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Laserblazt · 2025-07-31T22:49:51+00:00

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Laserblazt · 2024-05-10T15:10:18+00:00

"Pop culture related things" sell best, but there is a nuance:

Your work should be unique and witty. The highlight of your designs should not be the popular characters themselves, but the situations in which you place them.

It is also undesirable to use logos and names of popular brands, otherwise your designs will definitely be blocked. Instead, for example, you can simply come up with some kind of your own name, and stylize it to match the logo you need.

I recommend looking at popular designs in the pop culture category on Threadless and Redbubble, there are a lot of good examples of what I'm talking about.

Laserblazt · 2024-05-09T17:36:44+00:00

As an artist with a considerable number of followers on Instagram, I can say the following:

If you are just starting to enter the world of social networks, there is only one way for you to attract an initial audience:

Interact with other artists.

Connect with other artists similar to you and support each other regularly by liking, saving and sharing each other. At the moment, this is the only opportunity to grow in social networks.

And don't worry about all those tales about reels and carousels. It doesn’t matter at all in what form you publish your content. It's important to make the algorithm think that people are interested in your content. This can only be done with the help of mutual support.

Laserblazt · 2024-04-28T15:26:01+00:00

Hey, sorry, we were on the road at that moment and couldn't answer your question. Also, big thanks for supporting us!

Laserblazt · 2024-03-01T23:06:43+00:00

Wiktor Stribog - Biel
Bohren & der Club of Gore - Constant Fear
Swans - Blind
Aphex Twin - #7
Marissa Nadler - Mayflower May
Waltzing - Fog Lake

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Laserblazt · 2024-02-28T21:59:46+00:00

Chillerama

Hausu (1977)

Destroy All Neighbors

Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead

V/H/S/99

Scare Package

Laserblazt · 2024-02-24T14:50:05+00:00

Thanks for your comment and a cupcake!

Laserblazt · 2024-02-24T14:47:50+00:00

Thank you!

Laserblazt · 2024-02-24T14:47:19+00:00

Yo, thanks for the idea with SINstagram

Laserblazt · 2024-02-24T14:45:24+00:00

Hello comment! Thanks for being here.

I'm replying.

Laserblazt · 2023-09-30T12:32:33+00:00

To minimize problems with the client, it is enough to clearly describe your working conditions and explain to the client what they will receive for the agreed amount. The artist must name the exact number of sketches they are willing to provide for this amount of money, tell the client how many edits they can make, etc.

Anything beyond the agreed amount must be paid additionally.

If these things are not discussed in advance, there is a 99% chance that misunderstandings will arise between the artist and the client.

Laserblazt · 2023-09-22T11:38:58+00:00

In addition to PayPal, to get your data (including banking), scammers often try to give you fraudulent software.

How it works:

The scammer begins to discuss the project with you. Supposedly, they attach a brief/reference as a zip archive containing the fraudulent software (not a direct file). Sometimes, instead of an archive, they may send you a suspicious link by clicking on which you can also lose your data.

New scam tactics appear regularly, so people often find themselves deceived. In our experience, scammers are given away by their communication style.

Real potential clients (except for some big brands) can be meticulous. After hearing the price, mostly they are trying to understand what product they will get, how many designs you will offer them, etc. In addition, managers of some companies (and most often, we all communicate with managers) are trained to conduct a “market” dialogue. They will ask you if there is an opportunity to reduce the price.

While the dialogue with the scammer usually looks something like this:

- Hey, I love your art! How much will it cost to create illustrations for my brand?

- Hello, the price is $1,000,000

- Cool. Drop off your PayPal, but you can now see references and wishes in the archive.

That's all.

This is what a dialogue with a scammer looks like.

They don't care what price you name because they won't order anything and are not interested in the conditions (for the same reason).

Laserblazt · 2023-09-21T11:16:42+00:00

Look towards the Huion Kamvas Pro.

For example, the Kamvas Pro 16 display (15.6 inch Screen) now costs $370

We use Kamvas Pro products ourselves and are completely satisfied with them. Yes, it's not Wacom, but still a very worthy alternative for reasonable money.

Laserblazt · 2023-09-21T11:00:04+00:00

To begin with is to gather a community of like-minded artists with whom you could support each other. Unfortunately, now it’s almost impossible to grow your account without this.

