The Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Digital Images

All experienced artists knows that it’s absolutely essential to have good images of their work. We need good images to jury into shows and exhibitions. We need good images to get into stores and galleries, and we need good images to make marketing materials like press kits, brochures, and catalogs.

So it should be not surprise that the one element that’s essential for an artist’s web site are the images of his or hers work. Unfortunately, a lot of artists don’t really understand how to format their images properly for their web sites. As a web designer, I get a lot of questions about digital images and formatting images for the web. Every Thursday for the next few weeks, I’ll be blogging a guide to digital images for absolute beginners, about the different image formats, about resolution, and how to optimize your images for your web to show them in the best possible light.