Not a bad article, there are some mistakes and few bits of dodgy advice but generally OK.
The big thing everyone always seems to miss is the fact that the website you build is not for you, it’s for your visitors. If they want wolf howling at the moon then that’s what you have to put on your site even though you may despise the whole genre. For artists the most important thing you have is your art, so that what you need to make the focus of the site. The design of the site is pretty much irrelevant. Don’t forget that what you like is not what I like. Just because you like a beautiful font in a shade of green doesn’t mean the rest of us concur. So build your site and be prepared to tear it all down if it doesn’t work for the people who are going to fund your art.
Awesome exhibit!!
Thank you, SFWA. And I and no doubt all the other artist-members wish SFWA a very successful (and profitable) new year.
The “ICONS” show looks really beautiful! and the painting (postcard image) by Carolyn WarmSun has sold.
Andrea – this is Beautiful! You are an Artist and a Poet…
After hearing your comments about this shoot, I do feel the ghostly concerns of those soldiers who never saw battle. Well done, Andrea
I believe the Grit show to be one of the best we have had in many a day.
Kudos to the artists in the show.
great info on the website issue- so glad to see these articles here!
Not a bad article, there are some mistakes and few bits of dodgy advice but generally OK.
The big thing everyone always seems to miss is the fact that the website you build is not for you, it’s for your visitors. If they want wolf howling at the moon then that’s what you have to put on your site even though you may despise the whole genre. For artists the most important thing you have is your art, so that what you need to make the focus of the site. The design of the site is pretty much irrelevant. Don’t forget that what you like is not what I like. Just because you like a beautiful font in a shade of green doesn’t mean the rest of us concur. So build your site and be prepared to tear it all down if it doesn’t work for the people who are going to fund your art.