Online Visual Artists Survey
1. What is the highest level of education you have received in the creative arts field?
2. What is the highest level of education you have received in digital media or similar subjects?
3. At what point during your artistic journey have you started posting your art online?
4. Which was the first website you posted your art on?
5. What websites do you use to showcase/promote your art? (Please tick every one that you use)
6. Which of the websites do you find is the most effective at posting and showcasing art?
7. Have you ever used one of the websites as a personal portfolio? (e.g. when applying for a job or higher education)
8. Do you take art commissions online?
9. Do you sell items featuring your art? (e.g. prints, mugs, T-shirts…; using websites such as Society6, Zazzle or Etsy)
10. (If your answer to the previous two questions was “No”, please ignore the questions marked with “*”)
*Which websites do you use to sell your art/ items featuring your art? Please list every one that you use.
11. *Which was the first website you used to sell your art/ items featuring your art?
12. *Among the ones you currently use to sell your art/ items featuring you art, which one do you find to be the best/most efficient?
13. Is your artistic career based online?
14. Do you think it is now easier to become a visual artist than it was pre-internet age (thanks to the online art community and social media)?
15. Do you think it is easier to build an art career partly/ fully online than it is to do it fully offline?