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TUTORIAL // how I prep & schedule social media posts

🕑 Added 2022-11-11 14:37:41 +0000 UTC

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Loish

i'm so glad you found it helpful, Emma! as for your question, I make a new document every month, so it doesn't get too long that way.

Emma

Thank you very much! It's still very helpful nowadays. I wonder why you mark week numbers (Week XX) when writing the captions in your template? Do you keep everything you wrote in a file? Isn't that make a file super long and you'll have to go all the way down to the last page.. let's say... of a Word document or Google doc each time you do that?

Bea

It would be super helpful if you could do a tutorial of how you record the process of your paintings, like how you avoid screen glare while positioning your phone, or how you set up the tripod so it doesn’t come much in between. Also how to reduce the stress of being self conscious while recording your process.

Samantha Jeffers

Maybe I’ll try tiktok or twitter? We’ll see

Loish

instagram has really stagnated! it's hard to grow an account there. it's worth a try but if it doesn't happen, don't feel too bad - it's happening to everyone.

Samantha Jeffers

This is super nice to have. I hope that I can give my IG momentum again. After about a year ago, it’s been harder to gain followers

Loish

hey julianne! I record everything with my phone currently. it's definitely possible to import the video and edit it in premiere! it's how I make all my reels :)

Julianne Kennelly

Thanks loish, I'm wondering if you record on phone and use DSLR camera. Is possible to arrange both footages in premiere?. I can't wait for this tutorial on reels. Hope it make it way up the list.

Loish

that's an interesting idea for the future! i'll add it to the list :) I'm glad you liked this one!

Julianne Kennelly

Hi loish, thanks for making this tutorial, it really helps and make social media seem less of daunting experience. I’m wondering would you be interested in making a tutorial someday on how to make reels in premiere and other apps and what are the ways to make look interesting while recording?

Natasha (stellar.elite)

This is good advice I should definitely try it I have been living on pinterest lately and with digital especially I become paralyzed with so much reference lol.

Loish

thanks so much natasha! I'm glad you like this one! For me, drawing without too many reference images / influences around helps a lot to just explore my own style more. it's weird because personal style is the result of mixing influences, but sometimes it can make us really indecisive as well!

Natasha (stellar.elite)

I keep coming back to this and re-watching. I especially love how you talk about how social media incentivizes certain behaviors. I NEVER thought of that beyond Twitter being an angry hellscape lol. It is so true. I'm currently trying to force myself to settle on a style so I can get my IG moving faster. I know I shouldn't obsess but it's not like I haven't always wanted a style since I started drawing a million years ago. I know I'll always experiment but I have such art ADHD and I think it'll be good for me to focus a bit more. All that to say thank you for your amazing insights and knowledge bombs! You are a rock star and it has been so cool to watch you progress from back in the oekaki board days!

Loish

hahaha that explains it! I did tweet some controversial things about tech so that must be it. i had no idea it would be so good for my engagement!

Sheeka Patak

I've been preoccupied for a few months so I'm catching up on stuff I've missed and, omg, hackernews 🙈. It's a super minimal, text and link only style platform aimed at the tech industry and software engineering related topics. I think you've made a few different threads, most notably (from what I recall) the one on vimeo price hikes https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30686704 and there was one about Opensea as well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29798817. If you've posted anything publicly about AI then it's probably there as well. Just an FYI in case you were curious 🙂

Loish

I'm so glad to hear that you enjoyed this one!

YOKKIS

Thank you so, SO MUCH for this tutorial. I'm always struggling with marketing my art on social medias, to a point where it gets so frustrating and and exhausting to keep going. But your video is really helping to take a step back and remembering you're not always at fault. Definitely the best advices I've heard in a long time. ❤️

Loish

oh yeah! i can do a little video walkthrough of that sometime in the future.

Neophobica

that was so helpful! Thank you. Now I am also inclined to ask if you have any tips on how to organize your digital files 🙈 that is a struggle for me xD

Loish

I'm so glad you found it helfpul! I don't make any changes to the color profiles / channels.

