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Once you have created images of your work that you are happy with, you'll probably want to use them to represent your work to other people. Obviously, if you are making an application or submission for a grant, college place, residency etc., you will need to comply with the requirements of the application process, and give them the images in the format they've asked for. But it's also handy to have images of your work available online somewhere, so that you can direct anyone who might be interested to that place to see them - whether it's friends, other artists, collaborators, people you are doing an exhibition with, galleries, whatever.
Probably the ideal solution is to have your own web site. That way, you have complete control over how the site looks, and how the images are presented.
A "quick and dirty" solution is to put your images up on one of the many image-sharing websites, such as Flickr or Photobucket. These sites are: - free
- easy to use
- very quick to set up
Like all of the "Web 2.0" stuff out there - YouTube, Google video, Blogger, etc - the first step to using any of these free storage spaces for your media is to register, giving yourself a unique user name and password. Be sure to make a note of these! It can get really confusing if you have, say a GMail account, a Hotmail account, a YouTube account, a blog, and accounts on Flickr and Photobucket, to keep track of your usernames and passwords, so don't just assume you'll remember.
Once you have registered, you can start uploading images straight away. It's a good idea to work through some of the tutorials on the site first, to familiarise yourself with how things work. If you are concerned about intellectual property theft, then check what safeguards the service has to offer in this regard.
When you have uploaded your images, you can organise them into albums and slideshows, each of which has a unique URL. You can then mail or text that URL to anyone who wants to see images of your work. You can also embed albums and images into MySpace, Facebook and blogs, so you don't have to upload the images again.
Flickr Photobucket
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