.
I then went to a portfolio website where I can set up my own website and display all of my portfolio work.
I decided on carbonmade.com as the site to set my own portfolio website up on. The process appeared to be quick and easy, there was a choice of layouts that I could choose from and the example portfolio pages from other artists looked really effective on this website.
The theme I have chosen for my website is clear, clean and fresh. It's easy to navigate and there's no difficulty in finding each part of my portfolio, details about myself and how to contact me.
After loading on all of my details and my artwork, I decided to change the domain name.....however, to use my own domain name, 'carbonmade.com' charges extra which I was not aware of and it didn't seem attainable considering carbonmade.com had already given me a domain name that is useable.
You can view my portfolio website at https://lizzymasonillustration.carbonmade.com/
I am pleased with the set up and layout and how everything works on my portfolio website. The navigation is clear and all necessary information is available on the website.
However, I do feel like I'm missing out on something as I am not using my choice of domain name which I have bought. I think a little bit more research needs to go into this and I may end up changing the website that my portfolio is set up on.
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