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If you want to show support for artists in 2021, have a think, when you share art and illustration:
How can you connect your followers most easily with the artist who created it, so they can find out more about their work?
If they're not on Twitter, do they have a website?
How can you connect your followers most easily with the artist who created it, so they can find out more about their work?
If they're not on Twitter, do they have a website?
A big cheer for @Booktrust, who have been making a real effort this year to credit illustrators. Using a variety of formats, they've been showing awareness of and support for the illustrator's role, which is heartening to see.
Thank you! #PicturesMeanBusiness @picturesmeanb
Thank you! #PicturesMeanBusiness @picturesmeanb
Big cheer for @Soc_of_Authors, who are crediting artists in tweets. They're doing a big overhaul of The Author magazine, commissioning new paid artwork and addressing issues which affect our careers, plus supporting the new Comics Creator Network.
Thank you! #PicturesMeanBusiness
Thank you! #PicturesMeanBusiness
If you're not an artist, you might think credit is a little thing. But illustrators face huge hurdles and expense trying to get into a field weighted against people without money/family support. Crediting illustrators helps remove at least one hurdle, giving more artists a chance
Trying to 'get our name out there' as illustrators is exhausting! If people share our names as a matter of course when they like our artwork, it gives us more time and energy to make art, instead of spending most of our time on publicity. https://twitter.com/DayannaKnight/status/1343914781049155584?s=20
