Instagram is a massive social media platform. There are many artists on Instagram, many with over 100,000 thousand followers. Artists use Instagram because of the large platform and able to reach many people, both in and out of the art community. People tend to reach out and look for commission work for the artists to do so it can allow artists to do freelance. I use Instagram the most because I'm on it every day. I have three accounts, one of them being my art account. I post all of my art on there, including college and personal work. I use it to get opinions from fellow artists and to build a connection in the industry. One example of commission work I got was when I was sculpting Venom. I posted an update on my Instagram and someone contacted me and asked me to sculpt a person from a picture for 3D printing. I had the opportunity to make money because of the work I post on Instagram. The community is amazing and I get a lot of feedback whenever I post work. I love the platform and continue to use it.
Here is what my Instagram Account looks like: |