Indeed, believing in yourself is sufficient to guarantee your success as an artist. But sometimes, you need the push of divine individuals who have been endowed with the intellectual power, creative experience, and motivational authority to positively stimulate that self-believe.
These persons are in both gender and every industry; social media has even made it very easy to access them and enjoy indirect mentorship. In this article, the 5 creatives span from art to the architectural world to fashion.
Below you will find five Nigerian creatives you should be following on IG and why. The order is according to the number of followers on Instagram.
Arinze Stanley:
@arinze is one of the Instagram handles you should turn to when you need to be mentally stimulated to create. You should also be following his tutorial or fan page @arinze.live for “Drawing experience with Arinze”.
As an artist struggling to manage Instagram, Arinze teaches you how to effectively utilize Instagram to attract a new audience and how to keep them engaged. His consistency in sharing posts that are relevant has earned him more than 250k followers.
Claire Idera:
Claire Idera is a renowned Fashion Illustrator with over 70k IG followers. She is also the founder of CIWORKSHOP which is the 1st Fashion Illustrator workshop in Lagos.
Now, one of many social media challenges every creative struggle with is how to use Instagram effectively in conveying personal and professional posts without losing engagements and followers. Since it is tasking to have a personal and professional IG coupled with the fact that it is little or no time to even post on your official social media not to mention sharing that tiny time with posting on your personal page.
But, this is a skill Claire Idera has mastered efficiently and one you can learn at no cost by simply following her Instagram Handle.
Dotun Popoola:
He is one of the most seasoned and best metal artists in Nigeria with national, continental, and global recognition. Through his IG posts, he takes you through the journey of how to become the successful artist he is and how to sustain it like he is doing.
He is strategic with posts accompanied by the best photography, images, and narratives that are appropriate for each day’s post. Clearly, he possesses the creative experience that you can learn from which he publicly shares on his IG page.
Dotun Popoola’s Instagram page is a great place to learn for free how to manage your social media account yourself. The reward is over 32k followers as at the time this article was composed.
art.bybello:
One of the reasons Bello made this list is his rebellious character towards what can be created and what is not morally appropriate. He is called Color Thugg for a reason and his freestyle attitude has earned him over 22k followers on Instagram.
The normal artist has the normal orientation of how to post on Instagram. Bello through his crazy inventions gives you an idea of other ways through which you can exploit Instagram to attract an engaging audience that is suitable for your brand.
He infuses his young energy and thoughts into his art and posts which has proven to be successful and is a technique you can learn.
Tosin Oshinowo:
She is the CEO of @cmdesign_atelier and ile_ila If you have heard about and seen the awesome Maryland Mall, someone must have mentioned Tosin Oshinowo as the architect. When it comes to art, architect, and design- Tosin Osinowo is one name that is definitely guaranteed to pop up.
As a young architect and designer, her IG handle is the right place to seek inspiration and motivation. The icing on the cake for following Tosin Oshinowo is the discovery of great events and programs that can aid your architectural and designing skills. These and more have earned her over 20k followers.
The similarities between the different creatives mentioned above are the determination to be different which is not just visible in their art and personality. But in their Instagram posts.
And truth be told, believing in yourself and consistent post of relevant kinds of stuff is not enough to amass over 50k followers as a creative. You have to be able to create contents that will stand out from the millions of crowd.
If you follow these creatives, you will realize ways to do just that and it will not only result in increased sales but expand the attention you get globally.