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GUIDE: How to get more watchers/views on art

Journal Entry: Mon May 20, 2013, 1:55 AM
mmkay like 2 people asked me this after I held my 1000+watcher giveaway T U T 
im sorry I didn't give you a direct and easy to understand answer but... I hope this will be better than the answer i gave you two XD I wont note you back but i hope you will see the journal ; A ;
I've also had people comment that they wish they had more watchers so here are some tips ;u;

Please do not copy/redistribute this guide, i worked really hard on it!

WOOOOOOOT JOURNAL SKIN FOR THE OCCASION 

Before we begin
Remember that the number of watchers you have is just a number. It does not fully represent how well you draw/how many people like you. A common misconception is that someone with more watchers draws better than someone with less watchers and this is not true. In fact, I have seen people who only upload screenshots have one or two thousand watchers and someone with very professional-looking art having less than one hundred. In my opinion, the number of watchers really just determines how much exposure you had in the dA community, particularly to those who have the same style/interests as you (e.g anime/manga, realism etc...).

Also remember that if you don't have many watchers, you are not inferior to those who have more watchers. They started out the same way you did and eventually worked their way up and so can you! We're all humans, we are all unique, but no one is really 'better' than others. Someone with 5 or 6 thousand watchers still have to eat, sleep, and poop just like everyone else including people who have less watchers. D< sorry the poop part was gross 8D

Okay lets begin XD

1. Submit your art to 937483687 groups XD
Well maybe not THAT much but do submit to a lot! It sounds lame but this is exactly how i went from 32 watchers to 1000+ watchers in 6 months. Submitting your art to groups will get you more views and favorites on your artwork and people who regularly check out the groups that they watch are usually very supportive and can leave nice comments >U< I was a little shy at first to submit to groups (and it's totally normal to be), but now I am SO glad that I did. But remember to submit to the group that best suits the theme or subject of your work. Also remember to read the rules in each group carefully and submit to the right folders (as a group admin, let me tell you now that we get very sad when we see something submitted to the wrong folder XD) 

2. Favorite the works of/watch other artists
You might think that other artists wouldn't notice/care when you do that, but we really do and we appreciate every watcher. This is just me, but I always check out my watchers' profiles and fav someone their work if I like it. From my own observations, a LOT of artists nowadays watch back quite a bit of their watchers and it's a good way to get noticed by the artist themselves. Also, try to make friends with other artists too. You might even learn from each other and share tips. 

3. Organize your gallery!
Imagine you are at school, and your term mark is solely dependent on how well organized and presentable your gallery looks (I said IMAGINE D<). Don't put all our works in your featured folder; create subfolders too. I highly recommend that sketches, WIPs, and doodles be put in a subfolder or your scraps and only leave your best works in featured. This is because when someone clicks on your gallery, the first folder they will see is your featured folder and if they see a bunch of sloppy or incomplete works they might not want to see more D:

4.Have a neat profile and an eye-catching icon!
The most obvious reason to have a nice profile is simply due to the fact that it's the first thing people will see when they check out your page! You can use cute bullets or dividers (if you're into that sort of thing XD) and custom boxes if you have premium. If you do, choose a background that goes well with the theme of the stuff you draw or your own interests. Remember to credit if you use someone else's custom box background. It also helps to put someone your artwork on your profile page (it's kind of like advertising what will be in your gallery if you say that it's your art!). Your ICON is also very important because the more attractive it is, the more people will want to click on it and if they do... congrats, you just gained a pageview and possibly some views on your art or even a watch! c; In my opinion, the most popular type of icon right now are animated pixel icons... which are very easy to get your hands on or make, and can be fairly cheap XD Remember, the trick to getting noticed is to PROMOTE yourself as best as you can!

5. Be original and have fun
Draw what you like. Draw the way you do. Don't try to copy or mimic other artists. There's nothing wrong with being inspired by them, but if you draw everything they draw, make your profile exactly like theirs etc etc, people might get bored of the exact same stuff that they see. Don't be afraid to try a new style. If it inspires you to draw, go for it! Also, don't use bases or trace other people's artwork. Draw everything by yourself, and be proud of it! Draw what you want to draw, and have fun with it.

