They say that the Internet is a big dump, but we must not forget that in this dump you can find a lot of good and interesting things. No wonder people post theirs on the Internet. In art, there are many terms that refer to certain paintings. There are many styles in drawing, but we will not talk about the style of the picture, but rather about what this picture is dedicated to - a film, a comic book, maybe even the interweaving of two plots different books and fictional universes.
Definition
This is the independent creativity of fans (fans), based on works of various fields of art, such as cinematography, animation, literature, comics, and the like. Fan art uses ideas from original works, characters and the plot itself. In a broader sense, fan art is absolutely any unofficial work of a non-commercial nature. It is always based on a famous work. Fan art is usually divided into two types. This is amateur (made by fans who start drawing only in this area and are unlikely to express a desire to be recognized) and copyrighted (masterpieces made by professional artists, even if the conceived idea of fan art is stupid)
Game fan art
Nowadays, with the development of the gaming industry, there are a considerable number of drawings on the Internet on the subject of certain subjects. computer games. Fans especially love to parody or mix main characters from other universes (crossover) in their illustrations. Every year more and more different pictures with game characters appear, but their popularity depends on the popularity of the plot of the game world itself. The gaming industry comes up with hundreds of stories, and the more interesting it is, the more wonderful fan art there is. The pixel sandbox game called Mincraft is especially popular. You can find a considerable number of sites on the topic “Minecraft Fan Art”. The characters in the game have a specific body structure and can both create and destroy buildings.
Manga and anime
Most often, the term fan art is applied to where the phenomenon of manga and the anime based on it flourishes. In this country, illustrations are constantly drawn for certain works of cinematography or animation. On Internet resources you can find a lot of pictures called fan art on the theme of Bleach, Naruto, Hellsing, etc. Moreover, all the illustrations are made so vividly that it seems as if they were made by the authors of the original works themselves.
Fan art of cinematography and animation
The most widespread fan art is considered to be in the field of cinema. After all, only in films and cartoons are charismatic heroes and brutal villains most often found. Often, fans of a particular film/cartoon try to continue their favorite work by inventing new plots, alternative endings, and also drawing fan art depicting their favorite characters.
How to make fan art?
It's not as simple as it seems at first glance. To do this, you need to be a fan of the original work and have at least some artistic skills. You must also take into account the fact that many artists have enormous experience in drawing, so if it doesn’t work out the first time, don’t despair. Fan art itself can be drawn with anything (depending on the style of the original work), but if it is done by hand, then more often it is processed on a computer, using various programs(eg Photoshop). You can draw a picture with a simple pencil, felt-tip pens, paint it with gouache, but in such a way that it is clear what is depicted, and, if you have the skill, subject it to computer processing. And if you have the necessary knowledge and capabilities, then you can draw directly on the computer. But before starting with the art itself, you should find out better about certain canons of the structure of figures that are used in manga, games and some films.
Differences between fan art and fan fiction
It is worth mentioning that fan art does not include independently developed conjectures and their descriptions, while in fan fiction this is the basis. Fan art primarily involves illustration, which may parody the work, include a mash-up of multiple characters from different universes, or simply be cartoonish in nature. And fan fiction includes the opportunity to independently refine the ideas of the original authors, to have a branch of the plot with the same characters in the fan’s way. For example, the most common phenomenon in “fan fiction” is a short film lasting from five minutes to an hour. This film may include either a branch of the main plot that was not included in the original film, or an independent invention of the author. Also, “fan fiction” can be based on a literary work or comic book. Fan fiction can even be written in the form of a short work or even a book, simply based on the original plot of the work.
Create and don't give up
It is quite possible that you will now want to take a brush and paint that story that you really liked due to its unforgettable idea. But to have the skill and draw at a more serious level, you need to train and practice a lot. The most important thing is to create and not give up. All illustrations most often reflect what works evoke in them - this way you can look at their ideas expressed on paper.
Good day everyone!
Probably almost every user has seen “strange” photographs of people online, as if it were a picture drawn by an artist. This picture has a name - art (example on the left with Nikulin). And, by the way, you can do it quite quickly using special online services.
I think the article will also be useful to all those users who want to make an unusual avatar for social networks (VK, Odnoklassniki, etc.), various forums, applications (for example, Skype, Viber, etc.), and simply surprise their friends and relatives.
And so, let's get down to business - creating art.
