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Amanda Hobbs

9 Years Ago

New To Faa, Need Advice/opinions/critique

Hello Everyone! Recently started a page here on FAA. I don't get a lot of views/interest in my work. I would love to get feedback on other people's impressions on my work and page to see what I can do to improve my work and page to get more interest.
Thank you!

http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/amanda-hobbs.html

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9 Years Ago

I really like your black & white Orchid Amanda!

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If you want honest feedback about it, I would like the composition better if the blurred out petals of the orchid behind your in-focus subject were not showing and instead only showed the out of focus bud to the right of the image.

But this is just my personal taste :)

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Here is my version of a similar subject (in B&W).

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Louise Reeves

9 Years Ago

This is too dark and would benefit from some highlight dodging to bring out more texture:
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This one would have been better had the sharpest point been her face instead of her belt (not that you can get a redo on it, but for future reference):
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You need to increase your keywords. Include the titles, since titles are not searchable. If a truck is a 1937, include that year, things like that. In this one, keywords such as saddle, chaps, whitewalls, all should be in there. Include locations where possible.
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Some of your images are very small which limits availability. Use Twitter and Facebook and other social media to get the work out there.

 

Jim Hughes

9 Years Ago

I like that orchid too. My only suggestion - and this is just my taste - is that I think it would look even more impressive with a bit more black space around it.

 

Mike Savad

9 Years Ago

to get views you have to advertise. you have so few images, yet so many galleries. there's only like 3 images in each one. which means a lot of backing out and going in. this can get tedious. the gallery titles are confusing, it's not very descriptive. it doesn't pay to get create on the gallery names, it only confuses people.

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you have practically no keywords on this, and no description.

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the darkening at the bottom, and that barcode in the middle are off putting up close it doesn't look that sharp - it has motion blur. you also have the wrong keywords - stuff about san francisco and a wharf - and nothing about donuts.

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i like the image, but the face is a bit dark and soft looking. the lighting isn't dramatic enough for the pose and roughness, it's just kind of flat. i would have to say this was taken on maybe a bright over cast day, and you shot it in camera as a black and white. it should really be converted carefully. like the others it's not that sharp. still seems like motion blur, if anything maybe it's back focusing. you need descriptions and keywords on all of these.

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i wouldn't call her the mad hatter because it's sort of an insulting term. the bokeh spots in the background are distracting.


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the sepia green is off putting, especially for food. i don't know why this is black and white - since it doesn't suggest age. there is no real story and the image is rather cluttered, it's also very dark, and there is dirt in the sky the cmos needs cleaning.


overall you need more keywords with plurals and descriptions. you need more images and to advertise what you have.


---Mike Savad

 

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