6. Make an OC
Finally, an OC is an original character that you can use to represent you or your page. Having an unique OC not only represents yourself, but is unique and belongs to you. Almost every popular artist has a mascot that represents their page. It's kind of like when someone sees art of your oc, they will think "Oh, this character belongs to <insert name>" which also boots your popularity

p.s. you're not going to get a bunch of watchers/views overnight, you really have to commit to it and remember that it can take some time

Welp... i hope this was useful... it took me >an hour to write XD

Thankyou for reading, and good luck! :iconyuihugplz:


Multisubmit and Scheduled Submit!!

Wed May 15, 2013, 3:47 AM

WAIT NO MORE!



DA has released to all beta-testers the new "Multi-submit" and "Scheduled Submit" features - and as a stock provider I can't tell you how much I am rejoicing over this!! I know that for all of us who submit a lot of stock series, or packs etc this is going to make such a great difference!!

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Go check out all the details in the official update article here ----->


Multi-Submit and Scheduled SubmitTwo heavily requested tools to make submitting art to deviantART even easier than before have just been launched to Beta Testers!
Multi-Submit

Multi-submit is a tabbed interface built into the Submit page which allows you to upload and submit multiple deviations at once.
There are several ways to upload multiple files:
Drag and drop several files onto the Submit page at once. Select several files from your Sta.sh by opening the "Select file from Sta.sh" modal and dragging to select, or by using control+click (command+click, for Mac users) to highlight several files at once.
Submit an entire stack from your Sta.sh by hovering over a stack and clicking Submit!You can then change settings for each one, and then save them for later or submit them to your gallery. In addition, the Submit page will retain the order and settings of any files uploaded, even if you navigate away fro


WAIT THERES MORE!



For all of you using the commissions widget, you will be happy to know that the price cap has been raised to 8000 points!

More info on that here ----->
The Price Cap For Commissions Has Been Raised!One of the most common requests we received upon launching Commissions was to raise the price cap to make it higher than 4,000 Points. As of today, the price limit when setting up Commissions has been raised from 4,000 Points to 8,000 Points.
We're excited to see the increased usage of the Commissions platform and the wide variety of work that artists have been offering. With this increased limit, we're hoping to give artists more flexibility with the types of Commissions they offer, and more importantly, allow artists to earn more for their high-quality creations!


WAIT EVEN MORE YET!



^PirateLotus-Stock Is asking for your most available times for a stocky chat event in her poll over here --->  [link] Get over there and let her know so we can try and best cater for as many people as possible!  (Failing that we are going to make you all move to the same country :< )  (OK weird 404 error on erins poll... instead, go here [link] to her journal page and scroll down til you see it on the right side widget :D )

WAIT... ! GET CRAFTY CONTEST NEWS!



YOU HAVE 5 DAYS LEFT!!!!!!!!!!!!! To get your tutorials entered into the Get Crafty Contest! :la:
More info here ------->
Get Crafty Contest
Love Resources AND Artisan Crafts? Good news! Your CVs are bringing the two galleries together for a brand new contest!  Sound fun?  Well, read on!

Rules Part A
Only new entries submitted after April 20, 2013
Entries must be submitted into Resources/Tutorials/Artisan Crafts
Must be free for anyone to download (no premium content)
Topic can be any of your choosing as long as it fits into Artisan Crafts
You can enter as many times as you like
If your tutorial uses a pattern/diagram/etc., be sure to include it
Entries must be submitted to the contest folder in #StockandResources here: http://stockandresources.deviantart.com/gallery/43092647 (membership is auto-approved)
Entries must be submitted by May 20, 2013
Rules Part B
Only new entries submitted after May 20, 2013
Entries must be submitted into the appropriate subcategory of


FINAL UPDATE I PROMISE!



Theres other contests going on which you can check out a list of here -------->
Contests! Something for Everyone!Stock Gallery
Stock Rules
Art Account
Get free CSS like this
Need Things to Do?  Want to Win Prizes? Check This Stuff Out!
Rapunzel Contest
For all visual art forms!  Use *Blossom-Lullabies's stock to create a Rapunzel artwork.