Note: to make art, you can use various graphic editors(for example, Photoshop). In this article I will not dwell on classic editors (because by the time you install the editor, configure it, and understand how to do it, using the service on the Internet you will already make dozens of different cool pictures ☺) ...
Choosing a service with the best photo effects
Pho.to
One of the best Russian-language online services for adding various effects to photos. For example, a color photograph can be redone:
- into a black and white drawing, as if it had been drawn: with a brush, pencil, etc.;
- in color drawing: there can also be a variety of options;
- into a cool and funny picture. For example, your photo will be placed in a frame that is drawn by a child, an artist, etc. (examples of options are shown below).
Using the service is extremely simple:
- First choose the effect you like;
- upload your photo;
- and after a few seconds - look at your cool art. An example is shown below: Isn’t it really well drawn?!
How the photo has changed: it was - it became (from left to right)
Photomania.net
Another extremely interesting site, which is an online photo editor. Here you can upload a photo and quickly process it, including creating an interesting drawing (art) from it. What makes this service captivating is that it has quite a lot of the most unusual photo processing options: you can, for example, place your photo on the chest of Messi or Ronaldo, put your photo in a frame, give it a magical style, or make yourself a famous actor.
An example of processing is shown in the screenshot below: in my opinion it looks very realistic ☺.
Another interesting art // Photomania.net
PhotoFaceFun.com
A site with a huge number of different photo effects: here you can put your photo in a frame, make the photo a painted picture, place it next to some celebrity, etc.
Using the service is also simple: upload a photo, select an effect, see the result (in general, three simple steps).
Below are several examples of how the service works. Very good?!
Several pieces of art: in the gallery, with Putin, an old drawing.
Note: If the service will not process your photo, convert it to another format. For example, I encountered that GIF format the service did not want to perceive and process it, resaving the image as a JPG (for this you can use Paint, which is available in all Windows versions) - everything began to work normally!
PhotoFunia
A very good Russian-language service with a large collection of photo effects that can be applied to any uploaded photo. What captivates: the choice is simply huge! The photograph can be taken in black and white, drawn with a brush or pencil, placed in a frame, with a celebrity, in a TV show, etc.
Let me note that once you upload your photo, you can immediately try it in a variety of effects (without uploading it a hundred times). Comfortable!
Processing examples are shown below.
Several Yet interesting effects to the photo: pencil drawing, pendant, gift card (from left to right).
By the way, you might be interested in an article on how to make a photo collage- . If anyone doesn’t know, collage is when several photos are combined into one big one. It turns out very beautiful and informative, you can immediately find out how the holiday went (for example).
For now I say goodbye. Good luck to all!
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By optimizing a fan page, which serves as a customized converter for your business, first of all, it means that your selling proposition will be indicated there, what values you convey to your client, as well as a specific call to action that you expect from the potential buyer (placing an order, subscribing to the newsletter, etc.).
- What you need to do to register a fan page
- Basic elements of fan page optimization
- Proper fan page optimization
- The main principle of filling a fan page
When creating a fan page on Facebook, you need to clearly understand what goal you want to achieve with it. For example, use it as a promotional page or generate fans using it. Only after you have clearly defined the role of the fan page can you start creating it, but first you need to register on the social network.
What you need to do to register a fan page
Grow your Facebook community wisely: Explore complete guide on making money on Facebook- Go to your personal profile settings and select “create page”. You will be offered 6 categories for which you can create a page. But I recommend choosing the “Company, organization or institution” category. This type of fan page is more suitable for promoting businesses using search engine optimization.
- Select your company category. For example, biotechnology, health, small business, etc.
- Add a description of the company in the “information” section. Here you can place a link to your own sites, web resources, etc. (as you understand, you will have to register for this on a social network in any case).
- Indicate your contacts where clients can contact you. Here you can place your sales offer with a call to action and a link to the order form.
Very often, when creating a fan page, people make the same mistake - they point out that their company is a real organization. In this case, the facebook system asks you for official documentation.
For example: certificate of registration of a private entrepreneur, charter document of shareholders, etc. Therefore, if you are not a bureaucratic company, then it is better to omit this point and indicate that you are not a real organization.
Before you optimize your Facebook fan page, you need to make sure that it is published and can be accessed by all your followers. After which you can start editing it, based on the basic principles of optimization.
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In the title of the fan page you must indicate keywords in Russian by which your potential clients can find it. It is worth saying that the name of your fan page cannot be changed if the number of its subscribers is more than 100 people. In this case, Facebook will assign it to you.
