When my graphic design class has the opportunity to speak with a professional, a consistent question that comes up is how to get your name out there so people can find you? The first thing that Kleon discusses in chapter 6 of "Steal Like An Artist" is to enjoy being obscure while you can. When you first start out in the real world, chances are your name won't be known (at least not yet). Take that time when there are no expectations of you and experiment with creating things or create things that you enjoy. Once your name does become more well-known, then there is a standard you must uphold with your designs and you must design things that not only you like, but most importantly that your client likes. It won't just about your ideas and thoughts so enjoy the time of being unknown.
Just because being unknown has its benefits, you should always network by talking to people and now a days, have an online presence so your work can be accessible to pretty much anyone in the world. Your online presence doesn't have to just be about your designs, but can also be about your daily thoughts and philosophies. It's important to wonder about the things around you and allow other people to wonder with you. That's how you get a following of people who care about what you think, and therefore will care about your work. Creating a blog is a standard now, and it really keeps you engaged because you must make posts consistently and each one you create must be as good, if not better, than your last post since the latest post will be the first one seen by people. That being said, I should try to do blog posts consistently. I'm thinking about starting a new blog where I post a variety of content, not only my works, but also any thoughts I might have or interesting thins that occur in my life. I want to come up with a good name and url for it, so I need to incubate this for a while.
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