Not sure how to categorize your artwork? Please use the following guide to categorize your uploaded work accurately. While we understand that categories can feel limiting, they are essential to help our collectors find artwork they're interested in. Please follow these category guidelines carefully. Just as with the limited selection of mediums and materials, we intentionally only have these categories to help make artwork more searchable. All other specific information should be included in the Keywords and Description sections.
The Painting category is for artwork made entirely of paint on a surface. Paintings can be created with a variety of tools (brushes, palette knife, roller, the human body, or various other objects) on a variety of materials (canvas, paper, wood, etc.). Works in this category should not include digital material, textiles, wax, found objects, printmaking techniques, etc.
Photography refers to work that is created using a photographic process. It can be digital or analog (film, other photographic processes such as cyanotype, etc.). Artwork with some digital editing fits within this category. Digitally created motifs can be included in a photographic work, but they should not be the majority of the artwork. Externally sourced details should not be the majority of the artwork; the understanding is that most aspects of the artwork were captured by you.
Drawings are works created with physical materials, usually a pen, pencil, marker, ink, charcoal, crayon, etc. Like painting, Drawings are primarily two-dimensional and are artworks on a single surface.
Mixed Media refers to artwork created using a combination of different media. This can include paintings with embroidery, digital works with painted elements, and drawings with collaged paper. Typically, Mixed Media art is two-dimensional but it may incorporate some three-dimensional elements. It's important to note that Mixed Media is distinct from artworks where the final image is visibly made from a single medium. For example, a piece that starts as a pencil sketch and is then entirely covered with paint would be considered a Painting, not Mixed Media. Similarly, a digitally printed piece that combines photographs, sketches, and digital manipulation before being printed is not considered Mixed Media. Highly manipulated digital photography also does not fall under the category of Mixed Media, as the final piece is a print from a digital file.
Sculpture refers to three-dimensional artwork. Sculptures may be freestanding and meant to be seen from all angles, or they can be relief sculptures, meant to be hung or placed against a surface and seen from a limited number of vantage points. Artwork categorized as Sculpture can be made from a single medium/material or a combination of several elements.
The Collage category is reserved for works made by sticking various elements together.
Printmaking refers to artwork created by either a traditional printing method or scanned, unaltered prints of your original artwork (like a scan of an original oil painting, physical drawing, or paper collage). It is not for works that are digitally altered or created. Prints may be in a limited series or they may be monotypes.
The Digital category is for digitally-made artwork, where the final work is printed from a digital file. Although elements may be pulled from photography, drawing/painting, or scanned images, if the final piece is printed, it should be categorized as Digital.
The Installation Category is for three-dimensional artworks that have several elements and are made to be viewed in the round. Installations are a more immersive experience than works categorized as Sculpture.