Twitter, or more recently X since Elon Musk took it over in 2023, does not really rank among the best sites to upload art, especially if it’s visual art.
Twitter/X is rather a text-based platform allowing users to send out ‘tweets’ not longer than 280 characters. Even though there’s the option to add pictures, videos, and audio to messages, the focus is rather on text.
Since its market launch in 2006, Twitter has been growing to 155+ million users that tweet about 1 billion messages a month.
Basically anybody and everybody is on that platform: from politicians to celebrities to poets to book authors to your neighbor next door.
There’s of course lots of visual artists on Twitter/X, too. You can search for your favorite artists or art genre (via related keywords) and follow those accounts. Still, Instagram and Pinterest are better places for artists, because that’s where people go to specifically look at pictures.
On Twitter/X, the sheer amount of users and the enormous number of messages sent out every minute will make it hard to create a meaningful following in the medium run. To get noticed, a minimum of 3 tweets a day is recommended.
However, there’s no harm in trying your luck and creating a free account on the platform. You can put a link to your website in your profile section to draw more people over to your site. You can also cross-post from your Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest accounts and attract more attention to these.
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Thank u for your blog, it’s so helpful! I’m a textile artist, modern quilter, and I strugle with selling digital art from my textiles. Does it work? I Don’t know if it’s interesting for collectors to buy a print of a textile art. What do u think?
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First of all, I have to say that your work is really beautiful.
The thing with selling digital art is that you never know whether it works if you don’t try. Sometimes the things that you think wouldn’t sell actually do sell the best, and sometimes it’s the other way round…
I’d suggest that you just go ahead and start offering digital images of your work for sale. Try something that doesn’t require much of an upfront investment. On Etsy, for example, you can set up a store for free and list your offerings for a couple of cents. People like abstract art and I could imagine that would love to have something like a triptych panel of your artwork in their homes. You should definitely give it a try!
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This is such a comprehensive guide! I had no idea there were so many platforms available for artists to showcase their work. Your breakdown of each site’s features and community focus is incredibly helpful for anyone looking to expand their online presence.
Hi Olivia, great to hear that you found the round-up helpful! I wish you all the best on your creative journey and lots of eyeballs on your work (ಠ‿↼)