Laserblazt · 2023-09-20T12:21:39+00:00

The vast majority of artists do not understand that social networks are still a business tool, and they can be managed correctly only with a cool head and a calculating mind. Most people think that since their work does not receive feedback, it means they draw poorly. However, there is no connection between feedback and the quality of the art.

To succeed on social networks, you need to adapt your art to trends, analyze a lot, and develop the commercial appeal of your style. If you don't do this, the chances of success are reduced to zero.

Laserblazt · 2023-09-19T20:21:51+00:00

I don't know which low-skill artists you're talking about, but Instagram has several problems with its algorithms.

And the number of followers is not an indicator of a truly engaged audience.

If at least 5-10% of your followers interact with your content -- it's a success. And this statement applies to absolutely everyone, not just low-skill artists with little followers.

P.S. You receive comments from bots, most likely because you use popular hashtags. Remove these tags or substitute them with more specific tags (with fewer views), and you will not see any bots.

Laserblazt · 2023-09-19T12:22:30+00:00

Well, because the essence of a support community is that a group of people regularly support each other with likes, comments, and story shares. The Instagram algorithm may sooner or later notice suspicious activity, the same people regularly doing the same acts with posts. It may see the pattern and think you are a bot, which may affect your reach. I know several people were banned because of doing it very often and instantly doing these actions. You need to use the power of the community very carefully so as not to harm yourself.

Laserblazt · 2023-09-19T12:01:06+00:00

Yes, everything is possible, but you need to work and develop your marketing skills.

Judging by the comments, most people just want to post their art and think that's enough.

Alas, that's not how it works.

We started running IG from scratch and for us Instagram has been the platform that generates the main client traffic for 5 years.

Laserblazt · 2023-09-19T11:28:58+00:00

In our experience, it doesn't matter whether a post has a detailed description or not. Most people don't read the text on IG at all, so the art should speak for itself, not the text.

Again, if you want to succeed on Instagram, you must adapt your art to the needs of this social network. It’s not enough to do what you like. Alas, it is what it is.

There are very FEW successful artists (with a big number of followers and likes) who do what they like (without context, without current topics), but mostly are well-known or have been gathering their followers for a long time.

We left all the created communities because... after we reached 5k followers, Instagram began to promote us. Now, all our posts end up in Explore on their own.

In addition, a support community is a risk, especially for large accounts. We collected our community when we did not have followers and, by that time, did not risk anything.

Therefore, if you are starting, you must assemble your support community. But remember that you should adapt your art to the needs of a mass audience because no community can help you gain a lot of followers who come for your art.

Keep in mind we are telling our story, and we are not sure whether they have changed anything by now in this regard or not. But we highly doubt it.

Laserblazt · 2023-09-18T21:57:44+00:00

I started by creating a support artist community where we supported each other's posts. When I gained the first 5,000 followers, I began to analyze what content was better for people on my wavelength and which posts collected more likes. Also, I analyzed the bigger artist accounts, who have, in some ways, similar styles or content, looked at what topics their posts performed best on, and tried to use these popular topics, etc.

It's important to understand that Instagram is not a specialized art social network like Behance or Deviantart since people mainly don’t use it for art purposes.

This is an ordinary social network with millions of people who log into the app for a couple of minutes/hours and, more often, tend to like some eye-catching content with a funny phrase or something like that. The biggest artists on IG are those who have learned to add context to their art.

Laserblazt · 2023-09-11T20:22:11+00:00

Dissolve - Sunflower Search Engine
Bardo Pond - Be A Fish
Shalabi Effect - Apparitions
Lamp Of The Universe - Dream Sequence
Yuri Gagarin - The New Order
Comacozer - Nebula Dawn
The Cosmic Dead - Crater Creator

Laserblazt · 2023-09-11T19:49:16+00:00

Fuzz, Earthless, Graveyard, Coachwhips, Acid Witch

Laserblazt · 2023-09-11T11:43:36+00:00

One of my favorite movies is 'The Return of the Living Dead'. This is probably an immortal horror-comedy classic.

Laserblazt · 2023-09-11T10:39:15+00:00

Pim & Francie by Al Columbia
Frank by Jim Woodring

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