I have decided to keep my old Instagram account as my professional one as well; it already has a lot of my work on it, a good following (including professionals in the industry!) and the pictures that aren't specifically my work are fairly art related anyway (stuff I like and see around Leeds, inspiration, friends at university that are also illustrators etc). I have gone back and removed any slightly dodgy drunk photos from a few years back and made it a little more safe and appropriate! Lots of practitioners use their Instagram accounts for more than just pictures of their own work, such as printmaker Kate Gibb, and if it works for them, why can't it for me? Having too many accounts for things just seems messy and I would rather have a select few that I regularly post on, rather than loads that just has a bit floating on it as I have forgotten I even have it.
I also know it works professionally as I have actually had interest from the Head of Promotions for Leeds dance night Highrise, after a friend who knows him showed him my account. He liked the posters I had recently posted, said they had been looking for new designs and I might be getting some work out of it making posters for Highrise; fingers crossed!
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