Loish

thank you so much for supporting me here! I'm glad you liked the tutorial :)

Eri

Thank you, loish. I feel like the thing that's most challenging about socials is the pressures of always making the next piece better than the previous. So when a art is not good enough to beat the previous I feel blocked to share it 😅 it's definitely a thing I must deal with

alxafrnch

Holy moly. I just became a Patron and it was well worth it. So glad I finally bit the bullet and did it. I've been following you since the oekaki days! Always inspiring, and I'm so blown away by your ability to deliver a good tutorial!

Vizzy

No cause this video tutorial literally saved me from embarrassing myself online, more than I already have haha. I have a question if you don't mind: Do you change your color channel from RGB to SRGB before saving files for posting?

Loish

I'm glad you found it helpful! and yes, the changing social media landscape is a reminder that it's so important to protect our creative processes from something that can be so toxic and unreliable.

Lust Thou

Thank you so much for this tutorial. I'll schedule my posts for sure too and definitely separate my art creation process from social media, everything is so crazy lately that I'm trying to figure out how to deal with it and this tutorial is a time saver (´｡• ᵕ •｡`) ♡

Loish

ohhh that's so interesting! i honestly had no idea what artboards were for. I will look into it!

Cherice

Incredibly helpful! Thank you so much for making this tutorial. I am someone that has made multiple accounts and then deleted them over the years because I felt like I didn't understand how to do it or that people didn't want to see my work (at least not everything I make), but I decided to keep pushing forward, slowly, and have met many incredible people by taking part in those monthly art challenges and making myself engage with artists I don't know. It's been a very slow journey for me, probably because I kept starting over, but I appreciate your advice, especially the part about not letting social media consume a person entirely. It happens effortlessly and I hope everyone watching pays close attention to that message. Also, have you tried using artboards in Photoshop? It lets you make a file with multiple artboards and each one can be any size you want (e.g. Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, etc.). They sped up my process because I can export all or only selected artboards/social posts into one folder. It's definitely worth checking out. https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/how-to/design-with-artboards.html

Loish

I'm glad you found it helpful alex!

Alex Roger

I think the scheduling part has spoken to me the most, I heard of Planoly, but now I can see it's really easy to use. I will take a look in the next couple of days. Thank you a lot for your advice and tips, so helpful !

Loish

glad you liked it kat!

Loish

thank you!

Yana Adamovic

Great video! I will be looking at those planning and scheduling apps for sure!

Kat Craig

Oh my gosh THANK YOU for this. Scheduling stuff like this is definitely one of my weakest skills, so I'm so thankful for your tips and your handy cheat sheet <3

Melike Miyanyedi

Lois!!!!! 🥰You are an incredible person and artist. I adore your personality, art, and intelligence.

Loish

oh right, that's true! thanks for mentioning this! I sometimes use it to schedule facebook posts, i find it really difficult to use though.

Loish

you should have automatically been added if you are a patron! otherwise, try disconnecting and reconnecting your discord account to your patreon account.

Hovnis Akabi

Hey laws I hope you are doing well. I was wondering how can I join the Discord?

Su Ehlers

That's gorgeous! Thank you so much for sharing! 💞

Anska

Aww a cheat sheet! 💞 You went above and beyond yourself this time. Thank you for the tutorial, it has much food for thought. - Also I haven't had any trouble with the videos for the last two months now. So fingers crossed that patreon managed to fix the issue.

Robyn Jay

Wow, I was not prepared to be hit with a wave of nostalgia from that oekaki screenshot! :')

Lilpy

I haven't finished watching yet but before I forget, there is actually a scheduling tool for instagram/facebok. It doesn't have the grid feature you like about Planoly but the posting process itself is nice because you can prep posts for facebook & instagram at the same times. It's called creator studio (https://business.facebook.com/creatorstudio/home?mode=instagram)

Aya Wu

I haven't watched over yet, but I want to thank you for making this video...so useful and inspired on planning schedule!!!😭😭 and also appreciate your hard word on bringing wonderful content constantly!