Lookin' for some Exposure?

[DexElkyr]

(I originally posted this in the general section.. i got welcomed by a very hateful and aggressive attitude, with countless insults. I hope here things work differently!)

Hai everyone!
I'm Dex, I'm an italian (as you can guess by my failure at english) self-taught artist and i love supporting people and admiring their art as much (if not more) i enjoy creating it!

If i were to show you my best piece of art, i'd say it's this one: http://dex91.deviantart.com/art/My-Main-OC-Dex-s -face-113648104, which has about 1500 favourites on deviantart xD
It's the same one i got as an avatar on this site as well :)

I also have a wide range of interests: i'm interested in almost Everything, i love the world, eager to learn more! Going to the Gym, Hanging out with friends, Reading (basically only Essays), Painting/Sculpting Miniatures, Drawing/Animating, Programming Videogames, Writing, Game Design, etc..
If you want to contact me or support what i do in some other websites, feel free to give a look to my contact informations, among which you can find my Youtube Channel, Facebook, Twitter, blahblah.. yep, i'm a Youtuber and i put my face in my videos.
This is probably a wrong choice, as i certainly am not Brad Pitt.
But i feel it makes everything more personal: i'm not a pile of data and numbers with a giant question mark as a face.
I'm a person, and that's why i decided to go for it and make everything as personal as i could. :)

I have a little Project going on, called Hidden Pencils: it's basically a series completely focused on promoting any kind of artist of any skill level.
I spend a lot of time trying to support artists and looking at new galleries on DeviantArt(new for me, that's what i mean), and it's quite sad to see there are a lot of unrecognized talents out there.
Or that beginners have to spam everwhere or submit to 213190 groups/forums in order to get some attention/support/tips.

Long story short, i run a daily LiveStream (usually daily) in which you can join and share your works with us.
I put my face in this (this probably scares a lot of people away), so that you won't be staring at a talking screen, which feels a little weird.
I comment your work and promote it to the viewers, basically.
Any kind of work is accepted, as long as it is related to art!
Sites, Facebook Pages, Galleries, Youtube Videos.. anything that is art related is more than welcome.

At the moment we are usually about an average of 20-23 people to 30 every livestream, and every viewer is surprisingly active and supportive. Probably because we all share the same view: support is important, and it takes only a second to fav a work and less than a minute to comment it. But it motivates a lot the artists, especially beginning ones!

I usually LiveStream every day at about 10 P.M, Central Europe Summer Time (i'm Italian, this is my TimeZone). You can find more details about this whole thing by looking at the Schedule of the LiveStreams right here http://dex91.deviantart.com/art/Live-Streams-Sch edule-Hidden-Pencils-374299589, looking at my LiveStream Channel http://www.livestream.com/dex91 (which has 18 recorded sessions so far (i almost livestreamed every day since this thing started) and looking at the videos i made about Hidden pencils on my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21MCg4Gf7Fs&list =PLMCQy6UWFa6dGsqnC17n4g4KVQVoYYqJL&index=4

I also very recently started to feature the best works of every Hidden Pencils LiveStream in Youtube videos.
Here is the first one i made yesterday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNMzmJM7eTE&list =PLMCQy6UWFa6dGsqnC17n4g4KVQVoYYqJL&index=1
These videos get promoted on my DeviantArt and Facebook Page as well. Don't expect too much, i don't have much influence (i hope the 1112000 views of my gallery and the 7500 watchers are enough, though, to make a little positive difference for you)

I don't usually promote anything, i mean.. since Hidden pencils started i simply kept going.
But some people suggested me to inform the other people about this as well, so.. here i am!

Of course, the more we are, the more effective the exposure is, so yeah i hope you like this idea and join us!
And of course i'm livestreaming this evening as well, so yeah, feel free to drop by and tell me you are from newgrounds, i'll be more than happy to welcome you and your works, just like the other people in there.

Thank you for your attention, have a wonderful day!

Sorry for the time you lost reading here, see ya this evening or hopefully sooner or later.. and if you don't like this idea don't worry, no problem at all, i understand not everyone shares the same point of view :)

[oatlol]

Wow, can you guys judge my YouTube channel? This was really exciting read and mate... your English is better then mine!!!

