Taking Our Art Online - A new group on CCS - Your feedback please?

[Dan Goodwin]

Hi everyone,

There's been a growing need expressed by a number of us here on CCS to have a place where we can talk about how we publish our art online, and finding an audience who loves what we do.

So I'm proposing a new group on CCS, where we can start discussion threads to talk about this kind of aspect of being an artist.

Between us here on CCS we have a vast array of knowledge and experience of doing different parts of what this entails, and pooling some of that knowledge and experience together, and having a place where people can go to ask for help and advice, makes a lot of sense.

Here's the proposed name and outline description:

Group name: Taking Our Art Online

Description: A place to share our tips, questions, ideas and experiences about all aspects of publishing and selling our artwork to an online audience. We talk about blogs, communities, ezines, letters, photo sites, podcasts, videos, social media, online stores and market places, and more. The group is free, and everyone is welcome to join.

I'd love to gauge the interest in starting such a group, so I'd like to ask you the following two questions:

1. Would you be interested in being part of such a group?

2. What's the biggest single question you have about taking your own work to an online audience?

Thanks for your input, I look forward to hearing your thoughts.

Dan

[Ahrabella Heabe Lewis]

Knowing your interest in macro shots and movement of water  thought you might be interested in this  Dan

http://www.lightstalking.com/water-droplet-photographs

[Dan Goodwin]

Thanks Ahrabella, pretty lush pics... It amazes me when we can get the whole world in one of those tiny droplets...

[Jules]

I have seen a few of those featured in ' Country' magazine. They Are very cool!

[Ahrabella Heabe Lewis]

Love the phrase "I try to compose the photo with my whole body and hand and heart and eye .... feel the shot physically ..." and going to adopt it as manta! 

[Dan Goodwin]

+1 !

[Atlantic Flower]

Thank you Ahrabella

for me it is the same for drawing too ... I breathe and look for a time and try to feel with my eyes, my heart and my body, so it flows through my hand - I think Rodin said something like that only a lot better !! ...Brenda

also my toes are tingling and curling as I work ...! is it so for you, for others?

[Trina Adermonn]

I feel the same Atlantic Flower esp. if it is a piece that comes from the heart.

[Ahrabella Heabe Lewis]

“Art is literacy of the heart” ~Elliot Eisner

[Trina Adermonn]

I was checking out some art tools online today and I ran across these two new app websites.

***  issuu.com/smartlook  ***

The first one is called issuu.com/smartlook. I wondered if it could be an answer to the copyright issues that some of you might be having.

Here is a sample book of an auction for paintings/art work. My first impression of it was that it was pretty cool and interactive looking.

http://issuu.com/nealauction/docs/nealauction1204

I haven't played around with it yet to know the simplicity of it's programming or how easy it is to upload it to other sites. But, it could be worth looking into. You certainly can't right click to save anything. I also love how you can zoom in and zoom out to study certain pieces of the project.  I just thought it might be worth mentioning.

***STREAMPAD***

I also ran across streampad today.  I was really kind of impressed with that too. I love how it hangs at the bottom of the screen and doesn't interfere with your viewing pleasure. It's also easy to find if you run across it. Seems easy enough to operate. I'll be checking it out more this week I think. You can see it in action on this website. 

http://fredwilson.fm/

Check out his play turn #'s in the box!

I know in the research I've been reading  online apps are one sure way to get people to flock to your website. I'll let you know how it pans out when I've had a chance to play around and experiment with it some more.