Comments on: Marketing for Artists

By: Jon Jones

Jon Jones — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:35:38 +0000

Oh, I never intended it to sound easy. :) But anything really worth doing is difficult to some degree…

By: Craig Aoyama

Craig Aoyama — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:27:02 +0000

It’s hard to know when to stop doing such things as networking but becoming a presence on an actual web-community is actually tougher than it sounds. You really need to pay attention and speak smartly without getting away with yourself and sounding like a babbling moron.

With so many great, huge art forums its hard to know where to begin.

Great article and very necessary advice.

By: Jon Jones

Jon Jones — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:13:35 +0000

Thanks Micah!! :) I’m glad you liked the article and got something out of it. I’ve always felt that this is one of my best articles since it’s such an important subject, but I’ve gotten very, very little response to it overall. Glad someone gets it!

By: Micah McNeely

Micah McNeely — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:23:58 +0000

Hi, I am a recent graduate and currently seeking work in the gaming industry. I have read this article and found it to not only be inspiring but, interesting. I appreciate the advice laid out here and plan to apply it in the near future.It is hard to hear that your work is not perfect but, I agree the way to grow and become successful is through hard to hear true advice.

By: Jon Jones, smArtist » Smart people are dumb. Failure is awesome.

Jon Jones, smArtist » Smart people are dumb. Failure is awesome. — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 15:08:30 +0000

[...] I said before in my Marketing for Artists article that 90% of success is showing up. And that’s what these crappy people have that “smart” people don’t. The will to keep showing up. [...]

By: Brian Wanamaker

Brian Wanamaker — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 01:47:00 +0000

Good advice, Jon. In particular, the parts about being able to take advice, and then to place a value on it, is critical for people who want to improve. I generally avoid message boards where industry-hopefuls reside, largely because so many of them want to hit up pro’s for advice, only to later “explain” why something they submitted looks lacking or, worse, attack the person giving the advice. Some people are just not ready to play with grown-ups yet…

By: Anim8rS8r

Anim8rS8r — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 18:10:00 +0000

Tnak you for this pointedly true article- and sorry about the previous “mispost”.

What this all leads up to is persistance as it is applied to each area in your pice. As I was growing up, my father said persistance was everything- he was definitely spot on.

I am a a 10 year vet in the gaming sector, and have practiced everything you mentioned, and then some, and not just once or twice. This is solid advice for newcomers and up-and-comers alike.

For me, the goulash, or “special mix” of what makes for a successful foray into the world as an artist would be to coin the term, “consistantly persistant” and apply that to every day…

By: Peris

Peris — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 21:05:00 +0000

excellent article :D, i was just following that path and this is really reassuring

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 16:56:00 +0000

Deleted those comments. I know who it was, and he’s been slapped. :P

And thanks for comments! Glad it looks useful for more than just game artists. I’m thinking of ways to refine this post further and starting to spread it around a bit and get more comments on it.

By: Zaphod

Zaphod — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 11:41:00 +0000

Wow, you have some real winners hanging out here. Anyways, that sounds like some great advice, and most of it is probably applicable to more than just artists in the video game industry. Networking is very important in any feild, as well as never burning your briges.