11 Social Media Habits That Hurt Your Art Career (And How To Break Them)

Download the PDF for this lesson at http://ChrisOatley.com/smh/

Social Media is vital to a successful art career. In this lesson, you’ll identify habits that are holding you back and plan a more professional approach.

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11 Social Media Habits That Hurt Your Art Career (And How To Break Them) :: ArtCast #115

Hello, my friends and welcome to The ArtCast by The Oatley Academy!

I’m Chris Oatley – I’m an illustrator and Visual Development Artist currently working for Disney.

…and at ChrisOatley.com I help artists create dream careers in Animation, Concept Art and Illustration.

We all know that Social Media is vital for a successful art career.

These days, whenever I ask my industry colleagues where they’re finding work, the answer is almost always one of two things:

Industry connections or Social Media.

But, despite the proliferation of Social Media success stories within the Entertainment Industries, many of us are still afraid of Social Media…

…and if we’re not afraid, we’re often too familiar for our own good.

…but Social Media is just like drawing and painting.

It has a set of learnable skills and a professional approach.

I learned how to power my business with Social Media strategies that progress both the business and my personal art career.

I also helped a number of my students and my Animation industry colleagues develop their own Social Media strategies.

We’re all Artists here.

If I can figure it out, you can too.

…and today’s lesson is a great place to start!

It’s called:

11 (BAD) Social Media Habits That Hurt Your Art Career (And How To Break Them)

Before we begin, check out my new Social Media Course!

It’s called Dream Machine: Social Media Strategies To Upgrade Your Art Career!

Throughout the course, you’ll develop an effective, efficient and sustainable Social Media strategy that helps you rise above the chaos and competition…

My friends Loish (world-famous Illustrator and Concept Artist), Lauren Panepinto (Creative Director for the Sci-Fi/ Fantasy Publisher Orbit Books) and Alison Mann (Creative Talent Recruiter for Illumination and Disney) will also be there to support you with their own, specialized guidance.

Join our interest list at ChrisOatley.com/dream

Again, that’s ChrisOatley.com/dream/

…and I’ll follow-up soon with the details!

There are three things I need you to keep in mind while listening to the lesson:

1.) I made each Bad Social Media Habit into a Character. You can find the illustrations at http://ChrisOatley.com/smh/

2.) You can also download the illustrated companion PDF and the MP3 version at the same link: http://ChrisOatley.com/smh/

3.) These Characters don’t represent real individuals. They are satirically simplistic, fictional Characters created to help us identify and externalize our own artistic struggles.

Download the PDF for this lesson (as well as the MP3 version) at http://ChrisOatley.com/smh/

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