This week’s poll is short and sweet—I thought it might be interesting to see how other artists expected to be using the internet a decade from now, so I wrote out the following question:
Looking ahead, how important (or helpful) do you think the internet will be to you, as an artist, 10 years from now?
If you’re an artist, feel free to vote. . . I fully expect the results to be skewed towards the “important” end (they have been so far) but since this IS an internet poll I imagine that won’t be a surprise to anyone else either.
Finally, my "big project" is finished! It’s been a crazy day with a lot going on, but foliotwist.com is finally live and online! Since I’ve kept it a complete secret up until launch, here’s a quick (mostly visual) overview of what it does. . .read more
It's only been up for a short time but this poll looks about like I expected it to—the majority of you have been creating art for a while. Of course, since the total number of votes is still pretty low everything could change in the next few weeks. I imagine it won't but I've been wrong before. . . read more
There's no doubt that Bob Ross is an iconic American figure—it seems like nearly everyone knows who he is whether they're artists or not. With this poll, however, I wanted to find out what all of you (who are primarily artists) think about him. I've always found it an interesting topic because. . . read more
Here's another easy poll question for all of you artists out there—how much time per day do you spend on art? Obviously there's no right or wrong answer since everyone has different circumstances, it's just always interesting to see how other artists respond and where you fit into the mix. So . . . read more
There are so many different ways and places to sell art these days that recently I began to wonder where most artists sell their art. I know EmptyEasel focuses a lot on selling and marketing art online, but perhaps it's still traditional galleries that most artists use. Maybe it's personal art. . . read more
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