[DexElkyr]

At 6/14/13 05:49 AM, oatlol wrote: Wow, can you guys judge my YouTube channel? This was really exciting read and mate... your English is better then mine!!!

Thank you!
Sure thing, just join the livestream when it starts this evening and i'll be more than happy to promote your channel to the viewers!

[DexElkyr]

Live streaming in a couple of minutes, the best works are featured on my facebook page and on my deviantart, in a Youtube video! http://www.livestream.com/dex91
Feel free to join if you are curious/have works to show us and check it out, if you have time :)

[DexElkyr]

Starting with the Livestream in a couple of minutes, if anyone is interested and wants to check this out! http://new.livestream.com/accounts/4391980/events/2179730

[Escalus]

How about posting actual work instead of links of self promotion?

[DexElkyr]

At 6/15/13 05:45 PM, Escalus wrote: How about posting actual work instead of links of self promotion?

Err.. i guess your signature fits you indeed ^^'
You should read what i'm doing before writing stuff like that.
If you livestream every day and give up one or more hour of your time to help people/ focus completely on them and their works, instead of being too busy improving your skills/drawing, then please forgive me.
Otherwise, you don't have any right to judge.
I love doing this, i love supporting people, and i spend a lot of time doing that.
I also love admiring their art, because every piece is just so inspirational, doesn't matter their skill level, in every piece of art they make there's something personal they put in, and that's just wonderful to see!
It's not nice to say, after all the time i spend on this, that i self-promote myself, especially because i don't see any payback.
If you do, please enlighten my ignorant mind.

I'm just informing people that i'm available to help them if they want.
If that's self-advertisement then yes, i love self-advertising.

Looking at your Art, you are very good, and this proves my point: there aren't many skilled artists who want to help the others, the new ones. Well, maybe of course you give some tips here and there, but that's nothing compared to giving up a lot of your time to help the others and focus only on them.

I love reading, i love learning and i love sharing what i learn with others.
And i also love socializing and interacting with people, which is why i put my face in the livestreams.

That said, i love your art, in particular your coloring style!

[ReNaeNae]

At 6/15/13 07:44 PM, DexElkyr wrote:

At 6/15/13 05:45 PM, Escalus wrote: How about posting actual work instead of links of self promotion?

You should read what i'm doing before writing stuff like that.

...then you might enjoy reading the forum rules and the art forum rules:

"Please upload your art directly IN THE FORUM; pictures are more pleasing to look at than links to other websites!"

It's an ART forum after all, so posting art is sort of expected ;) ...plus people would be more likely to tune in if they have a visual of what to expect when they get there.

[DexElkyr]

At 6/15/13 07:59 PM, ReNaeNae wrote:

At 6/15/13 07:44 PM, DexElkyr wrote:

At 6/15/13 05:45 PM, Escalus wrote: How about posting actual work instead of links of self promotion?

You should read what i'm doing before writing stuff like that.

...then you might enjoy reading the forum rules and the art forum rules:

"Please upload your art directly IN THE FORUM; pictures are more pleasing to look at than links to other websites!"

It's an ART forum after all, so posting art is sort of expected ;) ...plus people would be more likely to tune in if they have a visual of what to expect when they get there.

Thank you for the information, i only read the general rules and i'm sorry i didn't read the ones for the art-forum, i'm sorry.
Anyway, you are right but i didn't really want to promote myself or my works, that's why i didn't mention them apart from the first one, which is also in my gallery here and as my avatar, so i didn't really feel like there was the need to upload it as an image in this thread as well^^

I thought that having them submitted as Art and showing as Art clicking on my profile would have been enough.. looks like i was actually expected to self-promote instead of promoting this project, wow xD

Just tell me what i'm expected to do and i'll do that, i don't want anyone to misjudge me.. i just felt like there was no need to promote myself in this thread when there was already the gallery in my profile.. that's it.^^'
(i'm not selling anything though, i don't need to show what they can expect to see, especially because i mainly promote their works to the viewers, i mean.. if they don't come to the livestream no problem at all, but at least i informed them about this.. that's the purpose of this thread for me)

[DexElkyr]

Is there any way to edit messages here?
Looks like there isn't, so i'll add it in another message:
Also, i was referring to the project itself, when i told her "you should read what i do before judging", i wasn't referring to my art :)