How do art twitter?

[nostalgicroxas]

So I barely use twitter as it is.... But I've had a fair number of people telling me it works better/easier than instagram (can upload to it from a desktop) and I honestly like the UI better. I was wondering how to get started? Do I need to make like ... specific stuff for it? This would be for a novel, maybe some art related to it - not fanart at all - and am just curious... how do I get started? Are there certain ... uhm tags? I should be looking for or using? And where should the links be directing to. Like comics can post a page of their comic on their twitter I imagine, but you can't do that with a novel's chapter. Most of my novel's posted to dA, but I could forward the people to Tapas as well....

I'm just very stuck and lost on how to go about starting and doing this. Marketing is not my strong suit.

edit:
oh and for maybe a tad of context. my writing dA is not my art dA. so a link to a dA for the art of the novel would not take someone to the place to read it on dA. thus another reason why i'm thinking linking to tapas to read might be easier - especially cause twitter is seen on phones a lot?

[PabloRomero]

What i did was first to share my twitter on my facebook page (i think at the time i got like 300 or 400 followers there) and got some people from it. Then one day i did a fanart and tagged the creator of the original thing and got retweeted. From that i started to gain some following.

My recomendation also is to stay away from twitter drama. Don't talk politics. Don't get into fights with people. If you see someone trying to provoke you, mute or block them. Be nice to your followers.

[Iris-Grimoire]

What was said above, and also check for optimal posting times. Tweetdeck is an official??? site that lets you schedule posts and that avoids some stress, and it works even to bump though the new update doesn't let readers see what's exactly being bumped.

Check out artists to see what tags to use if they use any at all, join small art threads(too big and you might get forgotten) and interact with others, and comment whenever possible to support yourself and other artists as the algorithm currently likes that best. There are also some lists around on what to block to keep your Timeline from being a total mess, but that's more for you rather than others.

[BlueWorldComics]

I use twitter for more community interactions. And (on Thursdays) I send out a reminder for everyone to check out my Tapas, Webtoon, and Instagram accounts where they can read my comic.

Post as often as possible. Use all kinds of art, comic, and creativity related hashtags, communicate with other creators and webcomic related accounts. Basically, the more you put yourself out there, the better things will be for you.

[nostalgicroxas]

Wouldn't it be a deterrent to communicate with comic creators/ accounts since I don't do them?

[BlueWorldComics]

Oh, I was mostly talking about myself...

But to answer your question, no it wouldn't because most comic creators are artists. Many of them are more artist than writer. They are among your main demographic. They'll be the main ones asking for commissions of their OC's, character design ideas, covers, backgrounds etc.

Definitely no harm in interacting with comic creators.

[nostalgicroxas]

I'm not certain I follow.. How are they a main demographic when I'm a novelist, not really an artist? I happen to do art, yes, but it is by no means my 100% focus.

[sevannah_storm]

Hi y'all! I started on Twitter first and met so many wonderful and creative people. Feel free to hit me up if you have a twitter account and I'll introduce you to some lovely peeps and help you grow your following base.

[BlueWorldComics]

Oh, I didn't know you were speaking as a novelist...... Must have missed that when I read your OP.

Either way, just take everything I said about artists and apply it to writers.

[nostalgicroxas]

That's fine. Thought I had been very clear about that in my opening post, thus my confusion.

I'm not sure that stuff can be easily translated from artists to writers. Artist's have it "easier" in the sense they just need to make a certain artwork attract viewers.

[nostalgicroxas]

Of note, I don't feel like I've gotten an answer, so giving this a little bump. If someone can clarify and give me information for novels that'd be great.