I Blew Up on Instagram as a Graphic Designer (and you can too)

Hey man, I recently found you and I really like your work. I follow you literally everywhere and hope you upload regularly because my notifications are definately on for you. You somewhat inspired me and thank you for that. My only concern is that in the first video you did tell us that you will make it a thing to give out more art design accounts and I hope you continue that in every video! thanks again and keep it up...

I love what you're doing ! Keep being funny and inspiring !

shit . ı feel attacked. you dont know me . -.-

Go Elliot Go!
Loving this!

I will use a touch of rainbow hehehehe

You are abasolutely hilarious haha just subscribed!

You have such a chill vibe. Was having a bad (self doubt) day and this really helped lift my spirits! Thank ya!

I started posting my work on IG this summer and barely gets past 50 likes on average. 80% of those followers/likes are friends and family lol.

the point is, as a creative person, my ideas are unlimited. regardless how many likes or followers I get, I will always be creating. might as well post.

Thank you for the awesome info and all the content you have here on your channel. I will definitely keep this is in mind as I work on my channel.

the swipe up link really is the benchmark of success

very intimidating online lmao

LOL, nice video bro! Keep up with the content you are helping me a lot even though I'm into CG/VFX area

what are your settings for exporting to instagram without losing quality and pixelation???

What is this thing you keep referring to - 'audience' ?

😳 ohhhh, hello.

Any tips for if you self conscious about posting yourself?

I went to “design school” and left with fuck all

you are so funny and cute hehe love you from Iran

lmao hello elliot nice to see you here 😂

love your content but I have a random request. DROP YOUR SKINCARE! How is your skin so good omg

So I should post with a bit of yellow? 😊

It used to be a lot harder though considering you used to have to email stuff to yourself and then post it on your phone. They finally figured out that people do want to post from a computer.

Consistency
Confidence
Combining
Being human
Keep audiences on the platform
The bigger your account gets, the less hashtags you should get
TikTok is an excellent tool for growth

Takeaway: Be consistent and have your own personality. Post things that conveys said personality AND keeps users on the platform. They should follow who you are, not your work.

Thoughts: I think that having your own personality should extend to having your own art style. Elliot does this (notice his posts have the same layout style, charm, and color scheme of yellow, blue, and red). Make it consistent, and the content of the post should be enough to keep the users on the platform, whether by scrolling through your other posts, saving them, how long they look at the post, comments, etc.

Great video!

drop your skincare routine

Cool glasses🤜🏾

Question for #3, is it bad being too specific when combining my interest? I really enjoy fitness/health and would like to combine design with it.

Thank you for sharing advices and your personal experience!

i want to be ur friend ur so funny

Awesome. I follow you on Instagram and didn't know you were here on YT. Good to see a familiar face!

Thank you so much for those advices... When you mention using Creator Studio, did you notice posting from desktop makes the image more compressed ? I did research it's because they are pushing mobile use etc but anyway, do you post from desktop ? Because your instagram post are very clean when zoomed in and I would love some tips to achieve that when posting from desktop if you have any... Thank you again <3

I clicked on the title, but stayed because I like you.

As a person who has recently created a new page for graphic design, this video is pretty inspiring, thanks for sharing!

Something I’ve considered is using a second account for more catered posts that are in an aesthetic and then my affydraws art account for all my work. I even created the second account but have found that it’s hard to compartmentalize these two accounts so I stoped posting on it. However, I’ve always wanted one of those aesthetic accounts and the color thing is a really good idea! So then it still gives flexibility for experimentation!

I love your business cards with honest statements. Reddit is full of angry dickheads, so it doesn't surprise me they wrote bullshit comments about your work. You can sum up almost any Reddit comment with: "Angry angry angry. Attack attack angry."

In design school they teach you to not have a style.
I paid tens of thousands of dollars for that terrible advice.

Jai shree Ram

“Be yourself” well said mate, thanks for the tips and for sharing your story. You just got yourself a sub my guy. 👍🏼

Great tips, Elliot! Finding that unique style is crucial. I've been experimenting with Boost App Social to spice up my Instagram presence. It's low-key but packs a punch for us creatives.

Elliot is a cool guy 🥹

Just came across this mate, so great to see where you are right now and what your anxieties and existential crisis-beating actions have brought you too!