Profesional artists

[LookBeautiful]

Is there a forum for professional artists? I didn't see one in the professions forum. Also, I am afraid to show my art, or my picture, or even my church because I do not want to be identified. If I show a picture here, I can not show it anywhere else.

 

[Talrayn]

I'm curious why would you not want to be identified?
I mean an artist being known seems like a good thing to me.

 

[LookBeautiful]

I'm curious why would you not want to be identified?
I mean an artist being known seems like a good thing to me.

I am sorry, but satisfying curiosity is not a recommended way to salvation. I am not looking for recognition in this forum. Please respect my boundaries. I want to maintain my privacy. Thanks.

 

[Talrayn]

I am sorry, but satisfying curiosity is not a recommended way to salvation. I am not looking for recognition in this forum. Please respect my boundaries. I want to maintain my privacy. Thanks.

That's alright, sorry if I seemed like prying. It was not meant to be as such.
I guess my curiosity came from more the reason that I paint and sculpt and I find it hard to have people notice, so it got me wondering why one would not want that. But I won't pry, it just seems confusing to me.

 

[LookBeautiful]

I am sorry, I don't want people to notice me on the internet. There is somewhere I post where I show my work where I don't mind being noticed, but that's with other artists. I noticed there are galleries here. You might wish to show your work there.

 

[ossoofoo]

Well, if you want to get into art professionally I would get out of your mindset of not showing off your art. The art business is cut throat, and in order to improve and get a job you need to learn to receive critique and to present what you can do. I'm currently working on my way to a job as an animator for either games or film. I've been doing private commissions on the side for a few years as well. We're not in the medieval times anymore, and now it is almost a given that an artist has a digital portfolio at the ready, whether it's through their own website or a site such as Deviantart or Epilogue.
You won;t learn anything if you just lock yourself up in your little bubble, where your art is most likely praised and your talents god-given.

 

[LookBeautiful]

Well, if you want to get into art professionally I would get out of your mindset of not showing off your art. The art business is cut throat, and in order to improve and get a job you need to learn to receive critique and to present what you can do. I'm currently working on my way to a job as an animator for either games or film. I've been doing private commissions on the side for a few years as well. We're not in the medieval times anymore, and now it is almost a given that an artist has a digital portfolio at the ready, whether it's through their own website or a site such as Deviantart or Epilogue.
You won;t learn anything if you just lock yourself up in your little bubble, where your art is most likely praised and your talents god-given.

It is because of messages like that that I don't want to expose my art to this forum. I have a Deviantart, and other sites, I am trying to maintain my anonymity on this site. I don't have many anonymous sites and I treasure the ones I have. I am sure you can understand that. I am not looking for a job with an animation company.

 

[NostalgicGranny]

I don't think he meant that in a bad way. It sounded like helpful advice from one artist to another.

Your first post said if you showed a piece of your art here that you couldn't show it anywhere else. Why? Just to maintain your anonymity? Or is there a forum rule saying that?

 

[Psalms34]

Is there a forum for professional artists? I didn't see one in the professions forum. Also, I am afraid to show my art, or my picture, or even my church because I do not want to be identified. If I show a picture here, I can not show it anywhere else.

Nope, not here there isn't. I don't think that there are many professional artists here anyway. Look at the gallery here, there are a handful there in the art forum gallery. Would be nice to have such a forum here though, I was pushing for a digital art forum about a year ago, but really meant for all levels of digital art production. btw you didn't mention what type of art, so I cant refer you to a community.

As for posting art here, lots of stuff I never post here. Most of the stuff I post here (I mean around CF) is often CF specific stuff or desktop wall paper images I give away. I mostly make art for video games, mostly freelance, besides working on my own commercial project. I rarely post game art here, but I do make other digital art in mind for CF, is that what you mean? I really don't post stuff for critique, everyone has an opinion, and not always right. Mark of an artist I guess But posting something is good, even if only a glittery, spinning morphing CF logo under a disco light
At least then we could recommend a forum as you requested...

 

[vespasia]

Hallo Lookbeautiful

Well there are places like the satchi online gallery but that comes with a BUT, you can loose the rights to the piece of work that is displayed there and I urge you to read very carefully the small print in ANY profesional 'online gallery'. Some of the fully profesional artist I am friends with have had a few problems with 'galleries' managing their work. (I only do work as my studies and other work allows these days)


I used to produce more work than I do now; these days the art work I produce tends to be for liturgical purposes or illustrative for a project/work I find I can agre with. I tend to be red ot on checking who owns the rights to said work when it is completed too. I get commisions from word of mouth and I think I shall stick to that.

The art world is very cut throat; perhaps in a more ruthless way than the music industry, fine art can be very strange and graphics does seem like it is a meatmincing industry.