Thursday, August 16, 2018

Halloween and the Trials of Self Promotion


As we near the end of August and creep into September, the air is becoming slightly cooler and with the coming of October, trees will shed their leaves and Halloween will come dancing down the pavement in a cascade of dead leaves and light, eerie laughter.  October is my favorite time of the year. Halloween horror movie fests, night coming quicker, the air is pregnant with mystery.
This Fall I find myself focusing more on producing and selling artwork. I fully confess that I target a niche audience, this has caused me some limitations in being able to advertise my work to its potential. Also, it has hampered me because I know that much of my work will never appeal to mainstream. I also confess this is fueled by a bit of arrogance, conceit and vanity.  Yet, in my feeble haphazard way I still meander down this path most likely to get lost in the woods and may have to set off a flair to be found. But you only live once.

I also have never been good at self-promotion, in fact most artists would rather be in front of a drawing table or an easel that ply their wares on the internet. But I am learning slowly and find that you must give as much into self-promotion as you do the act of creating. It can be disheartening, but it is the way it is.

Since Halloween is upon us, I do have horror themed Tees available on Amazon as well as Zazzle.  You will find the shirts on Amazon are cheaper, but the quality of the shirts on Zazzle, especially for black Tees, are higher, thus more expensive.  Zazzle does two passes on Black Tees with white ink to insure the image is probably defined.  Amazon, I am not quite sure yet. I have ordered from both and both have met my expectations and those that didn’t, I reworked and resubmitted. 

Below are designs that are Halloween themed available on Amazon:

Memento Mori Tee
  Midnight Sonata Tee



Or you can visit my Zazzle Shop, not just for Tees, but posters, prints, postcards, playing cards, sketch books and more...

 Vintage Crow Studios at Zazzle





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