The one joy of social media is discovering working artists and illustrators from around the world. Without this, you would only see those that make the cut, get through the noise and manage to get published or represented. The ones that are put on a pedestal so high that you feel you'll never be able to reach. What social media has created (and may soon kill) is a space that makes you believe that you can be successful at getting your work seen by yourself. It gives back control to the creator, and allows the freedom to promote yourself.
Discovering artists and following their work, growth and progress is now the sole reason why I use social media. In a way it's a double ended sword, it's inspiring and demotivating. It wastes your time of creating to watch someone else create. The biggest trap for procrastinating, yet I love to see how people work, to follow artists and seeing how they navigate through the ever changing algorithms. I follow painters, sketchers, story tellers, directors and more. Here are a few of my favourite creators of this time that I feel show some variety, though do believe that this list is much longer.
Jeremy Hoffman
Character Designer
Leigh Ellexson
Artist
Jorge R. Gutierrez
Director
Roxy Van Bemmel
Artist
Tina Nawrocki
Hand Drawn Animator
Olan Rogers
Director
Wocco
Illustrator
Tania Rivilis
Artist
Vewn
Illustrator
Niall Breen
Comic Illustrator
Dominic Zurbriggen
Illustrator
Pablo Dalas
Tattoo Artist
Jackie Droujko
Character Designer
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