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The Do’s and Don’t of Building your Own Artist e-Portfolio – Part I

Posted on July 10th, 2010 { No Comments }

Available Platforms to Create your Own Online Portfolio When it comes to designing and building a website there are hundreds of platforms that can be used, but if you are not a programmer or web designer by trade it can get complicated very fast. Building a website from scratch is certainly not easy not mentioning…

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The Do’s and Don’t of Building your Own Artist e-Portfolio – Introduction

Posted on July 2nd, 2010 { No Comments }

Ever since I started ElegantWebDesigns.net a webdesign company mainly dedicated to build portfolios for artists, we’ve been asked hundreds of questions and gave tons of tips, but I actually never wrote down these tips as a guide to help artists build their own online portfolios. So I’ve decided to provide my advise for other artists…

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Packing and Shipping – How USPS.com can help your Daily Painting

Posted on February 5th, 2010 { 3 Comments }

One of the biggest challenge a modern artist faces is shipping. It can become quite expensive and a huge risk depending on which carrier you use. In today’s modern art era, artists are more involved with the process of selling and delivering their works directly to collectors along with having the task of shipping their…

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10 biggest mistakes artists make that hurt their businesses

Posted on September 4th, 2009 { No Comments }

Artists in its majority, have no absolute sense of business tactics or how to represent their artwork making them engage in not very good practices that hurt their businesses in the short run. Many are so desperate to “make it” that consider if they take shortcuts it will make them get there faster… nothing far…

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Varnishing & Protecting Giclee Prints

Posted on August 13th, 2009 { 4 Comments }

One of the biggest concerns for a professional artist is the archival nature of the materials used to create its art. A true professional artist is always making sure his/her work can withstand the pass of time. Artists from all over the world and throughout art history have accomplished this by using not only professional…

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