A new look

The blog has undergone a bit of an overhaul. Not being home for the holidays has given me a little extra time to work on the blog. It's the first of many steps to eventually update and overhaul my personal website, William Hessian dot com. You will notice some new images on the sidebar. The goal is to feature more of my art and my projects, and also make the blog more appealing to viewers. I have cut some of the clutter and took off some of the less important sidebar links.

I have been working on some new campaigns to sell some piles of original art for next to nothing. This is directly linked to my move from Unity, Maine to Portland, Maine. I am excited to sell some work and make room for me to make new works.



Those artists that are viewing my website, if you want to trade feature blog posts about each others' art blogs, send me a message or leave me a comment. I would love to feature your blog and get viewers from your blog. It's a fun way to explore other artists' work and share them with my viewers.

Humble Voice website for artists

If you ever asked yourself, how do i get my traffic to my art blog? I've got the answer, thanks to the blog catalog community. I wrote a topic asking this very question: Any tips for blog promotion?

I got some amazing answers, you can read them all by clicking the link. however, thanks to those smart people I have a list of great links to new sites to check out, sign up for, and to set up profiles for.

The first on my list... the artist website Humble Voice. It took a while to get my profile set up, but it seems like a pretty neat site and you can see my profile on Humble Voice. If you are an artist, musician, poet, or painter Humble Voice seems like a great place to park a profile and link drop.

As I go through all the great advice from the forum post, I will be letting you know where I am appearing all over the internet. If you are curious which 20 websites I have accounts (including my own sites) you can see the complete list on my website contact page. The list will continue to grow.

Earlier this year I posted a blog about the 10 websites all artists should use, and have gotten some great feedback there as well. If you are a new artist, or an old artist looking to bolster your on-line presence, it is the best place to start.

Link Trade for Artists

Part of my interest with this blog is to meet and communicate with other artists. I have met some really cool artist bloggers since I started the Bearded Bunny Art blog. You can see their websites on my link bar on the right side.

If you are an artist, that has a blog to trade links with please e-mail me:

william.

hessian

@gmail.com

Send me your url, name of blog, and add me to your art blog. I will return the favor and add you to my link list. I would also like to make more art friends on all social websites like digg, blog catalog, mybloglog, deviant, artwanted, myspace, facebook, twitter and more. If you currently own any of these networking sites, search for my name (william hessian) and add me to your friends.

To help our artist community I also write blog about other artists and their work/ projects. This helps me learn more about who you are as an artist, and helps me readers get to know new artists. Let's network.

One Photo a Day

One of my good friends from high school has started a blog in which he posts one photo each day. His name is Kris and he is very talented. I suggest everyone goes and check out his blog.

Kris has also started an art blog, where he has drawn a series of pictures. The latest entry was an Ill Drawing Competition I did with him over webcam from California to Minnesota.



If you are an artist from anywhere in the world and want to draw with me over webcam, let me know. I am trying to find a group of artists' interested in collaboration and creation. The webcam service I use is Stickam and my profile is available here. Plus, if you do I will then feature you right here on my blog.

Make sure to visit Kris' blog and leave some comment on his great artwork.