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Why Have An Art Web Site?:

Your art web site is your online gallery. It is the easiest way to display collections of your artwork, your resume, and a little bit of your personality to a wide audience! Your custom site will enable you to share your talents with family, friends, art show organizers, gallery owners, art collectors, and fellow artists. An art web site of your own allows you to quickly publicize new pieces of art or to post updates about your current shows or awards. Your web site will be invaluable in unveiling and sharing your creativity.

Why Have Sandy Create Your Web Site?:

Sandy is an artist herself. Her web sites are built with an "artist's eye" for color, composition, and graphic design. She will customize your web site according to your preferences so that it reflects your unique style and highlights your achievements. Navigation through your personalized site will be easy, "user friendly", and will professionally guide visitors through your portfolio.

How Much Does A Web Site Cost?:

Fees for building web sites vary tremendously. Rates are based on the complexity of the site, how large the site is, and how much the web site designer charges. Sandy specializes in web sites only for artists and accommodates this special group for much less than most web site designers. She will create your unique web site design for $300. This design includes the background and navigation used on each page of your site. After you review and approve your personalized design, each web page is created for only $40 per page.

View the sample web site at the right by clicking on the page image. Return to this page by clicking on the back arrow at the top left of your screen. Your own similar two-page site can be created for $380 ($300 for the personalized design and $40 for each page). A site like this can display about 20 pieces of artwork. Any number of additional pages may be added at $40 per page.

Click here to view a sample two page web site

Click to view a sample three page web site

The site at the left was created by Sandy for a non-profit art group. View it by clicking on the page image to the left. Use the back arrow at the top left of your screen to return to this page. This art group's site contains three web pages. Your own personalized three-page site can be created for $420 ($300 for the customized design and $40 per page).

As you explore Sandy's own web site, www.sandyphifer.com, you will notice it is a larger site with a total of 36 pages. Although a site this size takes much more time to create, the fee schedule is the same ($300 for the design + $1440 for 36 pages = $1740).

Before beginning the design for your individualized art site, Sandy will discuss costs, design ideas, size and organization with you .

Activating Your Web Site:

Once your web site is designed, it must be assigned a web address and then published on the World Wide Web. Sandy can create your web site for you, after which you can upload it to the Web, or she can obtain a web address and upload the site for you.

Many web designers charge monthly fees or a large yearly fee to activate a web site. Sandy will activate your site for you at her cost which currently is only $35 a year. She will research to see if the web address you would like (such as "www.janedoe.com") is available, purchase it for you, upload your web site to the World Wide Web, and renew the activation of your site annually for the lowest cost available to her. She does not charge above her costs for any of these services.

After your web site is activated, Sandy will assist you in keeping it updated at very reasonable rates. She will add entire pages at any time for $40 per page. Editing of text or artwork will be done quickly at $40 per hour.

Imagine Your Art Online

How To Get Started:

First, think about what you might want your web site to look like. Do you want the background or text to be certain colors? Have you seen other art web sites that you would like yours to look like or do you prefer to have Sandy choose the layout and colors that would best make your artwork stand out?

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Next, make a list of the art you would like to have on your web site. You must have a digital image of each piece of artwork you would like to display online.

Digital images of your work can be created in several ways. Some artists photograph their own artwork with their digital camera or they have a professional photographer do that for them. Other artists use a scanner to create digital images or they have their artwork scanned by a professional photo lab service (such as Photographic Works in Tucson). And almost any photo lab (including Costco) can easily and inexpensively make digital images from slides of your artwork, too. Sandy can assist with having digital images made of your art if you need help with this process.

Sandy can use images you email to her (those are JPEG files) or images you send to her on a disk (either JPEG or TIFF files) to create your web site. Your online images will only be as good as your digital images, though, so it is best have high quality digital images of your art.

Finally, jot down the personal information you would like on your site (your background or training, sources of inspiration, your art style, process, or philosophy, etc.) and list any awards you have won or shows or galleries exhibiting your work (see Sandy's "Artist Info" Page for ideas).

Once you have your digital images and a list of the information you would like on your site, you are ready to have your personal art web site created! Still have questions? Email Sandy by clicking on the image above this paragraph. She will respond promptly via email (or via phone, if you prefer). You will find her friendly and willing to help.

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