Finding Cool Urban Art Using StumbleUpon

Posted by Gil Roeder

Nov 18, 2010, 12:04 AM

Stumbleupon is a website that you can use to discover new and interesting websites. Artists and Photographers and others interested in art can use it discover cool and interesting art that people have suggested and liked. You might find some interesting urban art or some beautiful seaside or coastal art. You will see some giclee prints. The categories are broad but you can tune your results by clicking the like it button when you see something you like.

It works like this -- you go to www.stumbleupon.com and register.

Registration is free. After registering you are asked to describe your interests. You can choose from many categories and select as many as you like.

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If you want to focus exclusively on art and photography - limit your selection accordingly. If you don't mind mixing art and music, select some music that you like - I always include Jazz in my selections.

Below is a video showing the whole process.

Using Stumbleupon video

If you are an artist and someone suggests one of your images on your site as a Stumbleupon link, you will likely see an increase in visits to your site.

It's easy to spend a lot of time just "stumbling" around -- so try this when you have some free time to spare.