In another situation, the name of a Facebook fan page can be changed 2 times during its entire existence. The domain address of the page also changes no more than twice. Therefore, when optimizing a fan page, you need to clearly define key phrases, according to which it will be promoted on the Internet.
Categories - What do categories affect?
Topics - What is it?
Here you need to indicate in Russian the keywords that characterize your activities. For example, construction of cottages, renovation of apartments, etc.
Start Information - History of your organization
The year your organization was founded is indicated here. Most often, people trust those companies that have been around for a long time, so if you have been working in the market for 10 years, then you can indicate this in the list of your advantages. If your organization has only existed for a year, then you can mention that during this time you have achieved great success and clearly show your portfolio, customer reviews, etc. in advertising posts.
Address - Contact details
There should be contacts where potential clients can contact you.
Detailed description - How to write a description correctly?
This is one of the main points of internal optimization, since in detailed description your organization should contain 1-2 thousand keywords. But for optimization to be effective, it is not enough to simply enter these keywords into the field. You need to place a small paragraph here with brief description your activity, and then add a number of keywords in Russian.
For example, you indicated in the description that your company is engaged in construction and provides a certain set of services. Then you can place a list of keywords that characterize your niche under this block of information. The registration process is simple, as is the page design, the main thing is to follow the instructions.
Official site
If you have your own website, then the links indicated on Facebook fan pages should lead to the “landing” page of your web resource. In our case, the function of landing pages is performed by internal sites, where any user can register and perform a specific targeted action. Thus, with the help of simple optimization you can get maximum traffic for free with search engines.
Proper fan page optimization
If your facebook fan page is not optimized properly, it will have the same effect.
There are a huge number of pages on which there is no specific information about the creator, no contact information for the organization - in general, nothing that could attract visitors.
An example is one fan page that was made by a girl who provides photography services. All that was indicated on the page was the phrase “photographer Kyiv” and a phone number. Naturally, in this case there can be no talk of any traffic. Such optimization cannot provide a normal level of sales, since there is nothing here that could really attract the attention of users, even if she wrote that she would do a photo shoot for free.
Once you've optimized your fan page, you need to make sure that all trusted people can act as page administrators. Facebook allows you to add any person who likes your fan page as a Page Administrator. But at the same time, when creating a second or third personal profile, you must remember that in this case only you should be the administrator of the page.
This is a must-do for those who are just starting partnerships in business, since an unreliable partner may be the first to close administrative access to your page, and you will completely lose control over this source of traffic attraction.
In addition, in order for your clients to communicate with you and ask questions, you need to create a “message” form. To do this, set your Facebook settings to allow people to leave messages for you.
The main principle of filling a fan page
One of the main points of optimizing fan pages is preliminary posting to Facebook, since if you create an empty page or filled with irrelevant information, it will not be of interest to anyone.
For initial posting, you will need to place 5-10 posts on the page.
When posting your first posts, you should explain the value of each of them. That is, if you post pictures from your portfolio for review, then you need to explain what they mean. Registration on a social network- that's one thing, but fan page design and optimization, the process is more complicated and requires a lot of effort.
For advancement own page I recommend using as many elements as possible that will attract your target audience and inspire trust potential clients, although sometimes this cannot be done for free. These could be graphics that show what results your company has achieved, or testimonials from your customers. Another important element of optimization is the cover of the fan page, where you need to indicate your sales offer with a call to action.
But you need to remember that your posts should be interesting to people. Registering on a social network is not always a profitable business; for this you need to try hard, know all the moves and exits in this matter, work on it closely and every day, because registration is only the first step to success out of thousands of possible ones. If you know the fears of your target audience, then you can write dozens of recommendations to solve the problems of these people. For example, advice may contain an answer to the question “what should I do to prevent the roof from leaking?” and so on. It all depends on your niche.
It is recommended to post ads at least 2 times a day during the peak activity of your target audience on Facebook.The fact is that Facebook allows you to track all data related to user activity. Therefore, if you see that, according to statistics over the last week, your users were most active, for example, at 8 pm, then accordingly you need to place your advertising at this time.
Ideally, you should post 5 posts a day at intervals of 2-3 hours. This approach will help you attract a large number of fans, and most importantly, increase the loyalty of potential customers to your products and services.
