promotion research

http://drawn.ca/tag/promotion/

Illustrator David M. Buisán has created a promo reel of sorts for his illustration portfolio, similar to an animator’s promo reel, but with static images set to music. It definitely makes the task of sifting through an artist’s body of work, and trying to decide which piece to share with you guys, far easier.

http://www.booooooom.com/contact-jeff-hamada-booooooom/

I went through this website and found almost half of my list. Really great talent with alot of viewers.

http://www.webs.com/

create a website, either through the countless free websites, or through blogs. and submit your website or images to sites that have alot of viewer traffick. These sites include: 

myworkrocks@designiskinky.net

http://www.designiskinky.net/

self publish work, send them to publishers.

Brett Warnock, Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
PO Box 15125
Portland OR 97293-5125
USA

E-mail: brett@topshelfcomix.com
Twitter: @brettwarnock

Will Fantagraphics publish my comic?

Fantagraphics Books publishes comics for thinking readers - readers who like to put their minds to work, who have a sophisticated understanding of art and culture, and appreciate personal expression unfettered by uncritical use of cliché. Fantagraphics will practically always reject any submissions that fit neatly into (or combine in a gimmicky fashion) the mainstream genres of superhero, vigilante, horror, fantasy, and science fiction. While some of our publications are suitable for young readers, we do not publish children's picture books.

Take note of the originality and diversity of the themes and approaches to drawing in such Fantagraphics titles as Love & Rockets (stories of life in Latin America and Chicano L.A. which draw on influences as diverse as Luis Buñuel, Frida Kahlo, and Hank Ketcham); Palestine (journalistic autobiography in the Middle East);Eightball (surrealism mixed with kitsch culture in stories alternately humorous and painfully personal); and our Ignatz series of comics (contemplative literary pieces that explore the limits of the medium). Try to develop your own, equally individual voice; originality, aesthetic maturity, and graphic storytelling skill are the signs by which Fantagraphics judges whether or not your submission is ripe for publicatio

Fantagraphics Books publishes comics for thinking readers - readers who like to put their minds to work, who have a sophisticated understanding of art and culture, and appreciate personal expression unfettered by uncritical use of cliché. Fantagraphics will practically always reject any submissions that fit neatly into (or combine in a gimmicky fashion) the mainstream genres of superhero, vigilante, horror, fantasy, and science fiction. While some of our publications are suitable for young readers, we do not publish children's picture books.

Take note of the originality and diversity of the themes and approaches to drawing in such Fantagraphics titles as Love & Rockets (stories of life in Latin America and Chicano L.A. which draw on influences as diverse as Luis Buñuel, Frida Kahlo, and Hank Ketcham); Palestine (journalistic autobiography in the Middle East);Eightball (surrealism mixed with kitsch culture in stories alternately humorous and painfully personal); and our Ignatz series of comics (contemplative literary pieces that explore the limits of the medium). Try to develop your own, equally individual voice; originality, aesthetic maturity, and graphic storytelling skill are the signs by which Fantagraphics judges whether or not your submission is ripe for publication.

graphite goddess

"My name is Suzanne Schaefer, an empty-nester, an artist, a resident of the glorious Pacific Northwest. I’ve been painting and drawing since the age of 3. I swear you could lock me in a closet and I’d find some way to draw on the walls! I draw every single day just to stay sane.:       

  

mike mignola

Mike Joseph Mignola  is an American comic book artist andwriter, famous for creating the comic book series Hellboy for Dark Horse Comics. He has also worked for animation projects such as Atlantis: The Lost Empire and the adaptation of his one shot comic book, The Amazing Screw-On Head. 

chris ware

 Chris ware isn't very good.

 

rachel sumpter

Rachell Sumpter graduated from Art Center College of Design with a BFA in 2003.

Sumpter's work has been exhibited worldwide including Jack Hanley (SF), Allston Skirt (Boston), Richard Heller (Los Angeles), Sunday L.E.S.(NY), OCMA, LACMA and featured in the Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Mean Magazine,Giant Robot, ArtWeek and McSweeneys Issue 24.

Rachell and her husband, Jacob Magraw, are working on a collaborative book to be published by McSweeney's.

patrick kyle

 Patrick Kyle is an illustrator and comic book artist who lives and works in Toronto, Canada. He Graduated from The Ontario College of Art and Design in 2009.

Kyle ranson

 

kyle damon ranson was born july 31st 1969 in manhattan. with an encouraging hippie mother, he began to draw and paint in early childhood and by the time he was in high school he was taking life drawing classes at the lyme academy in connecticut. he attented three symesters at the maryland institute, college of art and then dropped out to emerse himself in the arts and music scene in baltimore. in 1994 he moved to san francisco and became a part of the underground punk scene in the mission. he began to exibit his paintings in 1998 and has slowly become a pillar of the san francisco art world. he has shown in new york and london and had several solo shows in san francisco. his bold paintings often deal with extreme subject matter and can demand alot of the viewer yet there is a delicacy to his work that comes through most in his portraiture. kyle ranson lives and works in san francisco.

andy dixon

 I am a free lance graphic designer from Vancouver, Canada. I have been involved in visual arts since elementary school when my friends and I would make comics and draw on my bedroom wall. I did not attend art school, save for 2 night classes on painting at a community college. 

raymond pettibone

Mark Ryden came to preeminence in the 1990’s during a time when many artists, critics and collectors were quietly championing a return to the art of painting. With his masterful technique and disquieting content, Ryden quickly became one of the leaders of this movement on the West Coast.

lars henkel

Reflektorium is a small group of German artists comprising Anja Struck, Lars Henkel, and Mario Wagner. They each do beautiful work, and together they offer a wonderful portfolio full of painting, collage, photography, and animation.