Michael W Lucas 
Dear creators:
please, please, PLEASE set up your own web sites and distribute your work from there.
If you post your work only on Twitter and/or Reddit, it's gonna disappear. Soon.
farcaller@mwl it's not like setting up your own website and get the following is easy, though. Twitter provided the free distribution to a large crowd of people, along with easy discovery.
It's not. But it's a necessary skill these days, just like tracking expenses for taxes.
@mwl tfw people do taxes by hand.
@farcaller Depends on where you are, and how many expenses you have.
I have to hire an accountant for mine.
@mwl sorry, was a bit of a failed sarcasm my side (I know that e.g. US taxation is vastly more complicated than what you might find in some EU countries).
Still, I don’t think that maintaining your own portfolio website is a reasonable requirement for a general artist. It’s really a very techy skill and almost a job in its own.
@farcaller
Perhaps not. But you'll need local copies and must be prepared to rebuild your online presence at any time, when the service you use goes bad.
Perhaps not. But you'll need local copies and must be prepared to rebuild your online presence at any time, when the service you use goes bad.
@mwl yes, so many times yes on that. Managing backups _is_ a crucial skill for a digital artist.