On the topic of getting a career thru art school and/or social media-- I'm self-taught and largely an "e-artist" but it's time we shed some light on one of the most discouraging parts of ur art career aka the social media "game"
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One of my biggest gripes with social media is-- as a largely private/introverted person-- if ur not actively networking and engaging with other creatives in the weird defacto-oligopoly u never grow
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I'm not saying I'm guilt-free, and as an artist social media isn't the only way to succeed (eg. connections thru school or events)-- but a sad reality is that numbers and engagement stats matter more than ever and algorithms and charisma can carry u way harder than ur work
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This is what cause awkward fake friendships/socialite bs, and if you don't play into it ur just harming ur stats (or worse be accused of being pretentious, aloof, etc like I have for refusing to play into the ginormous circlejerk that is currently the artist social media game)
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Social media is obviously not all bad. I wouldn't be where I am without it, and it's helped me find a lot of new creatives. But it does suck when artists feel pressured to post perfect sketchbooks, constantly post, tag, etc.
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Before ppl come at me-- this post isn't specifically attacking anyone. Just a big elephant in the room Signing off
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