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Julian Banks

9 Years Ago

Questions On My Portfolio

I've taken the advice of some of the other artists on here and decided to create more artwork. My current portfolio consists of pieces that I created in a period of 2-3 weeks. I would like you guys' feedback on my work. Also, is one of the reasons why I'm not selling as much is because I only have 14 pieces available for purchase? Or is my work simply not good enough? Be honest, I wanna hear from you guys. Although some of the critiques can be harsh, I always find myself getting better and stronger from them.

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Susan Sadoury

9 Years Ago

I like it.

 

Julian Banks

9 Years Ago

@SusanSadoury Thank you

 

Barry Lamont

9 Years Ago

Julian... I miss your collage work. It is some very strong art and I don't understand why you removed it. I love your "Noise" series.. I can see this selling well. Your figurative studies are unique in style. This is good.

Something you must consider as an artist on FAA...This is a pod site.. the bulk of sales made from this site are NOT art... they are decor. YOU are an artist...not a decorator.

One of the most misleading website names ever...I have often thought it should be changed.. maybe Fine Decor America..?

 

Julian Banks

9 Years Ago

@BarryLamont Barry, thank you for your kind words. As far as the collage work goes, I found too many flaws in it. It's like I couldn't look at it any longer because I knew I was better than that. As far as your statement saying I'm an artist and not a decorator, I feel like you hit the nail on the head. That comment made me smile too lol. Comments like those help me to stay up late at night and create my work

 

Mike Savad

9 Years Ago

there will be a limited appeal of hands and feet, though it depends who you sell them too. a podiatrist may be into the feet, hard to find art for that field without grossing out the patients. selling takes time, you've been here since june. i don't know what marketing you've been doing. yes 14 is a small number, you want to increase that number by a lot.

your images have a lot of smudges on them, and due to this sites compression issues, the simple line drawings look poorly compressed, but there isn't anything you can do about that, though if you mention it to tech support maybe they can accommodate. it doesn't give off a good impression because it does that. keywords should be more about the subject, i see many things about drawing, but not much about what i'm looking at and who its for.

art wise its not my thing, the drawings are a bit shaky and a bit child like, that's not to say it won't sell or others will or won't like it, it's just not my thing.

your bio could use work - talk about what you like to draw, rather than getting a fast showing of your work, it tells little about what you do.

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try not to say anything about seconds. i don't think its a show off to tell people you did it with one line, and you didn't study the subject. as a buyer i would move on. plus this is the only one on blue for some reason.

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this has a dirty background.

all your pieces show they've been up for 2 weeks. that's hardly any time at all. and low views tells me that your not pushing the work, you can't wait for someone to find you. you only belong to one group and it has nothing to do with what you draw.


---Mike Savad

 

Barry Lamont

9 Years Ago

You're welcome Julian.... Mike is full of sound advice. Take heed.

The backgrounds in your sketches can easily be cleaned up with basic editing software.

Your bio should be focused on you..briefly explain to the world why you are you! What is your take on the world...and what you hope to express in your art.

 

Julian Banks

9 Years Ago

@MikeSavad I appreciate you telling me to contact tech support about that issue. I was unaware of that. I'll work on my bio and my style of drawing can come off as child like at times, but I'm pretty confident in it. Especially my noise series. I'm happy you took the time to give your feedback. I've seen what you had to say about other people's work and compared to them, your views on mine weren't that bad. I'm proud of myself

 

Robert Frank Gabriel

9 Years Ago

Also, keep in mind that there are tens of millions of artists trying to sell a billion images or more. Think about that...So, it's all about self promotion unless you are another Picasso.

 

Julian Banks

9 Years Ago

@Robert yeah, I'm trying to develop a solid marketing approach that is tailored to me and where I'm at in my career

 

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