Well, aside from the obvious options, like working, training, and practicing a lot, if you want to build you're reputation as an artist, online is a great way to do it. Love it or Hate it, take it or leave it, Webcomics Nation (and other webcomics sites), Lulu, and DeviantART are solid reputation builders and powerful PR Tools, as are Blogger and Twitter. YouTube is more for editors and filmmakers.
I don't really use Tumblr or Instagram.
This worked for me for the most part anyway.
Artists don't get much more well known than Jhonen Vasquez, Fred Gallagher, and Jim Lee, and they're very involved in new and social media. But that's not counting the dozens of lesser well known artists who became well known by these methods.
Nowadays, social media self-promotion is just as influential in establishing a famous artist's name and portfolio of work as traditional publishing is. Unless you're Japanese and working in Japan where the vast majority of artists still find the majority of their fame in print, if not an occasional appearance at Anime Expo and assorted Japanese art, anime, and manga conventions overseas.
Artists don't get much more well known than Jhonen Vasquez, Fred Gallagher, and Jim Lee, and they're very involved in new and social media. But that's not counting the dozens of lesser well known artists who became well known by these methods.
Nowadays, social media self-promotion is just as influential in establishing a famous artist's name and portfolio of work as traditional publishing is. Unless you're Japanese and working in Japan where the vast majority of artists still find the majority of their fame in print, if not an occasional appearance at Anime Expo and assorted Japanese art, anime, and manga conventions overseas.
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