artstu.co.uk was set up by students, the people who know what being a student is really like, no money and not much of a name for yourself as an artist. So we aim to give students a fair chance to earn some extra money to help in student life as it is much needed.
We also give you the chance to show the world who you are, your work and skills and what you and your work is all about.
Also with your Image or Video files you have the added option of embedding copyright and author information into the file, for example in Photoshop if you right click on the title bar of your image you will get a menu pop up, navigate down to 'file info' and this will bring up a box where you can add all the copyright and author information you need.
To change your password log into your account and navigate to your profile using the lower top menu (top of page) and clicking on the button 'My Profile'.
Then on your profile screen scroll down to the bottom and click the large button on the right called 'Change my password' this will take you to a new screen with a change password form, fill out the form and save the changes.
To change your profile image which is also know as an Avatar log into your account and navigate to your profile using the lower top menu (top of page) and clicking on the button 'My Profile'.
Then on your profile screen scroll down to the bottom and on the left hand side you will see a blue link called 'Manage avatar'
click on this link and you will be taken to the Avatar manager screen where you can change and upload a new profile image.
To change your profile information follow the steps above to find your profile page and edit any information that you desire (or is available to edit) on this page and save your changes.
To add artwork to your account first you need create an Album if you have not already created one, to add an album navigate to the album creater using the lower top menu (top of page) and clicking the button 'Create / order my albums'.
Then in the album creater screen scroll to the bottom and click the button 'New' and a new ablum will appear in the white box above. To change the album name click once on the album you just created in the list within the white box, this will highlight the name, then navigate to the text input box below the large white box and type in the name you want then press the button 'Apply modifications' and your new album is ready for artwork.
You can either have one album for all your art work or create a new album for each art work series you create, adding a new album each time you have a new artwork series will ensure you will get maximum exposure on the main gallery page as every time a new artwork series is created it appears in on the main gallery page under 'Latest artwork series'.
Now you have created your album you can begin uploading your artwork images/videos to it and to do this you click the button which is located upper top (main) menu at the top of the page and this will take you to the file upload page (please read the file limitations section before continuing). Click on the 'Browse' buttons to browse your computer and find your artwork image files (minimum number of images at a time: 1, maximum number of images at a time: 5). Once you have filled in your desired amount of image upload boxes click continue, this stage may take a few minutes depending on your internet connection speed, once this is done you will come to a status page telling you whether your file upload was succesful or not, if so click continue, if not read the error info and click back to correct the problem. If your uploads were successful click continue and you will then be taken to the artwork info pages where you will enter all information that you desire for each of your artwork images/videos (each artwork image/video will have its own information upload page so keep clicking continue till all of your images have been done). Once you have filled in all of your desired information click continue to complete the upload process and you are done.
To change album names and information navigate to 'Modify my ablums' using the lower top menu (top of page) and clicking on the button 'Modify my albums' this will take you to a Modify album information screen where you can change and add different information for that album.
To change image information and/or the album it features in log into your account and navigate to your complete artwork image list using the lower top menu (top of page) and clicking on the button 'My Artwork' this will take you to a screen showing thumbnails of all your artwork,
find the image you would like to chnage the information for and click on that image, this will open up the main gallery page for that artwork and its information, scroll down to just below the main image and click on the 'Edit work information' button on the picutre admin menu bar.
This will open up the image information editor page where you can add/change the image information and/or the album it features in.
For images:
.jpg
.jpeg
.bmp (a bitmap file)
.gif
.tiff
.png
For videos:
.avi
.mov
.wmv
.swf
.mpeg
For audio:
.mp3
.wma
.wav
Each file you upload can not exceed a file size of 600KB
Each artist account comes with a maximum storage space of 15mb to start with which we feel is plenty of room as this can potentially hold 40 images or 15 short videos or 12 audio clips.
Your profile image (aka Avatar) can not exceed a file size of 600kb and must be the dimensions of 110 x 150 pixles
button which is located upper top (main) menu at the top of the page and this will take you to the file upload page (please read the file limitations section before continuing). Click on the 'Browse' buttons to browse your computer and find your artwork image files (minimum number of images at a time: 1, maximum number of images at a time: 5). Once you have filled in your desired amount of image upload boxes click continue, this stage may take a few minutes depending on your internet connection speed, once this is done you will come to a status page telling you whether your file upload was succesful or not, if so click continue, if not read the error info and click back to correct the problem. If your uploads were successful click continue and you will then be taken to the artwork info pages where you will enter all information that you desire for each of your artwork images/videos (each artwork image/video will have its own information upload page so keep clicking continue till all of your images have been done). Once you have filled in all of your desired information click continue to complete the upload process and you are done.
