After doing a little research on other successful artist Instagram pages, I have updated my page with the new username, and a new profile picture, as you can see from the screenshot below:
Although I have changed the username to @emilyk_arts, I have decided to keep the “name” of the account as Emi’s Art, as it maintains the link with my other platforms, in addition to hopefully minimising the confusion for my current followers. You can also see that I have chosen a profile photo for my account here too, choosing to go with a photograph of a work rather than a photograph of myself, as I felt that this was more suitable for my online presence with this account, as well as being a clear indicator of my current genre of work.
The above image is the piece that I have chosen to be my profile photo – I have chosen to use a headshot of myself, overlayed with a photograph of plants that I took, which slightly obscures my face as the artist, but also shows the relevance of plants to my work and practice.
The next stage is to look at creating a bio for my account, and then deciding how I want my posts to look, and whether to repost certain posts that I have achieved, or to start completely afresh.
