Best Social Platforms For Publishing Your 3D Render

    There are a lot of CG artists who are learning about 3D but they do not know where to post their 3D render. Publishing your 3D render is very important thing. Your growth as an artist depends upon it. When you post your artwork in a platform that has plenty of 3D artists then you will get likes and comments, which will inspire to create more art. Some of them will criticize your art. But that will help improving your skills. But in order to achieve these first you have to find a platform for posting art online which has many active 3D artists on it. If you choose a platform with less 3D artists and more other people then they may not understand what you are posting. That way your post will get less engagement. In this article I will talk about some of the best social platforms for publishing your 3D render in details.

    If you are also a beginner 3D artist and do not know where to post your render then you are at the right place. Posting your render on the platforms or social media I will talk about here will get you more visitors and will help you improving your skill.

• Instagram

In the present time Instagram has become one of the best social platforms for artists. There are so many artists on Instagram who supports other artists. You can use hashtags to make your 3D artwork visible to more people. There are a lot of hashtags related to 3D art. Using the right hashtags can get you tons of visitors. Besides there are some communities on Instagram like Motion Designers Community, Renderzone, Motion Process, Motion Mate etc. They feature good artworks on Instagram and give credit to the artist. If your artwork is featured by these communities then it will get more engagement. Also you can tag other artists so that they can see it easily. For these reasons Instagram is an amazing platform for posting your 3D artwork.

Motion Designers Community Instagram page

• Facebook

Facebook is one of the most popular social networks in the world. Facebook has an awesome platform called groups. There are a lot of groups related to art and 3D. Every group has thousands to millions of members. These artists on Facebook groups post amazing artworks. These arts help you get inspiration. Artists on these groups support other artists. Some Facebook groups related to 3D are 3D Modeling and Animation Group, Blender Artists, Cinema 4D Community etc. Motion designer community has a Facebook group also. Lots of artists post awesome 3D artworks in this group also. You can also post your artworks in these groups. A lot of people will see your post. Some of them will like, comment, share your artwork while some other will criticize it. You will get inspiration and you will be able to improve your skills from these.

Motion Designers Community Facebook group

• CG Boost Challenge

CG Boost Challenge is an amazing platform for all 3D artists. This challenge is hosted by CG Boost which was founded by Zacharias Reinhardt. They host this challenge every month. The name of this challenge was Weekly CG Challenge before. But now its name is changed. They create different topics every month. Artists make amazing artworks according to the topic. 300+ entries are submitted every month. The duration of this challenge is 3 weeks. They have a Facebook group also. In this group you can post your entries, WIP, questions etc. This group has over 16k members. Three winners are selected every month with two honorable mentions. Each of them is awarded with different interesting awards. You can get further information from their website.

CG Boost Challenge Facebook group

• Artstation

Artstation is also a great social platform to post your artworks. It is mainly a portfolio site. You can make your online portfolio here to attract people towards your art. You can post multiple posts in a single post like an online art gallery. Artstation is often used by professional artists. You can use the portfolio to attract clients and make money also. There are a lot of 3D artists on Artstation forming a large community of artists. You can post 3D rendered images, 3D sculptures etc. on Artstation. You can use tags related to your artwork here. By using right and powerful tags you can bring more visitors. Artstation is a very good platform for 3D artists.

• Behance

Behance is also a portfolio site like Artstation. You can make high quality portfolio using Behance. There are different categories of art on Behance. 3D art is one category among them. Lot of professional artists and clients use Behance. Behance is one of the best platforms for getting job. A lot of great artists use Behance for creating their portfolios. You can lots of visitors as well as clients by posting good high quality artwork on Behance. You can get inspiration from portfolios created by other artists. Behance is more useful for professional artists than beginner artists.

• Deviant Art

Deviantart is an American online community for featuring artworks, photography etc. It has over 35 million members. You can find a lot of 3D art on Deviantart. Many artists post their artwork on Deviantart. The good thing about Deviantart is you can post your artworks in groups. These groups are made of people with similar interests. You can get inspiration from other creator’s arts. You can also download the royalty free photos for your use. Posting your artwork on Deviantart is a good choice because Deviantart has over 65 million visitors per month. Thus your art will get many visitors gradually.

• Dribble

Dribble is an amazing platform for all kinds of art. Such as, web designers, graphic designers, illustrators, icon artists, typographers, logo designers etc. It is a good platform for 3D artists also. Dribble has a hire me option through which a client can hire you. This is a great feature for professional artists and freelancers. You can see inspiring pieces of art created by your fellow artists here. You can use tags to boost your engagement. There are a lot of artists on Dribble that support other artists. They will definitely complement or criticize your art. Overall Dribble is a pretty good social platform for publishing your artwork.

    This was 7 best social platforms for posting your 3D render in my opinion. I hope this article helps you to increase your artwork’s engagement.