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Today we will learn how to create a Facebook fan page
Recently, my activity on the Internet is closely connected with Facebook. And although on the Russian-language Internet the most popular social network is “VKontakte”, in the world the championship belongs to Facebook. And in RuNet its popularity is growing very quickly. Therefore, if you want to do business on the Internet or at least promote your blog on social networks, be sure to register on Facebook.
In order to create an account there, you need to go to Facebook official website and go through a simple registration, which I will not describe.
The purpose of my article today is to create a Facebook fan page, although perhaps someone needs initial information about using a personal account. If so, write your wishes in the comments and I will schedule an article about it.
There are 3 on Facebook possible options Your representation in it. These are a personal profile (or account), a fan page (or business page) and a group.
Let's take a quick look at what they have in common and what is different:
| Personal profile | Fan page | Group |
| Created for communication with friends. It contains some news about personal life, personal photographs, communication with friends, etc. | Created for business | Created for communication between like-minded people |
| Limited number of friends (up to 5000) | Unlimited number of fans (fans) | Unlimited number of participants |
| Publications are possible on your personal behalf and from friends, unless prohibited in the settings | Publications are possible on behalf of the page and from any visitor (unless prohibited in the settings) | Postings are only possible from group members |
| Indexed by search engines (page title and text). But if you have closed publications in your personal profile with privacy settings, then it is also closed from search engines. | Indexed by search engines | Not indexed by search engines |
| Closed to those who are not on Facebook | It is possible to access via a direct link for those who are not registered on Facebook. | Closed to those who are not registered on Facebook |
| No statistics needed | There are statistics | No statistics |
| Possibility to use various applications | Can't use apps | |
| Can't advertise | Can be advertised | Can't advertise |
In addition: Your personal profile is prohibited from being used for business purposes by Facebook rules. You cannot name your personal profile after a company.
As you can see from this table, for business purposes or blog promotion you need to create fan pages, not groups. I note, by the way, that one person can create an unlimited number of them.
Before creating a page, think about its name. It is advisable that the title include keyword, by which your page will be searched in search engines. In addition to the name, you need to come up with an address - the same page name in Latin or English language, or something similar (about how to choose a domain name).
And one more note: don’t be afraid to select something or fill it out incorrectly; everything, right down to the name and address, can be changed later. But please note that there are restrictions on changing the name and address:
the name is based on the number of fans, and the address can only be changed once.
11 Steps to Create a Facebook Fan Page
So, congratulations: your fan page has been created! Prepare publications for her. We'll talk about settings another time.
Creating a fan site is a great way to express your fan love for an actor, musician, athlete, artist or any other outstanding personality. If done right, your website can easily become a platform for connecting with fans just like you. Well, if you are an artist yourself or an aspiring businessman, creating a fan site will help you earn extra money by offering products related to the celebrity of your choice.
So how do you create a good fansite? Today we will give you a couple of tips to help you develop the structure and design of a professional fansite.
Tell their story
We think we won't be wrong in assuming that you became interested in this celebrity because of her achievements. Use your website to tell your idol's life story. Don't just copy text from Wikipedia - do your own research, add quotes from interviews, get a few little-known facts, and most importantly, make it clear what this person's merit is. Such work will be interesting to you simply because you yourself will learn a lot about the person you admire so much.
Use more visual elements
Perhaps the most important part of any good fan site is the photos and videos. You simply cannot do without visual elements; the most important thing is that there are as many of them as possible and that they are all different. If you only have portraits of a star or videos from just one event on your website, you won’t attract the public. Show all possible aspects of your idol's life: personal life, advertising, family, hobbies, charity, etc. This will attract fans to your site.
To get personal photos of your celebrity, just search their Instagram
Don't forget to respect copyright
Of course, any fan site is about a public, controversial figure, but that doesn't give you the right to use any content about her. When publishing photographs, you must provide a link to the source indicating the name of the author; and if under the pictures you find it says that the author prohibits their use, you better refuse to post them. If your site is dedicated to a musician or artist, you should not post their works online without obtaining their permission.
Be hospitable
As we have already said, a fan site is a great place to meet people with similar interests. Fans of any celebrity are essentially a community built around this individual. Your website can become a place for communication and discussion of topics that are important to you, such as the best albums, big scandals, latest performances, favorite photos, etc. Using , you can add chat to your website in just one click. This way, users will always take an active part in the life of your site. Add chat to your site using one of the apps in the Wix App Market:
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