Pose Circus Challenge
For stockers!  Create stock for pose reference with the theme of Science Fiction.
Ends Saturday

Nail Art Contest
For nail artists!  Official Community Relations contest! Make some nail art!  No limit on t


Erin released a new "For the Love of..." article here ---->
For the Love of....WOODLANDSStock Gallery
Stock Rules
Art Account
Get free CSS like this
For the Love of Woodlands
For the Love of...
If you are new to this series, basically they work like this: a keyword is chosen, and then some stuff from Stock and Resources that comes up with that keyword gets featured! YAY!
This edition is all about woodlands!
WOODLANDS




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And I have lots of location stock to post with this new multi-submit feature which I am going to go play with :D

Hiya!:happybounce:

Kinda missed a week and next week I am away so we'll miss that too.:iconjumpinglaplz:

If you, or anyone you know, have You Tube tutorial videos, let us know and we'll get'em
posted here in the journal.
We are always on the look out for good tutorials.



Clay Cane Tutorial!
Remember, air bubbles are the enemy!











Archiving the newest videos on the Group's Front Page.


Ok. My sister says that people are talking about the Ariphix comics on Animaljam. AWESOME! If any of you have an AJ person, PLEASE check and see if these rumours are indeed TRUE.
I will be doing commissions' from July. You can request one by leaving an inbox message or however you want to do it. I'll put more information up soon, just thought I'd put it out there.
Motion Books are a new trend. Time will decide its popularity. At the moment it seems nice and cool onscreen reading experience

[link]
Have you ever needed help with your colour in your art?  Well, *purplekecleon, a fellow deviant, has you covered with this:  A flash tutorial on how to make colour do everything for you, from simply being harmonious, to creating a mood, to creating depth in your work.  Its focus is digital art, but the premise remains the same.  Hope you all enjoy!



PS--Time to submit to our contest is coming to a close, and I only see one entry...do we need an extension??
Please do not view if you don't care.

It's true. Please believe me. I'm TehAwesomeKitty on Paigee World. 

Half of my drawings were deleted. WHY? I did'nt do anything.
I uploaded my old art on PaigeeWorld. Why did it get deleted? I am TehAwesomeKitty.

Look at my earlier journals and look at the Entry "I have a buttload of accounts"
It's the truth. If you don't believe me, then fine. It's okay. It's okay if you think I hacked into MY OWN ACCOUNT. It's okay if you think that I only helped MYSELF into making the Mods believe me. It's okay if you think I only borrowed MY OWN ACCOUNT

No, it's okay. I don't mind, really. I will just go to a corner and sit there for a little while until I get hungry and then eat and go back to the corner and do the same process everyday.
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First of oh shit and up date lol sorry comp was shitty but is working awesomely thanks to my co-worker Sheri from work X3

Okay now to the main reason I started this thing. I have an idea for a game type thing for hetalia. Its one that came to me so alot of things can be added I honestly have put one of my oc's into the idea. and so far in my head at least its still okay.

Main thing is Idk how to do computerized things to make this indie game. Some would say oh just make it into a comic or a fanfic but I got inspired but Hetaoni [link] Hetaquest Romatalia and so on~ [link]

Theres the info on them I could find. Sorry for not much more on it. But I absolutly love these ideas X3 Sadly none of  them are finished and or on permanite hiatus XP Which sorta bugs me cause there all good ideas but they stopped. I know its cause they lost motavation but why not try and find someone to finish it and have them credit them for the original stuff? *sighs* oh well nothin I can do on that sadly.

But I have been thinking about this since last year sometime so if anyone knows anyone computer tech indie type stuff savvy and art savvy and also a Fan of Hetalia can you guys help  a girl out and tell me names and such? Plz and thanx guys!

Oh and for some info about Hetalia go to the first link I put up and thats all the info or go to youtube X3 cause its such a cool Anime X3
One idea I have for illustrations is if the story takes place in or there are characters from another time period, I look up illustrations from that period and mimic it's style. Like say 1966 just type "1966 illustration" in Google or Bing and presto! or find books published that year and my favorites are the Illustration Society, Graphis, International Yearbook of Communication Design, etc. If you want to do any earlier time period or like say a certain person such as Cleopatra. See how other artists depicted her throughout the ages like here [link] plus there's debates about her heritage. Let's say your story is set in  Norway in the late 19th/early 20th century, which artist is most identified with this place and time? Edvard Munch! Look up some of his work [link] and see how he painted things.

I hope that's good advice for you.
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