How do I promote myself as an artist?

[yoboketto]

Hello!

I’ve been pretty consistent with posting my art online for the past 2 months on TikTock, Instagram, and Twitter. However, I wonder if there is any other way to put myself out there as an artist.

I know that it takes time to grow a following, but I noticed that the likes and views I get seem to be getting lower each time that I post (which totally threw me off when I first noticed!)

I’m not sure if I’m missing something, but any advice from fellow artists/content creators would be really helpful

Also, here’s some of my art!

[sorible]

I think you made a post similar to this a while ago, and the answers are probably not going to be any different. Use instagram tags, follow art community forums, subreddits, discords, etc.

I think you have good art, but there's hundreds of equally talented artists out there trying to grow bigger. There's even situations where people are posting consistently and constantly promoting for years, but still barely have 100 followers. Very tough playing field.

[Questionable_Liquid]

You could always go to DeviantArt. Not a very ideal place when it comes to.. requests... Trust me, people ask for freaky stuff when they see talented artist.

I go to DeviantArt and I get people who notice my work. I may not get them to follow me, but I get people who look at it.

If you want a more professional website, might I recommend ArtStation.

Edit: With your art, will most likely get hundreds of people to view your art. Heck, you might even get 10 Watchers in one day. The only way to see is to go to DeviantArt!

[RedLenai]

Well... it is not an easy road. I've been on social media since 2015 and just now I'm close to reach 1000 followers on instagram, but I gotta tell you... in most cases the number is for decoration, you should try to focus on having people who trully interacts with you, commenting, liking, sharing your stuff.
If you're posting as an artist for less than a year then don't expect to grow immediatly out of nothing, this takes time and interaction flow can vary depending the week, the day, the hour, etc. Try to focus on building your brand instead of focusing solely on numbers, what I mean, having work done, if you don't have much to show then no one is going to stay much to see it, ake sure to always have a new product, at least 2 per week.

To promote yourself properly you gotta do the main stuff that is posting daily, some sketches, some wips, finished works, time-lapses. comic strips with relatable stuff, doodles, whatever that gives the impression that you're active and constantly creating stuff. And from that, make different content like fanarts, original art, challenges, prompt lists, etc.
The second in line of priority you gotta do is make friends, or at least active interactions with other creators & the followers you already have, STILL, make sure that these interactions are genuine, otherwise it won't work and you'll feel tired of faking and ghosting can lead to others to unfollow you. (And this is also why doing follow x follow doesn't work in most of cases)

Then, I would highly recommend doing the main three:
Facebook - Instagram - Twitter
Then you can have additional ones such as Ko-Fi, Tumblr, Discord Servers, FB groups (Around 100 helps), etc.

Always using their respective hashtags, checking their algorithm to know what works, if videos, if images, different times of the day.

[Bokyongyo]

For me I mainly use these forums but what has also been helping me is both Instagram and TopWebComics. With Instagram I first used it to kind of just have a platform outside where I can post my art and also just follow other friends I met through tapas and their work as well. '

I recommend also having meaningful interactions on both Tapas and any other social medias you may use that aren't so tied to promotion this and promotion that cause yes while promoting your work is important you may be promoting through a never ending abyss. (Which many threads have become on the forums).

[tapiyokastudios]

@yoboketto

You have nice art ^^. In terms of promoting yourself as an artist and a creator, people tend to follow "brands". What I mean by this is, it would be wise to create social medias, that have consistently similar content and style. (E.g. try not to post too many experimental or different type of art that you don't usually do, even if it is objectively good.)

This is how many artists get known, for their unique, high quality (and consistent) style of art. If you don't have this already, you may consider creating new accounts and sticking with one style there (or reformatting your existing ones to make it more "branded"). I want to know yoboketto as "that" person.

[dominioncomix]

There really isn't a secret trick that will magically make you well known, or we'd all be using it, ahah.
But beyond the classic social media tricks, my personal advice would be to try and not lose sight of what makes art fun for you, and not let the grind and trying to make the numbers go up ruin art for you. I think that's the most important thing.

[ZombieOwl]

Interact with your followers! I didn't see any mentioning of it in your post, but for sure create a sense of community around your work/your presence! If you mostly post and run, and don't spend time interacting with other people's posts, you have a smaller presence. It's just making friends, really

[jeffanime1]

Um, I'll let you know once I've figured it out myself.

[jeffanime1]

That's a Good idea! ^